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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 871 Draft 01 1980-1984~- 'k ~ O V County of Hawaii - State of Hawaii Resolution WHEREAS, on February 9, 1984, Senator Spark Matsunaga, Senator Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.), and Senator Charles Mathias Jr. (R-MD) introduced S. J. Resolution 263 to the Committee on Foregin Relations, relating to cooperative United States and Soviet Union ventures in space as an alternative to a space arms race; and WHEREAS, the resolution calls upon the President of the United States to renew the five-year space cooperation agreement with the Soviet Union that was initiated by President Nixon in 1974, renewed by President Carter' in 1977, then allowed to lapse in 1982 after it had resulted in a decade of benefits to American space science; and WHEREAS, Senator Matsunaga in his floor statement accompanying introduction of the bi-partisan measure said that a properly developed "space cooperation policy....could present us with an exciting alternative to the space arms race", which includes joint activities in such fields as space medicine and biology, space rescue, planetary science, manned and unmanned space exploration. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it extends its support for the passage of the S. J. Resolution 236 urging the President to renew East-West cooperation in space as an alternative to a space arms race. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Hawaii be hereby directed to send a copy of this resolution to President Ronald Reagan; Senators Spark Matsunaga, Claiborne Pell, Charles Mathias, Jr. and Daniel Inouye. Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this 4th day of April 1984. INTRODUCED BY: ~~ : ~ ~ . CO IL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii 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 April 4, 1984 ATTEST: I/ l.. ]~ (/J/~~ COUNTY CL RK ' CHAIRMAN & PRESIDING OFFICER ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES A/E Dahlberg X De Luz, III X Domingo X Fujii x Hale x Kawahara x Lai X Schune X Chr. Yamashiro x 9 0 0 Reference: PC-324 M.B. No. pp * Qww V~1 S'2 RESOLUTION NQ