IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 422 
Calling on the Government of the People’s Republic of China to use its 
unique influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence 
in Darfur, Sudan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2007 
Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MORAN of 
Kansas, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, and Mr. AL GREEN of Texas) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Calling on the Government of the People’s Republic of China 
to use its unique influence and economic leverage to 
stop genocide and violence in Darfur, Sudan. 
Whereas since the conflict in Darfur, Sudan began in 2003, 
hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and 
more than 2,500,000 displaced as a result of the ongoing 
and escalating violence; 
Whereas on July 23, 2004, Congress declared, ‘‘the atrocities 
unfolding in Darfur, Sudan, are genocide’’ and on Sep-
tember 23, 2004, then Secretary of State Colin Powell 
stated before the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate that, ‘‘genocide has occurred and may still be oc-
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
20:22 May 22, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6300
E:\BILLS\HR422.IH
HR422
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with BILLS
•HRES 422 IH 
curring in Darfur,’’ and ‘‘the Government of Sudan and 
the Janjaweed bear responsibility’’; 
Whereas on October 13, 2006, the President signed the 
Darfur Peace and Accountability Act (Public Law 109– 
344), which identifies the Government of Sudan as 
complicit with the forces committing genocide in the 
Darfur region and urges the President to, ‘‘take all nec-
essary and appropriate steps to deny the Government of 
Sudan access to oil revenues’’; 
Whereas President George W. Bush declared in a speech de-
livered on April 18, 2007, at the United States Holocaust 
Memorial Museum that no one ‘‘can doubt that genocide 
is the only word for what is happening in Darfur—and 
that we have a moral obligation to stop it’’; 
Whereas the presence of approximately 7,000 African Union 
peacekeepers has not deterred the violence and the in-
creasing attacks by the Government of Sudan and Gov-
ernment-sponsored Janjaweed militia and rebel groups; 
Whereas worsening violence has forced humanitarian organi-
zations to suspend operations, leaving a substantial por-
tion of the population of Darfur inaccessible to aid work-
ers; 
Whereas violence has spread to the neighboring states of 
Chad and the Central African Republic, threatening re-
gional peace and security; 
Whereas the Government of Sudan continues to refuse to 
allow implementation of the full-scale peacekeeping mis-
sion authorized under United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1706; 
Whereas former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi 
Annan subsequently negotiated a compromise agreement 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
20:22 May 22, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6300
E:\BILLS\HR422.IH
HR422
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with BILLS
•HRES 422 IH 
with the Government of Sudan for a hybrid United Na-
tions-African Union peacekeeping mission to be imple-
mented in three phases; 
Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China 
has long-standing economic and military ties with Sudan 
and continues to strengthen these ties in spite of the on- 
going genocide in Darfur, as evidenced by the following 
actions: 
(1) China reportedly purchases as much as 70 per-
cent of Sudan’s oil; 
(2) China currently has at least $3,000,000,000 in-
vested in the Sudanese energy sector, for a total of 
$10,000,000,000 since the 1990s; 
(3) Sudan’s Joint Chief of Staff, Haj Ahmed El 
Gaili, recently visited Beijing for discussions with Chinese 
Defense Minister Cao Gang Chuan and other military of-
ficials as part of an eight-day tour of China; Cao pledged 
closer military relations with Sudan, saying that China 
was ‘‘willing to further develop cooperation between the 
two militaries in every sphere’’; 
(4) China has reportedly cancelled approximately 
$100 million in debt owed by the Sudanese Government; 
(5) China is building infrastructure in Sudan and 
provided funds for a presidential palace in Sudan at a re-
ported cost of approximately $20,000,000; and 
(6) Data provided by the Government of Sudan to 
the United Nations for 2005 states that Sudan imported 
at least $24,000,000 in arms and ammunition from the 
People’s 
Republic 
of 
China, 
as 
well 
as 
nearly 
$57,000,000 in parts and aircraft equipment, and 
$2,000,000 in helicopter and airplane parts from China, 
making China the largest provider of military arms and 
equipment to Sudan, even as Sudan has defended its 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
20:22 May 22, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6300
E:\BILLS\HR422.IH
HR422
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with BILLS
•HRES 422 IH 
right to transfer and use such military arms and equip-
ment in Darfur for military operations; 
Whereas given its economic interests throughout the region, 
China has a unique ability to positively influence the Gov-
ernment of Sudan to abandon its genocidal policies and 
to accept United Nations peacekeepers to join a hybrid 
United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission; 
Whereas the President’s Special Envoy to Sudan, Andrew S. 
