S.Amdt. 4827

SA 4827. Mr. ROUNDS (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1283. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE NECESSITY OF MAINTAINING
THE UNITED NATIONS ARMS EMBARGO ON SOUTH SUDAN
UNTIL CONDITIONS FOR PEACE, STABILITY,
DEMOCRACY, AND DEVELOPMENT EXIST.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the signatories to the Revitalized Agreement on the
Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan,
signed on September 12, 2018, have delayed implementation,
leading to continued conflict and instability in South Sudan;
(2) despite years of fighting, 2 peace agreements, punitive
actions by the international community, and widespread
suffering among civilian populations, the leaders of South
Sudan have failed to build sustainable peace;
(3) the United Nations arms embargo on South Sudan, most
recently extended by 1 year to May 31, 2022, through United
Nations Security Council Resolution 2577 (2021), is a
necessary act by the international community to stem the
illicit transfer and destabilizing accumulation and misuse of
small arms and light weapons in perpetuation of the conflict
in South Sudan;
(4) the United States should call on other member states of
the United Nations to redouble efforts to enforce the United
Nations arms embargo on South Sudan; and
(5) the United States, through the United States Mission to
the United Nations, should use its voice and vote in the
United Nations Security Council in favor of maintaining the
United Nations arms embargo on South Sudan until--
(A) the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the
Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan is fully implemented;
or
(B) credible, fair, and transparent democratic elections
are held in South Sudan.
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