[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 218 (Monday, December 21, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7928]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
HONORING THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME ON THE OCCASION OF
BEING AWARDED THE 2020 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign
Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration and the
Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res 774.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The clerk will report the resolution by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A resolution (S. Res. 774) honoring the United Nations
World Food Programme on the occasion of being awarded the
2020 Nobel Peace Prize.
There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the
Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.
Mr. BOOZMAN. I ask unanimous consent that the Boozman amendment to
the resolution be considered and agreed to; the resolution, as amended,
be agreed to; the Boozman amendment to the preamble be agreed to; the
preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and that the motions to reconsider
be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment (No. 2733) was agreed to, as follows
(Purpose: To amend the resolving clause)
On page 2, lines 10 and 11, strike ``staff worldwide;'' and
insert ``staff, who work tirelessly, and often at great
personal risk, to combat hunger and save lives around the
world;''.
On page 3, line 3, strike ``nutrition'' and insert
``nutrition, including''.
The resolution (S. Res. 774), as amended, was agreed to.
The amendment (No. 2734) was agreed to, as follows
(Purpose: To amend the preamble)
Beginning in the second whereas clause of the preamble,
strike ``Whereas the WFP'' and all that follows through the
semicolon in the fifth whereas clause and insert the
following:
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;
In the seventh whereas clause of the preamble, strike
``Price'' and insert ``Prize''.
The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.
The resolution, as amended, with its preamble, as amended, reads as
follows
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 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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