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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 383 

Calling on the President to take immediate steps to help improve the security 

situation in Darfur, Sudan, with an emphasis on civilian protection. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 17, 2006 

Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. 

FEINGOLD, and Mr. DODD) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Calling on the President to take immediate steps to help 

improve the security situation in Darfur, Sudan, with 

an emphasis on civilian protection. 

Whereas, the April 8, 2004, N’Djamena Ceasefire Agreement, 

calling for an end to hostilities in Darfur, Sudan, has 

been flagrantly violated by all parties to the agreement; 

Whereas the Government of Sudan continues to commit 

crimes against humanity and engage in genocidal acts in 

Darfur; 

Whereas the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 

between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Sudan People’s Liberation 

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sulted in an improvement of the security situation in 

Darfur; 

Whereas United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has 

indicated that, ‘‘People in many parts of Darfur continue 

to be killed, raped, and driven from their homes by the 

thousands.’’; 

Whereas United Nations officials have stated that at least 

70,000 people have died due to violence and insecurity in 

Darfur, but that the total may be as high as 400,000 

people; 

Whereas nearly 2,000,000 people have been internally displaced, 3,000,000 people are dependant on international 

assistance to survive, and over 200,000 people are refugees in neighboring Chad due to the conflict in Darfur; 

Whereas escalating tensions along the border between Chad 

and Sudan have increased instability in Darfur; 

Whereas neither the mandate nor the troop strength of the 

African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) is adequate to 

protect civilians in Darfur; 

Whereas the United States has demonstrated leadership on 

the Sudan issue by having United States Permanent 

Representative to the United Nations John Bolton, in his 

first action as President of the United Nations Security 

Council, request in February 2006 that Secretary-General Annan initiate contingency planning for a transition 

from AMIS to a United Nations peacekeeping operation; 

Whereas, although the United Nations Security Council has 

concurred with this recommendation and taken steps toward establishing a United Nations peacekeeping mission 

for Darfur, it could take up to a year for such a mission 

to deploy fully; 


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Whereas, as the deteriorating security situation in Darfur indicates, the people of Darfur cannot wait that long for 

security to be reestablished; 

Whereas the international community currently has no plan 

to address the immediate security needs of the people of 

Darfur; and 

Whereas all members of the international community must 

participate in efforts to stop genocide, war crimes, and 

crimes against humanity in Darfur: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) strongly condemns— 

3 (A) the continued attacks on civilians in 

4 Darfur by the Government of Sudan and Gov5 ernment-sponsored militias; and 

6 (B) the continued violations of the 

7 N’Djamena Ceasefire Agreement by the Gov8 ernment of Sudan and rebels in Darfur, par9 ticularly the Sudan Liberation Army; 

10 (2) commends the Africa Union Mission in 

11 Sudan (AMIS) for its actions in monitoring the 

12 N’Djamena Ceasefire Agreement in Darfur and its 

13 role in diminishing some acts of violence; 

14 (3) calls upon all parties to the N’Djamena 

15 Ceasefire Agreement— 

16 (A) to abide by the terms of the 

17 N’Djamena Ceasefire Agreement; and 


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1 (B) to engage in good-faith negotiations to 

2 end the conflict in Darfur; 

3 (4) calls upon the Government of Sudan imme4 diately— 

5 (A) to withdraw all military aircraft from 

6 the region; 

7 (B) to cease all support for the Janjaweed 

8 militia and rebels from Chad; and 

9 (C) to disarm the Janjaweed; 

10 (5) calls on the African Union to request assist11 ance from the United Nations and NATO to 

12 strengthen its capacity to deter violence and insta13 bility until a United Nations peacekeeping force is 

14 fully deployed in Darfur; 

15 (6) calls upon the United Nations Security 

16 Council to approve as soon as possible, pursuant to 

17 Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, 

18 a peacekeeping force for Darfur that is well trained 

19 and equipped and has an adequate troop strength; 

20 (7) urges the President to take steps imme21 diately to help improve the security situation in 

22 Darfur, including by— 

23 (A) proposing that NATO— 

24 (i) consider how to implement and en25 force a declared no-fly zone in Darfur; and 


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1 (ii) deploy troops to Darfur to support 

2 the African Union Mission in Sudan 

3 (AMIS) until a United Nations peace4 keeping mission is fully deployed in the re5 gion; and 

6 (B) requesting supplemental funding to 

7 support a NATO mission in Darfur and the Af8 rican Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS); 

9 (8) calls upon NATO allies, led by the United 

10 States, to support such a mission; and 

11 (9) calls upon NATO headquarters staff to 

12 begin prudent planning in advance of such a mis13 sion. 

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