RESOLUTION 87-18785 RESOLUTION NO. 87-18785
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH , FLORIDA , SUPPORTING THE
NOMINATION OF JORGE ROBLEJO LORIE TO RECEIVE THE
1988 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
WHEREAS , Congressman Claude Pepper will announce the
candidacy of Jorge Roblejo Lorie for the Nobel Peace Prize for
his twenty-three years of work in favor of human rights in Cuba,
the Reunification of Cuban families and the freedom of Cuban
Political Prisoners; and
WHEREAS, in 1964, Jorge Roblejo Lorie founded the Committee
of the Family of the Hundred in Miami together with other Cuban
Immigrants, with the objective to fight for Human Rights in Cuba;
and
WHEREAS , from 1966 to the present , he has traveled
throughout Latin America, Europe and the Caribbean soliciting
help for his civic and Christian Crusade in favor of Cuban
political prisoners ; and
WHEREAS , in 1982 , as a special invitation from General
Secretary Alejandro Orfila, he met with Pope John Paul II at the
organization of American States, where Jorge Roblejo Lorie gave
his Holiness a document about Cuban Political Prisoners and Human
Rights; and
WHEREAS, a year later he again met with Pope John Paul II in
Costa Rica, this time to solicit that the Pope visit Cuba and
bring his message to help alleviate the suffering of Cuban
families; and
WHEREAS, in 1978 , he was able to help in the liberation of
hundreds of political prisoners from Cuban jails, bringing them
to Miami in special flights coordinated by the Department of
State, Cuban authorities and the Committee of The Family of the
Hundred; and
WHEREAS , the same day, hundreds of ex-political prisoners
will sign a document and send it to the Nobel Institute in Oslo,
Norway, asking for Jorge Roblejo Lorie ' s nomination for the 1988
Nobel Peace Prize; and
WHEREAS, Jorge Roblejo Lorie will be nominated for the Nobel
Peace Prize on Sunday, the fifteenth day of March of the year
1987 ; and
WHEREAS, Jorge Roblejo Lorie has, for the past twenty-three
years, fought in favor of human rights , the reunification of
families and the freedom of political prisoners in his native
Cuba; and
WHEREAS , on this fifteenth day of March, not only will
Congressman Claude Pepper send an official document to the Nobel
Institute in Oslo, Norway, but hundreds of Cuban ex-political
prisoners will sign a similar document requesting that Jorge
Roblejo Lorie be considered for the 1988 Nobel Peace Prize.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA supporting the nomination of
Jorge Roblejo Lori to receive the 1988 Nobel Peace Prize.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 18th day of March
1987 .
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Requested by Commissioner Abe Resnick
ORIGINAL\
RESOLUTION NO. 87-18785
(Supporting the nomination of Jorge Robiejo
Lorie to receive the 1988 Nobel Peace Prize)