Natsios, further said in testimony on April 11, 2007, that 
‘‘China’s substantial economic investment in Sudan gives 
it considerable potential leverage, and we have made clear 
to Beijing that the international community will expect 
China to be part of the solution’’; 
Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China’s 
recent appointment of a senior diplomat as China’s spe-
cial representative on African affairs who shall focus spe-
cific attention on the Darfur issue and its pledge to pro-
vide military engineers to support African Union peace-
keeping forces in Darfur are welcome developments, but 
do not demonstrate that Beijing is truly committed to 
using all the considerable diplomatic and political means 
at its disposal to stop the genocide in Darfur; 
Whereas due to its large population, its rapidly growing glob-
al economy, its large research and development invest-
ments and military spending, its seat as a permanent 
member of the United Nations Security Council and on 
the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, China is an 
emerging power that is increasingly perceived as a leader 
with significant international reach and responsibility; 
Whereas in November 2006, China hosted its third Forum on 
China-Africa Cooperation with more than 40 heads of 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
20:22 May 22, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6300
E:\BILLS\HR422.IH
HR422
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with BILLS
•HRES 422 IH 
state in attendance and which focused heavily on trade 
relations and investment on the African continent as it 
is expected to double by 2010; 
Whereas China is preparing to host the Olympic Summer 
Games of 2008, the most honorable, venerated, and pres-
tigious international sporting event and has selected 
‘‘One World, One Dream’’ as a slogan for those games; 
Whereas China should act consistently with the Olympic 
standard of preserving human dignity in Darfur, Sudan 
and around the world; and 
Whereas China has been reluctant to use its full influence to 
improve the human rights situation in Darfur: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) calls upon the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China to— 
(A) acknowledge publicly and condemn the 
atrocities taking place in Darfur; 
(B) cease all military arms, ammunition, 
and related military equipment sales to the 
Government of Sudan; and 
(C) take steps to immediately suspend eco-
nomic cooperation with the Government of 
Sudan and investment in Sudan until and un-
less the Government of Sudan— 
(i) stops its attacks on civilians; 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
20:22 May 22, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\HR422.IH
HR422
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with BILLS
•HRES 422 IH 
(ii) complies with all United Nations 
Security Council resolutions related to 
Darfur; and 
(iii) engages in good faith negotiations 
with Darfur rebel groups to achieve a sus-
tainable negotiated peace agreement; 
(2) recognizes the close relationship between 
China and Sudan and strongly urges the Govern-
ment of the People’s Republic of China to use its 
full influence to— 
(A) urge the regime in Khartoum to com-
ply with the deployment of the peacekeeping 
force authorized by United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 1706; 
(B) call for Sudanese compliance with 
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 
1556 and 1564, and the Darfur Peace Agree-
ment, all of which demand that the Government 
of Sudan disarm militias operating in Darfur; 
(C) call on all parties to the conflict to ad-
here to the 2004 N’Djamena ceasefire agree-
ment and the recently-agreed United Nations 
communique´ which commits the Sudanese Gov-
ernment to improve conditions for humanitarian 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
20:22 May 22, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00006
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\HR422.IH
HR422
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with BILLS
•HRES 422 IH 
organizations and ensure they have unfettered 
access to the populations they serve; 
(D) emphasize that there can be no mili-
tary solution to the conflict in Darfur and that 
the formation and implementation of a legiti-
mate peace agreement between all parties will 
contribute toward the welfare and stability of 
the entire nation and broader region; 
(E) urge all rebel groups to unify and as-
sist all parties to come to the negotiating table 
in good faith; 
(F) urge the Government of southern 
Sudan to play a more active role in pressing for 
legitimate peace talks and take immediate steps 
to support and assist in the revitalization of 
such talks along one single coordinated track; 
(G) engage collaboratively in high-level di-
plomacy and multilateral efforts toward a re-
newed peace process; and 
(H) join the international community in 
imposing economic and other consequences on 
the Government of Sudan if that Government 
continues to carry out or support attacks on ci-
vilians and frustrate diplomatic efforts; and 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
20:22 May 22, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00007
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\HR422.IH
HR422
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with BILLS
•HRES 422 IH 
(3) recognizes that the spirit of the Olympics, 
which is to bring together nations and people from 
all over the world in peace, is incompatible with any 
actions directly or indirectly supporting acts of geno-
cide. 
Æ 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
20:22 May 22, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00008
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\HR422.IH
HR422
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with BILLS