Candidate Notes on 04-S2264

04-S2264 on Mar 31, 2004

Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should:
1. support efforts for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in northern and eastern Uganda;
2. work with the Government of Uganda and the international community to make available sufficient resources to meet the relief and development needs of the towns and cities that are supporting large numbers of displaced people;
3. urge the leaders and members of the Lord's Resistance Army to stop the abduction of children, and urge all armed forces in Uganda to stop the use of child soldiers, and seek the release of all individuals who have been abducted;
4. urge the Government of Uganda to improve the professionalism of Ugandan military personnel currently stationed in northern and eastern Uganda, with an emphasis on respect for human rights and civilian protection;

work with the international community to assist and increase the capacity of Ugandan civil institutions to monitor the human rights situation in northern Uganda;

make clear that the relationship between Sudan and the United States cannot improve unless no credible evidence indicates that authorities of the Government of Sudan are providing support to the Lord's Resistance Army.Became Public Law No: 108-283.