IV 
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 re-
build 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 chil-
dren; 
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 develop-
ment programs that improve school enrollment rates for 
girls, access to health care services, and economic oppor-
tunities 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 civil-
ians who were displaced by conflict in the Swat Valley re-
gion earlier this year; 
Whereas, on October 5, 2009, a suicide bomber attacked the 
WFP office in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing five employ-
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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 humani-
tarian assistance in Pakistan is in the moral and national 
security interests of the United States: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses its deep condolences to the fami-
lies, friends, and colleagues of those killed and in-
jured in the attack on the United Nations World 
Food Program (WFP) office in Islamabad, Pakistan, 
on October 5, 2009; 
(2) recognizes the critical role the WFP plays 
in helping alleviate poverty, which can be exploited 
by extremists to create instability, in Pakistan and 
the greater South Asian region; 
(3) reaffirms its support for the WFP’s mission 
to bring emergency food aid to the most vulnerable 
people of Pakistan and around the world; and 
(4) commends the approximately 10,000 people 
of the WFP directly serving the hungry and poor 
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