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Calendar No. 432 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 402 

Condemning Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army for committing 

crimes against humanity and mass atrocities, and supporting ongoing 

efforts by the United States Government and governments in central 

Africa to remove Joseph Kony and Lord’s Resistance Army commanders 

from the battlefield. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 21, 2012 

Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

HATCH, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. AKAKA, Mrs. 

MURRAY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. TESTER, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. 

FRANKEN, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. REED, Mr. MORAN, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. 

LEVIN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. ISAKSON, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. 

BEGICH, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. WICKER, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. COATS, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. 

BLUNT, Mr. ENZI, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. 

JOHANNS, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. HELLER, Ms. AYOTTE, 

Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin, 

Mr. BENNET, and Mr. CASEY) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

JUNE 20, 2012 

Reported by Mr. KERRY, with an amendment and an amendment to the 

preamble and an amendment to the title 

[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[Strike the preamble and insert the part printed in italic] 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army 


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for committing crimes against humanity and mass atrocities, and supporting ongoing efforts by the United 

States Government and governments in central Africa 

to remove Joseph Kony and Lord’s Resistance Army 

commanders from the battlefield. 

Whereas the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) wreaked havoc 

in northern Uganda for two decades, during which time 

the World Bank estimates that they abducted some 

66,000 youth of all ages and sexes and forced them to 

serve as child soldiers and sex slaves and commit terrible 

acts; 

Whereas, under increasing pressure, Joseph Kony ordered the 

Lord’s Resistance Army in 2005 and 2006 to withdraw 

from Uganda and to move west into the border region of 

the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and what would become South Sudan; 

Whereas, since September 2008, Joseph Kony has directed 

the Lord’s Resistance Army to commit systematic, largescale attacks against innocent civilians in the Democratic 

Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, and the 

Republic of South Sudan that have destabilized the region and resulted in the deliberate killing of at least 

2,400 civilians from the Democratic Republic of Congo, 

the Central African Republic, and the Republic of South 

Sudan, many of whom were targeted in schools and 

churches; the rape and brutal mutilation of an unknown 

number of men, women, and children; the abduction of 

over 3,400 civilians, including at least 1,500 children, 

many of them forced to become child soldiers or sex 

slaves; and the displacement of more than 465,000 civilians from their homes, many of whom do not have access 

to essential humanitarian assistance; 


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Whereas insecurity caused by the Lord’s Resistance Army 

has undermined efforts by the governments in the region, 

with the assistance of the United States and the international community, to consolidate peace and stability in 

each of the countries affected, particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of South 

Sudan; 

Whereas, since December 2001, the Department of State has 

included the Lord’s Resistance Army on its ‘‘Terrorist 

Exclusion List’’ and in August 2008, Lord’s Resistance 

Army leader Joseph Kony was designated a ‘‘Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist’’ by President George W. 

Bush pursuant to Executive Order 13224; 

Whereas, on October 6, 2005, the International Criminal 

Court issued arrest warrants against Joseph Kony and 

four of his top commanders for war crimes and crimes 

against humanity, yet they remain at large; 

Whereas, in May 2010, Congress passed and President 

Barack Obama signed into law the Lord’s Resistance 

Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act 

of 2009 (Public Law 111–172), which made it the policy 

of the United States to work with regional governments 

toward a comprehensive and lasting resolution to the conflict in northern Uganda and other affected areas by providing political, economic, military, and intelligence support for viable multilateral efforts to protect civilians 

from the Lord’s Resistance Army, to apprehend or remove Joseph Kony and his top commanders from the 

battlefield, and to disarm and demobilize the remaining 

Lord’s Resistance Army fighters; 

Whereas, on November 24, 2010, as mandated by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda 


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Recovery Act of 2009, President Obama issued the Strategy to Support the Disarmament of the Lord’s Resistance Army, which provides a comprehensive strategy for 

supporting regional efforts to mitigate and eliminate the 

threat to civilians and regional stability posed by the 

Lord’s Resistance Army; 

Whereas, on October 14, 2011, President Obama notified 

Congress that he had authorized approximately 100 combat-equipped members of the Armed Forces to deploy to 

central Africa to provide assistance to regional forces 

that are working toward the removal of Joseph Kony and 

senior leadership of the Lord’s Resistance Army from the 

battlefield; 

Whereas the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) authorized the Secretary 

of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 

State, to provide logistic support, supplies, and services 

for foreign forces participating in operations to mitigate 

and eliminate the threat of the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

Whereas the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 

Law 112–74) directed the President to support increased 

peace and security efforts in areas affected by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army, including programs to improve physical 

access, telecommunications infrastructure, and earlywarning mechanisms and to support the disarmament, 

demobilization, and reintegration of former Lord’s Resistance Army combatants, especially child soldiers; 

