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Resolution: R-08-0288
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 08-00629 Final Action Date: 5/22/2008
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION PLEDGING IN SOLIDARITY
WITH THE PEOPLE OF CUBA SEEKING POLITICAL FREEDOM AND BASIC
HUMAN RIGHTS.
WHEREAS, the people of Cuba have suffered under a totalitarian dictatorship for nearly half a
century; and
WHEREAS, countless innocent Cubans have been detained, imprisoned, tortured, maimed and
executed for the simple act of exercising their basic human rights; and
WHEREAS, on May 21, 2008, The White House hosted an event in solidarity with the people of
Cuba, focusing on the plight of prisoners of conscience and the lack of political freedom in Cuba; and
WHEREAS, the free world has an obligation to pressure the Cuban government to allow its
citizens to grant internationally recognized civil, political and economic rights and freedoms enshrined
in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as the International Covenant on Civil and
Political rights, to which Cuba has recently become a signatory; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has been a beacon of hope to hundreds of thousands of
hardworking, high -achieving people exiled from Cuba; and
WHEREAS, the City also is a harbor of heartache for Cuban Americans who have been
separated from family of Cuba, who have had families die at sea trying to reach American freedom,
and who grieve daily for the atrocities committed on their countrymen each day they live under a
despotic regime; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of State continues to document horrific human rights
abuses perpetrated on the Cuban people by the Cuban government.;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted and
incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The members of the Miami City Commission pledge in solidarity with the White House
and Democracy -loving people the United States who are working to bring and end to hideous human
rights violations and a beginning of God-given freedom for the people of Cuba.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{1}
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Footnotes:
{1} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall
become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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