Full Text of SR0717 93rd General Assembly
SR0717 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are concerned | 3 |
| with the plight of innocent victims of genocide around the | 4 |
| world and recognize that stable and peaceful international | 5 |
| conditions provide benefits and opportunities for the citizens | 6 |
| of this State; and
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| WHEREAS, Since seizing power through a military coup in | 8 |
| 1989, the government of Sudan has repeatedly attacked and | 9 |
| dislocated the civilian population in southern Sudan in a | 10 |
| coordinated policy of ethnic cleansing that has cost the lives | 11 |
| of more than 2,000,000 people and that has dislocated more than | 12 |
| 4,000,000 people; and
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| WHEREAS, Sudanese government forces and | 14 |
| government-supported militia forces have used the rape of | 15 |
| women, the abduction of children, and the destruction of food | 16 |
| and water resources as weapons of war; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, The United States Agency for International | 18 |
| Development believes that the violence and the obstruction of | 19 |
| the delivery of food, shelter, and medical care to the people | 20 |
| in the Dafur region of Sudan will result in the death of an | 21 |
| estimated 320,000 people between April 1, 2004 and December 31, | 22 |
| 2004; and | 23 |
| WHEREAS, H.R. 5061 is a bi-partisan bill currently under | 24 |
| consideration in the 108th United States Congress to provide | 25 |
| assistance for the current crisis in the Dafur region of Sudan | 26 |
| and to facilitate a comprehensive peace in Sudan; therefore, be | 27 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 29 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that in a demonstration of | 30 |
| our commitment to freedom, liberty, and justice, we condemn the |
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| government of Sudan for its participation in atrocities | 2 |
| committed in the Dafur region of Sudan and declare those | 3 |
| atrocities to be genocide; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we call upon the members of the United | 5 |
| States Congress and upon the federal executive branch to | 6 |
| support H.R. 5061 in an effort to end the human rights abuses | 7 |
| occurring in Sudan; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we call upon the National Islamic Front in | 9 |
| Khartoum to make all restitution necessary to allow the victims | 10 |
| of its state-sponsored atrocities to return to their peaceful | 11 |
| and cultural way of life; and be it further | 12 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the Secretary General of the United Nations, the | 14 |
| President of the United States, the President pro tempore of | 15 |
| the U.S. Senate, the Speaker of the U.S. House of | 16 |
| Representatives, and each member of the Illinois congressional | 17 |
| delegation.
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