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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1079 

Expressing support for the designation of September as Peace Month and 

calling on Congress to take action to promote peace. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 

Ms. NORTON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of September as 

Peace Month and calling on Congress to take action 

to promote peace. 

Whereas the United Nations designated September 21 

‘‘International Day of Peace’’, otherwise known as Peace 

Day; 

Whereas the United Nations General Assembly declared 

Peace Day as a day devoted to ‘‘commemorating and 

strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among 

all nations and peoples’’; 

Whereas all United Nations member states, organizations, regional and nongovernmental organizations, and individuals are encouraged to celebrate and recognize global 

peace efforts on Peace Day; 


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•HRES 1079 IH 

Whereas Peace Day represents shared hopes of an end to 

conflict in all forms; 

Whereas the United Nations calls for a 24-hour global 

ceasefire on Peace Day; 

Whereas this year’s Peace Day theme is ‘‘The Right to 

Peace—The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 

70’’; 

Whereas 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal 

Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone development 

in contemporary human history promoting peace and 

well-being worldwide; 

Whereas violent conflicts could cost upwards of $13.6 trillion 

per year globally; 

Whereas conflict prevention measures could save between $5 

billion to $70 billion per year on average; 

Whereas there is almost no interstate war; 

Whereas the absolute number of war deaths has been declining since 1945; 

Whereas life-threatening diseases are on the decline globally; 

Whereas measles deaths globally were 90,000 in 2016, down 

from 550,000 in 2000; 

Whereas 2017 only saw 19 cases of polio globally compared 

to an average of 350,000 per year in the 1980s; 

Whereas the world is close to eradicating the guinea worm 

disease; 

Whereas there were less than 5,000 deaths from natural disasters in 2017; 

Whereas nearly a billion people have escaped extreme poverty 

since 1999; 


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•HRES 1079 IH 

Whereas the United Nations met its Millennium Development 

Goal of halving the extreme poverty rate in 1990 by 

2010, five years ahead of schedule; 

Whereas the global unemployment rate fell from 6.4 percent 

in 2000 to 5.6 percent in 2017; 

Whereas the global maternal mortality rate declined by 47 

percent between 2000 and 2016; 

Whereas the global mortality rate for children under 5 fell by 

44 percent and the neonatal mortality rate fell by 39 percent in the same time period; 

Whereas global peace promotion efforts improve the lives of 

Americans and all peoples; 

Whereas the United States has a long history of promoting 

peace and human rights at home and abroad; and 

Whereas September would be an appropriate month to designate as Peace Month: Now, therefore be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the designation of ‘‘Peace Month’’; 

3 and 

4 (2) calls on Congress to promote peace, both at 

5 home and abroad. 

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