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110th Congress > House > Vote 258

Date: April 25, 2007

Result: 425-1 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 259

Vote Subject Matter: Foreign and Defense Policy / Foreign Policy Resolutions

Sponsor: LEE, Barbara (D-CA)

Bill number: HCONRES7

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended

Description: Calling on the League of Arab States to acknowledge the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and to step up their efforts to stop the genocide in Darfur

Bill summary: Urges the League of Arab States and each member State to: (1) declare the systematic torture, rape, and displacement of Darfurians a genocide; and (2) pass a resolution to support and accept a United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force, as agreed to by all parties to the Abuja Communique on November 30, 2006, enforce the ceasefire, protect civilians, and ensure access to humanitarian assistance in Darfur. Urges the League of Arab States work with the United Nations, the African Union, and the United States Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan, Andrew Natsios, to bring about peace and stability to Darfur, the refugee camps, and along the Chadian border.

Bill titles: Calling on the League of Arab States and each Member State individually to acknowledge the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and to step up their efforts to stop the genocide in Darfur.; Calling on the League of Arab States to acknowledge the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and to step up their efforts to stop the genocide in Darfur.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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