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Whereas today, with global population displacement at the 
highest level recorded since World War II, the World 
Food Program, together with the United Nations High 
Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Children’s 
Fund, and other United Nations agencies, is feeding, 
clothing, and sheltering millions from Syria to Iraq to the 
Central African Republic and beyond; 
Whereas in Yemen, which has been on the brink of famine 
for several years and where 80 percent of the population 
relies on humanitarian aid to survive, United Nations 
agencies are working to reach 12,000,000 people each 
month with food and nutritional assistance, respond to a 
cholera epidemic that has sickened nearly 1,000,000 peo-
ple since January 2018, rehabilitate irrigation systems 
and provide agricultural inputs to increase domestic food 
production, and provide reproductive health care and safe 
delivery services to women; 
Whereas the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Mar-
tin Griffiths, is working to broker a diplomatic solution 
to the conflict and organized the first direct talks be-
tween the Yemeni Government and Houthis in December 
2018, resulting in an agreement for a cease-fire and mili-
tary redeployment from the port of Hodeidah; 
Whereas the Office of the United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Human Rights plays a leading role in helping 
to elevate and advance human rights throughout the 
world; 
Whereas, in recent years, the Office of the High Commis-
sioner has aided efforts to uncover and report on abuses 
in Syria, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, Sri Lanka, 
Yemen, Myanmar, Iraq, Belarus, and a host of other 
countries; 
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Whereas these types of activities help raise public awareness 
of human rights violations, magnify the voices of dis-
sidents and civil society organizations on the ground, and 
provide a tool for pressuring repressive governments and 
holding abusers accountable; 
Whereas United Nations Secretary General Anto´nio Guterres 
has implemented key reforms, and continues to be com-
mitted to instituting necessary reforms to improve the ef-
fectiveness of the United Nations and strengthen over-
sight; 
Whereas 2020 marks the start of the decade of action and 
delivery for the Sustainable Development Goals, major 
conferences on climate change, biodiversity, nuclear non-
proliferation and health, the 25th anniversary of the 
landmark Beijing World Conference on Women, the 20th 
anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolu-
tion 1325, and the 10th anniversary of United Nations 
Women, among others; 
Whereas the United Nations remains an indispensable part-
ner for the United States as Congress works to protect 
our national security and foreign policy interests around 
the world; 
Whereas the United Nations conducts business with numer-
ous United States corporations and organizations and in 
2014 
awarded 
United 
States 
businesses 
with 
$555,500,000 in contracts; 
Whereas these contracts were executed in 30 States and more 
than 100 cities and communities, benefiting hundreds of 
Americans who work to provide the United Nations a 
range of critical goods and services, including tele-
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communications, construction, food production, and mili-
tary supplies; and 
Whereas the participation and leadership by the United 
States in the United Nations is essential to securing 
United States interests in international peace and secu-
rity: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the 75th anniversary of the es-
tablishment of the United Nations; 
(2) recognizes the United Nations for the crit-
ical role it plays in maintaining international peace 
and security; 
(3) applauds the United Nations for its leader-
ship and ongoing efforts in addressing global health 
crises, including the global fight against HIV/AIDS; 
(4) applauds the United Nations for its re-
sponse to unprecedented humanitarian crises that 
have resulted in staggering escalation of displace-
ments and suffering in countries such as Yemen, 
Syria, Iraq, South Sudan, Somalia, Central African 
Republic, and Democratic Republic of the Congo; 
(5) commends the United Nations for its com-
mitment to eradicating extreme poverty and hunger; 
and 
(6) urges the President to issue a proclamation 
calling on the people of the United States to observe 
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the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the 
United Nations with appropriate ceremonies and ac-
tivities. 
Æ 
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