HomeMy WebLinkAbout82-44RESOLUTION NO. 82-44
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FREEZE
AND CALIFORNIA BALLOT INITIATIVE
WHEREAS, the United States and Soviet Union combined have enough warheads
to destroy civilization as we know it;
WHEREAS, the United States and the Soviet Union are planning a massive
nuclear weapons buildup which will add thousands of new and more dangeroos
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weapons to the current arsenals;
WHEREAS, this buildup of nuclear weapons will increase the risk
'nuclear war and decrease the possibility of reaching mutual agreements to
reduce nuclear weaponry;
WHEREAS, a national campaign is underway to halt and reverse the nuc].ear
arms race by achieving a bilateral nuclear arms freeze;
WHEREAS, the freeze proposal has already gained broad public support~
including passage by a wide majority of the Massachusetts and Oregon Senates
and by the unanimous vote of the New York State Senate;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Ukiah
supports and endorses the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign and the placing on
the November 1982 California ballot of an initiative that will express the
following:
"The people of the State of California, recognizing that the
safety and security of the United States must be paramount in
the concerns of the American people; and further recognizing
that our national security is reduced, not increased by the
growing danger of nuclear war between the United States and the
Soviet Union which would result in millions of deaths of the
people in California and throughout the nation, do hereby urge
that the Government of the United States propose to the
Government of the Soviet Union that both countries agree to
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immediately halt the testing, production and further
deployment of all nuclear weapons, missles and delivery
systems in a way that can be checked and verified by both sides."
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of February, 1982, by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Hickey, Fe~busch, Snyder, Riley, Myers
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
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