[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. Res. 94 Reported in Senate (RS)] Calendar No. 367 103d CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 94 _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the tragic humanitarian crisis in Sudan. _______________________________________________________________________ February 9 (legislative day, January 25), 1994 Reported without amendment and with an amendment to the preamble Calendar No. 367 103d CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 94 Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the tragic humanitarian crisis in Sudan. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 3 (legislative day, March 3), 1993 Mr. Simon (for himself, Mrs. Kassebaum, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Helms, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Pell, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Kohl, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mr. Durenberger, Mr. Ford, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Wofford, Mr. Pressler, Mr. Dole, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Moynihan) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations February 9 (legislative day, January 25), 1994 Reported by Mr. Pell, without amendment and with an amendment to the preamble [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic.] _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the tragic humanitarian crisis in Sudan. Whereas a civil conflict in Sudan has resulted in a severe humanitarian emergency that has placed an estimated 4,000,000 people at risk; Whereas the resulting emergency conditions require an increase in the action and attention devoted to Sudan by the international community; Whereas the United States Centers for Disease Control found during a recent visit to Sudan that as many as 80 percent of the children in many areas of Sudan are malnourished; Whereas certain populations of Sudanese are acutely vulnerable as a result of the military policies of the Sudan Government and of fighting between factions of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in southern Sudan; Whereas on June 30, 1989, the National Salvation Revolutionary Command Council suspended the Sudan constitution, dissolved all political institutions in Sudan, and banned or dissolved all political parties, civic organizations, trade unions, professional associations, social organizations, and privately-owned mass media in Sudan; Whereas the National Salvation Revolutionary Command Council has taken control of the judiciary in Sudan, has granted itself sweeping powers to detain Sudanese citizens under the National Security Act and other laws, and has promoted a pattern of arbitrary arrest, detention without charge or trial, and torture; Whereas, according to Amnesty International, such detention includes the detention of at least 250 people in Khartoum, Sudan; Whereas the Sudan Government has engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing, forcibly relocating tens of thousands of Nuba people from Kordofan Province and killing hundreds; Whereas the 1993 World Report of the International Labor Organization states that ``traditional slavery survives in modern-day Sudan'' and that such slavery ``seems to be on the increase'' as a result of raids by armed militia in the border areas between northern and southern Sudan; Whereas Amnesty International reports that hundreds of people were executed without trial or other judicial process by Sudan Government forces in Juba and that more than 100 men arrested in Juba in mid-1992 have disappeared; Whereas, in October 1992, the Congress agreed to a resolution condemning human rights and humanitarian abuses in Sudan; Whereas, on December 4, 1992, the United Nations General Assembly agreed to a resolution condemning human rights abuses in Sudan; Whereas, on March 10, 1993, the United Nations Human Rights Commission agreed to a resolution appointing a Special Rapporteur for Human Rights for Sudan; Whereas, despite these resolutions and other measures, reports indicate that widespread human rights violations continue in Sudan; Whereas the Sudan Government denies the existence of such violations; Whereas the Sudan Government and factions of the SPLA have signed a series of agreements with the United Nations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Nairobi, Kenya, and Khartoum whose purpose is to improve access to populations of Sudanese people in need of emergency aid, and the parties have demonstrated a willingness to take further actions in responding to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan through an on-going process of negotiation-: -N-o-w-, -t-h-e-r-e-f-o-r-e-, -b-e -i-t; Whereas the Sudan Government began its dry season offensive in December 1993, and has recently increased the offensive with the goal of targeting civilian populations, and possibly cutting off humanitarian assistance to the south; and Whereas the Sudan Government expelled the British Ambassador in December 1993 in response to a visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury to see areas of devastation in southern Sudan: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) strongly condemns the egregious human rights abuses of the Sudan Government and calls upon the Sudan Government to cease such abuses; (2) deplores the internecine fighting among factions of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) which has caused an increase in the number of deaths of Sudanese civilians; (3) urges the Sudan Government and factions of the SPLA to grant immediate and full access to areas of needy people in Sudan to humanitarian relief organizations; and (4) calls upon the President-- (A) to act expeditiously to avert a humanitarian disaster of unprecedented proportions in Sudan by expanding relief operations (including airlift, airdrops, and other means of delivering humanitarian supplies); (B) to increase the amount and expedite delivery of financial assistance to non-governmental organizations that supply emergency aid to southern Sudan; (C) to urge the United Nations to address actively and energetically issues relating to Sudan by encouraging the United Nations-- (i) to pass a United Nations Security Council Resolution on Sudan; (ii) to appoint a United Nations Special Representative for Sudan; (iii) to negotiate agreements with the Sudan Government and the SPLA for the expansion of corridors of access to Sudan (including access along the Sudan-Uganda border) for the supply of humanitarian relief and for the safe passage and free movement of civilians in and through Sudan; (iv) to explore the creation of internationally monitored demilitarized zones and resettlement zones in southern Sudan in which Sudan Government forces, factions of the SPLA, and militia would not be allowed; (v) to place human rights monitors under the jurisdiction of the United Nations in areas of Sudan affected by the fighting and human rights abuses in Sudan; and (vi) to support the on-going negotiations for a cease-fire between the Sudan Government and various factions of the SPLA; (D) to appoint a United States Special Negotiator to work with the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity, the Sudan Government, factions of the SPLA, and governments of nations of the region; and (E) to take immediate action in the international community with a view toward putting pressure on any party in Sudan that obstructs the delivery of humanitarian assistance into ceasing such obstruction, including imposing sanctions against such party or taking such other actions as the President considers appropriate. <all>