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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 632 

Calling on the Governments of the People’s Republic of China and the 

international community to use the upcoming Olympic Games as an 

opportunity to push for the parties to the conflicts in Sudan, Chad, 

and the Central African Republic to cease hostilities and revive efforts 

toward a peaceful resolution of their national and regional conflicts. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 30, 2008 

Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. LANDRIEU, 

Ms. SNOWE, Mr. KERRY, Mr. BROWNBACK, and Mr. JOHNSON) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Calling on the Governments of the People’s Republic of 

China and the international community to use the upcoming Olympic Games as an opportunity to push for 

the parties to the conflicts in Sudan, Chad, and the 

Central African Republic to cease hostilities and revive 

efforts toward a peaceful resolution of their national 

and regional conflicts. 

Whereas, since the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, began in 2003, 

hundreds of thousands of people across the region have 

been murdered, tortured, and raped, with more than 

2,500,000 people driven from their homes as a result of 


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ongoing violence, and all parties to the conflict continue 

to attack civilians throughout the region, while impeding 

access of humanitarian workers; 

Whereas armed groups move freely among Sudan, Chad, and 

the Central African Republic, committing murder, banditry, forced recruitment, mass displacement, genderbased violence, and other crimes undermining regional security and exacerbating a cross-border humanitarian crisis; 

Whereas, on July 31, 2007, the United Nations Security 

Council passed Security Council resolution 1769 (2007), 

authorizing a joint United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) to implement the Darfur 

Peace Agreement and protect civilians; 

Whereas only one-third of UNAMID peacekeepers have been 

deployed to the region and those deployed remain underequipped to protect civilians and are the target of deliberate attacks by armed militias; 

Whereas a new joint African Union-United Nations chief mediator, Burkina Faso’s foreign minister, Djibril Bassole, 

has been appointed to reignite stalled peace talks between 

the parties in Darfur and help establish a cessation of 

hostilities; 

Whereas fighting erupted in Sudan’s oil-rich Abyei region on 

May 13 and 21, 2008, leaving 18 civilians dead and giving rise to concerns about a breakdown of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which could ruin 

progress made over the last three years toward lasting 

peace in southern Sudan and ensnare the wider region 

into overlapping conflicts; 


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Whereas the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal 

Court charged the President of Sudan on July 14, 2008, 

with orchestrating genocide and crimes against humanity 

in Darfur, elevating hopes for accountability but also 

fears of retaliation against peacekeepers, humanitarian 

workers, and civilians; 

Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China 

has long-standing economic and military ties with Sudan, 

giving it significant influence on the Government of 

Sudan; 

Whereas, from August 8 to August 24, 2008, China will host 

the Olympic Summer Games, the most venerated and 

prestigious international sporting event; 

Whereas there is a tradition of an Olympic Truce, originating 

in ancient Greece, to ensure the safety of athletes traveling to the ancient Olympic Games, the importance of 

which was reaffirmed in 2003 by the United Nations; 

Whereas the Olympic Truce traditionally begins one week before the Olympic Games and extends one week after the 

end of the Paralympic Games; 

Whereas, on October 16, 2007, the United Nations General 

Assembly passed resolution G/A 62/L.2, ‘‘Building a better and more peaceful world through sport,’’ which urges 

Member States to observe, within the framework of the 

Charter of the United Nations, the Olympic Truce, individually and collectively, during the Games of the XXIX 

Olympiad in Beijing, and to cooperate with the International Olympic Committee in its efforts to use sport as 

an instrument to promote peace, dialogue, and reconciliation in areas of conflict during and beyond the Olympic 

Games period; and 


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Whereas the situation in Sudan and the neighboring region 

remains highly volatile as the Olympics approach: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) expresses its continued support and sym3 pathy for the hundreds of thousands of civilians of 

4 Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic who 

5 have been affected by the ongoing violence and re6 gional instability; 

7 (2) recognizes the unique opportunity presented 

8 by the Olympics and calls on the United Nations, 

9 the African Union, and other international leaders to 

10 use it to promote peace, dialogue, and reconciliation 

11 in areas of conflict and commends those Olympic 

12 and Paralympic athletes seeking to advance that 

13 cause; 

14 (3) recognizes the close relationship between the 

15 Governments of People’s Republic of China and 

16 Sudan, and strongly urges the Government of the 

17 People’s Republic of China to use its full influence 

18 to press the Government of Sudan to commit to a 

19 cessation of hostilities, allow the full deployment of 

20 UNAMID peacekeeping forces, and engage in good 

21 faith in efforts to rejuvenate peace talks; 

22 (4) calls upon the Government of Sudan and 

23 other armed actors in the region to immediately 


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1 adopt a cessation of hostilities, during which they 

2 allow unfettered humanitarian access and the full 

3 deployment of UNAMID peacekeeping forces as well 

4 as engage in good faith efforts to rejuvenate peace 

5 talks; 

6 (5) welcomes the efforts of the new joint Afri7 can Union-United Nations mediator, Mr. Djibril 

8 Bassole, to revive a comprehensive peace process 

9 with all stakeholders to end the violence, demobilize 

10 militias, and promote voluntary return of internally 

11 displaced persons and refugees; 

12 (6) urges the President and the international 

13 community to ensure that mediation efforts are sup14 ported and backed by credible leverage through tar15 geted pressure and an enforced arms embargo; 

16 (7) calls upon the United Nations and African 

17 Union to use the opportunity presented by a ces18 sation of hostilities to fully deploy and equip 

19 UNAMID as well as strengthen the United Nations 

20 Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) to better monitor the 

21 Abyei region; and 

22 (8) encourages the United Nations Secretary23 General and other international leaders to publicly 

24 promote the principles reflected in the Olympic 

25 Truce among all the warring parties in Sudan, 


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1 Chad, the Central African Republic, and other areas 

2 of conflict around the world. 

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