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March 22, 1979
Miscellaneous Resolution
BY: John H. Peterson, Commissioner, District, '6
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IN RE: Proclaiming Oakland County's Observan4e of "International Year of the Child"
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners I
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS there exists a need for improviement of living conditions for many
of the world's 1.5 billion children; and
WHEREAS in the United States alone milions of children have never received
any medical care and still more have never seen 1,a dentist and annually over 2 million
suffer physical abuse from their parents; and
WHEREAS the United Nations General Aigembly has declared 1979 as
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"The International Year of the Child" in the hot* of stimulating all nations to
ill implement long -ilerm przgriums for improving the Ives of children and to that end
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have declared the following to be "The Rights ofi I the Child": ,
The right to affection, love and unders4nding
The right to adequate nutrition and medilcal care
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The right to free education
The right to full opportunity for play anill recreation
The right to a name and nationality
The right to special care, if handicappeil
The right to be among the first to rece* relief in times of disaster
The right to be a useful member of sociery and to develop individual abilities
The right to be brought up in a spirit of peace and universal brotherhood
The right to enjoy these rights, regardlets of race, color, sex, religion,
national or social origin.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED thatthe County of Oakland will observe
the "International Year of the Child" through sponsorship of a forum on parenting,
renewed awareness of children's needs, support ofii
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legislation designed to benefit
children and continuation of the County's presentjcommitment to improve the lives
of children.
I, John H. Peterson, move the adoption; of tne foroi-l‘re§Zrlutiiin.
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John 114" Peterson, District /8
APPrvr Tur re-grriTIG RESOLUTION
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Moved by Peterson supported by Moore the resolution be adopted.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.