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S. RES.
573
Calling on the United States Government and the international community to support the successful transition from conflict to sustainable peacein Uganda.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
S
EPTEMBER
19, 2006Mr. F
EINGOLD
(for himself, Mr. B
ROWNBACK
, Mr. D
E
W
INE
, Mr. M
ARTINEZ
,Mr. C
OLEMAN
, Mr. K
ERRY
, Mr. D
URBIN
, Mrs. C
LINTON
, Mr. L
EAHY
,Mr. B
IDEN
, and Mr. K
ENNEDY
) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Calling on the United States Government and the inter-national community to support the successful transitionfrom conflict to sustainable peace in Uganda. Whereas, for nearly 2 decades, the Government of Ugandahas been engaged in a conflict with the Lord’s Resistance Army (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘LRA’’) thathas resulted in—(1) the deaths of approximately 200,000 individualsfrom violence and disease; and(2) the displacement of more than 1,600,000 indi- viduals from the northern and eastern regions of Uganda; Whereas more than half of those internally-displaced individ- uals are under the age of 15, and 95 percent of those in-
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dividuals live in absolute poverty in camps where they face malnutrition, high rates of AIDS and malaria, andegregious abuses of their human rights; Whereas the LRA has used brutal tactics during that con-flict, including the abduction and abuse of more than25,000 children who the organization forces to attack,rape, and murder members of their families and commu-nities on behalf of the LRA; Whereas continued instability and a lack of security in thenorthern region of Uganda has severely hindered the de-livery of sufficient humanitarian assistance and servicesto individuals who have been displaced or otherwise nega-tively affected by that conflict; Whereas spillover from the war in the northern region of Uganda have had negative consequences in the neigh- boring countries of Sudan and the Democratic Republicof the Congo; Whereas a successful transition to sustainable peace in thenorthern region of Uganda and throughout the country will depend in large part on a coordinated and com-prehensive effort by the Government of Uganda, regionalpartners, and the international community to create newsocial, economic, and political opportunities for the citi-zens of Uganda who are affected by that conflict; Whereas a sustainable political resolution to that conflictmust include a range of locally and nationally driven rec-onciliation efforts that will require the endorsement andinvolvement of all parties to the conflict, as well as sup-port from the international community; Whereas the 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Prac-tices, published by the Department of State, relating to
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the Government of Uganda indicated that the ‘‘security forces committed unlawful killings...and were responsiblefor deaths as a result of torture’’ along with other ‘‘seri-ous problems’’, including repression of political opposi-tion, official impunity, and violence against women andchildren; Whereas, in the Northern Uganda Crisis Response Act (Pub-lic Law 108–283; 118 Stat. 912), the Senate—(1) declared its support for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the northern and eastern regions of Ugan-da; and(2) called for the United States and the inter-national community to assist in rehabilitation, recon-struction, and demobilization efforts; and Whereas the cessation of hostilities agreement, that was me-diated by the Government of Southern Sudan and signed by representatives of the Government of Uganda and theLRA on August 20, 2006—(1) required both parties to cease all hostile military and media offensives; and(2) asked the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army tofacilitate the safe assembly of LRA fighters in designatedareas for the duration of the peace talks: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved,
That the Senate—
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(1) commends the delegates from the Govern-
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ment of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army for
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agreeing to a cessation of hostilities for the first
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time in the 20 years of that devastating conflict;
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Senate Resolution 573 (September 2006): This resolution called for the Bush Administration to appoint a diplomat to support peace negotiations.
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