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Proclamation proclaiming in the month of December Human Rights Week, Human Rights Day, and Bill of Rights Day
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~I i I1~1~9i~ 9~,~I~~`I'IOI~ S ~0[~[I~[I S SIOI~ <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />z <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY RICHARD PERRY AND SECONDED BY JAMES ANDERSON <br />THAT THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE ORANGE <br />COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ADOPT THE FOLLOWING <br />PROCLAMATION REGARDING BILL OF RIGHTS DAY, HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, AND <br />HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK: <br />PROCLAMATION <br />WHEREAS, on December 10, 1948, the member States of the United Nations signed the Universal <br />Declaration of Human Rights and countries of different political, economic and social <br />systems agreed on the fundamental rights that all people share solely on the basis of their <br />common humanity; and <br />WHEREAS, Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week were adopted by the United Nations in <br />connection with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and <br />WHEREAS, the Bill of Rights Day was first declared in 1941 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt <br />to commemorate the 1791 Ratification of the Bill of Rights; and <br />WHEREAS, the Bill of Rights guarantees, among other basic liberties, freedom of speech and of the <br />press as well as freedom of religion and association; and <br />WHEREAS, the Bill of Rights states that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without <br />due process of law and establishes fundamental rules of fairness in judicial proceedings, <br />including the right to trial by jury; and <br />WHEREAS, the primary responsibility to promote respect for these rights and freedoms lies with each <br />individual in Orange County, and each of us can play a major role in enhancing human <br />rights; and <br />WHEREAS, the residents of Orange County support Human Rights and recognize that the "inherent <br />dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family are the <br />foundation of freedom, justice and peace;" <br />NOW, THEREFORE, We, The Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina, <br />do hereby proclaim <br />December 7 O - 16, 2009 as HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK <br />and <br />December 10, 2009 as HUMAN RIGHTS DAY <br />and <br />December 7 5, 2009 aS BILL OF RIGHTS DAY <br />in Orange County and challenge our residents to study and promote the ideas contained in these <br />documents to the end that freedom, justice, and equality shall not perish but will flourish and be made <br />available to all. <br />THIS THE DAY OF , 2009. <br />VOTE: AYES 16 (Anderson, Austin, Davenport, Harris, Jeffries-Logan, Linger, <br />Lumpkin, Marley, Marotto, Mitchell, Nanney, Perry, Prear, Rosenbluth, <br />Schweickert, VQgt); NOES 0; EXCUSED 1 (Colson); ABSENT 1 (Foushee). <br />
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