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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY HOLVECK, BEALL, BLACK, BOLKCOM, CONNOLLY,
1 3 COURTNEY, DEARDEN, DOTZLER, DVORSKY, FRAISE,
1 4 GRONSTAL, HATCH, HORN, KIBBIE, KREIMAN, McCOY,
1 5 QUIRMBACH, RAGAN, SENG, STEWART, and WARNSTADT
1 6 A Resolution to honor former President Jimmy Carter for
1 7 winning the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2002.
1 8 WHEREAS, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded
1 9 the Nobel Peace Prize for 2002 to former President
1 10 Jimmy Carter for his decades of untiring effort to
1 11 find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to
1 12 advance democracy and human rights, and to promote
1 13 economic and social development; and
1 14 WHEREAS, through his Carter Center, founded in
1 15 1982, President Carter has traveled throughout the
1 16 world mediating conflicts, monitoring elections,
1 17 promoting human rights, building homes for the poor
1 18 through the Habitat for Humanity organization, and
1 19 providing health care and food to the world's poor;
1 20 and
1 21 WHEREAS, as the 39th President of the United
1 22 States, Carter brokered the Camp David peace agreement
1 23 of 1978 between Israel and Egypt, established full
1 24 diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of
1 25 China, and negotiated the SALT II nuclear limitation
1 26 treaty with the Soviet Union; and
1 27 WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the valiant
1 28 efforts of former President Carter be recognized and
1 29 honored; NOW THEREFORE,
1 30 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
2 1 recognizes the efforts of former President Jimmy
2 2 Carter to promote peace, democracy, and human rights
2 3 throughout the world.
2 4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That upon adoption, a copy
2 5 of this Resolution be sent to former President Jimmy
2 6 Carter.
2 7 LSB 2058SS 80
2 8 kk/cl/14
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