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RESOLUTION
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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1 WHEREAS, on July 23, 2004, the United States Congress declared that "the atrocities unfolding in Darfur,
2 Sudan, are genocide," and
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WHEREAS, on December 7, 2004, Cona ess found that "the Government of Sudan has restricted access
by humanitarian and human rights workers to the Darfur area through inUmidation by military and secudty
forces, and through bureaucratic and administrative obstruction, in an attempt to inflict the most
devastating harm on those individuals displaced from their villages and homes without any means of
sustenance or shelter," and
WHEREAS, on September 25, 2006, Congress reaffirmed that "the genocide unfolding in Uie Darfur
region of Sudan is characterized by acts of terrorism and arrocities directed against civilians, including
mass murder, rape and sexual violence committed by the Janjaweed and associated militias with the
complicity and support of the National Congress party-led faction of the Government of Sudan," and
15 WHEREAS, the Darfur crisis represents the first time the United States government has labeled ongoing
16 atrocities as genocide, and
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18 WHEREAS, the Federal C�overnment has imposed sanctions against the Government of Sudan since 1997,
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21 WHEREAS, a 2006 United States House of Representatives report states that "a company's association
22 with sponsors of terrorism and human rights abuses, no matter how large or small, can have a materiaily
23 adverse result on a public company's operations, financial condition, earnings, and stock prices, all of
24 which can negatively affect the value of an investment," and
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WHEREAS, the current Sudan divestrnent movement encompasses nearly one hundred universities, cities,
states, and private pension plans, and
WFIEREAS, the City of Saint Paul currently has no known investments with organizations supporting the
genocide effort in the Darfiu region of Sudan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City of Saint Paul will continue to ensure its divestment in
companies whose operations in Sudan are deemed to be complicit in aiding the government of Sudan; and
BE IT FURTHER I2ESOLVED, the City of Saint Paul encourages the President of the United States to
develop non-unilateral, diplomatic, economic, and other non-violent strategies to implement the
responsibility to protect people in Darfur in coordination with the governments of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, the European Union, the African Union, the Organization of the American States, and
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; and
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41 BE TP F[JRTf�.R RESOLVED the City of Saint Paul encourages the President and Con�ess to take
42 every possible action, consistent with such strategies, to safeauazd the security of innocent non-combatant
43 men, women and children in Darfur, Sudan, where the United States Y�as declazed genocide to be occurring.
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The City of Saint Pau] encourages the President of the United States to devetop non-unilateral, diplomatic, economic, and other
non-violent strategies to implement the responsibility to protect people in Datfur in coordinarion with the govemments of the Nor[h
Atlantic Treary Org., [he European Union, the African Union, the Org. of the American States, and the Assoc. of Southeast Asian
Nations.
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Safeguazd the security of innocent non-combatant men, women and children in Darfur, Sudan where the United States has declared
genocide to be occuring.
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