CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—MAR. 14, 1989 103 STAT. 2535 Whereas the Secretary General of the United Nations, at the invita- tion of the Government of Sudan, has announced a relief con- ference to be held in Khartoum in March 1989: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Congress— (1) commends Secretary of State Baker's statement of Feb- ruary 8, 1989, as a major step forward in dramatically focusing world attention upon the humanitarian disaster in Sudan and the urgent need for responsible action by the Government of Sudan and the SPLA to bring about a ceasefire, effective emer- gency relief, and implementation of a meaningful peace accord; (2) commends the relief activities in Sudan of the Agency for International Development, the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, international organizations, and American, inter- national, and indigenous private and voluntary agencies; (3) condemns and deplores the use of food as a weapon by the Government of Sudan and the SPLA and calls upon each of them to respect and honor the safe passage of food and emer- gency relief supplies to civilians in affected areas; (4) supports all efforts by the international community, pri- vate and voluntary agencies, and concerned governments to provide assistance to imperiled Sudanese, including cross-border feeding operations and pre-positioning of food in southern Sudan; (5) commends the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for its success in working simultaneously with the Government of Sudan and the SPLA to deliver food and emer- gency assistance to civilians on both sides of the conflict, and supports efforts by the ICRC to rapidly expand the volume of
- relief delivered and the number of sites reached;
(6) supports the expanding involvement of the Secretary Gen- eral of the United Nations in promoting peace and relief activi- ties in Sudan and commends the Government of Sudan for welcoming these efforts; (7) urges the President and the Secretary of State to exercise vigorous international leadership in pressing for a genuine national reconciliation and an end to widescale starvation and suffering in Sudan, through forceful direct representations to the Government of Sudan and the SPLA, through sustained multilateral, diplomatic initiatives, and active United States- Soviet collaborations, and through the designation of a special United States Government envoy; (8) urges the President and the Secretary of State to conduct a comprehensive resissessment of the United States' relationship with the Government of Sudan, including critical examination of future bilateral and multilateral assistance given by the United States to Sudan (other than humanitarian assistance), unless within 6 months after the date of adoption of this concurrent resolution— (A) the Government of Sudan has made demonstrable progress in facilitating increased relief to displaced popu- lations in areas it controls, through for instance, increased mobilization of key government resources and improved controls over government-armed militias; and (B) the Government of Sudan has made significant progress in negotiations with the SPLA for a national peace accord and a cease-fire; and
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