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A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to <br /> approve proclaiming May 2008 as National Historic Preservation Month in Orange County and <br /> authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> a-1. A Resolution to Foster Genocide Remembrance <br /> The Board considered a resolution to recognize and remember the millions who have <br /> perished through acts of genocide. <br /> Chair Jacobs pointed out that the County Commissioners used to do something for <br /> Armenian Martyrs Day, and then they stopped; and they were going to do something related to <br /> the Holocaust, but they stopped. He heard something on the radio about Holocaust <br /> Remembrance Day tomorrow and he thought about incorporating them all into one resolution. <br /> Human Rights and Relations Director Shoshannah Smith introduced this item and read <br /> the resolution. <br /> A RESOLUTION <br /> TO FOSTER <br /> GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE <br /> WHEREAS, throughout history genocide has been a tragic part of humanity's <br /> existence; and <br /> WHEREAS It is important to acknowledge that we are all partners in justice with a <br /> shared legacy of intolerance; and <br /> WHEREAS, Americans have contributed to historical acts of genocide, including the 10- <br /> 20 million black Africans who died during the 200 years of the international slave trade, <br /> and the decimation of nearly 12 million Native American Indians in North America <br /> between 1600 and 1850; and <br /> WHEREAS, the country of Armenia recognizes April 24 as Genocide Remembrance <br /> Day in recognition of the government-ordered deaths of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, May 2nd 2008 is recognized as Holocaust Remembrance Day, in honor of <br /> the victims of Nazi genocide, including more than 6 million Jews and approximately 5.5 <br /> million other targeted groups including Gypsies, Poles, gays and lesbians, Jehovah's <br /> Witnesses, and others; and <br /> WHEREAS, other major acts of genocide have taken place during the past century, <br /> including but not limited to Stalin's Forced famine: (1932 —1933: 7,000,000 Ukrainian <br /> deaths); Rape of Nanking (1937 — 1938: 300,000 Chinese deaths and more than <br /> 20,000 rapes); Pol Pot Cambodia (1975-1979: 1.7 million deaths); Rwanda (1994; <br /> 800,000 Tutsis deaths); Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992-1995: 200,000 Muslim deaths); and <br /> most recently Darfur, Sudan (2003-present; 200,000 deaths); and <br /> WHEREAS, it is important to remember history so that mistakes of the past are not <br /> repeated for future generations; and <br />