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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <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, Bill of Rights Day was first declared in 1941 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to <br />commemorate the 1791 Ratification of the Bill of Rights; and <br />WHEREAS, it was the North Carolina convention, held in Hillsborough, which was instrumental <br />regarding the inclusion of a Bill of Rights as part of ratifying the United States <br />Constitution; 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, do <br />hereby proclaim <br />December 10, 2014 as Human Rights Day <br />and <br />December 15, 2014 as Bill of Rights Day <br />and <br />December 10 — 16, 2014 as Human Rights Week <br />in Orange County and challenge residents to study and promote the ideas contained in these documents to <br />the end that freedom, justice, and equality shall not perish but will flourish and be made available to all. <br />This the P day of December 2014. <br />Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />