[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 162 (Wednesday, October 24, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H11939]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CONGRATULATING THE UNITED NATIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DAY

  (Mr. FARR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise on a happy note. It is a happy birthday 
today, the birthday of the United Nations. It was 62 years ago when 50 
countries gathered in the great City of San Francisco, California, to 
make the cause of international peace and security a global mantra and 
launched the United Nations. It was a good idea then, and 62 years 
later, it is still a good idea.
  In a world that is tense with war, the U.N. fights for peace every 
day. Where hunger plagues the poor, the U.N. provides food aid to more 
than 80 million people every day, every year. In 166 nations that 
suffer devastating poverty, the U.N. offers proactive programs to 
buttress economic development. And, most important of all, the U.N. 
deploys 100,000 peacekeepers around the world on missions vital to 
stabilization of regions under threat of conflict.
  The answer to global distress is found in solving the problems that 
are the root causes of poverty, the lack of health care, shelter and 
legislation. The U.N. is the only organization worldwide dedicated to 
this grand mission.
  I congratulate the United Nations for its hard work, and ask Members 
of this body to support and invigorate America's commitment to this 
vital international organization.

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