Bill Text: GA SR115 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Allen, Dr. Bruce Stuart; appointment
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2009-01-30 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR115 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR115-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 115
By:
Senators Brown of the 26th and Staton of the 18th
A
RESOLUTION
Honoring
Dr. Bruce Stuart Allen on the occasion of his appointment as the first Honorary
Consul of the Principality of Liechtenstein; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
on May 15, 2007, in the Liechtenstein capital city of Vaduz, both His Serene
Highness Alois von und zu Liechtenstein, the Hereditary Prince of the
Principality of Liechtenstein on behalf of His Serene Highness Hans-Adam II, the
Ruling Prince of Liechtenstein, and His Excellency Otmar Hasler, Prime Minister
of the Principality of Liechtenstein, signed an order naming State of Georgia
resident, Dr. Bruce Stuart Allen as the first Honorary Consul of the
Principality of Liechtenstein in history; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Allen's Bibb County home is officially registered with the United States
State Department as both the first official Consulate and Consular Residence for
Liechtenstein in the world; and
WHEREAS,
on July 9, 2007, at a formal credentialing ceremony in Macon, Georgia, Her
Excellency Rita Kieber-Beck, the Liechtenstein Minister of Foreign Affairs,
accompanied by Her Excellency Claudia Fritsche, the Liechtenstein Ambassador to
the United States of America, and by His Excellency Roland Marxer, the Director
of the Office of Foreign Affairs for the Principality of Liechtenstein,
officially presented Dr. Allen with both the document appointing him and with
the United States State Department identification recognizing him as Honorary
Consul of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Southern and Southeastern
United States of America; and
WHEREAS,
since the inauguration of Dr. Allen, the government of Liechtenstein has
established three other consulates in the world – one in Los Angeles,
California and two in Germany; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Allen and the citizens of Georgia are very honored that the Principality of
Liechtenstein has seen fit to choose him and the State of Georgia to be the
first Consul and Consulate established in the glorious history of Liechtenstein;
and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that this momentous occasion be
appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body honor and
commend Dr. Bruce Stuart Allen and congratulate him upon his appointment as
Honorary Consul of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Southern and
Southeastern United States of America.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Dr. Bruce Stuart Allen.
