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Ch. 39
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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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on Pensions and the United States Presidential Special Envoy to Sudan, by on
or before a certain date; providing for the expiration of this Act under certain
circumstances; providing for the termination of this Act under certain
circumstances: defining certain terms; and generally relating to sanctions
against the Republic of Sudan.
BY adding to
Article - State Personnel and Pensions
Section 21-1A-01 through 21-1A-08 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 1A.
Divestment from the Republic of Sudan" 21-123.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2004 Replacement Volume and 2006 Supplement)
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Preamble
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WHEREAS, On July 23, 2004, the United States Congress declared that "the
atrocities unfolding in Darfur, Sudan, are genocide"; and
WHEREAS, On September 9, 2004, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell told the
United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "genocide has occurred and
may still be occurring in Darfur" and "the Government of Sudan and the Janjaweed
bear responsibility"; and
WHEREAS, On September 21, 2004, addressing the United Nations General
Assembly, President George W. Bush affirmed the Secretary of State's finding and
stated, "at this hour, the world is witnessing terrible suffering and horrible crimes in
the Darfur region of Sudan, crimes my government has concluded are genocide"; and
WHEREAS, On December 7, 2004, the United States Congress noted that the
genocidal policy in Darfur has led to reports of "systematic rape of thousands of
women and girls, the abduction of women and children, and the destruction of
hundreds of ethnically African villages, including the poisoning of their wells and the
plunder of their crops and cattle upon which the people of such villages sustain
themselves"; and
"the Government of Sudan has restricted access by humanitarian and human rights
workers to the Darfur area through intimidation by military and security forces, and
through bureaucratic and administrative obstruction, in an attempt to inflict the most
devastating harm on those individuals displaced from their villages and homes
without any means of sustenance or shelter"; and
WHEREAS, On September 25, 2006, the United States Congress reaffirmed
that "the genocide unfolding in the Darfur region of Sudan is characterized by acts of
terrorism and atrocities directed against civilians, including mass murder, rape, and
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