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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 992 

Urging the President to appoint a Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 7, 2006 

Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. LANTOS, 

Mr. CAPUANO, and Mr. TANCREDO) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Urging the President to appoint a Presidential Special Envoy 

for Sudan. 

Whereas in July 2004, the United States House of Representatives and Senate declared that the atrocities in the 

Darfur region of Sudan constitute genocide, and the 

Bush administration reached the same conclusion in September 2004, when then Secretary of State Colin Powell 

stated that ‘‘the evidence leads us to the conclusion that 

genocide has occurred and may still be occurring in 

Darfur’’; 

Whereas more than 400,000 people have been killed by the 

Government of Sudan and its Janjaweed allies since the 

crisis began in 2003, more than 2,000,000 people have 

been displaced from their homes, and more than 250,000 

people from Darfur remain in refugee camps in Chad; 


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Whereas some rebel factions, which have targeted civilians in 

the Darfur region, have intensified their attacks even 

after the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement in May 

2006; 

Whereas the United Nations Under-Secretary General for 

Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egland, in late August 2006 

stated that ‘‘[i]nsecurity is at its highest level since 2004, 

access at its lowest levels since that date, and we may 

well be on the brink of a return to all-out war’’; 

Whereas despite the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement 

in May 2006, violence against civilians, peacekeepers, and 

humanitarian workers continues unabated; and an estimated 12 humanitarian workers have been killed in 

Darfur, including a nurse in September 2006; 

Whereas in August 2006, the Government of Sudan began to 

deploy thousands of government troops for a major offensive in Darfur, once again threatening a major humanitarian catastrophe and risking the safety and security of 

millions of civilians; 

Whereas according to the Government of Sudan’s plan, in a 

document submitted to the United Nations Secretary– 

General Kofi Annan, the Government of Sudan plans to 

deploy approximately 26,500 additional troops and 7,050 

additional police to Darfur; 

Whereas the objectives of this deployment are ‘‘to deal with 

the threats posed by the activities of groups that have rejected the Darfur Peace Agreement and to gain control 

over the security situation and achieve stability in 

Darfur’’; 

Whereas the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution expanding the mandate of the United Nations MisVerDate Aug 31 2005 22:20 Sep 08, 2006 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR992.IH HR992

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sion in Sudan (UNMIS) for the additional deployment of 

17,300 peacekeeping troops and 3,300 civilian police personnel as well as 16 formed police units to Darfur; 

Whereas President Omar Bashir of Sudan has rejected the 

deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping force to 

Darfur, even as First Vice President Salva Kiir has publicly stated his support for the deployment of a United 

Nations peacekeeping mission to Darfur; 

Whereas implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the Government of Sudan and the 

Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) is slow, 

raising serious concern about the commitment of the 

Government of Sudan to fulfill its responsibilities; 

Whereas in July 2005, although the Abyei Boundary Commission, established to define and demarcate the area of 

the nine Ngok Dinka chiefdoms, finished its work and 

submitted its report to President Bashir, the President 

has yet to implement the conclusions of the Commission, 

as called for in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement; 

Whereas the reconstruction and development of Southern 

Sudan and other marginalized areas remains a major 

challenge, while the return of refugees and displaced people to their homes in Darfur will require major financial 

commitments and the establishment of a secure and safe 

environment throughout Darfur; 

Whereas in order to tackle these many and difficult challenges, the appointment of a Presidential Special Envoy 

for Sudan with a robust mandate and access to, and support of, senior Administration officials, including the 

President, is crucial; 


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Whereas Members of Congress and Senators, leading foreign 

policy experts, and many nongovernmental organizations 

have called repeatedly for the appointment of a Presidential Envoy for Sudan to effectively represent the 

United States Government in heading off a further escalation of genocide in Darfur; and 

Whereas United States Government officials have diligently 

pursued peace agreements to end the North-South conflict and the Darfur conflict and the United States Government has provided more than $2 billion in assistance 

to help the suffering people of Sudan: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) commends the many years of tireless efforts 

3 of United States officials who have helped secure the 

4 Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Darfur 

5 Peace Agreement; 

6 (2) strongly supports the appointment of an 

7 adequately staffed Presidential Special Envoy for 

8 Sudan with a robust mandate to develop and coordi9 nate United States policy toward Sudan with regular 

10 access to senior Administration officials; and 

11 (3) strongly urges the mandate of the Presi12 dential Special Envoy for Sudan to include— 

13 (A) deterring a further escalation of vio14 lence and humanitarian disaster in the Darfur 

15 region of Sudan while ensuring civilians are 


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1 adequately protected and the Darfur Peace 

2 Agreement is fully implemented; 

3 (B) facilitating the development of an 

4 international peacekeeping mission to Darfur 

5 with a mandate to protect civilians and humani6 tarian workers; 

7 (C) ensuring implementation of the Com8 prehensive Peace Agreement, which ended the 

9 21-year civil war in Southern Sudan, Nuba, 

10 Southern Blue Nile, and Abyei and helping se11 cure a just peace in Eastern Sudan; 

12 (D) coordination of reconstruction and de13 velopment work in Southern Sudan and other 

14 marginalized areas; 

15 (E) coordination and monitoring of the re16 turn of refugees and displaced people to their 

17 homes in Darfur and southern Sudan; 

18 (F) securing and consolidating peace in 

19 Northern Uganda by working closely with the 

20 Government of South Sudan and the Govern21 ment of Uganda; 

22 (G) coordination of efforts to ensure imple23 mentation of the transformation of the Sudan 

24 People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) into a pro25 fessional armed force; 


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1 (H) work toward achieving a peaceful, sta2 ble, and democratic Sudan by ensuring that 

3 free and fair elections are held, as called for in 

4 the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, by coordi5 nating and implementing programs necessary to 

6 achieve these objectives; and 

7 (I) coordination of efforts to work toward 

8 achieving accountability for the crimes com9 mitted in Darfur by working closely with rel10 evant individuals and entities engaged in this 

11 area. 

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