IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1093 
Calling on the President not to attend the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 
Olympic Games in Beijing until China takes credible steps to persuade 
Sudan to end the genocide in Darfur and allow full deployment of 
the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2008 
Mr. CAPUANO (for himself, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. 
JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. LEE, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. MCGOVERN, and 
Mr. OLVER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Calling on the President not to attend the Opening Ceremony 
of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing until China takes 
credible steps to persuade Sudan to end the genocide 
in Darfur and allow full deployment of the United Na-
tions-African Union Mission in Darfur. 
Whereas the Government of Sudan has been carrying out a 
genocide against the people of Darfur since 2003; 
Whereas, since 2003, more than 450,000 people have died 
from violent attacks, disease, or starvation, and more 
than 2,800,000 people have been displaced in this cam-
paign of murder and devastation; 
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Whereas the United States House of Representatives and 
Senate each passed resolutions on July 22, 2004, declar-
ing that the crimes in Darfur amounted to genocide; 
Whereas the President of the United States declared on Sep-
tember 21, 2004, that the horrific acts in Darfur con-
stituted genocide; 
Whereas, on April 18, 2007, President Bush delivered a 
speech recalling the recent history of the conflict in 
Darfur, stating that ‘‘the government in Khartoum un-
leashed a horse-mounted militia called the Janjaweed, 
which carried out systematic assaults against innocent ci-
vilians’’ and calling on the United States ‘‘to continue to 
demand that the genocide in Sudan be stopped’’; 
Whereas Government-sponsored attacks on Darfurian villages 
continue to this day, and worsening violence has forced 
humanitarian organizations to shrink or suspend oper-
ations, leaving tens of thousands without aid; 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council passed a unan-
imous resolution in July 2007, calling for a joint African 
Union/United Nations peacekeeping force, the United 
Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), of 
26,000 with a mandate to take necessary actions to pro-
tect civilians, its personnel, and humanitarian workers; 
Whereas as of February 2008, UNAMID has deployed an es-
timated 9,200, its deployment slowed by continuous ob-
structions by the Government of Sudan around the na-
tionalities of the troops, communication, land for bases, 
customs clearance, etc.; 
Whereas, in January 2008, Sudanese Armed Forces attacked 
a UNAMID convoy, wounding a driver and damaging 
several vehicles; 
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Whereas the People’s Republic of China has invested more 
than $10,000,000,000 in Sudan and is the major sup-
plier of weapons, weapons technology, and weapons engi-
neering expertise to Sudan; 
Whereas Sudan’s oil exports to China more than doubled in 
2007, and China imports between 60 and 70 percent of 
Sudan’s total oil production; 
Whereas China is Sudan’s most important economic trading 
partner, and, according to the 2006 ‘‘CIA World 
Factbook’’, accounts for approximately 31 percent of Su-
dan’s exports; 
Whereas Amnesty International released a report in May of 
2007 showing photographs of Chinese-made military 
planes at airports in Darfur, which violates UN Security 
Council Resolution 1591 forbidding any parties to the 
conflict to import weapons into Darfur; 
Whereas, according to a March 2008 report by Human 
Rights First, Chinese sales of arms and weaponry to 
Sudan have intensified since the late 1990s, including 
over $55,000,000 in small arms during the 2003 through 
2006 period, 20 A–5C Fantan fighter-bombers in 2003, 
and six K–8 advanced trainer aircraft in 2006; 
Whereas the sale of Sudanese oil is furnishing the purchasing 
of advanced weaponry; 
Whereas H. Res. 422 unanimously passed in 2007 calling on 
the People’s Republic of China to publicly condemn the 
violence in Darfur, and stop selling weapons, ammuni-
tion, and related military equipment to the Government 
of Sudan and stating that China should suspend eco-
nomic cooperation with the Government of Sudan until 
the Government stops attacks on civilians, complies with 
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all UN Security Council Resolutions, and negotiates in 
good faith with all parties to the Darfur conflict; 
Whereas China has not in any meaningful way used its rel-
ative economic or diplomatic influence with Sudan to 
force the Government to abandon its policy of genocide 
in Darfur; 
Whereas China will host the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing; 
Whereas the Olympic Charter’s fundamental principles high-
light the importance of ‘‘promoting a peaceful society 
concerned with the preservation of human dignity’’; and 
Whereas the theme slogan for the 2008 Olympic Games is 
‘‘One World One Dream’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the United States House of Rep-
resentatives calls on the President to not attend the Open-
ing Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing until 
China— 
(1) persuades Sudan to end violent attacks in 
Darfur and allow for the full deployment of the 
United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur; 
and 
(2) takes steps to stop arms sales to Sudan. 
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