IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 403 
Condemning the Government of the Republic of the Sudan for its attacks 
against innocent civilians in the impoverished Darfur region of western Sudan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 1, 2004 
Mr. WOLF submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on International Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Condemning the Government of the Republic of the Sudan 
for its attacks against innocent civilians in the impover-
ished Darfur region of western Sudan. 
Whereas since early 2003 a conflict between forces of the 
Government of the Republic of the Sudan and rebel 
forces in the impoverished Darfur region of western 
Sudan has resulted in attacks by Sudanese Government 
ground and air forces against innocent civilians and 
undefended villages in the region; 
Whereas Sudanese Government forces have also engaged in 
the use of rape as a weapon of war, the abduction of chil-
dren, the destruction of food and water sources, and the 
deliberate and systematic manipulation and denial of hu-
manitarian assistance for the people of the Darfur re-
gion;
•HCON 403 IH 
Whereas United Nations officials and nongovernmental orga-
nizations have indicated that the humanitarian situation 
in the Darfur region is extremely urgent, particularly in 
light of restrictions by the Government of Sudan on the 
delivery of humanitarian assistance for the people of the 
region; 
Whereas on December 18, 2003, United Nations Undersecre-
tary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, de-
clared that the Darfur region was probably ‘‘the world’s 
worst humanitarian catastrophe’’; 
Whereas on February 17, 2004, Amnesty International re-
ported that the organization ‘‘continues to receive details 
of horrifying attacks against civilians in villages by gov-
ernment warplanes, soldiers and pro-government militia’’; 
Whereas on February 18, 2004, United Nations Special 
Envoy for Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan, Tom Eric 
Vraalsen, declared following a trip to the Darfur region 
that ‘‘aid workers are unable to reach the vast majority 
[of the displaced]’’; 
Whereas Doctors Without Borders, the Nobel Peace Prize- 
winning medical humanitarian relief organization and one 
of the few aid groups on the ground in the Darfur region, 
reported that the region is the scene of ‘‘catastrophic 
mortality rates’’; and 
Whereas nearly 3,000,000 people affected by the conflict in 
the Darfur region have remained beyond the reach of aid 
agencies trying to provide essential humanitarian assist-
ance and United Nations aid agencies estimate that they 
have been able to reach only 15 percent of people in need 
and that more than 700,000 people have been internally 
displaced in the past year: Now, therefore, be it
•HCON 403 IH 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) strongly condemns the Government of the 
Republic of the Sudan for its attacks against inno-
cent civilians in the impoverished Darfur region of 
western Sudan and demands that the Government of 
Sudan immediately cease these attacks; 
(2) calls on the international community to 
strongly condemn the Government of Sudan for 
these attacks and to demand that they cease; 
(3) urges the Government of Sudan to allow the 
delivery of humanitarian assistance for the people in 
the Darfur region; and 
(4) urges the President to direct the United 
States representative to the United Nations to seek 
an official investigation by the United Nations to de-
termine if crimes against humanity have been com-
mitted by the Government of Sudan in the Darfur 
region. 
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