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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 180 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a United Nations 

Emergency Peace Service capable of intervening in the early stages 

of a humanitarian crisis could save millions of lives, billions of dollars, 

and is in the interests of the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 17, 2005 

Mr. WYNN (for himself, Mr. LEACH, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

a United Nations Emergency Peace Service capable of 

intervening in the early stages of a humanitarian crisis 

could save millions of lives, billions of dollars, and is 

in the interests of the United States. 

Whereas genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity 

have occurred repeatedly in Rwanda, Cambodia, the 

former Yugoslavia, East Timor, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, and elsewhere; 

Whereas the House of Representatives has found that genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity are occurring in the Darfur region of Sudan; 
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Whereas there is a growing consensus that when countries 

are unable or unwilling to prevent genocide, war crimes, 

and crimes against humanity, the international community has both a right and an obligation to intervene; 

Whereas failed and failing states provide breeding grounds 

for terrorism, crime, trafficking, humanitarian catastrophes, and other threats to the United States; 

Whereas preventing failed and failing states is in the interests of the United States; 

Whereas numerous studies have shown that early intervention 

in humanitarian crises could save millions of lives and 

billions of dollars; 

Whereas the international community spent approximately 

$200,000,000,000 on conflict management during the 

1990s; 

Whereas of that amount approximately $130,000,000,000 

could have been saved through a more effective preventive approach to conflict management; 

Whereas the United Nations does not have a rapid deployment capacity to intervene to avert humanitarian catastrophes; 

Whereas there is a need for a United Nations Emergency 

Peace Service (UNEPS) that could be rapidly deployed 

during the early stages of a humanitarian crisis to save 

lives; 

Whereas UNEPS would complement but not replace existing 

peace operations of the United Nations, regional organizations, and national governments; and 
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Whereas UNEPS could be created for a start-up cost of 

$2,000,000,000 and annual costs of less than 

$1,000,000,000: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that— 

3 (1) the United States should use its voice and 

4 vote at the United Nations to facilitate and support 

5 the creation of a United Nations Emergency Peace 

6 Service (UNEPS); and 

7 (2) the UNEPS should— 

8 (A) be a permanent entity to be based at 

9 designated sites of the United Nations, include 

10 mobile field headquarters, and be able to act 

11 immediately to address an emerging humani12 tarian crisis; 

13 (B) be comprised of individuals who are re14 cruited from among United Nations member 

15 nations and who are carefully selected, expertly 

16 trained, and coherently organized; 

17 (C) be a dedicated service with a wide 

18 range of professional skills within a single com19 mand structure, prepared to conduct multiple 

20 functions in diverse United Nations operations; 

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1 (D) be able to provide an integrated serv2 ice encompassing 10,000 to 15,000 civilian, po3 lice, judicial, military, and relief professionals. 

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