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City Council Meeting 1-25-83 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 6618 (CCS)
(City Council Se~ies)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA WELCOMING
REFUGEES FROM THE APARTHEID GOVERNMENT
OF SOUTH AFRICA
WHEREAS, the government of South Afr ica has as its legal
and pOlitical framework the notorious system of apartheid,
condemned by the world community because it is based on racial
discrimination whereby the government rules with only the support
of the minority white population while the black majority
population is completely denied its civil and human rights: and
WHEREAS, the United Nations has unanimously passed
resolutions which condemn the system of apartheid as "a crime
against humanity" and which call upon all countries in the world
to grant asylum to refugees from South Africa, specifically those
who are forced into exile as a result of their refusal to take
part in the military forces waging war against Black people in
southern Africa on behalf of the wh1te government of South Africa
and the system of racial discrimination, apartheid: and
WHEREAS, the UnIted States of America has a long tradition
of accepting refugees from abroad who ate suffering under
repressive or totalitarian governments; and
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WHEREAS, there is a growing number of South African
mil i tary refugees who are seeking asylum in the Uni ted States
while the President and his admin1stration have issued no
deClsion on applications for asylum which have been pending since
early 1981,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
It is the pol icy of the City Council of the
City of Santa Monica to welcome to our city refugees from South
Africa who have been forced to flee to the United States because
of their refusal to participate or fight in the military forces
of apartheid in South Africa, as well as all other refugees from
the repressive regime in that country.
SECTION 2.
The City Council of the City of Santa Monica
directs the Ci ty Clerk to forward a copy of this resolution to
the United States Department of State in order to indicate the
City's support for the granting of asylum to South African
military refugees who have fled to this country.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be
in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Rober t M. Myer s
City Attorney
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS
25th
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January
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
Na~ 6618(~CS)_WAS DULY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNcrL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA fiT A MEETING THEREOF HELD ON
January 25
, 1983 BY THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL VOTE:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Conn, Edwards, Zane and :Hayor Yannatta
Gold'oJay
NOES:
COUNCIlMEMBERS: Jennings and Reed
ABSENT:
CQUNCILMEMBERS: Press
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS: ~one
ATTEST:
rr!rClERK