III 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 80 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 19, 2007 
Received and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Calling on the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resist-
ance Army (LRA) to recommit to a political solution 
to the conflict in northern Uganda by engaging in good- 
faith negotiations, and urging immediate and substantial 
support for the ongoing peace process from the United 
States and the international community. 
Whereas for over two decades, the Government of Uganda 
has been engaged in an armed conflict with the Lord’s 
Resistance Army (LRA) that has resulted in up to 
200,000 deaths from violence and disease and the dis-
placement of more than 1,600,000 civilians from eastern 
and northern Uganda; 
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Whereas former United Nations Undersecretary-General for 
Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator 
Jan Egeland called the crisis in northern Uganda ‘‘the 
biggest forgotten, neglected humanitarian emergency in 
the world today’’; 
Whereas Joseph Kony, the leader of the LRA, and several of 
his associates have been indicted by the International 
Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against hu-
manity, including rape, murder, enslavement, sexual en-
slavement, and the forced recruitment of an estimated 
66,000 children; 
Whereas the LRA is a severe and repeat violator of human 
rights and has continued to attack civilians and humani-
tarian aid workers despite a succession of ceasefire agree-
ments; 
Whereas the Secretary of State has labeled the LRA ‘‘vicious 
and cult-like’’ and designates it as a terrorist organiza-
tion under the Immigration and Nationality Act; 
Whereas the 2006 Department of State report on the human 
rights record of the Government of Uganda found that 
‘‘security forces committed unlawful killings. . . and were 
responsible for deaths as a result of torture’’ along with 
other ‘‘serious problems’’, including repression of political 
opposition, official impunity, and violence against women 
and children; 
Whereas in the 2004 Northern Uganda Crisis Response Act 
(Public Law 108–283; 118 Stat. 912), Congress declared 
its support for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in 
northern and eastern Uganda and called for the United 
States and the international community to assist in reha-
bilitation, reconstruction, and demobilization efforts; 
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Whereas the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement, which was 
mediated by the Government of Southern Sudan and 
signed by representatives of the Government of Uganda 
and the LRA on August 20, 2006, and extended on No-
vember 1, 2006, requires both parties to cease all hostile 
military and media offensives and asks the Sudan Peo-
ple’s Liberation Army to facilitate the safe assembly of 
LRA fighters in designated areas for the duration of the 
peace talks; 
Whereas the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement expired on 
February 28, 2007, without ever having been fully imple-
mented, and though the parties resumed peace talks on 
April 26, 2007, and signed a preliminary agreement on 
May 2, 2007, they have not yet arrived at a sustainable 
negotiated settlement and observers remain concerned 
that hostilities between rebel and government forces could 
resume; 
Whereas a return to civil war would yield disastrous results 
for the people of northern Uganda and for regional sta-
bility, while peace in Uganda will bolster the fragile Com-
prehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan and de-escalate 
tensions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and 
Whereas continuing violence and instability obstruct the de-
livery of humanitarian assistance to the people of north-
ern Uganda and impede national and regional trade, de-
velopment and democratization efforts, and counter-ter-
rorism initiatives: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
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(1) disapproves of the Lord’s Resistance Army 
(LRA) leadership’s inconsistent commitment to re-
solving the conflict in Uganda peacefully; 
(2) urges the LRA and the Government of 
Uganda to engage in good-faith negotiations to pur-
sue a political solution to this conflict; 
(3) encourages all parties in the region to im-
mediately cease human rights violations and address, 
within the context of a broader national reconcili-
ation process in Uganda, issues of accountability 
and impunity for those crimes against humanity al-
ready committed; 
(4) urges leaders on both sides of the conflict 
in Uganda to renounce any intentions and halt any 
preparations to resume violence and to ensure that 
this message is clearly conveyed to armed elements 
under their control; and 
(5) calls on the Secretary of State, the Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, and the heads of other simi-
lar governmental agencies and nongovernmental or-
ganizations within the international community to 
continue to augment efforts to alleviate the humani-
tarian crisis in northern Uganda and to support a 
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peaceful resolution to this crisis by publicly and 
forcefully reiterating the preceding demands. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 18, 2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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