Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Energy, Environment, and International Affairs and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 205 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to condemn government-sponsored terrorism and genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan, and to request Hawaii's congressional delegation to sponsor, actively support, and vote for the Darfur Accountability Act of 2005.

Testimony in support of the measure was received from one individual.

Your Committees find that the Sudanese government's campaign of destruction and murder of its own people in the Darfur region is a horrific, continuing violation of human rights. Your Committee finds that the people of Hawaii should condemn the Sudanese government for the atrocities committed in Darfur.

Your Committees also find that the Darfur Accountability Act of 2005, introduced in the United States Senate on March 2, 2005, calls for, among other things, the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions against the Sudan, an extension of the current arms embargo, freezing of certain assets, additional humanitarian assistance to the Darfur region, and the appointment of a Presidential envoy to help bring peace to Sudan. Your Committees thus find that the Darfur Accountability Act of 2005 comprehensively addresses the human rights situation in Darfur, and request that Hawaii's Congressional delegation sponsor, actively support, and vote for this legislation.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy, Environment, and International Affairs and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 205 and recommend its adoption.