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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 5, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~~ <br />SUBJECT: Proclamation -Human Rights Week, Human Ri hts Da ,and Bill of Rights Day <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing, Human Rights, and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Community Development <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Proposed Proclamation Tara Fikes, 245-2490 <br />PURPOSE: To adopt a proclamation to officially recognize Human Rights Week, Human <br />Rights Day and Bill of Rights Day in Orange County during the month of December. <br />BACKGROUND: On December 10, 1948, the members of the United Nations signed the <br />Universal Declaration of Human Rights and countries of different political, economic, and social <br />systems agreed to the fundamental rights that all people share solely on the basis of their <br />common humanity. <br />Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week were adopted by the United Nations in connection <br />with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Bill of Rights Day was first declared in <br />1941 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to commemorate the 1791 Ratification of the Bill of <br />Rights. <br />The Orange County Human Relations Commission (HRC) recognizes that before any individual <br />or group may seek to vindicate their rights, those rights must first be acknowledged. The HRC <br />hopes that acknowledgment of Human Rights Week, Human Rights Day and Bill of Rights Day <br />will encourage Orange County residents, as individuals, to take a stand against social injustice <br />and continue to work together to make freedom, justice, and equal opportunity available for all. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board adopt the Proclamation <br />regarding Human Rights Week, Human Rights Day, and Bill of Rights Day and authorize the <br />Chair to sign the Proclamation. <br />