IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 992 
Urging the President to appoint a Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2006 
Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. LANTOS, 
Mr. CAPUANO, and Mr. TANCREDO) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Urging the President to appoint a Presidential Special Envoy 
for Sudan. 
Whereas in July 2004, the United States House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate declared that the atrocities in the 
Darfur region of Sudan constitute genocide, and the 
Bush administration reached the same conclusion in Sep-
tember 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 more than 400,000 people have been killed by the 
Government of Sudan and its 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 remain in refugee camps in Chad; 
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Whereas some rebel factions, which have targeted civilians in 
the Darfur region, have intensified their attacks even 
after the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement in May 
2006; 
Whereas the United Nations Under-Secretary General for 
Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egland, 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; and an esti-
mated 12 humanitarian workers have been killed in 
Darfur, including a nurse in September 2006; 
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 plans to 
deploy approximately 26,500 additional troops and 7,050 
additional police to Darfur; 
Whereas the objectives of this deployment are ‘‘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 the United Nations Security Council passed a reso-
lution expanding the mandate of the United Nations Mis-
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sion in Sudan (UNMIS) for the additional deployment of 
17,300 peacekeeping troops and 3,300 civilian police per-
sonnel as well as 16 formed police units to Darfur; 
Whereas President Omar Bashir of Sudan has rejected the 
deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping force to 
Darfur, even as First Vice President Salva Kiir has pub-
licly stated his support for the deployment of a United 
Nations peacekeeping mission 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 in July 2005, although the Abyei Boundary Com-
mission, established to define and demarcate the area of 
the nine Ngok Dinka chiefdoms, finished its work and 
submitted its report to President Bashir, the President 
has yet to implement the conclusions of the Commission, 
as called for in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement; 
Whereas the reconstruction and development of Southern 
Sudan and other marginalized areas remains a major 
challenge, while the return of refugees and displaced peo-
ple to their homes in Darfur will require major financial 
commitments and the establishment of a secure and safe 
environment throughout Darfur; 
Whereas in order to tackle these many and difficult chal-
lenges, the appointment of a Presidential Special Envoy 
for Sudan with a robust mandate and access to, and sup-
port of, senior Administration officials, including the 
President, is crucial; 
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Whereas Members of Congress and Senators, leading foreign 
policy experts, and many nongovernmental organizations 
have called repeatedly for the appointment of a Presi-
dential Envoy for Sudan to effectively represent the 
United States Government in heading off a further esca-
lation of genocide in Darfur; and 
Whereas United States Government officials have diligently 
pursued peace agreements to end the North-South con-
flict and the Darfur conflict and the United States Gov-
ernment has provided more than $2 billion in assistance 
to help the suffering people of Sudan: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the many years of tireless efforts 
of United States officials who have helped secure the 
Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Darfur 
Peace Agreement; 
(2) strongly supports the appointment of an 
adequately staffed Presidential Special Envoy for 
Sudan with a robust mandate to develop and coordi-
nate United States policy toward Sudan with regular 
access to senior Administration officials; and 
(3) strongly urges the mandate of the Presi-
dential Special Envoy for Sudan to include— 
(A) deterring a further escalation of vio-
lence and humanitarian disaster in the Darfur 
region of Sudan while ensuring civilians are 
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adequately protected and the Darfur Peace 
Agreement is fully implemented; 
(B) facilitating the development of an 
international peacekeeping mission to Darfur 
with a mandate to protect civilians and humani-
tarian workers; 
(C) ensuring implementation of the Com-
prehensive Peace Agreement, which ended the 
21-year civil war in Southern Sudan, Nuba, 
Southern Blue Nile, and Abyei and helping se-
cure a just peace in Eastern Sudan; 
(D) coordination of reconstruction and de-
velopment work in Southern Sudan and other 
marginalized areas; 
(E) coordination and monitoring of the re-
turn of refugees and displaced people to their 
homes in Darfur and southern Sudan; 
(F) securing and consolidating peace in 
Northern Uganda by working closely with the 
Government of South Sudan and the Govern-
ment of Uganda; 
(G) coordination of efforts to ensure imple-
mentation of the transformation of the Sudan 
People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) into a pro-
fessional armed force; 
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