6432-89 Urge Congress to cut off economic & military aid to El Salvador

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RESOLUTION NO. 6432-89 BY: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Gazzana, George, Graham, Wendling AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to cut off economic and military aid to the government of E1 Salvador. WHEREAS, all evidence available indicates that the barbaric torture/murder of six Jesuit priests and their two house members in E1 Salvador was conducted by government death squads, and WHEREAS, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights recent report found that representatives of the government of E1 Salvador have been engaged in politically motivated summary executions and other acts of torture and violations of human rights, and WHEREAS, the government of E1 Salvador has falsely imprisoned and charged a United States citizen, Jennifer Cosolo, with terrorism chiefly because of her involvement in human rights activities in E1 Salvador, and WHEREAS, our country should demonstrate leadership in supporting governments that recognize and observe human rights and in condemning governments, including those of our allies, who refuse to recognize and observe or blatently violate the human rights of their citizens, and WHEREAS, this resolution constitutes an emergency measure in the interest of the health, safety and welfare of all our citizens; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That this Council condemns the actions of the government of E1 Salvador and particularly the torture and murder of six Jesuit priests and their two house members and the imprisonment of Jennifer Cosolo. Section 2. That this Council urges the United States Congress to immediately halt all economic and military aid to the government of E1 Salvador and to continue withholding such aid until the E1 Salvadorian government ends cold blooded violations of human rights, including repression, torture, false imprisonment and summary executions. Section 3. That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to Senator John Glenn, Senator Howard Metzenbaum, Congressman Edward Feighan, Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar, the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and the Clerk of the United States Senate. Section 4. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted mn an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements.