IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 337 
Honoring Seeds of Peace for its 15th anniversary as an organization pro-
moting understanding, reconciliation, acceptance, coexistence, and peace 
in the Middle East, South Asia, and other regions of conflict. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2008 
Mr. ALLEN (for himself, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. 
WEXLER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. FARR, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. WAXMAN, 
Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. 
AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 
ISRAEL, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. 
BERMAN, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. OLVER, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE 
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. TANNER, Mr. MILLER 
of North Carolina, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. DIN-
GELL, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. SCHWARTZ, 
Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. 
FORTENBERRY, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, and Mr. CHABOT) submitted 
the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Honoring Seeds of Peace for its 15th anniversary as an 
organization promoting understanding, reconciliation, ac-
ceptance, coexistence, and peace in the Middle East, 
South Asia, and other regions of conflict. 
Whereas Seeds of Peace, founded by the late John Wallach, 
is a program that brings together young people and edu-
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cators from regions of conflict to study and learn about 
coexistence and conflict resolution; 
Whereas these young people study and learn primarily at an 
international conflict resolution summer camp operated 
by Seeds of Peace in Otisfield, Maine, and also through 
its regional programs such as the facilitation training 
course in the Middle East, the homestay programs in 
South Asia, and international regional conferences; 
Whereas the first international conflict resolution camp wel-
comed Israeli, Palestinian, Jordanian, and Egyptian 
youths in the summer of 1993, and has since expanded 
to involve youths from other regions of conflict, including 
from Greece, Turkey and divided Cyprus, the Balkans, 
India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan; 
Whereas Seeds of Peace utilizes the summer camp to initiate 
dialogue between the youths of the United States and the 
youths from various conflict regions to dispel hatred and 
create religious and cultural understanding; 
Whereas Seeds of Peace regional programs have trained hun-
dreds of educators to teach peaceful conflict resolutions 
techniques in their classrooms, positively influencing 
thousands of students; 
Whereas Seeds of Peace works to dispel fear, mistrust, and 
prejudice, which among others are root causes of violence 
and conflict, and to build a new generation of leaders 
who are committed to achieving peace; 
Whereas Seeds of Peace reveals the human face of those 
whom youth may have been taught to hate, by engaging 
campers in both guided coexistence sessions and ordinary 
summer camp activities such as living together in cabins, 
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sharing meals, canoeing, swimming, playing sports, and 
creative exploration through the arts and computers; 
Whereas long-term peace between Arabs and Israelis, Indians 
and Pakistanis, and Afghans and Pakistanis can only be 
achieved with the emergence of a new generation of lead-
ers who will choose dialogue, friendship, and openness 
over violence and hatred; 
Whereas Seeds of Peace provides year-round opportunities via 
regional programming and innovative technology to en-
able former participants to build on the relationships 
forged at camp, so that the learning processes begun at 
camp may continue subsequently in the participants’ 
home countries; 
Whereas youth graduates of the camp, known as Seeds, cur-
rently number over 4,000, with an additional 567 adult 
delegation leaders also having completed Seeds of Peace 
training; 
Whereas this graduate network receives continued support 
from Seeds of Peace in promoting professional coopera-
tion; 
Whereas Seeds of Peace is strongly supported by partici-
pating governments and many world leaders; and 
Whereas continued partial Federal funding for Seeds of 
Peace demonstrates its recognized importance in pro-
moting peaceful resolution of conflicts as a primary goal 
of United States policy: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) reaffirms that youth should be involved in 
long-term, visionary solutions to violent conflicts; 
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(2) honors the accomplishments of Seeds of 
Peace in its 15 years of promoting understanding, 
reconciliation, acceptance, coexistence, and peace 
among youth from the Middle East and other re-
gions of conflict around the world; and 
(3) views Seeds of Peace as a highly creative 
and successful effort to achieve reconciliation among 
peoples from areas of conflict, which inspires great 
hope that nations in conflict ultimately can learn to 
live together in peace, cooperation, and security. 
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