[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 194 (Monday, November 16, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S6723]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 774--HONORING THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME 
      ON THE OCCASION OF BEING AWARDED THE 2020 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

  Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
Moran) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations:

                              S. Res. 774

       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 humanitarian organization in 
     the world that addresses hunger and promotes food security;
       Whereas, in 2019, 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 the number of victims of hunger 
     around the world, and the WFP has surged capacity in order to 
     meet that compounded need;
       Whereas the United States makes available more than 40 
     percent of the annual resources for the WFP;
       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 Price 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 worldwide; and
       (2) remains committed to the goal of the international 
     community to end hunger, achieve food security, and improve 
     nutrition through the work of the WFP.

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