That the Senate—
condemns Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army for continuing to perpetrate crimes against humanity and mass atrocities, and supports ongoing efforts by the United States, the African Union, the international community, and governments in central Africa to remove Joseph Kony and Lord's Resistance Army commanders from the battlefield and promote protection and recovery for affected communities;
commends the continued efforts by the African Union, the United Nations, and regional partners to end the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army;
supports efforts to provide the Regional Task Force with the logistics support and authorizations needed to access all areas of suspected Lord’s Resistance Army activity in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
urges the President to reauthorize the deployment of United States Armed Forces personnel in support of Operation Observant Compass until senior Lord’s Resistance Army commanders are removed from the battlefield and the group no longer poses a significant threat to civilians;
urges the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense to support the African Union and the Regional Task Force, as well as regional partners, in their efforts to deny the Lord’s Resistance Army safe haven in Sudan and in the disputed Kafia Kingi enclave, by expanding defection messaging initiatives, urging the African Union to engage more proactively in diplomatic outreach to the Government of Sudan, and removing Joseph Kony and his top commanders from the battlefield through the sharing of intelligence and other military assistance;
urges the African Union and the Regional Task Force, with the support of the European Union, as well as the Governments of Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to implement the Regional Strategy of the United Nations by—
fully implementing the Regional Cooperation Initiative developed by the African Union to bring an end to the Lord’s Resistance Army;
enhancing efforts to promote the protection of civilians in all areas in which the Lord’s Resistance Army operates; and
broadening current efforts of disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, resettlement, and reintegration to all areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army, as well as humanitarian and child protection efforts;
welcomes the continued defections of men, women, and children from the Lord’s Resistance Army, and calls on governments in the region and the international community to support their demobilization and safe return;
calls on the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and the heads of other relevant United States Government agencies to utilize authorized and appropriated funds—
to continue efforts to enhance intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support to the African Union Regional Task Force, and specifically to encourage additional enablers and actionable intelligence to increase the effectiveness of partner operations;
to work with the United Nations, the African Union, and regional government partners to encourage and help non-indicted Lord’s Resistance Army members, abductees, and noncombatants to defect safely from the group through the distribution of aerial leaflets, the broadcast of “come home” radio programs, and the continuation of flights utilizing helicopter-based speaker systems over known areas of Lord’s Resistance Army operation;
to expand efforts to prevent the Lord’s Resistance Army from funding its operations through the theft and trade of illicit ivory, gold, and diamonds; and
to support rehabilitation and reintegration programs led by nongovernmental organizations and regional government partners for children, youth, and adults that have been abducted and indoctrinated by the Lord’s Resistance Army;
commends those members of the United States Armed Forces previously or currently deployed to serve in support of Operation Observant Compass for their critical contributions to efforts to remove Joseph Kony and Lord’s Resistance Army commanders from the battlefield, protect civilians, and encourage members of the Lord’s Resistance Army to peacefully defect; and
urges the President, with input from United States Government agencies, regional governments, multilateral partners, and nongovernmental organizations, to develop a strategy aimed at supporting sustainable recovery and security within areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army, with existing resources, and in partnership with other donors and multilateral bodies, including the World Bank, the European Union, and others.