IV 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 750 

Congratulating and honoring Malala Yousafzai, recipient of the 2014 Nobel 

Peace Prize. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 12, 2014 

Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 

SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. GABBARD, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. CLAWSON of Florida, and 

Ms. CASTOR of Florida) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating and honoring Malala Yousafzai, recipient of 

the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. 

Whereas the Nobel Peace Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden; 

Whereas the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded for outstanding achievements in peace since 1901; 

Whereas the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian 

Nobel Committee, a group of five members appointed by 

the Storting, the Norwegian Parliament, in Oslo, Norway, to recognize individuals who have ‘‘done the most or 

best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition 


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or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and 

promotion of peace congresses’’; 

Whereas the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Malala 

Yousafzai, a 17-year-old Pakistani woman, for her courageous and tireless efforts to advance gender equality in 

education; 

Whereas Ms. Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel laureate in history, began championing girls’ education at only 11 years 

old and her advocacy has been the subject of many documentaries and media reports; 

Whereas Ms. Yousafzai has become a leading advocate for 

equal access to education after a Taliban edict banning 

girls’ education in her home region of Swat Valley in 

Pakistan prompted militants to destroy hundreds of 

schools; 

Whereas Ms. Yousafzai survived a brutal assassination attempt while on her way to school by Taliban gunmen in 

2012 in response to her outspoken campaign for the right 

to education for female students; 

Whereas Ms. Yousafzai demonstrated incredible bravery by 

emerging more determined to fight for the cause of education equality for female students after the assassination 

attempt; 

Whereas, currently, an estimated 13 million school age girls 

are deprived of an education in Pakistan; 

Whereas, to date, Pakistani girls’ schools continue to be targeted by militants, including through bombings and 

threats to teachers; and 

Whereas Ms. Yousafzai’s courageous campaign for equal education represents a critically important effort in making 

the world a more peaceful place: Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) congratulates Malala Yousafzai on receiving 

3 the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded for 

4 her outstanding achievements; 

5 (2) honors Malala Yousafzai for her contribu6 tion to global education equality and the promotion 

7 of peace; 

8 (3) states that in honoring Malala Yousafzai, it 

9 also honors those who have promoted education 

10 equality including those individuals who continue to 

11 champion the fundamental right of all children to a 

12 peaceful education in Pakistan and elsewhere; and 

13 (4) emphasizes that violations of human rights 

14 in general, and the persecution of children specifi15 cally, are matters of legitimate concern to all na16 tions. 

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