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Whereas following the Interim Period, popular consultations 
in Southern Kordofan State and Blue Nile State are to 
be held to determine the governance arrangements in 
those two states; 
Whereas it is essential that the referenda and accompanying 
popular consultations are held on time, that they are 
free, fair, and credible, and that if the outcome of the 
southern Sudan referendum is independence, two stable 
and viable democratic states result; 
Whereas the Government of Southern Sudan faces post-con-
flict reconstruction challenges including establishing 
democratic, responsive, and transparent governance, ad-
dressing human resources and capacity-building needs, 
strengthening and reforming the judiciary and security 
forces to address communal and inter-ethnic violence, 
professionalizing the police and security forces, devel-
oping basic infrastructure, natural resources and the 
economy; providing basic services including water, edu-
cation, health care and social services, and establishing 
cooperative and transparent wealth-sharing mechanisms; 
Whereas in August 2009, the NCP and SPLM signed a bilat-
eral agreement to address and implement many of the 
CPA’s outstanding provisions, but since that time the 
NCP has consistently delayed and reneged on its CPA 
commitments, thereby increasing tension and distrust be-
tween northern and southern Sudan and endangering the 
CPA by infringing on the freedom of speech, assembly, 
and association of candidates, political party activists, 
and journalists during and after the election process, in-
cluding censoring the media and arresting political party 
leaders; 
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Whereas the NCP continues to restrict and disrupt United 
Nations peacekeeping, humanitarian operations, and 
human rights organizations in Darfur; 
Whereas the United States played a central role in negotia-
tions that led to the CPA, is a guarantor of that peace 
agreement, and continues to play a leading role bilat-
erally and multilaterally to bring about a just and lasting 
peace in Sudan; 
Whereas Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stated in 
October 2009 that ‘‘the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 
between the North and South will be a flashpoint for re-
newed conflict if not fully implemented through viable na-
tional elections, a referendum on self-determination for 
the South, resolution of the border disputes, and the will-
ingness of the respective parties to live up to their agree-
ments’’; and 
Whereas sustained pressure and engagement from the inter-
national community in support of the CPA, including the 
upcoming referenda, is essential to bring about sustain-
able peace in Sudan: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the United States Government should— 
(1) work with Sudanese parties and regional 
and international partners to build consensus on the 
steps needed to implement the Comprehensive Peace 
Agreement 
(CPA), 
including 
the 
upcoming 
referenda, and promote stability throughout Sudan; 
(2) engage Sudanese and international partners 
to correct serious and systemic problems in the elec-
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tion process to ensure that they do not reoccur dur-
ing the referenda campaign and voting processes, in-
cluding irregularities in voter registration, logistical 
and procedural challenges, poor voter education, 
human rights infringements, intimidation, and vio-
lence; 
(3) work with Sudanese and international part-
ners to ensure that the National Congress Party 
(NCP) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement 
(SPLM) 
implement 
procedures 
whereby 
the 
referenda occur as scheduled, including appointing 
competent and credible members to the referenda 
commissions and providing technical assistance to 
and funding for the commissions; 
(4) work with the United Nations Mission in 
Sudan to ensure security during and after the 
referenda campaign and voting processes, which will 
require a robust monitoring and protection presence 
in areas prone to conflict; 
(5) take concrete steps through the contribution 
of resources, technical expertise, and direct engage-
ment with the parties to the peace agreement to en-
sure— 
(A) international monitoring and observa-
tion of registration and polling to guarantee a 
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secure environment for individual registration 
and voting, and to prevent voter intimidation or 
fraud occurring during these critical phases of 
the referenda; 
(B) that the Government of National 
Unity (GNU), as required by the CPA, provides 
adequate funding at predetermined levels and 
timelines for the registration and polling peri-
ods, given the need to ensure that those who 
register are able to access polling stations on 
voting day; and 
(C) that members of the international com-
munity commit adequate resources and tech-
nical expertise to carry out the referenda and 
voter education programs in southern Sudan, 
Abyei, and other areas where people will vote in 
the referenda to promote understanding of the 
nature, importance of participation, and con-
sequences of the referenda process; 
(6) work with international and Sudanese part-
ners to ensure— 
(A) the right of return of Sudanese refu-
gees and displaced persons, including Darfuris 
and southerners, by providing assistance and 
safe passage to all such persons; and 
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(B) that the citizenship rights of south-
erners in the north and northerners in the 
south are respected and are in accordance with 
international standards should the south vote 
for independence; 
(7) work with international partners to ensure 
a stable north-south border and a permanent peace 
in Sudan, utilizing policy options if parties fail to 
honor the CPA, especially as it relates to border de-
marcation pre-referenda; 
(8) utilize diplomats and experts to support the 
African Union and United Nations-led negotiations 
over the post-referendum issues, including working 
with international partners to engage the NCP and 
SPLM to make necessary arrangements for a post- 
2011 peaceful transition, with specific focus on oil 
and revenue sharing, citizenship, return of refugees 
and displaced persons, security arrangements along 
the border, and protection of the rights of minori-
ties, particularly the religious and ethnic minorities 
historically marginalized; 
(9) take concrete steps through the contribution 
of resources, technical expertise, and direct engage-
ment with the NCP and SPLM to support the pop-
ular consultation processes in Southern Kordofan 
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State and Blue Nile State, including through provi-
sion of technical assistance and support for public 
education; 
(10) utilize diplomats and experts to revitalize 
the Darfur Peace Process and press the NCP, 
northern political parties, armed rebel movements, 
and civil society representatives to address human 
rights abuses (including gender-based violence) and 
the ongoing atrocities and displacement in Darfur; 
(11) undertake renewed efforts to implement 
the Administration’s stated Sudan policy of October 
2009, including publicly articulating the benchmarks 
and related incentives and pressures used by the Ad-
ministration to gauge progress or backsliding on key 
provisions of the CPA, including the holding of a 
free and fair referendum in southern Sudan; 
(12) hold the NCP accountable for its actions 
given the NCP’s human rights violations and efforts 
to impede CPA implementation since the announce-
ment of the United States Sudan policy, and the 
need for the United States to both balance incentives 
with pressures, by— 
(A) identifying NCP government agencies 
and officials responsible for particularly severe 
human rights and religious freedom violations 
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as required under section 402b(2) of the Inter-
national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
(IRFA), and prohibit those individuals identi-
fied under section 402b(2) of IRFA from entry 
into the United States; 
(B) encouraging multilateral asset freezes 
on NCP government agencies and travel bans 
on officials responsible for particularly severe 
human rights and religious freedom violations; 
(C) continuing to encourage greater multi-
lateral enforcement of the arms embargo set 
out in the 2004 United Nations Security Coun-
cil Resolution 1556 and strengthened in the 
2005 United Nations Security Council Resolu-
tion 1591; 
(D) continuing to encourage multilateral 
support of the International Criminal Court 
case against President Bashir and other Suda-
nese officials accused of genocide, war crimes, 
or crimes against humanity, recognizing that 
justice is essential for there to be lasting peace; 
and 
(E) vigorously advocating for any humani-
tarian organizations that come under pressure 
from Khartoum or are at any point expelled 
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from the country, thereby compromising their 
ability to provide vital services; 
(13) provide technical assistance and expertise 
to the Government of Southern Sudan to develop its 
economic, rule of law, and social service and edu-
cational infrastructures, improve democratic ac-
countability and human rights, and strengthen rec-
onciliation efforts; and 
(14) unequivocally stand, during this period of 
preparation and possible transition, with those peo-
ple of southern Sudan who share aspirations for a 
peaceful, prosperous and democratic future. 
Æ 
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