[Peace] Urbana Mayor Agrees to Sign Peace Day Proclamation

[John Baldridge]

Greetings, All,

   Tod Satterthwaite agreed to sign a proclamation declaring September 21 the International Day of Peace in Urbana.  He will make the proclamation at the city council meeting on September 15.  I have included the email confirmation he sent me below.  Anyone who wants more info can contact me, and I will send some PDFs about the UN's Peace Day resolution.

John Baldridge
UNA-USA
Champaign County


John -

I would be happy to sign an International Day of Peace Proclamation.  If it's OK with you, I will use the wording that you have provided, put it into an Urbana format and read it at the Council meeting on Sept. 15.  Let me know where you want the Proclamation sent or you can come by my office and pick it up.

Tod
  -----Original Message-----
  From: John Baldridge [mailto:webmaster at one-world.org]
  Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 6:55 PM
  To: Satterthwaite, Tod
  Cc: Lois Brighton; Joan Hicks; Dorothy Frye; Carlton Mills; Cameron Satterthwaite; Amy Kummerow
  Subject: International Day of Peace Proclamation


  Greetings,

     As President of the Champaign County Chapter of the United Nations Association (www.una-usa.org), I am pleased to make your acquaintance.  Our organization represents local citizens who support the UN and its many activities at home and abroad.  You may have seen our display at this summer's Taste of C-U.  

    I am writing to submit an item for the mayoral agenda:  recognition of 21 September as an International Day of Peace, in keeping with UN Resolution 55/282.  I have attached a letter from the UNA-USA NGO Committee describing the purpose of this recognition, along with the text of UN Resolution 55/282 and a sample resolution for local governing bodies.  If you are willing to consider this matter, please contact me by email or phone (356-0422 evenings, or 351-4241 daytime) to let me know when the item will be on the agenda.  Some of our local membership would like to meet with you to discuss the resolution and its adoption.

     The City of Urbana has an excellent record of engagement with issues of this type, and I hope very much that you will take the time to read the attached materials, and contact me with your feedback on this matter.  

  Thank you very much,

  John Baldridge
  Chapter President
  UNA-USA
  Champaign County
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