IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 238 
Commending the first democratic elections in Aceh, a province in Sumatra, 
Indonesia, and expressing support for the further democratic development 
and implementation of the Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2007 
Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. WEXLER, and Mr. BURTON 
of Indiana) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the first democratic elections in Aceh, a prov-
ince in Sumatra, Indonesia, and expressing support for 
the further democratic development and implementation 
of the Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding. 
Whereas for three decades there has been a continuous armed 
conflict in Aceh, a province in Sumatra, Indonesia; 
Whereas violence between the Indonesian military and the 
Free Aceh Movement has resulted in an estimated 15,000 
deaths in the region; 
Whereas the tsunami on December 26, 2004, killed at least 
165,000 people in Aceh, devastated the landscape, and 
led to the loss of livelihood for 600,000 people; 
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•HRES 238 IH 
Whereas the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh 
Movement signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 
August 15, 2005, in Helsinki; 
Whereas the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM), led by the Eu-
ropean Union (EU), the Association of Southeast Asian 
Nations (ASEAN), Norway, and Switzerland, has sup-
ported the implementation of the Helsinki Memorandum 
of Understanding successfully; 
Whereas the Free Aceh Movement has demobilized its mili-
tary troops and decommissioned its arms; 
Whereas the Government of Indonesia has withdrawn its non-
organic military and police forces from Aceh; 
Whereas the Law on the Governing of Aceh (LoGA) was 
signed into law by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang 
Yudhoyono on August 1, 2006; 
Whereas the general life situation of the Acehnese has im-
proved significantly since the signing of the Helsinki 
Memorandum of Understanding and the Acehnese popu-
late markets and celebrate festivities in public; 
Whereas the first democratic and peaceful gubernatorial and 
district administrative elections in Aceh were held on De-
cember 11, 2006, and more than 80 percent of entitled 
Acehnese voted; and 
Whereas Irwandi Yusuf, a former leader of the Free Aceh 
Movement, won the gubernatorial election with the high-
est support of more than 38 percent of total votes: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the first democratic elections in 
Aceh, a province in Sumatra, Indonesia, in which 
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•HRES 238 IH 
the Acehnese have shown their strong commitment 
to democracy and peace, and congratulates Irwandi 
Yusuf, the first democratic elected governor of Aceh; 
(2) expresses its ongoing support for the fur-
ther democratic development of Aceh and the Hel-
sinki Memorandum of Understanding signed by the 
Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Move-
ment on August 15, 2005; 
(3) encourages both parties to live up to their 
commitments under the Helsinki Memorandum of 
Understanding, especially with regard to establishing 
a Human Rights Court for Aceh and a Commission 
of Truth and Reconciliation; and 
(4) encourages the Secretary of State and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development to commit resources in 
supporting the peace and building a strong civil soci-
ety in Aceh. 
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