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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 774 

Honoring the United Nations World Food Programme on the occasion of 

being awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 16, 2020 

Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Mr. BROWN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. 

MORAN, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. COONS, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. MERKLEY, Mrs. 

GILLIBRAND, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

DECEMBER 22 (legislative day, DECEMBER 21), 2020 

Committee discharged; considered, amended, and agreed to with an amended 

preamble 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the United Nations World Food Programme on 

the occasion of being awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. 

Whereas, on October 9, 2020, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 

has been awarded to the United Nations World Food 

Programme (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘WFP’’) 

‘‘for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to 

bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas 

and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the 

use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict’’; 


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Whereas the WFP is the largest international humanitarian 

organization that addresses hunger, promotes food security, and saves lives, including in response to many of the 

most dangerous and complex crises in the world; 

Whereas, in 2019, an estimated 135,000,000 people around 

the world suffered from acute hunger and the WFP provided nutrition assistance to nearly 100,000,000 people 

in 88 countries; 

Whereas the 2020 coronavirus pandemic has contributed to 

a significant increase in hunger around the world, and 

the WFP has surged its capacity in order to meet that 

compounded need; 

Whereas the United States played an integral role in the 

founding of the WFP, remains its strongest supporter, 

and provides, as of the date of adoption of this resolution, more than 40 percent of its annual resources; 

Whereas the WFP has stated, ‘‘Until the day we have a medical vaccine, food is the best vaccine against chaos’’; and 

Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in announcing the 

winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020, stated, ‘‘The 

work of the World Food Programme to the benefit of humankind is an endeavour that all the nations of the world 

should be able to endorse and support’’: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) joins the other countries of the world in— 

3 (A) affirming the mission of the United 

4 Nations World Food Programme (referred to in 

5 this resolution as the ‘‘WFP’’) on the occasion 


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1 of being awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize; 

2 and 

3 (B) supporting the leadership of the WFP 

4 Executive Director, David Beasley, and the con5 tributions of the more than 17,000 WFP staff, 

6 who work tirelessly, and often at great personal 

7 risk, to combat hunger and save lives around 

8 the world; and 

9 (2) remains committed to the goal of the inter10 national community to end hunger, achieve food se11 curity, and improve nutrition, including through the 

12 work of the WFP. 

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