RESOLUTION
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP ROBINSON, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA -ISAAC, DIAZ AND MERANTE:
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF YONKERS RECOGNIZING DECEMBER 10, 2024 AS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY.
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WHEREAS, Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on December 10 of each year; and
WHEREAS, the date of December 10 was chosen to honor the United Nationals General Assembly's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted on December 10, 1948; and
WHEREAS, in 2023, we celebrated the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a milestone document that proclaims the inalienable rights which everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, color, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status; and
WHEREAS, when the General Assembly adopted the Declaration, it was proclaimed as a "common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations", towards which individuals and societies should "strive by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance"; and
WHEREAS, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is available in more than 500 languages, is the most translated document in the world; and
WHEREAS, the formal inception of Human Rights Day dates from 1950, after the Assembly passed Resolution 423(V) inviting all States and interested organizations to adopt the 10th of December of each year as Human Rights Day; and
WHEREAS, December 10th is an opportunity to reaffirm the importance of human rights in re-building the world we aspire for, the need for global solidarity, and our interconnectedness and shared humanity; and
WHEREAS, under United Nation's Human Rights' generic call to action "Stand Up for Human rights", the goal is to engage the ...
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