[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 864 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 864

  Congratulating President Obama for winning of the 2009 Nobel Peace 
                                 Prize.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 23, 2009

 Mr. Grayson submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Congratulating President Obama for winning of the 2009 Nobel Peace 
                                 Prize.

Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize 
        for 2009 to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to 
        strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples;
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee has attached special importance to Obama's 
        vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons, and his ability 
        to create a new climate in international politics;
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee lauded the fact that multilateral 
        diplomacy that has regained a central position in the foreign policy of 
        the United States, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and 
        other international institutions can play;
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee has espoused the common view that dialogue 
        and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the 
        most difficult international conflicts;
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee has recognized that President Obama's 
        vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated 
        disarmament and arms control negotiations;
Whereas thanks to President Obama's initiative, the United States is now playing 
        a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the 
        world is confronting;
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee has proclaimed that democracy and human 
        rights are to be strengthened;
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee stated, ``Only very rarely has a person to 
        the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its 
        people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept 
        that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values 
        and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's 
        population'';
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee stated that for 108 years it has sought to 
        stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for 
        which Obama is now the world's leading spokesman; and
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee endorsed Obama's appeal that ``Now is the 
        time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global 
        response to global challenges.'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives congratulates President 
Barack Hussein Obama for winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, on behalf 
of all the people of the United States.
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