[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1202 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1202

    Supporting the goals and ideals of Global Child Nutrition Month.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 2010

  Mrs. Emerson (for herself and Mr. McGovern) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
    in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Supporting the goals and ideals of Global Child Nutrition Month.

Whereas hunger is a political condition and the Nation has the means to end 
        hunger in the United States and around the world;
Whereas hunger is one of the most devastating, widespread epidemics in the 
        world, impacting nearly 1,000,000,000 people, many of them children;
Whereas at any given moment, as many as 300,000,000 of the world's children are 
        dealing with poverty and hunger;
Whereas for some children, hunger may be offset by healthy school meals;
Whereas according to the United Nations, hunger and malnutrition take the lives 
        of 18,000 children every single day;
Whereas according to the World Food Program, 130,000,000 children do not attend 
        school, and among those who do, most do not receive meals during school 
        hours; and
Whereas this observance by the Global Child Nutrition Foundation and the many 
        other organizations fighting to end childhood hunger of April as Global 
        Child Nutrition Month provides an opportunity to raise awareness about 
        the solutions to global hunger and poverty and, ultimately to help build 
        momentum in the fight to end the scourge of hunger: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the goals and ideals of Global Child Nutrition 
        Month;
            (2) recognizes by combining the will and resources, hunger 
        will no longer set boundaries for learning and achievement;
            (3) recognizes that freeing children from hunger so they 
        may become self-supporting, contributing citizens is a worthy 
        endeavor;
            (4) recognizes that ending hunger is also a positive and 
        productive step toward building a more stable and peaceful 
        world;
            (5) strongly encourages the Administration to lead the 
        global community by developing and implementing a comprehensive 
        United States plan to end global hunger; and
            (6) urges the Administration to develop a comprehensive 
        plan which will provide for the expansion of nutrition 
        programs, especially for young children, as part of President 
        Obama's goal to eliminate childhood hunger in the United States 
        by 2015.
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