IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1079 
Expressing support for the designation of September as Peace Month and 
calling on Congress to take action to promote peace. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 
Ms. NORTON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of September as 
Peace Month and calling on Congress to take action 
to promote peace. 
Whereas the United Nations designated September 21 
‘‘International Day of Peace’’, otherwise known as Peace 
Day; 
Whereas the United Nations General Assembly declared 
Peace Day as a day devoted to ‘‘commemorating and 
strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among 
all nations and peoples’’; 
Whereas all United Nations member states, organizations, re-
gional and nongovernmental organizations, and individ-
uals are encouraged to celebrate and recognize global 
peace efforts on Peace Day; 
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•HRES 1079 IH 
Whereas Peace Day represents shared hopes of an end to 
conflict in all forms; 
Whereas the United Nations calls for a 24-hour global 
ceasefire on Peace Day; 
Whereas this year’s Peace Day theme is ‘‘The Right to 
Peace—The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 
70’’; 
Whereas 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal 
Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone development 
in contemporary human history promoting peace and 
well-being worldwide; 
Whereas violent conflicts could cost upwards of $13.6 trillion 
per year globally; 
Whereas conflict prevention measures could save between $5 
billion to $70 billion per year on average; 
Whereas there is almost no interstate war; 
Whereas the absolute number of war deaths has been declin-
ing since 1945; 
Whereas life-threatening diseases are on the decline globally; 
Whereas measles deaths globally were 90,000 in 2016, down 
from 550,000 in 2000; 
Whereas 2017 only saw 19 cases of polio globally compared 
to an average of 350,000 per year in the 1980s; 
Whereas the world is close to eradicating the guinea worm 
disease; 
Whereas there were less than 5,000 deaths from natural dis-
asters in 2017; 
Whereas nearly a billion people have escaped extreme poverty 
since 1999; 
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•HRES 1079 IH 
Whereas the United Nations met its Millennium Development 
Goal of halving the extreme poverty rate in 1990 by 
2010, five years ahead of schedule; 
Whereas the global unemployment rate fell from 6.4 percent 
in 2000 to 5.6 percent in 2017; 
Whereas the global maternal mortality rate declined by 47 
percent between 2000 and 2016; 
Whereas the global mortality rate for children under 5 fell by 
44 percent and the neonatal mortality rate fell by 39 per-
cent in the same time period; 
Whereas global peace promotion efforts improve the lives of 
Americans and all peoples; 
Whereas the United States has a long history of promoting 
peace and human rights at home and abroad; and 
Whereas September would be an appropriate month to des-
ignate as Peace Month: Now, therefore be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘Peace Month’’; 
and 
(2) calls on Congress to promote peace, both at 
home and abroad. 
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