[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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