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that ‘‘the [G]overnment of Sudan and the Janjaweed 
bear responsibility’’; 
Whereas this historic determination was made in response to 
irrefutable evidence of a systematic campaign of ethnic 
cleansing launched by the Sudanese regime, characterized 
by the manipulation of ethnic and tribal tensions, the 
arming of proxy forces, aerial bombardment of civilians, 
destruction of irrigation systems, poisoning of wells, 
razing of villages, forced displacements, mass murder, ab-
duction, looting, torture, and rape; 
Whereas as a result of the Sudanese regime’s genocidal cam-
paign in Darfur, over 300,000 Darfuris have died and 
nearly 3,000,000 have been displaced; 
Whereas the Sudanese regime employed similar tactics during 
its war in Southern Sudan, which lasted over 20 years 
and left over 2,000,000 dead and another 4,000,000 dis-
placed; 
Whereas the war in Southern Sudan ostensibly ended upon 
conclusion of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for 
Sudan (CPA) in 2005, but the CPA has not been fully 
implemented and observers repeatedly have warned that 
it is at risk of collapse; 
Whereas the declaration of genocide by the United States was 
intended to galvanize international attention and serve as 
a call to action for responsible nations, as well as the 
United Nations, to take effective action to deter and sup-
press genocide in Darfur; 
Whereas despite the passage of 5 long years since the dec-
laration of genocide by the United States Congress, the 
signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in May 
2006, significant efforts on the part of some responsible
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nations, the heroic actions of humanitarian workers and 
human rights campaigners, and the deployment of a joint 
African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission for 
Darfur (UNAMID), the deadly conflict in Darfur con-
tinues; and 
Whereas the conflicts in Darfur and Southern Sudan are in-
extricably linked, and if the CPA fails there can be little 
hope for peace in Darfur: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) solemnly recognizes the fifth anniversary of 
the declaration by the United States Congress of 
genocide in Darfur, Sudan; 
(2) regrets that this determination has yet to 
yield effective action on the part of the United Na-
tions and other nations which maintain significant 
influence in Sudan, including China and certain 
members of the Arab League; 
(3) urges the United States to work with other 
responsible nations to support a negotiated settle-
ment to the conflict in Darfur and full implementa-
tion of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) 
for Sudan, in accordance with the terms and 
timeline established therein, while implementing a 
more robust set of multilateral measures against 
those individuals who act as obstructionists to peace,
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including those who continue to sell arms to belliger-
ents in Sudan; 
(4) urges member states of the United Nations 
to provide sufficient resources to support the deploy-
ment of a fully capacitated African Union/United 
Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), including by 
supplying required tactical and utility helicopters 
and other mission enablers; and 
(5) urges the parties to the conflict in Darfur 
to cease their attacks upon civilians and humani-
tarian and peacekeeping operations, and to fully 
commit to finding a political solution to the crisis in 
Darfur without further delay. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 159 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the fifth anniversary of the declaration 
by the United States Congress of genocide in 
Darfur, Sudan.