Whereas the United Nations and African Union, acting with 

encouragement and support from the United States Government, have renewed their efforts to help governments 

in the region address the threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army, and on November 22, 2011, the African 


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Union designated the Lord’s Resistance Army as a terrorist group and authorized a new initiative to help 

strengthen the coordination among the affected governments in the fight against the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

and 

Whereas targeted United States assistance and leadership 

can help prevent further mass atrocities and curtail humanitarian suffering in central Africa: Now, therefore, be 

it 

Whereas the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) wreaked havoc in 

northern Uganda for two decades, during which time the 

World Bank estimates that they abducted some 66,000 

youth and forced them to serve as child soldiers and sex 

slaves and commit terrible acts; 

Whereas, under increasing pressure, Joseph Kony ordered the 

Lord’s Resistance Army in 2005 and 2006 to withdraw 

from Uganda and to move west into the border region of 

the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African 

Republic, and what would become the Republic of South 

Sudan; 

Whereas, since September 2008, Joseph Kony has directed the 

Lord’s Resistance Army to commit systematic, large-scale 

attacks against innocent civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, and the Republic of South Sudan that have destabilized the region 

and resulted in the deliberate killing of at least 2,400 civilians, many of whom were targeted in schools and churches; 

the rape and brutal mutilation of an unknown number of 

men, women, and children; the abduction of over 3,400 civilians, including at least 1,500 children, many of them 

forced to become child soldiers or sex slaves; and the reported displacement of more than 465,000 civilians from 


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their homes, many of whom do not have access to essential 

humanitarian assistance; 

Whereas insecurity caused by the Lord’s Resistance Army has 

undermined efforts by the governments in the region, 

which have been supported by the assistance of the United 

States and the international community, to consolidate 

peace and stability in each of the countries affected by the 

Lord’s Resistance Army; 

Whereas, since December 2001, the Department of State has included the Lord’s Resistance Army on its ‘‘Terrorist Exclusion List’’ and in August 2008, Lord’s Resistance Army 

leader Joseph Kony was designated a ‘‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’’ by President George W. Bush 

pursuant to Executive Order 13224; 

Whereas, on October 6, 2005, the International Criminal Court 

issued arrest warrants against Joseph Kony and four of 

his top commanders for war crimes and crimes against 

humanity, yet they remain at large; 

Whereas, in May 2010, Congress passed and President Barack 

Obama signed into law the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–172), which made it the policy of the United 

States to work with regional governments toward a comprehensive and lasting resolution to the conflict in northern Uganda and other affected areas by providing political, economic, military, and intelligence support for viable multilateral efforts to protect civilians from the Lord’s 

Resistance Army, to apprehend or remove Joseph Kony 

and his top commanders from the battlefield, and to disarm and demobilize the remaining Lord’s Resistance 

Army fighters; 


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Whereas, on November 24, 2010, as mandated by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009, President Obama issued the Strategy 

to Support the Disarmament of the Lord’s Resistance 

Army, which provides a comprehensive strategy for supporting regional efforts to mitigate and eliminate the 

threat to civilians and regional stability posed by the 

Lord’s Resistance Army; 

Whereas, on October 14, 2011, President Obama notified Congress that he had authorized approximately 100 combatequipped members of the Armed Forces to deploy to central 

Africa to provide assistance to regional forces that are 

working toward the removal of Joseph Kony and senior 

leadership of the Lord’s Resistance Army from the battlefield; 

Whereas section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 22 U.S.C. 

2151 note) authorized the Secretary of Defense, with the 

concurrence of the Secretary of State, to provide logistical 

support, supplies, and services for foreign forces participating in operations to mitigate and eliminate the threat 

of the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

Whereas that section provides that no United States Armed 

Forces personnel, United States civilian employees, or 

United States civilian contractor personnel may participate in combat operations in connection with the provision 

of support for foreign forces participating in operations to 

mitigate and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army, except for the purpose of acting in self-defense or of rescuing any United States citizen (including 

any member of the United States Armed Forces, any 


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United States civilian employee, or any United States civilian contractor); 

Whereas the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 

Law 112–74) directed the President to support increased 

peace and security efforts in areas affected by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army, including programs to improve physical 

access, telecommunications infrastructure, and early-warning mechanisms and to support the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of former Lord’s Resistance 

Army combatants, especially child soldiers; 

Whereas the United Nations and African Union, acting with 

encouragement and support from the United States Government, have renewed their efforts to help governments in 

the region address the threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army, and on November 22, 2011, the African Union 

designated the Lord’s Resistance Army as a terrorist group 

and authorized a new initiative to help strengthen the coordination among the affected governments in the fight 

against the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

Whereas, on March 24, 2012, the African Union formally announced the intent to deploy up to 5,000 troops to advance 

regional efforts to counter the Lord’s Resistance Army, and 

the next day formally inaugurated the Headquarters of the 

Regional Task Force in the Republic of South Sudan to 

coordinate efforts to capture Joseph Kony and neutralize 

the Lord’s Resistance Army; and 

Whereas targeted United States assistance and leadership can 

help prevent further mass atrocities and curtail humanitarian suffering in central Africa: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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1 (1) condemns Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Re2 sistance Army for committing crimes against hu3 manity and mass atrocities, and supports ongoing 

