IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 864 
Congratulating President Obama for winning of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2009 
Mr. GRAYSON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating President Obama for winning of the 2009 
Nobel Peace Prize. 
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to 
award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 to President 
Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen 
international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples; 
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee has attached spe-
cial importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a 
world without nuclear weapons, and his ability to create 
a new climate in international politics; 
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee lauded the fact 
that multilateral diplomacy that has regained a central 
position in the foreign policy of the United States, with 
emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other 
international institutions can play; 
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Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee has espoused the 
common view that dialogue and negotiations are pre-
ferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult 
international conflicts; 
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee has recognized that 
President Obama’s vision of a world free from nuclear 
arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms 
control negotiations; 
Whereas thanks to President Obama’s initiative, the United 
States is now playing a more constructive role in meeting 
the great climatic challenges the world is confronting; 
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee has proclaimed 
that democracy and human rights are to be strengthened; 
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee stated, ‘‘Only very 
rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama cap-
tured the world’s attention and given its people hope for 
a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept 
that those who are to lead the world must do so on the 
basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the ma-
jority of the world’s population’’; 
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee stated that for 108 
years it has sought to stimulate precisely that inter-
national policy and those attitudes for which Obama is 
now the world’s leading spokesman; and 
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee endorsed Obama’s 
appeal that ‘‘Now is the time for all of us to take our 
share of responsibility for a global response to global 
challenges.’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives con-
gratulates President Barack Hussein Obama for winning 
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the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, on behalf of all the people 
of the United States. 
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