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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 17 

Calling on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to assess the potential 

effectiveness of and requirements for a NATO-enforced no-fly zone in 

the Darfur region of Sudan. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 10, 2005 

Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. CORZINE, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. DODD, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. OBAMA, and Mrs. BOXER) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Relations 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Calling on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to assess 

the potential effectiveness of and requirements for a 

NATO-enforced no-fly zone in the Darfur region of 

Sudan.

Whereas the Government of Sudan continues to commit 

crimes against humanity and engage in genocidal acts in 

the Darfur region of Sudan; 

Whereas the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 

between the government in Khartoum and the Sudanese 

People’s Liberation Army on January 9, 2005, has not 

resulted in an improvement of the security situation in 

Darfur; 
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Whereas, on January 26, 2005, the Government of Sudan 

bombed the village of Rahad Kabolong in the state of 

North Darfur, killing an estimated 100 people; 

Whereas, in February of 2005, the African Union reported 

that the security situation in Darfur had deteriorated 

over the course of the previous four months; 

Whereas, in March 2005, Doctors Without Borders issued a 

report that stated that rape of women in Darfur continues unabated; 

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 is likely higher; 

Whereas, according to the United Nations, the number of 

people internally displaced due to the conflict in Darfur 

has risen over the past year to nearly 1,850,000, and 

over 200,000 people are refugees in neighboring Chad; 

Whereas aid organizations believe that approximately 1,000 

people per day are dying as a direct and indirect result 

of the conflict in Darfur; 

Whereas neither the mandate nor the troop strength of the 

African Union Mission in Sudan is adequate to protect 

civilians in that country; 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 by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) strongly condemns the continued attacks on 

4 civilians in Darfur; 
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1 (2) calls on all parties to abide by the terms of 

2 the April 8, 2004, N’Djamena cease-fire agreement; 

3 (3) calls on the Government of Sudan to imme4 diately withdraw all military aircraft from the region 

5 and disarm the janjaweed militias; 

6 (4) commends the Africa Union Mission in 

7 Sudan for its actions to date in monitoring the im8 plementation of the N’Djamena cease-fire agreement 

9 in Darfur; 

10 (5) urges the President to immediately direct 

11 the United States Permanent Representative to the 

12 North Atlantic Treaty Organization to propose in 

13 the North Atlantic Council that NATO assess and 

14 report to members on the potential effectiveness of 

15 and requirements for a NATO-enforced no-fly zone 

16 across the Darfur region of Sudan; and 

17 (6) calls upon NATO allies to support the dis18 patch of such an assessment mission.

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