4 efforts by the United States and countries in central 

5 Africa to remove Joseph Kony and Lord’s Resist6 ance Army commanders from the battlefield; 

7 (2) commends continued efforts by the Govern8 ments of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of 

9 Congo, the Republic of South Sudan, the Central Af10 rican Republic, and other counties in the region, as 

11 well as the African Union and United Nations, to 

12 end the threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

13 (3) welcomes the ongoing efforts of the United 

14 States Government to implement a comprehensive 

15 strategy to counter the Lord’s Resistance Army, 

16 pursuant to the Lord’s Resistence Army Disar17 mament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 

18 2009, and to assist governments in the region to 

19 bring Joseph Kony to justice and end atrocities per20 petuated by the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

21 (4) calls on the President to keep Congress 

22 fully informed of the efforts of the United States 

23 Government and to work closely with Congress to 

24 identify and address critical gaps and enhance 


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1 United States support for the regional effort to 

2 counter the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

3 (5) commends the Department of Defense, 

4 United States Africa Command (U.S. AFRICOM), 

5 and members of the United States Armed Forces 

6 currently deployed to serve as advisors to the na7 tional militaries in the region seeking to protect local 

8 communities and pursuing Joseph Kony and top 

9 Lord’s Resistance Army commanders; 

10 (6) supports continued efforts by the Secretary 

11 of State and representatives of the United States to 

12 work with partner nations and the international 

13 community— 

14 (A) to strengthen the capabilities of re15 gional military forces deployed to protect civil16 ians and pursue commanders of the Lord’s Re17 sistance Army; 

18 (B) to enhance cooperation and cross-bor19 der coordination among regional governments; 

20 (C) to promote increased contributions 

21 from donor nations for regional security and ci22 vilian efforts to address the Lord’s Resistance 

23 Army; and 

24 (D) to enhance overall efforts to increase 

25 civilian protection and provide assistance to 


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1 populations affected by the Lord’s Resistance 

2 Army; 

3 (7) calls on the Secretary of State, the Sec4 retary of Defense, the Administrator of the United 

5 States Agency for International Development, and 

6 the heads of other government agencies to utilize ex7 isting funds for ongoing programs— 

8 (A) to enhance mobility, intelligence, and 

9 logistical capabilities for partner forces engaged 

10 in efforts to protect civilians and apprehend or 

11 remove Joseph Kony and his top commanders 

12 from the battlefield; 

13 (B) to expand physical access and tele14 communications infrastructure to facilitate the 

15 timely flow of information and access for hu16 manitarian and protection actors; 

17 (C) to support programs to encourage and 

18 help non-indicted Lord’s Resistance Army com19 manders, fighters, abductees, and associated 

20 noncombatants to safely defect from the group, 

21 including through radio and community pro22 grams; and 

23 (D) to rehabilitate children and youth af24 fected by war, which are tailored to address the 

25 specific trauma and physical and mental abuse 


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1 they may face as a result of indoctrination by 

2 the Lord’s Resistance Army, and serve to re3 connect these children and youth with their 

4 families and communities; 

5 (8) calls for the President to place restrictions 

6 on any individuals or governments found to be pro7 viding training, supplies, financing, or support of 

8 any kind to Joseph Kony or the Lord’s Resistance 

9 Army; 

10 (9) urges that civilian protection continue to be 

11 prioritized in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance 

12 Army and that steps be taken to inform potentially 

13 vulnerable communities about known Lord’s Resist14 ance Army movements and threats; 

15 (10) welcomes the recent defections of men, 

16 women, and children from the ranks of the Lord’s 

17 Resistance Army, and calls on governments in the 

18 region and the international community to continue 

19 to support safe return, demobilization, rehabilitation, 

20 and reintegration efforts; and 

21 (11) urges the Governments of Uganda, the 

22 Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of 

23 South Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and the Cen24 tral African Republic to work together to address 


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1 the ongoing threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance 

2 Army. 

3 That the Senate— 

4 (1) condemns Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Re5 sistance Army for committing crimes against human6 ity and mass atrocities, and supports ongoing efforts 

7 by the United States and countries in central Africa 

8 to remove Joseph Kony and Lord’s Resistance Army 

9 commanders from the battlefield; 

10 (2) commends continued efforts by the Govern11 ments of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, 

12 the Republic of South Sudan, the Central African Re13 public, and other countries in the region, as well as 

