[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 19024-19025]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING NOBEL LAUREATES KAILASH SATYARTHI AND MALALA YOUSAFZAI

  Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 648, S. Res. 
595.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 595) recognizing Nobel Laureates 
     Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for their efforts to 
     end the financial exploitation of children and to ensure the 
     right of all children to an education.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution, which had been reported from the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, with an amendment and an amendment to the preamble.
  (Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part 
printed in italic.)
  (Strike the preamble and insert the part printed in italic.)

                              S. Res. 595

       Whereas, on October 10, 2014, the Norwegian Nobel Committee 
     awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize to Kailash Satyarthi and 
     Malala Yousafzai;
       Whereas the International Labour Organization estimates 
     that, worldwide, 168,000,000 children are exploited 
     financially, with 85,000,000 children working in very 
     hazardous environments and deprived of an education;
       Whereas the United Nations Children's Fund estimates that 
     101,000,000 children are not in school;
       Whereas Kailash Satyarthi and his organization, Bachpan 
     Bachao Andolan, have rescued more than 82,000 children from 
     the worst forms of child labor;
       Whereas Malala Yousafzai has promoted education for girls 
     in Pakistan since she was 11 years old and is an advocate for 
     worldwide access to education;
       Whereas Kailash Satyarthi has endured threats on his life 
     as a result of such rescue efforts; and
       Whereas the Taliban attempted to kill Malala Yousafzai on 
     October 9, 2012, as a result of her efforts to encourage more 
     girls to attend school: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes Nobel Laureates Kailash Satyarthi and Malala 
     Yousafzai as symbols of peace and advocates for ending the 
     financial exploitation of children and for the opportunity of 
     all children to have access to education;

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       (2) commends all individuals working around the world to 
     end the scourge of child slavery and to advance education for 
     all children;
       (3) recognizes the challenges that remain in ending the 
     financial exploitation of children and providing access to an 
     education for all children;
       (4) urges all governments, civil society organizations, 
     businesses, and individuals to unite in the common purpose of 
     protecting children from losing their childhoods as well as 
     their futures; and
       (5) recognizes the dedication and commitment to freedom, 
     the rights of children, and the endurance of the human 
     spirit, demonstrated by all individuals who make sacrifices 
     to build a more peaceful world.

  Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee-
reported amendment to the resolution be agreed to; the resolution, as 
amended, be agreed to; the committee-reported amendment to the preamble 
be agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and the motions 
to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no 
intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 595), as amended, was agreed to.
  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute to the 
preamble was agreed to.
  The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.

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