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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 422 

Calling on the Government of the People’s Republic of China to use its 

unique influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence 

in Darfur, Sudan. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2007 

Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MORAN of 

Kansas, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. ROSLEHTINEN, and Mr. AL GREEN of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Calling on the Government of the People’s Republic of China 

to use its unique influence and economic leverage to 

stop genocide and violence in Darfur, Sudan. 

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

hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and 

more than 2,500,000 displaced as a result of the ongoing 

and escalating violence; 

Whereas on July 23, 2004, Congress declared, ‘‘the atrocities 

unfolding in Darfur, Sudan, are genocide’’ and on September 23, 2004, then Secretary of State Colin Powell 

stated before the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

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curring in Darfur,’’ and ‘‘the Government of Sudan and 

the Janjaweed bear responsibility’’; 

Whereas on October 13, 2006, the President signed the 

Darfur Peace and Accountability Act (Public Law 109– 

344), which identifies the Government of Sudan as 

complicit with the forces committing genocide in the 

Darfur region and urges the President to, ‘‘take all necessary and appropriate steps to deny the Government of 

Sudan access to oil revenues’’; 

Whereas President George W. Bush declared in a speech delivered on April 18, 2007, at the United States Holocaust 

Memorial Museum that no one ‘‘can doubt that genocide 

is the only word for what is happening in Darfur—and 

that we have a moral obligation to stop it’’; 

Whereas the presence of approximately 7,000 African Union 

peacekeepers has not deterred the violence and the increasing attacks by the Government of Sudan and Government-sponsored Janjaweed militia and rebel groups; 

Whereas worsening violence has forced humanitarian organizations to suspend operations, leaving a substantial portion of the population of Darfur inaccessible to aid workers; 

Whereas violence has spread to the neighboring states of 

Chad and the Central African Republic, threatening regional peace and security; 

Whereas the Government of Sudan continues to refuse to 

allow implementation of the full-scale peacekeeping mission authorized under United Nations Security Council 

Resolution 1706; 

Whereas former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi 

Annan subsequently negotiated a compromise agreement 


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with the Government of Sudan for a hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission to be implemented in three phases; 

Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China 

has long-standing economic and military ties with Sudan 

and continues to strengthen these ties in spite of the ongoing genocide in Darfur, as evidenced by the following 

actions: 

(1) China reportedly purchases as much as 70 percent of Sudan’s oil; 

(2) China currently has at least $3,000,000,000 invested in the Sudanese energy sector, for a total of 

$10,000,000,000 since the 1990s; 

(3) Sudan’s Joint Chief of Staff, Haj Ahmed El 

Gaili, recently visited Beijing for discussions with Chinese 

Defense Minister Cao Gang Chuan and other military officials as part of an eight-day tour of China; Cao pledged 

closer military relations with Sudan, saying that China 

was ‘‘willing to further develop cooperation between the 

two militaries in every sphere’’; 

(4) China has reportedly cancelled approximately 

$100 million in debt owed by the Sudanese Government; 

(5) China is building infrastructure in Sudan and 

provided funds for a presidential palace in Sudan at a reported cost of approximately $20,000,000; and 

(6) Data provided by the Government of Sudan to 

the United Nations for 2005 states that Sudan imported 

at least $24,000,000 in arms and ammunition from the 

People’s Republic of China, as well as nearly 

$57,000,000 in parts and aircraft equipment, and 

$2,000,000 in helicopter and airplane parts from China, 

making China the largest provider of military arms and 

equipment to Sudan, even as Sudan has defended its 


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right to transfer and use such military arms and equipment in Darfur for military operations; 

Whereas given its economic interests throughout the region, 

China has a unique ability to positively influence the Government of Sudan to abandon its genocidal policies and 

to accept United Nations peacekeepers to join a hybrid 

United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission; 

Whereas the President’s Special Envoy to Sudan, Andrew S. 

