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 Flor-
ida, 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 ad-
ministered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Swe-
den; 
Whereas the Nobel Peace Price has been awarded for out-
standing 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, Nor-
way, 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 com-
bat 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 ser-
vitude by callous agents, businessmen, landowners, and 
brothel owners, oftentimes placing himself in severe dan-
ger; 
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 set-
tings as factories, mines, brick kilns, and carpet-making 
workshops; 
Whereas, in the late 1990s, Mr. Satyarthi was the lead orga-
nizer 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 pro-
gram that tags all carpets made in factories certified as 
child labor-free; 
Whereas, most recently, Mr. Satyarthi has helped turn hun-
dreds 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 ef-
fort in making the world a more humane and peaceful 
place: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates Kailash Satyarthi on receiving 
the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded for 
his outstanding achievements; 
(2) honors Kailash Satyarthi for his contribu-
tions to the protection of children’s rights and the 
promotion of peace; 
(3) recognizes and condemns child labor as a 
form of modern slavery; 
(4) states that in honoring Kailash Satyarthi, it 
also honors all those who have worked to end child 
labor around the globe; and 
(5) emphasizes that violations of human rights 
in general, and the abuse of children specifically, are 
matters of legitimate concern to all nations. 
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