Bill Text: NY J00071 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Resolution 71 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 14, 2021, as Pan American Day in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-01-12 - ADOPTED [J00071 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-J00071-Introduced.html


Senate Resolution No. 71

BY: Senator PARKER

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        April  14, 2021, as Pan American Day in the State of
        New York

  WHEREAS,  Pan  American  Day  is  a  holiday,  observed  by  several
countries  in  North  and  South  America,  which commemorates the First
International Conference of American States which concluded on April 14,
1890, creating  the  International  Union  of  American  Republics,  the
forerunner to the Organization of American States (OAS); and

  WHEREAS,  OAS  was  founded  on  April  30,  1948, with the goals to
strengthen peace and security, prevent possible causes of  difficulties,
seek  solution  to  any political, judicial and economic problems, limit
conventional weapons, promote economic, cultural and social development;
and

  WHEREAS, Pan American Day, originally proposed by  the  organization
in  1930,  was  first  observed  on  April  14,  1931;  the holiday also
commemorates the diplomatic ties and relations of the United States with
the other countries of the Western Hemisphere, including Latin  America;
and

  WHEREAS,  In  the  years  since,  these nations have collaborated to
address regional challenges and improve the lives of people  across  the
Americas;  in  observance  of  Pan  American Day and during Pan American
Week, the United States reaffirms its hemisphere's enduring  friendship,
and  recommits  to  working  as  equal  partners to support robust civil
societies and expand opportunity; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize  Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 14, 2021, as Pan
American Day  in  the  State  of  New  York,  in  conjunction  with  the
observance of National Pan American Day; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  copies  of  this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the  State  of
New York; and the Organization of American States.