H. Res. 1013 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

January 20, 2010. 

Whereas, on December 23, 2008, a military junta calling 

itself the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) seized power in the Republic of Guinea 

hours after the death of longtime President Lansana 

Conte ́, suspended the national legislature and the constitution, and committed to hold free and fair national 

elections as part of a ‘‘peaceful transition’’ to a civilianled government; 

Whereas delays in electoral preparations and statements by 

CNDD leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara that he 

might run for president, in contravention of earlier commitments that neither he nor any other member of the 

CNDD would run as a candidate in the elections, provoked increasing public discontent with the junta; 

Whereas, on September 28, 2009, tens of thousands of unarmed civilians gathered at a the national soccer stadium 

in Conakry to protest against the CNDD; 

Whereas security forces responded by surrounding the stadium and opening fire with live ammunition on the 

crowd, reportedly killing over 150 people and injuring 

over 1,000; 
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Whereas prominent opposition leaders were then beaten and 

arrested by soldiers; demonstrators and opposition party 

members were detained without charge; and at least 60 

women were brutally raped, sexually molested, or killed 

by security forces, many of them in public and in full 

sight of their commanders; 

Whereas an investigation by Human Rights Watch indicates 

that ‘‘the [stadium] massacre and widespread rape were 

organized and premeditated’’ and that armed forces had 

attempted to ‘‘hide evidence of the crimes by seizing bodies from the stadium and the city’s morgues and burying 

them in mass graves’’; 

Whereas the security forces responsible for the violence on 

September 28, 2009, reportedly included troops from the 

Presidential Guard and gendarmes working with the 

State Secretariat for Special Services, both of which answer directly to the presidency; 

Whereas, on October 30, 2009, the United Nations Secretary-General announced the appointment of an international commission of inquiry to probe the violence of 

September 28, 2009; 

Whereas the Economic Community of West African States 

(ECOWAS) has appointed President Blaise Compaore ́ of 

Burkina Faso to mediate between the CNDD, opposition 

parties, and civil society in an effort to break the current 

political impasse; 

Whereas the African Union, ECOWAS, the European Union, 

and the United States have imposed targeted sanctions, 

variously including travel restrictions, financial asset 

freezes, and an arms embargo, on CNDD members in re-
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sponse to the violent crackdown and perceived CNDD resistance to a democratic transition; 

Whereas while others were imposing sanctions against the 

CNDD, it was announced in October that the China 

International Fund, a Hong Kong-registered company 

with ties to Chinese state-owned enterprises and government agencies, has signed a $7 billion deal with the 

CNDD to develop Guinea’s vast mineral resources; 

Whereas the CNDD reportedly has imported millions of dollars worth of weapons since the September 28, 2009, 

crackdown and junta members reportedly are recruiting 

militias, adding a troubling and potentially explosive ethnic dimension to the crisis; 

Whereas targeted political killings reportedly have been carried out in Conakry since September 2009, opposition 

members continue to face the threat of arrest and violent 

assault, and the junta has banned all public protests; 

Whereas, on December 3, 2009, Captain Moussa Dadis 

Camara was shot in the head in an apparent assassination attempt by his aide-de-camp Lt. Aboubakar Diakite 

(Toumba) and flown to Morocco for treatment, prompting analysts to warn of a potential counter coup and a 

further deterioration of security in Guinea; 

Whereas a further deterioration of the political and security 

situation in Guinea could have catastrophic consequences 

not only for Guinea, but also for neighboring Liberia and 

Sierra Leone, both of which only recently emerged from 

deadly, protracted conflicts; 

Whereas Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has referred to 

the September 28, 2009, crackdown as ‘‘criminality of 

the greatest degree’’, and stated that Guinea’s military 
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leaders must recognize ‘‘that they cannot remain in 

power, that they must turn back to the people the right 

to choose their own leaders’’; 

Whereas, on January 6, 2010, interim junta leader General 

Sekouba Konate invited the opposition in Guinea to select 

a prime minister in advance of the formation of a transitional government and offered security guarantees to opposition leaders who had fled the country; and 

Whereas, on January 15, 2010, the ‘‘Declaration Conjointe 

de Ouagadougou’’ to end the political crisis in Guinea, 

mediated by Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore ́, 

was signed by opposition parties and junta leaders, and

supported by the International Contact Group on Guinea, 

provides for the establishment of a government of national unity, led by a consensus Prime Minister, and the 

holding of presidential elections within six months in 

order to reestablish the rule of law and bring peace and 

stability to the people of Guinea: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

(1) condemns the violent suppression of legitimate 

political dissent and gross human rights abuses, including mass murder and extreme sexual violence, perpetrated by forces under the command of the National 

Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) in 

Guinea and demands that the perpetrators of these 

crimes be brought to justice; 

(2) expresses grave concern about the further deterioration of security and rule of law in Guinea, particularly with regard to ongoing reports of— 
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(A) harassment of opposition figures, members 

of civil society, and journalists; 

(B) rising ethnic tensions; 

(C) growing cleavages within the CNDD and 

the military which raise the potential of a violent 

counter coup; 

(D) recruitment of militias and other irregular 

forces from within Guinea and neighboring countries; 

(E) importation of weapons despite an arms 

embargo on the region; and 

(F) uncertainty about the prospects for restoring civilian rule through free, fair, and transparent 

elections; 

(3) calls on China to cease its material support for 

the CNDD by publicly announcing the cancellation of 

the China International Fund’s $7 billion minerals and 

infrastructure deal in Guinea; 

(4) urges all Member States of the United Nations 

to join the United States, the European Union (EU), the 

African Union (AU), and the Economic Community of 

West African States (ECOWAS) to impose sanctions 

against the regime until constitutional order and rule of 

law has been restored in Guinea; 
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(5) supports the efforts of the ECOWAS and the 

AU to find a resolution to the current political crisis in 

Guinea; 

(6) urges the leaders of the CNDD, the Force Vives 

Coalition, and all parties in Guinea to uphold and abide 

by the provisions included in the ‘‘Declaration Conjointe 

de Ouagadougou’’ and to facilitate the conduct of free, 

fair, and transparent elections that meet international 

standards and reflect the will of the Guinean people; and 

(7) expresses solidarity with the people of Guinea 

during this time of extreme uncertainty and expresses 

deep regret for the victims of the September 28, 2009, 

crackdown. 

Attest: 

Clerk.