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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 823 

Expressing deep condolences to the families, friends, and colleagues of those 

killed and injured in the attack on the United Nations World Food 

Program (WFP) office in Islamabad, Pakistan, on October 5, 2009, 

and support for the WFP’s mission to bring emergency food aid to 

the most vulnerable people of Pakistan and around the world. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 13, 2009 

Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. GEORGE

MILLER of California, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. HONDA, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. FARR, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE

JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. FILNER, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. 

ESHOO, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. KAPTUR, and Mr. AL GREEN of Texas) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing deep condolences to the families, friends, and 

colleagues of those killed and injured in the attack on 

the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) office 

in Islamabad, Pakistan, on October 5, 2009, and support 

for the WFP’s mission to bring emergency food aid to 

the most vulnerable people of Pakistan and around the 

world. 

Whereas the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) 

was established in 1962 with the goal of providing every 


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man, woman, and child with access at all times to the 

food needed for an active and healthy life; 

Whereas the WFP seeks to save lives and protect livelihoods 

in emergencies, prepare for emergencies, restore and rebuild lives after emergencies, reduce chronic hunger and 

under-nutrition everywhere, and strengthen the capacity 

of countries to reduce hunger; 

Whereas WFP operations in 2008 reached just over 

102,000,000 hungry and poor people in 78 countries with 

3,900,000 tons of food; 

Whereas 84.6 percent of the population of Pakistan earns 

less than $2 per day, which is an indication of poor 

human development, especially among women and children; 

Whereas since 1968, the WFP has invested more than 

$1,500,000,000 in assistance to the most food-insecure 

people in Pakistan, including those in remote areas and 

those affected by conflict; 

Whereas WFP operations in Pakistan include school feeding, 

mother and child nutrition, and socio-economic development programs that improve school enrollment rates for 

girls, access to health care services, and economic opportunities for rural women; 

Whereas the WFP is providing vital food assistance to as 

many as 10,000,000 people across Pakistan, including 

emergency relief to as many as 2,000,000 Pakistani civilians who were displaced by conflict in the Swat Valley region earlier this year; 

Whereas, on October 5, 2009, a suicide bomber attacked the 

WFP office in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing five employVerDate Nov 24 2008 04:42 Oct 14, 2009 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR823.IH HR823

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ees, Botan Ahmed Ali Al-Hayawi, Farzana Barkat, Abid 

Rehman, Gulrukh Tahir, and Mohamed Wahab; 

Whereas the Executive Director of the WFP, Josette 

Sheeran, called the attack ‘‘a tragedy—not just for 

WFP—but for the whole humanitarian community and 

for the hungry’’; and 

Whereas support for food aid and other forms of humanitarian assistance in Pakistan is in the moral and national 

security interests of the United States: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) expresses its deep condolences to the fami3 lies, friends, and colleagues of those killed and in4 jured in the attack on the United Nations World 

5 Food Program (WFP) office in Islamabad, Pakistan, 

6 on October 5, 2009; 

7 (2) recognizes the critical role the WFP plays 

8 in helping alleviate poverty, which can be exploited 

9 by extremists to create instability, in Pakistan and 

10 the greater South Asian region; 

11 (3) reaffirms its support for the WFP’s mission 

12 to bring emergency food aid to the most vulnerable 

13 people of Pakistan and around the world; and 

14 (4) commends the approximately 10,000 people 

15 of the WFP directly serving the hungry and poor 


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1 across the world for their invaluable contribution to 

2 bringing relief to those most in need. 

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