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1975-676A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM CONDEVIRNING THE RESOLUTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS FALSELY ACCUSING ZIONISM AS BEING RACIST AND URGING THAT THE UNITED NATIONS RESCIND THIS RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, on November 10, 1975, a day that shall live in infamy, the United Nations, by Resolution, falsely accused Zionism as being racist; and WHEREAS, such baseless, cowardly, and,hypocritical action violates all principles of human decency; and WHEREAS, six million Jews were brutally exterminated whilp the world -stood by-cynical,,impoterit and calloused; and WHEREAS, Zionism is the political movement of the Jew- ish people to return to their.homeland, Israel; and WHEREAS, many nations who voted for this Resolution have engaged in,.genoci4e and the imprisonment -of political pri- soners by the thousands and millions; and WHEREAS, such Resolution is a mask for anti-Semitism, a scourge that is in its essence anti-Christian and anti-human; and WHEREAS, the Jewish people have been in the forefront of the fight for human freedom and dignity, both irk the,United Nations and throughout the world; and W T HEREAS, the State.ofIsrael is - one of the few remain- ing democracies on the face of this earth that is truly demo- cratic and protective of all its peoples' religious, racial and human rights. NOW, THEREFOR,, _BF IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby condemns this pernicious Resolu- tion of the United Nations falsely accusing Zionism as being racist and urges that the United Nations rescind this Resolution and directs that this Resolution be forwarded to the United Nations, to the State Department, to the State Capitol, and to other Cities in California, urging similar action. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and signed by me this 30th day of December, 1975. ATTEST: CITY CLERK OF THE *I;T_rY OF &NAHEIM FAIL, JR: fm STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM ) I, ALONA M. HOUGARD, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 75R-676 was intro- duced andadopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the City Council of the City of Anaheim held on the 30th day of December, 19752 by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kaywood,-Seymour, Pebley, Sneegas and Thom NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim approved and signed said Resolution No. 75R-676 on the 30th day of December, 1975. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Anaheim this 30th day of December, 1975. CITY CLERK OF THEzCITY OF ANAHEIM (SEAL) L, AL9NA M. HOUGARD,`City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 75R-676 duly passed and adopted by the Anaheim City Council on December 301 1975. City Clerk. ZI