7477-00 Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination

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RESOLUTION NO. 7477-00 BY: Corrigan, FitzGerald, George, Roth, Seelie, Skindell, Smit WHEREAS, the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 18, 1979, became an international treaty on September 3, 1981 and by 1999, over ~A's of the world, 163 nations, have agreed to be bound by the Convention's provisions; and · WHEREAS, the United States supports and has a position of leadership in the United Nations, and has been an active participant in the drafting and is a signatory to the Convention; and WHEREAS, the spirit of the Convention is rooted in the goals of the United Nations, and the United States, to affirm faith in fundamental haman rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, and in the equal rights of men and women; and WHEREAS, the Convention provides a comprehensive framework for challenging the various forces that have created and sustained discrimination based on sex against half of the world's population, and the nations in support of the present Convention have agreed to follow Convention prescriptions; and WHEREAS, although women have made major gains in the straggle for equality in social, business, political, legal, educational, and other fields in this century, there is much yet to be accomplished and through its support, leadership and prestige, the United States can help create a fundamentalw°fld where ofhumanw°men arerights,nO Iongerequality;discriminatedand against and have achieved one of the most WHEREAS, President Bill Clinton and the Secretary of State have placed this treaty, the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, in the highest category of priority in order to accelerate the treaty's passage through the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the full U.S. Senate with the goal of United States ratification. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section I. That the City of Lakewood exhorts the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to pass this treaty favorably out of the Committee; and Section 2. That the City of Lakewood strongly urges the Senate of the United States to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of discrimination against Women and supports the Convention's continuing goals; and Section 3. That the Clerk of Council of the City of Lakewood send a copy of this Resolution to the President of the United States, the Secretary of State of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and to all the members of the Ohio Congressional Delegation.