[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 774 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 774

  Honoring the United Nations World Food Programme on the occasion of 
               being awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 16, 2020

Mr. Boozman (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Moran, 
 Mr. Blunt, Mr. Young, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Booker, Mr. Roberts, 
 Mr. Coons, Mr. Graham, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, 
   and Ms. Klobuchar) submitted the following resolution; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

            December 22 (legislative day, December 21), 2020

   Committee discharged; considered, amended, and agreed to with an 
                            amended preamble

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Honoring the United Nations World Food Programme on the occasion of 
               being awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.

Whereas, on October 9, 2020, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the 
        Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 has been awarded to the United Nations World 
        Food Programme (referred to in this preamble as the ``WFP'') ``for its 
        efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions 
        for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force 
        in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and 
        conflict'';
Whereas the WFP is the largest international humanitarian organization that 
        addresses hunger, promotes food security, and saves lives, including in 
        response to many of the most dangerous and complex crises in the world;
Whereas, in 2019, an estimated 135,000,000 people around the world suffered from 
        acute hunger and the WFP provided nutrition assistance to nearly 
        100,000,000 people in 88 countries;
Whereas the 2020 coronavirus pandemic has contributed to a significant increase 
        in hunger around the world, and the WFP has surged its capacity in order 
        to meet that compounded need;
Whereas the United States played an integral role in the founding of the WFP, 
        remains its strongest supporter, and provides, as of the date of 
        adoption of this resolution, more than 40 percent of its annual 
        resources;
Whereas the WFP has stated, ``Until the day we have a medical vaccine, food is 
        the best vaccine against chaos''; and
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in announcing the winner of the Nobel 
        Peace Prize for 2020, stated, ``The work of the World Food Programme to 
        the benefit of humankind is an endeavour that all the nations of the 
        world should be able to endorse and support'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) joins the other countries of the world in--
                    (A) affirming the mission of the United Nations 
                World Food Programme (referred to in this resolution as 
                the ``WFP'') on the occasion of being awarded the 2020 
                Nobel Peace Prize; and
                    (B) supporting the leadership of the WFP Executive 
                Director, David Beasley, and the contributions of the 
                more than 17,000 WFP staff, who work tirelessly, and 
                often at great personal risk, to combat hunger and save 
                lives around the world; and
            (2) remains committed to the goal of the international 
        community to end hunger, achieve food security, and improve 
        nutrition, including through the work of the WFP.
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