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Resolution 81-16548 RESOLUTION NO. 81-16548 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH EXPRESSING ITS OPPOSITION TO ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST RACIAL, RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES. WHEREAS, certain extremist organizations are committing acts of violence and terrorism against racial, religious, and eth- nic minorities, contrary to the American tradition; and WHEREAS, the United Nations has since 1948 sponsored and advocated ratification of the Genocide Convention Resolution to ameliorate the effects of such organized racism and terrorism; WHEREAS, the Commission has learned of a resurgence of violence in the United States and Europe against racial, religious and ethnic minorities, including the bombing of synagogues and the assassination of blacks by neo-nazi and members of the Ku Klux Klan; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Miami Beach seeks to express its determined opposition to acts of violence against racial, religious or ethnic minorities by the above-named organizations and kindred groups; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the City Commission of the City of Miami Beach urges the United States Senate to ratify the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention Resolution, and that the Congress of the United States enact, and the President of the Uni- ted States execute, statutes pursuant to the Convention, restrict- ing and penalizing acts of violence against racial, ethnic and religious minorities. PASSED and ADOPTED this 4th day of February 1981. Ma c ATTEST: r i City Clerk �......., APPROVED LEGAL DEPT. Date,. (Requested by Mayor Meyerson) TMP:ab OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY-1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE -MIAMI BEACH,FLORIDA 33139 UKI(J1NAL RESOLUTION NO. 81-16548 (Expressing opposition to acts of violence against racial, religious and ethnic minorities)