IV 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 749 

Congratulating and honoring Kailash Satyarthi, 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, and Ms. GABBARD) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating and honoring Kailash Satyarthi, 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 Price 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 Indian 

children’s rights advocate and social activist Kailash 

Satyarthi for his courageous and tireless efforts to combat child labor, forced labor, and trafficking; 

Whereas, in his 34 years as an activist, Mr. Satyarthi has 

saved nearly 80,000 children from being forced into servitude by callous agents, businessmen, landowners, and 

brothel owners, oftentimes placing himself in severe danger; 

Whereas Mr. Satyarthi founded Bachpan Bachao Andolan 

(Save the Childhood Movement) in 1980, which works to 

rescue children who have been removed from school and 

forced to work long hours for little to no pay in such settings as factories, mines, brick kilns, and carpet-making 

workshops; 

Whereas, in the late 1990s, Mr. Satyarthi was the lead organizer of the Global March Against Child Labour, which 

raised awareness of the millions of abused children who 

suffer as child laborers; 

Whereas Mr. Satyarthi has long condemned and sought to 

hold accountable through the criminal justice system in 

India the employers and traffickers that exploit child 

labor; 

Whereas Mr. Satyarthi also founded an international program that tags all carpets made in factories certified as 

child labor-free; 

Whereas, most recently, Mr. Satyarthi has helped turn hundreds of villages into rehabilitation centers in order to 


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teach trades to abused teenagers and launched operations 

to rescue girls sold into abusive forced marriages; and 

Whereas Mr. Satyarthi’s courageous campaign to end the 

scourge of child labor represents a vitally important effort in making the world a more humane and peaceful 

place: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) congratulates Kailash Satyarthi on receiving 

3 the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded for 

4 his outstanding achievements; 

5 (2) honors Kailash Satyarthi for his contribu6 tions to the protection of children’s rights and the 

7 promotion of peace; 

8 (3) recognizes and condemns child labor as a 

9 form of modern slavery; 

10 (4) states that in honoring Kailash Satyarthi, it 

11 also honors all those who have worked to end child 

12 labor around the globe; and 

13 (5) emphasizes that violations of human rights 

14 in general, and the abuse of children specifically, are 

15 matters of legitimate concern to all nations. 

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