S. 495
 Darfur Accountability Act of 2005
 
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Introduced on March 2nd, 2005 into the Senate by Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [NJ]

• It is the sense of Congress that (1) the atrocities unfolding in Darfur, Sudan, have been and continue to be genocide; (2) the United States should immediately seek passage at the UN Security Council of a resolution that requires member states to freeze the property and assets of, deny visas to, and deny entry to those named by the UN Commission.

• Urges member states to submit to the Security Council the name of any individual that the government of any such member state believes is or has been planning, carrying out, responsible for, or otherwise involved in genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity in Darfur.

• Imposes sanctions or additional measures against the Government of Sudan, including sanctions that will affect the petroleum sector in Sudan, individual members of the Government of Sudan, and entities controlled or owned by officials of the government of Sudan or the National Congress Party in Sudan, that will remain in effect until such time as (i) humanitarian organizations are granted full, unimpeded access to Darfur; (ii) the Government of Sudan cooperates with humanitarian relief efforts, carries out activities to demobilize and disarm janjaweed militias and any other militias supported or created by the Government of Sudan, and cooperates fully with efforts to bring to justice the individuals responsible for genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity in Darfur; (iii) the Government of Sudan cooperates fully with the African Union, the United Nations, and all other observer, monitoring, and protection missions mandated to operate in Sudan; (iv) the Government of Sudan permits the safe and voluntary return of displaced persons and refugees to their homes and rebuilds the communities destroyed in the violence in Darfur; and (v) the Sudan North-South Peace Agreement is fully implemented and a new coalition government is created under such Agreement.

• The President should appoint a Presidential Envoy for Sudan to (A) support the implementation of the Sudan North-South Peace Agreement; (B) seek ways to bring stability and peace to Darfur; (C) address instability elsewhere in Sudan; and (D) seek a comprehensive peace throughout Sudan.

• The United States condemns attacks on humanitarian workers and calls on all forces in Darfur, including forces of the Government of Sudan, all militia, and forces of the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement and the Justice and Equality Movement, to refrain from such attacks.