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 118 STAT. 4062 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—SEPT. 22, 2004 Whereas there are credible reports from some of these same sources that the Government of Sudan is providing assistance to the Janjaweed militias and, in some cases, that Government of Sudan forces have participated directly in attacks on civilians; Whereas the United States Government, after conducting more than 1,000 interviews with survivors and refugees, has deter- mined that genocide has occurred in Darfur, that it may still be occurring, and that both the Janjaweed and the Government of Sudan bear responsibility for these acts; Whereas the Secretary of State has determined that the attacks by the Government of Sudan and the Janjaweed on the non- Arab people of Darfur and their villages are based on race, not religion; Whereas the United States has recently introduced a new resolution in the United Nations Security Council that calls for the Govern- ment of Sudan to cooperate fully with an expanded African Union force and for a cessation of Sudanese military flights over Darfur; Whereas the introduced resolution also provides for international overflights of the Darfur region to monitor the situation on the ground and requires the United Nations Security Council to review the record of compliance of the Government of Sudan to determine whether the United Nations should impose sanctions on Sudan, including sanctions affecting the petroleum sector in that country; Whereas the resolution also urges the Government of Sudan and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement to conclude negotia- tions on a comprehensive peace accord and, most important, calls for a United Nations investigation into all violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law that have occurred in Darfur in order to ensure accountability; Whereas the United Nations Security Council, in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1556, emphasized that the Govern- ment of Sudan bears primary responsibility for respecting human rights and protecting the people of Sudan; Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1556 calls upon the Government of Sudan to cooperate with the United Nations; Whereas the United Nations Human Rights Commission, estab- lished in 1946 and given the responsibility of drafting the Uni- versal Declaration of Human Rights, is responsible for promoting respect for and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all; Whereas the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the Declaration regardless of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, or national or social origin, property, birth, or other status, that everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person, that no one shall be held in slavery or servitude, and that no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; Whereas the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, done at Paris on December 9, 1948 (hereafter in this resolution referred to as the ‘‘Genocide Convention’’), delineates the criteria that constitute genocide and requires parties to pre- vent and punish genocide; VerDate 11-MAY-2000 15:04 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 9796 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.003 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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