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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 455 

Calling for peace in Darfur. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2008 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. 

COLEMAN, Mr. VOINOVICH, and Mr. MENENDEZ) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Calling for peace in Darfur. 

Whereas, during the past 4 years in Darfur, hundreds of 

thousands of innocent victims have been murdered, tortured, and raped, with more than 2,000,000 people driven from their homes; 

Whereas some but not all of the parties to the conflict in 

Darfur participated in the first round of a United Nations-African Union peace process launched in October 

2007 in Sirte, Libya; 

Whereas the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) reached 

between the Government of Sudan and the Sudanese 

People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in January 2005 

has not been fully or evenly implemented; 


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Whereas the Government of Sudan has continued to obstruct 

the deployment of a joint United Nations-African Union 

peacekeeping force to Darfur that would include non-African elements; 

Whereas elements of armed rebel movements in Darfur, including the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), have 

made violent threats against the deploying peacekeeping 

force; 

Whereas 13 former world leaders and current activists, including former president Jimmy Carter, former United 

Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Bangladeshi 

microfinance champion Muhammed Yunus, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, have called for the immediate deployment of the peacekeeping force; and 

Whereas, while these and other issues remain pending, it is 

the people of Darfur, including those living in refugee 

camps, who suffer the continuing consequences: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) calls upon the Government of Sudan and 

3 other signatories and non-signatories to the May 5, 

4 2006, Darfur Peace Agreement to declare and re5 spect an immediate cessation of hostilities, cease dis6 tributing arms to internally displaced persons, and 

7 enable humanitarian organizations to have full un8 fettered access to populations in need; 

9 (2) calls upon the Government of Sudan to fa10 cilitate the immediate and unfettered deployment of 

11 the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping 


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1 force, including any and all non-African peace2 keepers; 

3 (3) urges all invited individuals and movements 

4 to attend the next round of peace negotiations and 

5 not set preconditions for such participation; 

6 (4) calls upon the diverse rebel movements to 

7 set aside their differences and work together in 

8 order to better represent the people of Darfur and 

9 end their continued suffering; 

10 (5) encourages the participation in future talks 

11 of traditional Arab and African leaders from Darfur, 

12 women’s groups, local nongovernmental organiza13 tions, and leaders from internally displaced persons 

14 (IDP) camps; 

15 (6) condemns any intimidation or threats 

16 against camp or civil society leaders to discourage 

17 them from attending the peace talks, whether by the 

18 Government of Sudan or rebel leaders; 

19 (7) condemns any action by any party, govern20 ment or rebel, that undermines or delays the peace 

21 process in Darfur; and 

22 (8) calls upon all parties to the Comprehensive 

23 Peace Agreement (CPA) to support and respect all 

24 terms of the agreement. 

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