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a <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />HUMAN RIGHTS PROCLAMATION <br />WHEREAS, on December 10, 1948, the member States of the United Nations signed the <br />Universal Declaration of Human Rights and countries of different political, economic and <br />social systems agreeing on the fundamental rights that all people share solely on the basis <br />of their common humanity; and <br />WHEREAS, Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week were adopted by the United Nations <br />in 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 <br />Roosevelt 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 <br />of the 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 <br />without due process of law and establishes fundamental rules of fairness in judicial <br />proceedings, including the right to trial by jury; and <br />WHEREAS, the primary responsibility to promote respect for these rights and freedoms lies <br />with each individual in Orange County, and each of us can play a major role in enhancing <br />human rights; and <br />WHEREAS, the residents of Orange County support Human Rights and recognize that the <br />"inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family <br />are the foundation of freedom, justice and peace;" <br />NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, North <br />Carolina, do hereby proclaim <br />December 1 O - 7 G, 2008 to be HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK <br />and <br />December 1 O, 2008 as HUMAN RIGHTS DAY <br />and <br />December 15, 2008 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 <br />made available to all. <br />THIS THE Isr DAY OF December, 2008. <br />BARRY JACOBS ,Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />