HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1975.11.20 - 14838Miscellaneous Resolution No- 7360 November 19, 1975
ALEXANDER PERI NOFF
IN RE: COMMENDATION TO THE DELEGATES OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA TO THE UNITED NATIONS AND TO THE CONGRESS OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO: THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS it is the sense of this body that the delegates from the
United States of America to the United Nations have elgquently sought to de-
fend the principles of the Charter of the United Nations in condemning the .
resolution of the General Assembly adopted November 10, 1975 that wrongfully
associates Zionism with racism, and
WHEREAS it is with a sense of sadness that this Board of Commissioners
notes that many of the Nations of the World that supported the General Assembly
resolution still deny unto their citizens those liberties that we Americans hold
dear and sacred, and
WHEREAS we do believe that the principles etg,hodied in the Charter
of the United Nations are worthy of our continued support so that mankind can
live with dignity in peace e,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the President, the United States
House of Representatives and the United States Senate be comp!imented for their
statement,and resaIutions that shorpiy condemn the resoIution adopted by the Genera!
Assembly on November 10, 1975, in that said resolution encourages anti-
semitism by wrongly associating and equating Zionism with racism and
racial discrimination„ and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Congress continue to call for an
energetic effort by all those concerned with the adherence of the United
• Nations to the purposes stated it its charter to obtain reconsideration of the
aforementioned resolution with a view to removing the subject of Zionism which
is a national but in no way racist philosophy from the context of any programs
and discussions focusing on racism or racial discrimination, and •
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Board of Commissioners
calls upon all members of the -United Nations who are concerned with
justice in this world to condemn and repudiate the action of the
General Assembly on November 10, 1975.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to the President,
the Honorable Daniel P. Moynihan and to our congressional representatives.
Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Lynn D. Allen Clerk
#73 60
Moved by Perinoff supported by Lennon the rules be suspended for immediate
consideration of the resolution.
AYES: Perinoff, Pernick, Price, Roth, Simmons, Wilcox, Wilson, Button, Daly,
Dearborn, Dunleavy, Fortino, Gabler, Hoot, Houghten, Kasper, Lennon, McDonald,
Moffitt, Montante, Nowak, Olson, Page, Patterson. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Perinoff, supported by Button the resolution be adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and
having a seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
Resolution #7360 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
at their meeting held on November 20, 1975
with the original record thereof now remaining in my
office, and that it is a true and correct transcript
therefrom, and of the whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
20th November 75
this day of
............... ..............Deputy Clerk