K1607-2011 Actions

• Jun 20, 2012: adopted

K1607-2011 Text

 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commemorating the 202nd Anniversary of Colombia's
 Declaration of Independence on July 20, 2012
 WHEREAS, Colombia is the only overland gateway joining North and Central
 America with South America; and
 WHEREAS,  Native  Colombians,  African  people,  and  Spanish settlers
 contributed to the "cultural melting pot" of what is today Colombia; and
 WHEREAS, After centuries under Spanish colonial rule characterized  by
 political uprisings, cultural and religious influence, and the emergence
 of  new  social classes, Colombia's independence process started on July
 20, 1810; and
 WHEREAS, On that day, the citizens of Bogota created the first  repre
 sentative council leading to what would become Colombia's first national
 government; and
 WHEREAS,  Though this revolutionary movement was only the beginning of
 Colombia's process of independence, it was a crucial turning  point  for
 the nation's social cohesion and much of Latin America; and
 WHEREAS,  Led  by Simon Bolivar, complete victory over the Spanish was
 declared in August of 1819; and
 WHEREAS, Today, Colombia is often recognized as Latin America's oldest
 democracy; and
 WHEREAS, This Legislative Body would like to recognize that  New  York
 is  home  to  many  Colombians and Colombian-Americans and would like to
 join them in celebrating Colombia's Independence Day; now, therefore  be
 it
 RESOLVED,  That  this  Legislative  Body pause in its deliberations to
 commemorate the 202nd Anniversary of Colombia's Declaration of Independ
 ence, on July 20, 2012; and be it further
 RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran
 smitted to The Honorable Francisco  Noguera  Rocha,  Consul  General  of
 Colombia in New York, and to New York's various Colombian organizations.

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