[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 505 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 505

 Congratulating His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III and The Honorable 
    Benjamin A. Gilman on being awarded the 2010 World Peace Prize.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 26, 2012

   Mr. Menendez (for himself and Ms. Snowe) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Congratulating His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III and The Honorable 
    Benjamin A. Gilman on being awarded the 2010 World Peace Prize.

Whereas the World Peace Prize Awarding Council has recognized His Holiness Dorje 
        Chang Buddha III (referred to in this preamble as ``H.H. Dorje Chang 
        Buddha III'') for his devotion to an immensely wide scope of 
        humanitarian activities directed at people from communities throughout 
        the world;
Whereas, through his wisdom and benevolence, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III 
        embraces people of all races, ethnicities, cultures, and religions 
        through an approach of kindness, peace, and equality toward all people;
Whereas H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has received numerous awards, including the 
        United States Presidential Gold Medal Award that the Chairman of the 
        President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders 
        presented on behalf of President George W. Bush to H.H. Dorje Chang 
        Buddha III for the outstanding contributions of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha 
        III to the arts, medicine, ethics, Buddhism, spiritual leadership, and 
        United States society;
Whereas the World Peace Prize Awarding Council has recognized The Honorable 
        Benjamin A. Gilman for being a life-long champion of human rights who 
        has fought world hunger, narcotics abuse, and narcotics trafficking;
Whereas The Honorable Benjamin A. Gilman has helped facilitate prisoner 
        exchanges that have freed citizens of the United States who were being 
        held in East Germany, Mozambique, Cuba, and several other countries; and
Whereas The Honorable Benjamin A. Gilman served 15 terms in the United States 
        House of Representatives, during which time he served--

    (1) as Chairman of the Committee on International Relations of the 
United States House of Representatives;

    (2) as a congressional delegate to the United Nations under Ambassador 
Jeane Kirkpatrick;

    (3) on the United States Commission on the Ukraine Famine; and

    (4) as Chairman of the House Select Committee on Missing Persons in 
Southeast Asia: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) congratulates His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III and 
        The Honorable Benjamin A. Gilman on being awarded the 2010 
        World Peace Prize; and
            (2) commends His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III and The 
        Honorable Benjamin A. Gilman for their humanitarian 
        contributions to society in the United States.
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