A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to international efforts to further a revolution in child health.
PL 98-198 (S.J.Res.111), enacted 12/01/1983

PUBLIC LAW 98-198—DEC. 1, 1983 
97 STAT. 1355 
Public Law 98-198 
98th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to international efforts to further a 
Dec. 1, 1983 
revolution in child health. 
[S.J. Res. Ill] 
Whereas the report entitled "State of the World's Children, 1982-
83" of the United Nations Children's Fund (hereafter in this joint 
resolution referred to as "UNICEF") offers unprecedented hope 
for a "revolution in child health" which could save the lives of up 
to twenty thousand of the forty thousand children who perish 
daily around the world from malnutrition and disease; 
Whereas the techniques involved in this health revolution, includ-
ing oral rehydration home treatment, low-cost vaccines which do 
not require refrigeration, promotion of breast-feeding, and use of 
child growth charts to detect malnutrition, are estimated to cost 
only a few dollars per child; 
Whereas this UNICEF report and the activities of UNICEF have 
been widely acclaimed by the Secretary General of the United 
Nations and the heads of the governments of such countries as the 
United Kingdom, France, Sweden, India, and Pakistan; and 
Whereas the President of the United States on April 18, 1983, has 
issued a statement endorsing this health revolution for children 
and calling on the cooperation of United States Government 
agencies with international organizations and agencies associated 
in this effort: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That it is the 
International 
sense of the Congress t h a t - 
S r e n 
(1) the techniques articulated by UNICEF in its report enti-
tled "The State of the World's Children, 1982-1983" represent 
an unprecedented low-cost opportunity to significantly reduce 
child mortality and morbidity throughout the world, and have 
the full support and encouragement of the Congress at a time of 
economic difficulty and constriction for all countries; 
(2) the President be commended for taking steps to promote, 
encourage, and undertake activities to further the objectives of 
the child health revolution and for directing all appropriate 
United States Government agencies, including the Department 
of State, the Agency for International Development, and the 
Department of Health and Human Services, to support and 
cooperate with UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the 
United Nations Development Program, and qther international 
financial and assistance agencies participating in fostering this 
child health revolution; and 
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PUBLIC LAW 98-198—DEC. 1, 1983 
(3) other public and private organizations involved in health, 
education, finance, labor, communications, and humanitarian 
assistance should cooperate with and support the efforts of the 
United States to further the objectives of the child health 
revolution. 
Approved December 1, 1983. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. Ill: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): 
July 13, considered and passed Senate, 
Nov. 17, considered and passed House.