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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Rosemary Macko | ||||||
| 4 | Wisnosky on being installed as the honorary consul of Slovakia | ||||||
| 5 | in the Chicago area; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The president of Slovakia, Ivan Gasparovic, went | ||||||
| 7 | to the Krasa Center at Benedictine University on May 21, 2012, | ||||||
| 8 | to install Naperville resident Rosemary Macko Wisnosky as | ||||||
| 9 | honorary consul of Slovakia; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Her selection for the position is reflective of | ||||||
| 11 | her role in the formation of the Sister Cities partnership that | ||||||
| 12 | was forged between Naperville and Nitra, Slovakia, and | ||||||
| 13 | formalized 20 years ago next year; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, In addition to Ivan Gasparovic and Rosemary Macko | ||||||
| 15 | Wisnosky, speakers at the event included Benedictine | ||||||
| 16 | University President William Carroll, U.S. Representative Judy | ||||||
| 17 | Biggert, Peter Burian, ambassador of Slovakia to the U.S., and | ||||||
| 18 | Miroslav Lajcak, Slovakia's minister of Foreign Affairs; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Rosemary Wisnosky is a long serving Benedictine | ||||||
| 20 | University trustee and an advocate and supporter of Slovakia; | ||||||
| 21 | and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The evening also included an exhibit of artwork by | ||||||
| 2 | 3 prominent Slovak artists as well as music performed by Benet | ||||||
| 3 | Academy and Benedictine University students and by a | ||||||
| 4 | Chicago-based Slovak folk ensemble, known as Veselica; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, In the role of honorary consul, Rosemary Wisnosky | ||||||
| 6 | will help organize official Slovak visits, develop Slovak | ||||||
| 7 | commercial, economic, and tourist events, extend assistance to | ||||||
| 8 | scientists, artists, journalists, teachers, students, and | ||||||
| 9 | assist citizens of the Slovak Republic abroad who find | ||||||
| 10 | themselves "in distress" as defined by international law; | ||||||
| 11 | therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 13 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 14 | we congratulate Rosemary Macko Wisnosky on her installation as | ||||||
| 15 | honorary consul of Slovakia and wish her well in her future | ||||||
| 16 | endeavors; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to Rosemary Macko Wisnosky as a symbol of our respect | ||||||
| 19 | and esteem.
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