House Resolution 8

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2      MASCHER, BELL, BERRY, BUKTA, COHOON, CONNORS,
  1  3        DANDEKAR, DAVITT, FALLON, FOEGE, GASKILL,
  1  4       GREIMANN, HEDDENS, HUSER, JOCHUM, LENSING,
  1  5      LYKAM, MERTZ, MILLER, MURPHY, MYERS, OLDSON,
  1  6       D. OLSON, PETERSEN, QUIRK, SHOULTZ, SMITH,
  1  7      STRUYK, SWAIM, D. TAYLOR, T. TAYLOR, THOMAS,
  1  8      WENDT, WHITAKER, WHITEAD, WINCKLER, and WISE
  1  9    A Resolution to honor former President Jimmy Carter for
  1 10 winning the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2002.
  1 11    WHEREAS, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded
  1 12 the Nobel Peace Prize for 2002 to former President
  1 13 Jimmy Carter for his decades of untiring effort to
  1 14 find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to
  1 15 advance democracy and human rights, and to promote
  1 16 economic and social development; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, through his Carter Center, founded in
  1 18 1982, President Carter has traveled throughout the
  1 19 world mediating conflicts, monitoring elections,
  1 20 promoting human rights, building homes for the poor
  1 21 through the Habitat for Humanity organization, and
  1 22 providing health care and food to the world's poor;
  1 23 and
  1 24    WHEREAS, as the 39th President of the United
  1 25 States, Carter brokered the Camp David peace agreement
  1 26 of 1978 between Israel and Egypt, established full
  1 27 diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of
  1 28 China, and negotiated the SALT II nuclear limitation
  1 29 treaty with the Soviet Union; and
  1 30    WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the valiant
  2  1 efforts of former President Carter be recognized and
  2  2 honored; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  3    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  4 That the House of Representatives recognizes the
  2  5 efforts of former President Jimmy Carter to promote
  2  6 peace, democracy, and human rights throughout the
  2  7 world.
  2  8    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That upon adoption, a copy
  2  9 of this Resolution be sent to former President Jimmy
  2 10 Carter.
  2 11 LSB 2058HH 80
  2 12 kk/cl/14