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 124 STAT. 1209 PUBLIC LAW 111–172—MAY 24, 2010 Public Law 111–172 111th Congress An Act To support stabilization and lasting peace in northern Uganda and areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army through development of a regional strategy to support multilateral efforts to successfully protect civilians and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army and to authorize funds for humani- tarian relief and reconstruction, reconciliation, and transitional justice, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lord’s Resistance Army Disar- mament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009’’. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) For over 2 decades, the Government of Uganda engaged in an armed conflict with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda that led to the internal displacement of more than 2,000,000 Ugandans from their homes. (2) The members of the Lord’s Resistance Army used brutal tactics in northern Uganda, including mutilating, abducting and forcing individuals into sexual servitude and forcing a large number of children and youth in Uganda, estimated by the Survey for War Affected Youth to be over 66,000, to fight as part of the rebel force. (3) The Secretary of State has placed the Lord’s Resistance Army on the Terrorist Exclusion list pursuant to section 212(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)), and LRA leader Joseph Kony has been designated a ‘‘specially designated global terrorist’’ pursuant to Executive Order 13224. (4) In late 2005, according to the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Lord’s Resistance Army shifted their primary base of operations from southern Sudan to northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and the rebels have since withdrawn from northern Uganda. (5) Representatives of the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army began peace negotiations in 2006, medi- ated by the Government of Southern Sudan in Juba, Sudan, and signed the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement on August 20, 2006, which provided for hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people to return home in safety. (6) After nearly 2 years of negotiations, representatives from the parties reached the Final Peace Agreement in April Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009. 22 USC 2151 note. 22 USC 2151 note. May 24, 2010 [S. 1067]