A resolution calling on the United Nations Security Council to enforce the existing arms embargo on Darfur and extend it to cover all of Sudan.
This is a Senate resolution (S. Res. 126) introduced in the 119th Congress. It publicly urges the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to enforce the existing arms embargo on Darfur and to extend that embargo to cover all of Sudan, including all actors and dual-use equipment. The resolution frames the Sudan conflict as genocidal and notes extensive casualties, displacement, and widespread human rights abuses. It cites past UNSC arms-embargo actions related to Darfur (Resolutions 1556, 1591, 1945) and ongoing reporting of weapons flows into Sudan. The measure asks the UNSC to strengthen enforcement, broaden the embargo, ensure humanitarian aid can flow unimpeded, and establish civilian-protection mechanisms. It also calls for broader action by the United Nations General Assembly and directs the United States government to bolster monitoring, resume aid, support victims, and press international partners to act. As a non-binding resolution, its effect is primarily to express the Senate’s policy and to influence U.S. diplomacy and international pressure. If the UNSC or international partners respond, it could lead to stricter global controls on arms transfers to Sudan and greater emphasis on humanitarian access and civilian protection. The resolution does not itself create U.S. law or new sanctions, but it signals Congress’s desire for more robust international action.
Key Points
- 1Condemns atrocities in Sudan and calls for an immediate end to war and violence; emphasizes the genocidal acts attributed to the RSF and allied militias.
- 2Urges the United Nations Security Council to:
- 3- Expand the Darfur embargo to apply to all territory and actors within Sudan’s internationally recognized borders;
- 4- Include dual-use equipment in the list of prohibited materials (items that can be used for civilian and military purposes);
- 5- Strengthen enforcement to hold accountable those violating the embargo;
- 6- Establish a mechanism for unfettered humanitarian aid delivery and civilian protection.
- 7Encourages the United Nations General Assembly to pass a nationwide ceasefire and advocate for a more effective and inclusive embargo, unfettered humanitarian aid, and civilian protection mechanisms.
- 8Directs the United States government to:
- 9- Increase support for civil society and monitoring of atrocities and weapons shipments, and resume foreign assistance to famine-affected and war-torn areas of Sudan;
- 10- Improve mechanisms for documenting atrocities and tracking supply chains;
- 11- Expand psychosocial support for victims of conflict-related violence;
- 12- Pressure the UN, African Union, and other partners to condemn atrocities, strengthen the embargo, ensure aid delivery, protect civilians, and urge adherence to the embargo by external actors.