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and 3,300 civilian police personnel as well as 16 formed 
police units to Darfur; 
Whereas implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agree-
ment (CPA) between the Government of Sudan and the 
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) is slow, 
raising serious concern about the commitment of the 
Government of Sudan to fulfill its responsibilities; 
Whereas President Omar Hassan El-Bashir of Sudan has re-
jected the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping 
force to Darfur, even as First Vice President Salva Kiir 
has publicly stated his support for the deployment of a 
United Nations peacekeeping mission to Darfur; 
Whereas in March 2006, at the Khartoum summit, Arab 
leaders worked against a plan to transform the African 
Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) into a United Nations 
protection force with a mandate to protect civilians; 
Whereas on August 20, 2006, in Cairo, Egypt, the League 
of Arab States met and backed Sudan’s refusal of a 
United Nations peacekeeping force in the war-wracked 
Darfur region; 
Whereas in September 2006, a resolution passed by the Arab 
League’s Council of Foreign Ministers called for the 
United Nations Security Council to give the Sudanese 
Government more time to implement its ‘‘plan to improve 
conditions and preserve security’’ in Darfur; 
Whereas on September 20, 2006, the Security and Peace 
Council of the African Union approved a decision to ex-
tend the mandate of AMIS in Darfur to the end of 2006; 
Whereas, although the United Nations is set to send peace-
keeping forces to Darfur under United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 1706 (2006), the Arab League alleg-
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edly remains engaged in behind-the-scenes efforts to ob-
struct the deployment of such forces or reduce their man-
date; 
Whereas the November 30, 2006, Abuja Communique of the 
Peace and Security Council of the African Union states 
the following: 
(1) The Special Representative shall be jointly ap-
pointed by the Chairperson of the Commission of the Af-
rican Union and the Secretary-General of the United Na-
tions, after appropriate consultations as per the practice. 
(2) The Force Commander, who should be an Afri-
can, shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the Com-
mission in consultation with the Secretary-General of the 
United Nations. 
(3) The Mission shall benefit from United Nations 
backstopping and command and control structures and 
systems. 
(4) The size of the force shall be determined by the 
African Union and the United Nations, taking into ac-
count all relevant factors and the situation on the 
ground, as well as the requirements for it to effectively 
discharge its mandate; and 
Whereas the support of the Arab League to end the genocide 
in Darfur will be critical: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) strongly urges the League of Arab States to 
declare the systematic torture, rape, and displace-
ment of Darfurians a genocide; 
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