H. Res. 573 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

October 29, 2007. 

Whereas the violence conducted by the Armed Forces of 

Sudan, government-backed Janjaweed militia, and various rebel factions in Darfur, Sudan, has left nearly 

2,500,000 people displaced from their homes and up to 

400,000 civilians dead; 

Whereas despite the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement 

on May 5, 2006, violence, death, and destruction in 

Darfur continue unabated, threatening the lives of thousands of civilians, humanitarian aid workers, United Nations officials, and African Union international peacekeepers; 

Whereas on July 22, 2004, Congress declared the atrocities 

unfolding in Darfur as genocide, and on September 9, 

2004, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell, in testimony 

before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, declared 

that ‘‘genocide has been committed in Darfur’’, and that, 

‘‘the [G]overnment of Sudan and the Janjaweed bear responsibility’’; 

Whereas on April 18, 2007, President George W. Bush declared at the United States Holocaust Museum, where 

the Committee on Conscience has spent considerable efforts advocating to end the genocide in Darfur, that the 
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United States has a moral obligation to help end the 

genocide in Darfur; 

Whereas hundreds of United States faith-based, human 

rights, humanitarian and youth-led advocacy organizations have established Darfur-related campaigns since the 

United States declaration of genocide in 2004; 

Whereas hundreds of State and local communities, schools, 

universities, and individual citizens have mobilized and 

organized fundraisers, campaigns, and initiatives to help 

end the genocide in Darfur; 

Whereas over 600 chapters of anti-genocide high school, college and university student organizations have been established since 2004 to help end the genocide in Darfur; 

Whereas 57 United States colleges and universities, 20 

States, ten United States cities, and eight international 

and faith-based organizations have adopted divestment 

policies from Sudan thus far; 

Whereas on April 30, 2006, thousands of people gathered at 

the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to urge the 

United States and the international community to help 

end the genocide in Darfur; 

Whereas similar public advocacy efforts in the United States 

to end mass human rights violations, racial discrimination, and violence in Africa have not been seen since the 

South African anti-apartheid movement; 

Whereas these aforementioned efforts have embraced the slogans ‘‘Never Again’’ and ‘‘Not On Our Watch’’, reminiscent of the failure of the international community to stop 

the Holocaust and the genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda; 

and 
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Whereas the United States has led the international community’s condemnation of the atrocities and violence in 

Darfur: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

(1) recognizes and commends the efforts of the 

United States public and advocacy groups to raise 

awareness about and help end the worsening humanitarian crisis and genocide in Darfur, Sudan; 

(2) supports the efforts of the various local schools, 

communities, and faith-based, human rights, humanitarian, and youth-led advocacy organizations that have 

dedicated their time and energy to help end the genocide 

in Darfur and to promote peace, defend human rights, 

and improve the lives of those affected in Sudan and 

Chad; and 

(3) urges the United States to work with its partners in the international community to support a negotiated settlement to the conflict in Darfur, while implementing a more robust set of multilateral measures 

against those individuals who act as obstructionists to 

peace in Darfur, including by launching attacks against 

civilians, humanitarian operations, or peacekeeping 
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forces, or by blocking the deployment of a credible African Union-United Nations hybrid peacekeeping force. 

Attest: 

Clerk.