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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 277 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that due to the allega-
tions of fraud, mismanagement, and abuse within the United Nations 
oil-for-food program, the growing record of human rights abuses by 
United Nations personnel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
and the lack of action by the United Nations in response to the genocide 
in the Darfur region of the Sudan, Kofi Annan should resign from 
the position of Secretary General of the United Nations to help restore 
confidence in the organization. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2005 
Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. LINDER, Mr. 
GOHMERT, Mr. CARTER, Mrs. CUBIN, Ms. FOXX, Mr. BARTLETT of 
Maryland, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. PITTS, Mr. GARRETT of 
New Jersey, Mr. AKIN, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. 
ISTOOK, Mr. PENCE, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. 
FEENEY, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. TIAHRT, 
Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. GOODE, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. COLE 
of Oklahoma, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. 
DRAKE, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, 
Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, 
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. NEY, Mr. WAMP, Mr. BURTON 
of Indiana, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. RENZI, 
Mr. POMBO, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, and 
Mr. BUYER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
due to the allegations of fraud, mismanagement, and 
abuse within the United Nations oil-for-food program,
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the growing record of human rights abuses by United 
Nations personnel in the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, and the lack of action by the United Nations 
in response to the genocide in the Darfur region of 
the Sudan, Kofi Annan should resign from the position 
of Secretary General of the United Nations to help re-
store confidence in the organization. 
Whereas the United Nations has become the center of global 
scandals of international importance; 
Whereas the United Nations oil-for-food program has been 
the subject of four investigations by the United States 
Congress, three Federal investigations, and a commission 
of inquiry appointed by the United Nations; 
Whereas under the supervision of the United Nations, Sad-
dam 
Hussein 
illicitly 
accumulated 
more 
than 
$7,500,000,000 in contravention of the oil-for-food pro-
gram and in violation of United Nations sanctions; 
Whereas an independent investigation committee created by 
the United Nations concluded that Benon Sevan, the Ex-
ecutive Director of the United Nations Iraq Program who 
was personally appointed by United Nations Secretary 
General Kofi Annan, illegally collected and transferred oil 
vouchers to a personal acquaintance, resulting in 
$1,500,000 in revenue for the African Middle East Petro-
leum Company; 
Whereas the United Nations mission in the Democratic Re-
public of the Congo is the second largest United Nations 
peace keeping mission in the world with more than 
15,000 United Nations personnel; 
Whereas United Nations personnel have been accused of 
more than 150 human rights violations against Congolese
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refugees, including sexual exploitation, child trafficking, 
rape, and other forms of sexual abuse; 
Whereas the genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan has 
become one of the worst humanitarian crises in the 
world; 
Whereas the lack of action by the United Nations in response 
to the tragedy in the Sudan represents a failure to meet 
the goals established by the Charter of the United Na-
tions; 
Whereas the oil-for-food program, the United Nations mis-
sion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the 
lack of action by the United Nations in response to the 
genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan have all oc-
curred under the leadership of Secretary General Kofi 
Annan; 
Whereas it is crucial for the international community to have 
confidence that operations under the authority of the 
United Nations are executed in a responsible and credible 
manner; and 
Whereas the leadership of United Nations Secretary General 
Kofi Annan does not provide the necessary confidence to 
the international community: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that due to the allegations of fraud, mis-
management, and abuse within the United Nations oil-for- 
food program, the growing record of human rights abuses 
by United Nations personnel in the Democratic Republic 
of the Congo, and the lack of action by the United Nations 
in response to the genocide in the Darfur region of the
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Sudan, Kofi Annan should resign from the position of Sec-
retary General of the United Nations to help restore con-
fidence in the organization. 
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