Statement by President Obama on Signing of the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2010.

Today, I signed into law the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009.  The legislation crystallizes the commitment of the United States to help bring an end to the brutality and destruction that have been a hallmark of the LRA across several countries for two decades, and to pursue a future of greater security and hope for the people of central Africa.

The Lord’s Resistance Army preys…