[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 120, 109th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

120 STAT. 3728


 
KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ OF THAILAND, ASCENSION TO THE  NOTE: June 22,
2006 -  [H.Con.Res.409]  THRONE--60TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

Whereas on June 9, 1946, His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej ascended the
throne and this year celebrates his 60th year as King of Thailand;

Whereas His Majesty King Bhumibol is the longest-serving monarch in the
world;

Whereas on May 26, 2006, His Majesty King Bhumibol received the
inaugural special Human Development Lifetime Achievement Award from
the United Nations Development Program for his dedication to social
justice, growth with equity, human security, democratic governance,
and sustainability;

Whereas during the reign of His Majesty King Bhumibol, Thailand has
become a democratically governed constitutional democracy in which
Thai citizens enjoy the right to change their government through
periodic free and fair elections held on the basis of universal
suffrage;

Whereas His Majesty King Bhumibol has enjoyed a special relationship
with the United States, having been born in 1927 in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, where his father, Prince Mahidol of Songkla, was
studying medicine at the Harvard Medical School;

Whereas the United States and Thailand have enjoyed over 170 years of
friendship since the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce in
1833, the first such treaty signed between the United States and any
Asian country;

Whereas the United States and Thailand are treaty allies, and on
December 30, 2003, President George W. Bush designated the Kingdom
of Thailand as a major non-NATO ally; and

Whereas the bonds of friendship and mutual respect are strong between
the United States and Thailand: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
That Congress--
(1) commemorates the 60th anniversary of the ascension to
the throne of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand;
(2) offers its sincere congratulations to His Majesty King
Bhumibol and best wishes for continued prosperity to his Majesty
and the Kingdom of Thailand; and
(3) looks forward to continued, enduring ties of friendship
between the Thai and American people.

Agreed to June 22, 2006.