Title: A resolution honoring the United Nations World Food Programme on the occasion of being awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This resolution expresses the Senate's affirmation of and commitment to the mission of the United Nations World Food Programme on the occasion of its being awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 774 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 774

  Honoring the United Nations World Food Programme on the occasion of 
               being awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 16, 2020

  Mr. Boozman (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
 Moran) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Honoring the United Nations World Food Programme on the occasion of 
               being awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.

Whereas, on October 9, 2020, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the 
        Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 has been awarded to the United Nations World 
        Food Programme (referred to in this preamble as the ``WFP'') ``for its 
        efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions 
        for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force 
        in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and 
        conflict'';
Whereas the WFP is the largest humanitarian organization in the world that 
        addresses hunger and promotes food security;
Whereas, in 2019, 135,000,000 people around the world suffered from acute hunger 
        and the WFP provided nutrition assistance to nearly 100,000,000 people 
        in 88 countries;
Whereas the 2020 coronavirus pandemic has contributed to a significant increase 
        in the number of victims of hunger around the world, and the WFP has 
        surged capacity in order to meet that compounded need;
Whereas the United States makes available more than 40 percent of the annual 
        resources for the WFP;
Whereas the WFP has stated, ``Until the day we have a medical vaccine, food is 
        the best vaccine against chaos''; and
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in announcing the winner of the Nobel 
        Peace Price for 2020, stated, ``The work of the World Food Programme to 
        the benefit of humankind is an endeavour that all the nations of the 
        world should be able to endorse and support'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) joins the other countries of the world in--
                    (A) affirming the mission of the United Nations 
                World Food Programme (referred to in this resolution as 
                the ``WFP'') on the occasion of being awarded the 2020 
                Nobel Peace Prize; and
                    (B) supporting the leadership of the WFP Executive 
                Director, David Beasley, and the contributions of the 
                more than 17,000 WFP staff worldwide; and
            (2) remains committed to the goal of the international 
        community to end hunger, achieve food security, and improve 
        nutrition through the work of the WFP.
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