H. Res. 1013 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 20, 2010. 
Whereas, on December 23, 2008, a military junta calling 
itself the National Council for Democracy and Develop-
ment (CNDD) seized power in the Republic of Guinea 
hours after the death of longtime President Lansana 
Conte´, suspended the national legislature and the con-
stitution, and committed to hold free and fair national 
elections as part of a ‘‘peaceful transition’’ to a civilian- 
led government; 
Whereas delays in electoral preparations and statements by 
CNDD leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara that he 
might run for president, in contravention of earlier com-
mitments that neither he nor any other member of the 
CNDD would run as a candidate in the elections, pro-
voked increasing public discontent with the junta; 
Whereas, on September 28, 2009, tens of thousands of un-
armed civilians gathered at a the national soccer stadium 
in Conakry to protest against the CNDD; 
Whereas security forces responded by surrounding the sta-
dium and opening fire with live ammunition on the 
crowd, reportedly killing over 150 people and injuring 
over 1,000;
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Whereas prominent opposition leaders were then beaten and 
arrested by soldiers; demonstrators and opposition party 
members were detained without charge; and at least 60 
women were brutally raped, sexually molested, or killed 
by security forces, many of them in public and in full 
sight of their commanders; 
Whereas an investigation by Human Rights Watch indicates 
that ‘‘the [stadium] massacre and widespread rape were 
organized and premeditated’’ and that armed forces had 
attempted to ‘‘hide evidence of the crimes by seizing bod-
ies from the stadium and the city’s morgues and burying 
them in mass graves’’; 
Whereas the security forces responsible for the violence on 
September 28, 2009, reportedly included troops from the 
Presidential Guard and gendarmes working with the 
State Secretariat for Special Services, both of which an-
swer directly to the presidency; 
Whereas, on October 30, 2009, the United Nations Sec-
retary-General announced the appointment of an inter-
national commission of inquiry to probe the violence of 
September 28, 2009; 
Whereas the Economic Community of West African States 
(ECOWAS) has appointed President Blaise Compaore´ of 
Burkina Faso to mediate between the CNDD, opposition 
parties, and civil society in an effort to break the current 
political impasse; 
Whereas the African Union, ECOWAS, the European Union, 
and the United States have imposed targeted sanctions, 
variously including travel restrictions, financial asset 
freezes, and an arms embargo, on CNDD members in re-
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sponse to the violent crackdown and perceived CNDD re-
sistance to a democratic transition; 
Whereas while others were imposing sanctions against the 
CNDD, it was announced in October that the China 
International Fund, a Hong Kong-registered company 
with ties to Chinese state-owned enterprises and govern-
ment agencies, has signed a $7 billion deal with the 
CNDD to develop Guinea’s vast mineral resources; 
Whereas the CNDD reportedly has imported millions of dol-
lars worth of weapons since the September 28, 2009, 
crackdown and junta members reportedly are recruiting 
militias, adding a troubling and potentially explosive eth-
nic dimension to the crisis; 
Whereas targeted political killings reportedly have been car-
ried out in Conakry since September 2009, opposition 
members continue to face the threat of arrest and violent 
assault, and the junta has banned all public protests; 
Whereas, on December 3, 2009, Captain Moussa Dadis 
Camara was shot in the head in an apparent assassina-
tion attempt by his aide-de-camp Lt. Aboubakar Diakite 
(Toumba) and flown to Morocco for treatment, prompt-
ing analysts to warn of a potential counter coup and a 
further deterioration of security in Guinea; 
Whereas a further deterioration of the political and security 
situation in Guinea could have catastrophic consequences 
not only for Guinea, but also for neighboring Liberia and 
Sierra Leone, both of which only recently emerged from 
deadly, protracted conflicts; 
Whereas Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has referred to 
the September 28, 2009, crackdown as ‘‘criminality of 
the greatest degree’’, and stated that Guinea’s military
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leaders must recognize ‘‘that they cannot remain in 
power, that they must turn back to the people the right 
to choose their own leaders’’; 
Whereas, on January 6, 2010, interim junta leader General 
Sekouba Konate invited the opposition in Guinea to select 
a prime minister in advance of the formation of a transi-
tional government and offered security guarantees to op-
position leaders who had fled the country; and 
Whereas, on January 15, 2010, the ‘‘Declaration Conjointe 
de Ouagadougou’’ to end the political crisis in Guinea, 
mediated by Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore´, 
was signed by opposition parties and junta leaders, and
supported by the International Contact Group on Guinea, 
provides for the establishment of a government of na-
tional unity, led by a consensus Prime Minister, and the 
holding of presidential elections within six months in 
order to reestablish the rule of law
and bring peace and 
stability to the people of Guinea: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns the violent suppression of legitimate 
political dissent and gross human rights abuses, includ-
ing mass murder and extreme sexual violence, per-
petrated by forces under the command of the National 
Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) in 
Guinea and demands that the perpetrators of these 
crimes be brought to justice; 
(2) expresses grave concern about the further dete-
rioration of security and rule of law in Guinea, particu-
larly with regard to ongoing reports of—
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(A) harassment of opposition figures, members 
of civil society, and journalists; 
(B) rising ethnic tensions; 
(C) growing cleavages within the CNDD and 
the military which raise the potential of a violent 
counter coup; 
(D) recruitment of militias and other irregular 
forces from within Guinea and neighboring coun-
tries; 
(E) importation of weapons despite an arms 
embargo on the region; and 
(F) uncertainty about the prospects for restor-
ing civilian rule through free, fair, and transparent 
elections; 
(3) calls on China to cease its material support for 
the CNDD by publicly announcing the cancellation of 
the China International Fund’s $7 billion minerals and 
infrastructure deal in Guinea; 
(4) urges all Member States of the United Nations 
to join the United States, the European Union (EU), the 
African Union (AU), and the Economic Community of 
West African States (ECOWAS) to impose sanctions 
against the regime until constitutional order and rule of 
law has been restored in Guinea;