IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 910 
Calling for the full implementation of the Sudan Comprehensive Peace 
Agreement. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2007 
Mr. PAYNE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Calling for the full implementation of the Sudan 
Comprehensive Peace Agreement. 
Whereas on January 9, 2005, the Government of Sudan and 
the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), after 
two and half years of negotiations, signed the Sudan 
Comprehensive Peace Agreement at a ceremony in 
Nairobi, Kenya; 
Whereas the signing of this agreement effectively ended the 
21-year old civil war and triggered a six-year Interim Pe-
riod; 
Whereas at the end of the Interim Period, southerners are to 
hold a referendum to decide their political future; 
Whereas in September 2005, after weeks of contentious nego-
tiations, the SPLM and the National Congress Party 
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(NCP), formerly known as the National Islamic Front 
(NIF), agreed on a cabinet; 
Whereas on July 30, 2005, First Vice President and Chair-
man of the SPLM, Dr. John Garang, was killed in a 
plane crash in southern Sudan; 
Whereas the death of Dr. Garang triggered violence between 
government security forces and southerners in Khartoum 
and Juba; 
Whereas the Bush Administration played a key role in the 
North-South peace process, while pressing for a resolu-
tion of the Darfur crisis in Western Sudan; 
Whereas through the Inter-Governmental Authority for De-
velopment (IGAD)-sponsored talks, the Bush Administra-
tion engaged the parties at the highest levels; 
Whereas United States financial support for the peace proc-
ess and technical assistance during the talks were consid-
ered by the parties and the mediators as critical; 
Whereas American interventions at critical times during the 
negotiations helped break a number of stalemates; 
Whereas the Bush Administration’s sustained pressure on the 
Government of Sudan helped secure the Comprehensive 
Peace Agreement; 
Whereas, however, the Administration has not been forceful 
in ensuring implementation of the CPA, despite repeated 
warnings by SPLM officials; 
Whereas implementation of the CPA by the Government of 
National Unity has been selective and at times delib-
erately slow; 
Whereas the Bush Administration took the lead in setting up 
the mechanism to resolve the Abyei problem and a former 
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United States Ambassador to Sudan chaired the Abyei 
Border Commission (ABC); 
Whereas the Abyei protocols in the CPA was written by the 
United States; 
Whereas the ABC was mandated to ‘‘define and demarcate’’ 
the area known as the nine Ngok Dinka Chiefdoms 
transferred in 1905 to Kordofan in North Sudan; 
Whereas in July 2005, the ABC submitted its final report to 
the Presidency; 
Whereas, according to the CPA, ‘‘upon presentation of the 
final report, the Presidency shall take necessary action to 
put the special administration status of Abyei Area into 
immediate effect.’’; 
Whereas after the signing of the peace agreement, the Abyei 
area was suppose to be administered by an Executive 
Council; 
Whereas members of the Executive Council were suppose to 
be elected by the residents of Abyei and the Chief Admin-
istrator appointed by the Presidency; 
Whereas at the end of the Interim Period, the residents of 
Abyei are to choose between retaining a special adminis-
trative status in the north or be part of South Sudan; 
Whereas the Bashir Government has not put in place an ad-
ministration in Abyei and continues to reject the rec-
ommendation of the ABC; 
Whereas, according to a September 2007 report by the 
United Nations Secretary General, ‘‘the lack of adminis-
tration in Abyei has hampered CPA activities and left 
gaps in policing, public sanitation, and health services.’’; 
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Whereas the CPA in many ways continues to face serious 
challenges despite the number of commissions created 
and decrees issued by the Presidency to address issues 
related to the agreement; 
Whereas in October 2007, the Government of Southern 
Sudan (GOSS) suspended the participation of its Min-
isters, State Ministers, and Presidential Advisors from 
the Government of National Unity to protest and demand 
full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agree-
ment; 
Whereas the SPLM has been complaining and urging the Su-
danese government to implement key provisions of the 
CPA and to consult the First Vice President on key 
issues; 
Whereas President Omer Bashir has been taking important 
decisions with little or no consultation with the First Vice 
President since the signing of the peace agreement in 
2005; 
Whereas on Darfur, President Bashir has been waging war 
and deliberately sidelining the SPLM on key decisions; 
Whereas, according to the CPA, ‘‘the President shall take de-
cisions with the consent of the First Vice President on 
declaration and termination of state of emergency, dec-
laration of war, appointments that the president is re-
quired to make according to the peace agreement, sum-
moning, adjourning, or proroguing the National Assem-
bly, and.’’; 
Whereas in December 2007, President Bashir agreed to some 
of the GOSS demands, although the issue of Abyei re-
mains unresolved in large part due to the intransigence 
of the Bashir Government; and 
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Whereas if the Abyei issue is not resolved soon, the prospects 
for war are real: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) calls for the full implementation of the 
Comprehensive Peace Agreement; 
(2) strongly condemns the obstructionist behav-
ior of the Bashir government; 
(3) urges President Bush to continue applying 
pressure on the Government of Sudan to ensure full 
implementation of the CPA and an end to the geno-
cide in Darfur; 
(4) strongly condemns any attempt to open up 
the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in order to ap-
pease the Bashir Government; 
(5) demands full and immediate implementation 
of the Abyei Border Commission decisions; 
(6) calls on the Bush Administration to impose 
additional punitive measures if the Bashir govern-
ment refuses to implement the United States-led 
Abyei Commission decisions; and 
(7) strongly urges President Bush to maintain 
all sanctions, keep Sudan on the terrorism list, and 
reject calls to upgrade diplomatic relations with the 
Bashir government until the CPA is fully imple-
mented and the outcome of the referendum re-
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spected by the Bashir government, and a lasting and 
just peace is secured in Darfur, Sudan. 
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