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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Resolution R-1975-127Proposed BY: \Y, _ _1-12 Introduced BY: Temp. NO. CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA RESOLUTION NO. ,�—` A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO THE UNITED NATION'S RESOLUTION LABELING ZIONISM AS A FORM OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION; PROVIDING DIRECTIVES x0 THE CITY CLERK TO FORWARD COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, TO ALL MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO THE FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, TO THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AND TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Tamarac, Florida, considers the action taken by the United Nations General Assembly by resolution declaring Zionism as a form of racism as shocking and as a traversity of fact and truth, and WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Tamarac, Florida, believes that the action taken by the United Nations General Assembly is an affront to the struggle of Jewish people through- out the world who have steadfastly sought to break the yoke of tyranny and discrimination, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Tamarac, Florida, strongly condemns the use of the public forum of the United Nations as a platform to bludgeon the rights, or origins of any peoples of this earth, and WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Tamarac, Florida, wishes to by resolution express its strong opposition to and dis- appointment in the action taken by the United Nations General Assembly, said Assembly having been created so that all men would have a public forum and that the world would best be served by the implementation of this concept to promote world peace and understanding, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Tamarac, Florida concludes that the passage of this resolution is in fact a blatant form of racism expressing discrimination and bias in its worst form, and most irrational form. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA: a SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Tamarac, Florida, strongly disagrees with the action of the General Assembly of the United Nations taken in the form of a resolution which labeled Zionism as a form of racism. SECTION 2. That the City Council of the City of Tamarac, Florida, concludes that Zionism rather than being a form of racism, is a movement of national liberation of the Jewish people and is in fact representative of the struggle of all people who are oppressed. SECTION 3. That the City Clerk of the City of Tamarac, Florida is directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Chairman of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners, to all municipalities within Broward County, Florida, to the Florida Congressional Delegation, to the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and to the President of the United States and such other officials and persons as the Council may deem advisable. PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 13day of 1975. VICE MAYOR ATTEST: CLERK I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have approved the form and correctness of this RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE M - D. Johnson__ VM - M. Glicksman C/W- H. Massaro C/M- 0. Tucker C/M- W. Falck ^ - 2 -