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91_HR0558
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, World peace has been historically a difficult
3 task to achieve for diverse reasons ranging from human
4 survival and economic exploitation to nationalism and racism,
5 creating separation, segregation, discrimination, hatred, and
6 wars; and
7 WHEREAS, The efforts to make peace a feasible and
8 achievable dream in order to make possible human cooperation
9 and unity for the sake of common welfare, individual and
10 collective development, and growth, need the vital and
11 crucial support of everyone for conflict resolution,
12 tolerance, and cooperation as the foundation of a prosperous,
13 productive, and peaceful society; and
14 WHEREAS, Peace is possible with the collective
15 participation of individuals of all races, creeds, colors,
16 ideologies, national origins, social levels, economic
17 positions, and cultural backgrounds, all in partnership with
18 religious, civic, governmental, educational, artistic, and
19 cultural institutions; and
20 WHEREAS, The United Nations, as well as religious and
21 peace activists from all over the world are united in the
22 common goal of peace, declaring the year 2000 the year of
23 world peace, in order to encourage all nations, institutions,
24 and individuals to unite in that effort; therefore, be it
25 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
26 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
27 we declare the year 2000 The Year of Individual and World
28 Peace, and start the new millennium urging people of every
29 religion, social, economic, and cultural background, national
30 origin, creed, and ideology to cooperate in the common
31 achievable goal of peace; and be it further
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1 RESOLVED, That the State of Illinois provide incentives
2 and resources to foster educational and cultural programs to
3 promote peace, mutual understanding, conflict resolution, and
4 cultural, racial, and ethnic tolerance through public events
5 and activities for that purpose, including the creation of
6 the subject of Peace in the primary, secondary, and higher
7 education curricula; and that the State of Illinois invite
8 religious, civic, artistic, cultural, and educational
9 institutions as well as the public and private sector to
10 cooperate for the same goal; and be it further
11 RESOLVED, That the State of Illinois declare January 1,
12 2000, as well as January 1 of each year thereafter, to be
13 Peace and the Unknown Peace Maker Day, in honor of those
14 individuals who anonymously dedicate and sacrifice their
15 lives to promote peace; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be sent
17 to the President of the United States, the Speaker of the
18 United States House of Representatives, the President
19 Pro-Tempore of the United States Senate, each member of the
20 United States Congress, each General Assembly of the fifty
21 states of the United States, each City Council in the United
22 States, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations.