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 116 STAT. 1508 PUBLIC LAW 107-245—OCT. 21, 2002 (A) shall, through the Secretary of the Treasury, instruct the United States executive directors to each international financial institution to continue to vote against and actively oppose any extension by the respective institution of any loan, credit, or guarantee to the Government of Sudan; (B) should consider downgrading or suspending diplomatic relations between the United States and the Government of Sudan; (C) shall take all necessary and appropriate steps, including through multilateral efforts, to deny the Government of Sudan access to oil revenues to ensure that the Government of Sudan neither directly nor indirectly utilizes any oil revenues to purchase or acquire military equipment or to finance any military activities; and (D) shall seek a United Nations Security Council Resolution to impose an arms embargo on the Government of Sudan. (c) REPORT ON THE STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS.— If, at any time after the President has made a certification under subsection (b)(1)(A), the Government of Sudan discontinues negotiations with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement for a 14-day period, then the President shall submit a quarterly report to the appropriate congressional committees on the status of the peace process until negotiations resume. (d) REPORT ON UNITED STATES OPPOSITION To FINANCING BY INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. —The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a semiannual report to the appropriate congressional committees describing the steps taken by the United States to oppose the extension of a loan, credit, or guarantee if, after the Secretary of the Treasury gives the instructions described in subsection (b)(2)(A), such financing is extended. Deadline. (e) REPORT ON EFFORTS TO DENY OiL REVENUES.—Not later than 45 days after the President takes an action under subsection (b)(2)(C), the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive plan for implementing the actions described in such subsection. (f) DEFINITION. —In this section, the term "international financial institution" means the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Monetary Fund, the African Development Bank, and the African Development Fund. 50 USC 1701 SEC. 7. MULTILATERAL PRESSURE ON COMBATANTS. It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the United Nations should help facilitate peace and recovery in Sudan; (2) the President, acting through the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, should seek to end the veto power of the Government of Sudan over the plans by OLS for air transport relief flights and, by doing so, to end the manipulation of the delivery of relief supplies to the advantage of the Government of Sudan on the battlefield; and (3) the President should take appropriate measures, including the implementation of recommendations of the International Eminent Persons Commission contained in the report

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