14 the African Union and United Nations, to end the 

15 threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

16 (3) welcomes the ongoing efforts of the United 

17 States Government to implement a comprehensive 

18 strategy to counter the Lord’s Resistance Army, pur19 suant to the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament 

20 and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009, and to 

21 assist governments in the region to bring Joseph 

22 Kony to justice and end atrocities perpetuated by the 

23 Lord’s Resistance Army; 

24 (4) calls on the President to keep Congress fully 

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1 ment and to work closely with Congress to identify 

2 and address critical gaps and enhance United States 

3 support for the regional effort to counter the Lord’s 

4 Resistance Army; 

5 (5) commends the Department of Defense, United 

6 States Africa Command (U.S. AFRICOM), and mem7 bers of the United States Armed Forces currently de8 ployed to serve as advisors to the national militaries 

9 in the region seeking to protect local communities and 

10 pursuing Joseph Kony and top Lord’s Resistance 

11 Army commanders; 

12 (6) commends the African Union for committing 

13 to enhance troop deployments in order to fortify the 

14 military response to the Lord’s Resistance Army, in 

15 coordination with the Governments of Uganda, the 

16 Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of 

17 Congo, and the Republic of South Sudan, and in 

18 order to strengthen ongoing efforts to apprehend Jo19 seph Kony and senior commanders of the Lord’s Re20 sistance Army or remove them from the battlefield; 

21 (7) supports increased collaboration and coordi22 nation between the African Union and the Govern23 ments of Uganda, the Central African Republic, the 

24 Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of 


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1 South Sudan in order to apprehend Joseph Kony or 

2 remove him from the battlefield; 

3 (8) supports continued efforts by the Secretary of 

4 State and representatives of the United States to work 

5 with partner nations and the international commu6 nity— 

7 (A) to strengthen the capabilities of regional 

8 military forces deployed to protect civilians and 

9 pursue commanders of the Lord’s Resistance 

10 Army; 

11 (B) to enhance cooperation and cross-border 

12 coordination among regional governments; 

13 (C) to promote increased contributions from 

14 donor nations for regional efforts to address the 

15 Lord’s Resistance Army; and 

16 (D) to enhance overall efforts to increase ci17 vilian protection and provide assistance to popu18 lations affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

19 (9) calls on the Secretary of State, the Secretary 

20 of Defense, the Administrator of the United States 

21 Agency for International Development, and the heads 

22 of other relevant government agencies to utilize exist23 ing funds for ongoing programs— 

24 (A) to enhance mobility, intelligence, and 

25 logistical capabilities for partner forces engaged 


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1 in efforts to protect civilians and apprehend or 

2 remove Joseph Kony and his top commanders 

3 from the battlefield; 

4 (B) to expand physical access and tele5 communications infrastructure to facilitate the 

6 timely flow of information and access for hu7 manitarian and protection actors; 

8 (C) to support programs to encourage and 

9 help non-indicted Lord’s Resistance Army com10 manders, fighters, abductees, and associated non11 combatants to safely defect from the group, in12 cluding through radio and community programs; 

13 and 

14 (D) to rehabilitate children and youth af15 fected by war, through programs that are tai16 lored to address the specific trauma and physical 

17 and mental abuse they may have experienced as 

18 a result of indoctrination by the Lord’s Resist19 ance Army, and serve to reconnect these children 

20 and youth with their families and communities; 

21 (10) calls on the President to place restrictions 

22 on any individuals or governments found to be pro23 viding training, supplies, financing, or support of 

24 any kind to Joseph Kony or the Lord’s Resistance 

25 Army; 


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1 (11) urges that civilian protection continue to be 

2 prioritized in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance 

3 Army and that steps be taken to inform potentially 

4 vulnerable communities about known Lord’s Resist5 ance Army movements and threats; 

6 (12) welcomes the recent defections of men, 

7 women, and children from the ranks of the Lord’s Re8 sistance Army, and calls on governments in the re9 gion and the international community to continue to 

10 support safe return, demobilization, rehabilitation, 

11 and reintegration efforts; and 

12 (13) urges the Governments of Uganda, the 

13 Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of South 

14 Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and the Central Afri15 can Republic to work together to address the ongoing 

16 threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘Condemning Joseph 

Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army for committing 

crimes against humanity and mass atrocities, and supporting ongoing efforts by the United States Government 

and governments and regional organizations in central 

Africa to remove Joseph Kony and Lord’s Resistance 

Army commanders from the battlefield.’’. 


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Calendar No. 432 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 402 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistfrom the battlefield. Kony and Lord’s Resistance Army commanders governments in central Africa to remove Joseph ing efforts by the United States Government and manity and mass atrocities, and supporting ongo- ance Army for committing crimes against huJUNE 20, 2012 

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 

preamble and an amendment to the title 


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