HR 13 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
22Mar2006… 1279h
2005 SESSION
05/09
HOUSE RESOLUTION 13
A RESOLUTION condemning the genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan and calling upon the President, the State Department and Congress to unite the international community to end the genocide in Darfur.
SPONSORS: Rep. A. Tilton, Ches 6; Rep. Pratt, Ches 2; Rep. Craig, Hills 9; Rep. Heon, Straf 2; Rep. Twombly, Straf 1
COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
This resolution condemns the genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan and calls upon the President, the State Department, and Congress to unite the international community to end the genocide in Darfur.
22Mar2006… 1279h
05-1076
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
A RESOLUTION condemning the genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan and calling upon the President, the State Department and Congress to unite the international community to end the genocide in Darfur.
Whereas, on February 1, 2005, the United Nations released the Report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur to the United Nations Secretary-General which found that war crimes and crimes against humanity had been perpetrated in the Darfur region of Sudan; and
Whereas, the Report of the International Commission of Inquiry established that Sudanese government forces and the Janjaweed militia are responsible for systematic and widespread killing, torture, rape, pillaging, and forced displacement throughout Darfur and that these acts result in 10,000 deaths every month; and
Whereas, President Bush, former Secretary of State Powell, and the United States Congress have declared the attacks to be genocide, a crime against humanity; and
Whereas, 136 nations, including the United States, condemn, and seek to prevent and punish the Crime of Genocide as signatories to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity; and
Whereas, the continuing atrocities in Darfur cry out for an aggressive international response to provide protection for 2 million internally-displaced Sudanese, to expand humanitarian relief efforts without delay, and to establish political negotiations to end these atrocities; now therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the New Hampshire House of Representatives:
I. Condemns the ongoing genocide in Darfur; and
II. Calls upon the President, the State Department, and Congress to unite the international community to end the genocide in Darfur; and
That a copy of this resolution be forwarded by the house clerk to the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and each member of the New Hampshire congressional delegation.