Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 76th General Convention commends the world-wide peacemaking efforts of the Presiding Bishop during her first triennium, especially on a visit to North and South Korea in November 2007, in support of Korean reunification in her work to support the Communion-wide efforts for further steps to reunification under the inspiring leadership of the Anglican Church of Korea; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention also commends the visit of the Presiding Bishop to the Philippines in June 2008 and her role in exposing the deplorable human rights abuses by elements of the Philippine government in the policy of politically motivated killings and disappearances of civic and socially conscious leaders; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention commends the Presiding Bishop and other Episcopalians who have worked to support the search for peace and reconciliation in the interrelated conflicts in the Sudan, Northern Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in support of the peacemaking efforts of The Episcopal Church of the Sudan, the Church of Uganda and the Anglican Church in the Congo; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention commends the Presiding Bishop and her predecessor, the Right Reverend Frank T. Griswold, for their work toward reconciliation between the United States and Cuba, an end to the U.S. embargo against Cuba and a strengthening of the rights and wellbeing of Cuban citizens; and in support of partnerships between dioceses in the United States and The Episcopal Church of Cuba; and also commends the efforts of the Church Pension Group in the past triennium to increase the limit imposed by the U.S. Government on the level of pension benefits that may be paid legally by the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America to its ordained clergy in the Cuban Church.