HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 3805 RESOLUTION NO. 3805
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER WORLDWIDE HUNGER, MALNUTRITION,
AND STARVATION
WHEREAS, today 28 people die every minute from hunger, 21 of them
children under the age of 5. 120,000 deaths occur every three days from
hunger. Hunger has taken more lives in the past five years then all the
wars, revolutions, and murders for the last 150 years; and
WHEREAS, the National Academy of Sciences reported in 1977 that
there is no scarcity of food, technology, or resources to eradicate
hunger from the earth, and that the goal can be achieved by the year
2,000; and
WHEREAS, the National Academy of Sciences and the Presidential
Commission on World Hunger state that all that is missing to end world
hunger is the GLOBAL COMMITMENT or WILL TO END IT.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Downey expresses
its concern for the seriousness of the problem of hunger, malnutrition,
and starvation world -wide, and urges the equally concerned citizens of
the City to take whatever steps they feel appropriate in attempting to
resolve this serious problem.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution and provide for appropriate distribution thereof.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of June, 1980.
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Theodore H. Jackman, Mayor
ATTEST: City - C1rk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Downey at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 10th day of June , 1980, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: 5 Council Members: Swearingen, Mackaig, Quinn, Cormack, Jackman
NOES: 0 Council Members: None
ABSENT: 0 Council Members: None
City Clerk