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RESOLUTION N0, 113
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A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO
THE UNITED NATION'S RESOLUTION LABELING
{ ZIONISM AS A FORM OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION:
PROVIDING DIRECTIVES TO THE CITY CLERK TO
FORWARD COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, TO ALL MUNICIPALI-
TIES WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO
THE FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, TO
THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED
NATIONS , AND TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES .
WHEREAS, The City Commission of the City of Dania, Florida,
considers the action taken by the United Nations General Assembly
by resolution declaring Zionism as a form of racism as shocking
and as a traversity of fact and truth, and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Dania, Florida,
believes that the action taken by the United Nations General
Assembly is an affront to the struggle of all people throughout
the world who have steadfastly sought to break the yoke of
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tyranny and discrimination, and
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�.J WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Dania, Florida,
strongly condemns the use of the public forum of the United
Nations as a platform to bludgeon the rights, or origins of any
peoples of this earth, and
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f WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Dania, Florida,
wishes to by resolution express its strong opposition to and
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disappointment in the action taken by the United Nations General I
Assembly, said Assembly having been created so that all people I
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would have a public forum and that the world would best be served `
by the implementation to this concept to promote world peace and
understanding, and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Dania, Florida,
concludes that the passage of this resolution is in fact a blatant
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form of racism expressing discrimination and bias in its worst
form, and most irrational form.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA:
Section 1, That the City Commission of the City of Dania,
Florida, strongly disagrees with the action of the General Assembly
of the United Nations taken in the form of a resolution which
labeled Zionism as a form of racism.
Section 2 . That the City Commission of the City of Dania,
j Florida, concludes that "Zionism" rather than being a form of
racism, is a movement of national liberation of the Jewish people
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and is in fact representative of the struggle of all people who
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are oppressed ; "It is a theory, plan, or movement for setting f
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up a Jewish National or Religious community in Palestine" -quote
Websters New Collegiate Dictionary. It is the return to Zion,
Citadel in Palestine which was the Nucleus of Jerusalem.
Section 3 . That the City Commission of the City of Dania,
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Florida, further concludes that if Zionism is classified as racism {
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by the United Nations General Assembly, then it could conceivably
at a future date excersize it 's powers in another irrational move
and classify Americanism as racism.
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Section 4. That the City Clerk of the City of Dania, Florida,
jis directed to forward a certified copy i py of this Resolution to the
Chairman of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners , to
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all municipalities within Broward County, Florida, to the Florida
Congressional Delegation, to the United States Ambassador to the
United Nations , and to the President of the United States and such
other officials and persons as the Commission may deem advisable. f
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Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately
upon its passage. ,
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PASSED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of December, 1975.
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Attest :
1 City Clerk-Auditor
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