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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 366 

Affirming the importance of increased international action and a national 

week of prayer for the Ugandan victims of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, and expressing the sense of the Senate that Sudan, Uganda, 

and the international community bring justice and humanitarian assistance to Northern Uganda and that February 2 through 9, 2006, should 

be designated as a national week of prayer and reflection for the people 

of Uganda. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 2, 2006 

Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. SANTORUM, Mr. DEMINT, Mrs. 

HUTCHISON, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. BOND, Mr. CHAMBLISS, 

Mr. KYL, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. SMITH, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. 

BURNS, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 

HATCH, Mr. ENZI, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. 

MCCONNELL, Mr. COBURN, Mr. FRIST, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. VITTER, 

Mr. NELSON of Florida, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. PRYOR, Mr. 

CARPER, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. JEFFORDS, Ms. LANDRIEU, 

Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. KENNEDY, and Mr. LAUTENBERG) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Affirming the importance of increased international action 

and a national week of prayer for the Ugandan victims 

of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, and expressing the sense of the Senate that Sudan, Uganda, and 

the international community bring justice and humanitarian assistance to Northern Uganda and that February 
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2 through 9, 2006, should be designated as a national 

week of prayer and reflection for the people of Uganda. 

Whereas Joseph Kony has led the Lord’s Resistance Army 

(LRA) since 1987, terrorizing the region of Northern 

Uganda; 

Whereas up to 200,000 people have been killed in violent conflict and from disease and malnutrition; 

Whereas 80 to 90 percent of Kony’s fighters are enslaved 

children—brutalized and brainwashed to kill; 

Whereas sources estimate that between 20,000 and 50,000 

children have been abducted by the LRA since 1987; 

Whereas these children are sexually abused, raped, beaten, 

taunted and traumatized by older soldiers in the LRA; 

Whereas these children are maliciously coerced to mutilate, 

rape, and murder others, even their own family members 

and friends; 

Whereas LRA leaders often force the friends and siblings of 

unsuccessful escapees to carry out vicious punishments to 

further the LRA’s culture of fear, intimidation and guilt; 

Whereas even those children who do manage to escape are 

unspeakably traumatized, often infected with sexually 

transmitted diseases, and stigmatized by society; 

Whereas approximately 40,000 children in rural Uganda trek 

miles into towns each night to sleep under the protection 

of soldiers and attempt to avoid capture; 

Whereas more than 1.6 million people have been forced to 

flee their homes; 
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Whereas the conflict has slowed Uganda’s development efforts, costing the country at least $1.33 billion, or 3 percent of its GDP; and 

Whereas, starting in October 2005, the Sudan government 

gave Joseph Kony a three month grace period to surrender: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate— 

2 (1) that the government of Sudan continue to 

3 prosecute LRA terrorists within its borders and aid 

4 Uganda in ending the conflict; 

5 (2) that Uganda use every available resource to 

6 end the atrocities of the LRA and bring its members 

7 to justice; 

8 (3) that the United States and international 

9 community recognize the atrocities occurring daily in 

10 Uganda and provide necessary humanitarian assist11 ance; and 

12 (4) that the week of February 2 through 9, 

13 2006, should be designated as a National Week of 

14 Prayer and Reflection for the people of Northern 

15 Uganda. 

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