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Calendar No. 244 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 7 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 26, 2007 
Received and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
JUNE 28, 2007 
Reported by Mr. BIDEN, with an amendment and an amended preamble 
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Calling on the League of Arab States and each Member 
State individually to acknowledge the genocide in the 
Darfur region of Sudan and to step up their efforts 
to stop the genocide in Darfur. 
Whereas in July 2004, the House of Representatives and the 
Senate declared that the atrocities in the Darfur region 
of Sudan constitute genocide, and the Bush administra-
tion reached the same conclusion in September 2004, 
when then Secretary of State Colin Powell stated that 
‘‘the evidence leads us to the conclusion that genocide 
has occurred and may still be occurring in Darfur’’; 
Whereas estimates indicate that 400,000 people may have 
been killed by the Government of Sudan and its 
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Janjaweed allies since the crisis began in 2003, more 
than 2,000,000 people have been displaced from their 
homes, and more than 250,000 people from Darfur re-
main in refugee camps in Chad; 
Whereas the former United Nations Under-Secretary-General 
for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, in late August 
2006 stated that ‘‘[i]nsecurity is at its highest level since 
2004, access at its lowest levels since that date, and we 
may well be on the brink of a return to all-out war’’; 
Whereas despite the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement 
in May 2006, violence against civilians, peacekeepers, and 
humanitarian workers continues unabated, including the 
killing of an estimated 12 humanitarian workers and 16 
African Union Mission in Sudan peacekeepers; 
Whereas in August 2006, the Government of Sudan began to 
deploy thousands of government troops for a major offen-
sive in Darfur, once again threatening a major humani-
tarian catastrophe and risking the safety and security of 
millions of civilians; 
Whereas, according to the Government of Sudan’s plan, in a 
document submitted to the United Nations Secretary- 
General, Kofi Annan, the Government of Sudan planned 
to deploy approximately 26,500 additional troops and 
7,050 additional police to Darfur; 
Whereas the objectives of this deployment were ‘‘to deal with 
the threats posed by the activities of groups that have re-
jected the Darfur Peace Agreement and to gain control 
over the security situation and achieve stability in 
Darfur’’; 
Whereas on August 31, 2006, the United Nations Security 
Council passed Resolution 1706, expanding the mandate 
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of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) for 
the additional deployment of 17,300 peacekeeping troops 
and 3,300 civilian police personnel as well as 16 formed 
police units to Darfur; 
Whereas implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agree-
ment (CPA) between the Government of Sudan and the 
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) is slow, 
raising serious concern about the commitment of the 
Government of Sudan to fulfill its responsibilities; 
Whereas President Omar Hassan El-Bashir of Sudan re-
jected the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping 
force to Darfur, even as First Vice President Salva Kiir 
publicly stated his support for the deployment of a 
United Nations peacekeeping mission to Darfur; 
Whereas in March 2006, at the Khartoum summit, Arab 
leaders worked against a plan to transform the African 
Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) into a United Nations 
protection force with a mandate to protect civilians; 
Whereas on August 20, 2006, in Cairo, Egypt, the League 
of Arab States met and backed Sudan’s refusal of a 
United Nations peacekeeping force in the war-wracked 
Darfur region; 
Whereas in September 2006, a resolution passed by the 
League of Arab States Council of Foreign Ministers 
called for the United Nations Security Council to give the 
Sudanese Government more time to implement its ‘‘plan 
to improve conditions and preserve security’’ in Darfur; 
Whereas on November 30, 2006, the Peace and Security 
Council of the African Union approved a decision to ex-
tend the mandate of AMIS in Darfur through July 2007; 
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