H. Res. 422 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
June 5, 2007. 
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-
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’’;
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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 
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;
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(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 
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
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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 
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
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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 Re-
public 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 unless the Gov-
ernment of Sudan— 
(i) stops its attacks on civilians; 
(ii) complies with all United Nations Secu-
rity Council resolutions related to Darfur; and 
(iii) engages in good faith negotiations 
with Darfur rebel groups to achieve a sustain-
able negotiated peace agreement; 
(2) recognizes the close relationship between China 
and Sudan and strongly urges the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China to use its full influence to— 
(A) urge the regime in Khartoum to comply 
with the deployment of the peacekeeping force au-
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thorized by United Nations Security Council Reso-
lution 1706; 
(B) call for Sudanese compliance with United 
Nations Security Council Resolutions 1556 and 
1564, and the Darfur Peace Agreement, all of 
which demand that the Government of Sudan dis-
arm militias operating in Darfur; 
(C) call on all parties to the conflict to adhere 
to the 2004 N’Djamena ceasefire agreement and 
the recently-agreed United Nations communique´ 
which commits the Sudanese Government to im-
prove conditions for humanitarian organizations 
and ensure they have unfettered access to the popu-
lations they serve; 
(D) emphasize that there can be no military 
solution to the conflict in Darfur and that the for-
mation and implementation of a legitimate 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 assist 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
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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 diplo-
macy and multilateral efforts toward a renewed 
peace process; and 
(H) join the international community in impos-
ing economic and other consequences on the Gov-
ernment of Sudan if that Government continues to 
carry out or support attacks on civilians and frus-
trate diplomatic efforts; and 
(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 genocide. 
Attest: 
Clerk.