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 116 STAT. 1506 PUBLIC LAW 107-245—OCT. 21, 2002 50 USC 1701 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term "appropriate congressional committees" means the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (2) GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN.—The term "Government of Sudan" means the National Islamic Front government in Khartoum, Sudan. (3) OLS. —The term "OLS" means the United Nations relief operation carried out by UNICEF, the World Food Program, and participating relief organizations known as "Operation Lifeline Sudan". 50 USC 1701 SEC. 4. CONDEMNATION OF SLAVERY, OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, note. AND TACTICS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN, The Congress hereby— (1) condemns— (A) violations of human rights on all sides of the conflict in Sudan; (B) the Government of Sudan's overall human rights record, with regard to both the prosecution of the war and the denial of basic human and political rights to all Sudanese; (C) the ongoing slave trade in Sudan and the role of the Government of Sudan in abetting and tolerating the practice; (D) the Government of Sudan's use and organization of "murahalliin" or "mujahadeen". Popular Defense Forces, and regular Sudanese Army units into organized and coordinated raiding and slaving parties in Bahr al Ghazal, the Nuba Mountains, and the Upper Nile and the Blue Nile regions; and (E) aerial bombardment of civilian targets that is sponsored by the Government of Sudan; and (2) recognizes that, along with selective bans on air transport relief flights by the Government of Sudan, the use of raiding and slaving parties is a tool for creating food shortages and is used as a systematic means to destroy the societies, culture, and economies of the Dinka, Nuer, and Nuba peoples in a policy of low-intensity ethnic cleansing. 50 USC 1701 SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE. (a) ASSISTANCE TO SUDAN.— The President is authorized to provide increased assistance to the areas of Sudan that are not controlled by the Government of Sudan to prepare the population for peace and democratic governance, including support for civil administration, communications infrastructure, education, health, and agriculture. (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL. — T here are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out the activities described in subsection (a) of this section $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2003, 2004, and 2005. (2) AVAILABILITY. —Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under paragraph (1) of this subsection are authorized to remain available until expended.

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