H. Res. 34 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 5, 2007. 
Whereas Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu has been recog-
nized as one of the 20th century’s leaders for freedom, 
justice, and human rights for all; 
Whereas Archbishop Tutu, as a religious leader and Sec-
retary-General of the South African Council of Churches 
from 1976 until 1978, worked against apartheid in South 
Africa with the agreement of nearly all South African 
churches; 
Whereas Archbishop Tutu consistently advocated reconcili-
ation between all parties involved in apartheid and, 
though he was most firm in denouncing South Africa’s 
white-ruled government, Archbishop Tutu was also harsh 
in his criticism of the violent tactics of some anti-apart-
heid groups and denounced terrorism; 
Whereas Archbishop Tutu spoke strongly in support of non- 
violent change and economic sanctions against South Af-
rica and as a result had his passport revoked by the 
South African Government; 
Whereas Archbishop Tutu led a historical march to a whites- 
only beach, where he and supporters were chased off with 
whips;
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Whereas, on October 16, 1984, Archbishop Tutu was award-
ed the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his out-
standing leadership, courage, heroism, and use of non-
violence in the struggle against apartheid, and the Nobel 
Committee cited his ‘‘role as a unifying leader figure in 
the campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in 
South Africa’’; 
Whereas a month after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Arch-
bishop Tutu was elected as the first black Anglican 
bishop of Johannesburg; 
Whereas, on September 7, 1986, Archbishop Tutu became 
the first black person to lead the Anglican Church in 
South Africa; 
Whereas, in 1994, after the end of apartheid and the election 
of President Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Tutu was ap-
pointed as Chairman of South Africa’s Truth and Rec-
onciliation Commission, to investigate apartheid-era 
crimes, where his policy of forgiveness and reconciliation 
has become an international example of conflict resolu-
tion, and a trusted method of post-conflict reconstruction; 
Whereas, on October 7, 1931, Archbishop Tutu was born in 
Klerksdorp, Transvaal, to a school teacher and an 
uneducated mother and was educated at Johannesburg 
Bantu High School; 
Whereas Archbishop Tutu trained as a high school teacher at 
Pretoria Bantu Normal College and graduated from the 
University of South Africa in 1954, and after teaching 
for three years was ordained as a priest in 1960; 
Whereas Archbishop Tutu studied theology in England in 
1962, received a Masters of Theology from University of 
London in 1966, was appointed as the first black South
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African to hold the position of Dean of St. Mary’s Cathe-
dral in Johannesburg in 1975, and became the first black 
General Secretary of the South African Council of 
Churches in 1978; 
Whereas Archbishop Tutu is an international lecturer and 
philosopher and has received honorary doctorates from 
ten leading universities in the United States, Britain, and 
Germany; 
Whereas Archbishop Tutu has been awarded a number of 
prestigious awards, including the Order for Meritorious 
Award (Gold), the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Award for 
Outstanding Service to the Anglican Communion, the 
Prix d’Athene, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Humani-
tarian Award of Annual Black American Heroes and 
Heroines Day; 
Whereas out of deep concern for the challenges facing all of 
the people of the world, in July 2007 Archbishop Tutu 
helped assemble The Elders, an historic group of world 
leaders seeking to contribute their wisdom, independent 
leadership, and integrity in tackling some of the world’s 
toughest problems; 
Whereas October 7, 2007, will mark the 76th birthday of 
Archbishop Demand Mpilo Tutu; and 
Whereas Archbishop Tutu has fought for a democratic and 
just society without racial divisions, a common system of 
education, a world which promotes the rights and oppor-
tunities 
of 
the 
marginalized, 
disadvantaged, 
and 
disenfranchised, and continues to pursue an active inter-
national ministry of peace: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—