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County of Hawaii-State of Hawaii
Resolution No. 682 83
WHEREAS, August 6, 1983, is the 38th anniversary of the
detonation of a nuclear bomb over the city of Hiroshima, Japan and
on August 9, 1945 a similar bomb exploded over the city of Nagasaki,
which marks the first and only explosion of nuclear weapons used in
actual warfare; and
WHEREAS, more than 175,000 people were instantly killed by the
explosions and hundreds of thousands of others were condemned to
months or years of dreadful suffering, indicating that the use of
powerful nuclear weapons in warfare is immoral and unjust, that such
use will result in ultimate human and environmental disaster; and
WHEREAS, the proliferation of nuclear weapons in this era of
international tensions poses a growing threat of intentional first
strike or accidental holocaust and threatens the very existence of
civilization; and
WHEREAS, polls indicate that a vast majority of people
everywhere want peace and nuclear disarmament:
A nuclear freeze resolution
House of Representatives,
General Assembly, by the
Non-Aligned Countries, by n~
and community referenda--yet
weapons continues unabated.
was adopted by the U. S.
by the United Nations
Summit Meeting of the
xmerous state legislatures
the production of nuclear
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF
HAWAII that it extends its sympathy to the survivors of the
Hiroshima and Nagasaki tragedies and work for preventing such
slaughter from ever occurring again.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council support observance of
1983 Hiroshima Day and call upon religious groups to observe the
occasion in sermons and prayer on August 6 and 7, and urge all
persons who want to preserve life and civilization to participate in
public activities planned for August 6, or to take whatever personal
action he or she considers significant.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Hawaii
remit a true copy of this resolution to Mr. Lance Foreman,
Chairperson of the 1983 Hiroshima Memorial.
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
28th
day of
UCED BY:
1983.
~L.
ROLL CALL VOTE
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to
the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawaii on
July 28, 1983
ATTEST:
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COUNTY CL K ~ IRMAN & PR S ING OFFICER
De Luz, III X
Domingo X
Hale a
Kawahara X
Lai X
Schulte X
Chr. Yamashiro X
9 0 0
Reference: COllnCll
M.B. No.
RESOLUTION NO. F) 82
Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this _