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RESOLUTION NO... ~
(Series of 1988)
Supporting the Central American Peace Process
WHEREAS, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies has held conferences
annually in Aspen on nuclear disarmament; and
WHEREAS, there has been a long tradition in the Aspen community to seek
and support all initiatives for peace throughout the world; and
WHEREAS, on August 7, 1987 the Presidents of the five Republics of
Central America signed a regional peace plan designed by Costa Rican President
Oscar Arias, winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize for Peace; and
WHEREAS, the peace plan seeks to put an end to the armed conflicts in the
regIOn which have cost over 200,000 lives in the past decade, and explicitly calls
for an end to all foreign funding of irregular forces in the region; and
WHEREAS, the United States has spent one billion dollars in Contra support
since 1981, at a time when federal support for American cities has declined
precipitously, causing untold human suffering in our own cities; and
WHEREAS, polls have consistently shown over 60% of the American people
opposed to further funding for the Contra; and
WHEREAS, there is at this moment an unprecedented and umque
opportunity to achieve peace in Central America;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the people and City of Aspen add
their voices in support of the Central American Peace Plan; that they call for an
end to U.S. support, both overt and covert, to the Contra; that they urge their
federal representatives to lend their full support to the peace process, and
encourage all the countries of Central America to implement its provisions fully
and unconditionally in order to achieve a real and lasting peace.
Dated:
~u~y ~
, 1988.
William L.
I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the
foregoing is a true and accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City
Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado, at a meeting held ~.,;};S- .
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1988.