2005/10/11 City Council ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 2005 -300
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park
Commemorating Monday
October 24, 2005 as UNITED NATIONS DAY
WHEREAS, the United Nations was founded in 1945; its anniversary is observed October 24`"
annually; and
WHEREAS, one of the principal mandates of the United Nations — "to achieve international cooperation
in solving problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character" — remains as valid today
as when those words were penned into the Charter more than a half century ago; and
WHEREAS, in September 2000, 189 countries, including the United States, agreed on the Millennium
Development Goals; and
WHEREAS, the fourth Millennium Development Goal focuses on the reduction of child mortality and
seeks to reduce by two- thirds the mortality rate among children under five by 2015; and
WHEREAS, poor children's health has a permanent and lasting affect on future generations; and
WHEREAS, the United States is a champion of children's rights; and
WHEREAS, the United States must continue to work with the United Nations and U.N. agencies in
order to provide a coordinated effort in both assessing the current problem of children's health and
survival and determining the strategies and mechanisms best suited to reduce child mortality and improve
children's health; and
WHEREAS, the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA -USA), in
cooperation with other organizations, has declared "Child Health and Survival" as its theme for the 2005
United Nations Day commemorations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park that it
officially recognizes OCTOBER 24 2005 as UNITED NATIONS DAY and supports the need for
efforts on both local and international levels to promote global cooperative initiatives toward a peaceful
and more just world.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City will fly the UN flag during the week of October 23-29,2005.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this I Ph day of October, 2005.
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
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ATTEST:
KEM AYE !' LORES: AYE SMITH: AYE
)AK- :VIAATINEZ: AYE MACKENZIE, AYE
S. (5) NOES: (0) ABSENT: (0) ABSTAIN: (0)