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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 412 

Commending the African Union for committing to a coordinated military 

response, comprised of 5,000 troops from Uganda, the Central African 

Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan, in order 

to fortify ongoing efforts to arrest Joseph Kony and senior commanders 

of the Lord’s Resistance Army and to stop the crimes against humanity 

and mass atrocities committed by them. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 29, 2012 

Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Mr. BROWN of Ohio) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Commending the African Union for committing to a coordinated military response, comprised of 5,000 troops from 

Uganda, the Central African Republic, the Democratic 

Republic of Congo, and South Sudan, in order to fortify 

ongoing efforts to arrest Joseph Kony and senior commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army and to stop 

the crimes against humanity and mass atrocities committed by them. 

Whereas the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is one of Africa’s oldest and most violent armed groups, responsible 

for committing crimes against humanity against civilian 

populations, including women and children, and believed 

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lic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and what would 

become South Sudan; 

Whereas the ongoing atrocities committed by LRA members 

target innocent civilians, including women and children, 

and include abduction, murder, mutilation, burning and 

looting of villages, and destruction of communities and 

livelihoods, causing the massive displacement of human 

populations and creating a humanitarian crisis; 

Whereas the abduction of children and their forced conversion into LRA fighters is an LRA hallmark and involves 

initiating children into combat through brutal methods 

and brainwashing and subjects girls to forced sexual slavery and servitude; 

Whereas the governments of those countries most affected by 

the LRA’s reign of terror for over twenty years, including 

Uganda, the Central African Republic, the Democratic 

Republic of Congo, and what would become Southern 

Sudan, are leading efforts, with international support, to 

apprehend Kony and neutralize the LRA; 

Whereas the African Union convened a regional ministerial 

meeting in October 2010 to bring together countries affected by the LRA, the United Nations, and international 

partners to address the LRA threat and promote humanitarian assistance and development aid to affected populations, and subsequently authorized, in November 2011, 

the Regional Cooperation Initiative for the Elimination of 

the Lord’s Resistance Army (RCI–LRA), with a mission 

to strengthen the operational capabilities of the affected 

countries and create an environment conducive to stabilizing those areas; 


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Whereas, on March 5, 2012, the nonprofit organization Invisible Children reinvigorated the national and global dialogue on the LRA and Kony by engaging millions of 

young citizens via creative social media and inspiring 

them to demand action and accountability of global leaders, which in turn has mobilized leaders within and outside of the United States Government in support of these 

concerns; 

Whereas, on March 24, 2012, the African Union’s Special 

Envoy for the LRA, Francisco Madeira, and Head of the 

United Nations’ Regional Office for Central Africa, Abou 

Moussa, launched the operational phase of RCI–LRA by 

formally announcing the planned deployment of up to 

5,000 soldiers to advance anti-LRA and anti-Kony efforts, and the next day formally inaugurated the Headquarters of the Regional Task Force in South Sudan to 

coordinate efforts to eliminate Kony and neutralize the 

LRA; 

Whereas, in December 2008, Operation Lightning Thunder, 

a multinational effort, failed to capture and kill Kony in 

northern Congo, and escaping LRA fighters killed more 

than 800 civilians, abducted at least 160 children, and 

pillaged villages en route to the Central African Republic 

in an incident known as the Christmas Massacres, according to Human Rights Watch; and 

Whereas enhanced international and regional cooperation and 

coordination are necessary to apprehend Kony and LRA 

leaders while protecting civilian populations against devastating retaliatory attacks: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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1 (1) commends the African Union for commit2 ting to enhanced troop deployments that will fortify 

3 the military response to the Lord’s Resistance Army, 

4 in coordination with the Governments of Uganda, 

5 the Central African Republic, the Democratic Re6 public of Congo, and the Republic of South Sudan, 

7 in order to strengthen ongoing efforts to arrest Jo8 seph Kony and senior commanders of the Lord’s Re9 sistance Army; 

10 (2) supports increasing collaboration and co11 ordination between the African Union and the Gov12 ernments of Uganda, the Central African Republic, 

13 the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic 

14 of South Sudan so that together they may swiftly 

15 and effectively implement RCI–LRA and bring 

16 Kony’s criminal spree to an end; 

17 (3) supports ongoing efforts by members of the 

18 United States Armed Forces currently deployed to 

19 serve as advisors to and partners of these national 

20 militaries and African Union forces; and 

21 (4) supports continued efforts by the Secretary 

22 of State, the Secretary of Defense, and other rep23 resentatives of the United States Government to 

24 work with partner nations and the international 

25 community to strengthen the operational capabilities 


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1 of African Union and other regional military forces 

2 deployed as part of RCI–LRA to protect civilians 

3 and neutralize the leadership of the Lord’s Resist4 ance Army. 

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