Natsios, further said in testimony on April 11, 2007, that 

‘‘China’s substantial economic investment in Sudan gives 

it considerable potential leverage, and we have made clear 

to Beijing that the international community will expect 

China to be part of the solution’’; 

Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China’s 

recent appointment of a senior diplomat as China’s special representative on African affairs who shall focus specific attention on the Darfur issue and its pledge to provide military engineers to support African Union peacekeeping forces in Darfur are welcome developments, but 

do not demonstrate that Beijing is truly committed to 

using all the considerable diplomatic and political means 

at its disposal to stop the genocide in Darfur; 

Whereas due to its large population, its rapidly growing global economy, its large research and development investments and military spending, its seat as a permanent 

member of the United Nations Security Council and on 

the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, China is an 

emerging power that is increasingly perceived as a leader 

with significant international reach and responsibility; 

Whereas in November 2006, China hosted its third Forum on 

China-Africa Cooperation with more than 40 heads of 


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state in attendance and which focused heavily on trade 

relations and investment on the African continent as it 

is expected to double by 2010; 

Whereas China is preparing to host the Olympic Summer 

Games of 2008, the most honorable, venerated, and prestigious international sporting event and has selected 

‘‘One World, One Dream’’ as a slogan for those games; 

Whereas China should act consistently with the Olympic 

standard of preserving human dignity in Darfur, Sudan 

and around the world; and 

Whereas China has been reluctant to use its full influence to 

improve the human rights situation in Darfur: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) calls upon the Government of the People’s 

3 Republic of China to— 

4 (A) acknowledge publicly and condemn the 

5 atrocities taking place in Darfur; 

6 (B) cease all military arms, ammunition, 

7 and related military equipment sales to the 

8 Government of Sudan; and 

9 (C) take steps to immediately suspend eco10 nomic cooperation with the Government of 

11 Sudan and investment in Sudan until and un12 less the Government of Sudan— 

13 (i) stops its attacks on civilians; 


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1 (ii) complies with all United Nations 

2 Security Council resolutions related to 

3 Darfur; and 

4 (iii) engages in good faith negotiations 

5 with Darfur rebel groups to achieve a sus6 tainable negotiated peace agreement; 

7 (2) recognizes the close relationship between 

8 China and Sudan and strongly urges the Govern9 ment of the People’s Republic of China to use its 

10 full influence to— 

11 (A) urge the regime in Khartoum to com12 ply with the deployment of the peacekeeping 

13 force authorized by United Nations Security 

14 Council Resolution 1706; 

15 (B) call for Sudanese compliance with 

16 United Nations Security Council Resolutions 

17 1556 and 1564, and the Darfur Peace Agree18 ment, all of which demand that the Government 

19 of Sudan disarm militias operating in Darfur; 

20 (C) call on all parties to the conflict to ad21 here to the 2004 N’Djamena ceasefire agree22 ment and the recently-agreed United Nations 

23 communique ́ which commits the Sudanese Gov24 ernment to improve conditions for humanitarian 


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1 organizations and ensure they have unfettered 

2 access to the populations they serve; 

3 (D) emphasize that there can be no mili4 tary solution to the conflict in Darfur and that 

5 the formation and implementation of a legiti6 mate peace agreement between all parties will 

7 contribute toward the welfare and stability of 

8 the entire nation and broader region; 

9 (E) urge all rebel groups to unify and as10 sist all parties to come to the negotiating table 

11 in good faith; 

12 (F) urge the Government of southern 

13 Sudan to play a more active role in pressing for 

14 legitimate peace talks and take immediate steps 

15 to support and assist in the revitalization of 

16 such talks along one single coordinated track; 

17 (G) engage collaboratively in high-level di18 plomacy and multilateral efforts toward a re19 newed peace process; and 

20 (H) join the international community in 

21 imposing economic and other consequences on 

22 the Government of Sudan if that Government 

23 continues to carry out or support attacks on ci24 vilians and frustrate diplomatic efforts; and 


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1 (3) recognizes that the spirit of the Olympics, 

2 which is to bring together nations and people from 

3 all over the world in peace, is incompatible with any 

4 actions directly or indirectly supporting acts of geno5 cide. 

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