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A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE UNITED NATIONS PRINCIPLE CIty Of yCi1t1a
OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT
WHEREAS, on September 16, 2005,at the World Summit of the United National General Assembly,the
United States of America and other Members of the United Nations embraced the principle of the Responsibility
to Protect according to which "each individual State has the responsibility to protect its populations from
genocide,war crimes,ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity";and
WHEREAS, the principle of the Responsibility to Protect now reflects the commitment of all the
Members of the United Nations to determine means to protect populations from the deadly and devastating
consequences of genocide,war crimes,ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity—"atrocity crimes";and
WHEREAS, the legislators of the City of Edina, Minnesota, acknowledge the moral imperative of the
right to protect all citizens from atrocity crimes, which reflects the highest values of freedom, care and
preservation of the lives of innocent civilians;and
WHEREAS, the citizens of the City of Edina, Minnesota, elect Members of Congress and, with other
citizens, the President and Vice-President of the United States and therefore believe that these officials have a
responsibility to use every legal means to protect people from atrocity crimes wherever those crimes occur.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINA that:
1) The President and Congress commit to implementation and global leadership of the World Summit
Outcome on the responsibility to protect innocent civilians through the strategies in the 2005 World
• Summit Outcome Document and in the 2006 Security Council Resolution 167;and
2) The President develop non-unilateral, diplomatic, economic and other non-violent strategies to
implement the responsibility to protect in coordination with the governments of the North Atlantic
Treat Organization, the European Union, the African Union, the Organization of American States and
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations;and
3) The President and Congress take every possible action consistent with such strategies to safeguard the
security of innocent non-combatant men, women and childr in Darfur, Sudan, where the United
States has declared a genocide to be occurring.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Edina th' I o uly,2007.
Attest: vv
Debra A. Mangen, 4y joerk James B. Hovland,Mayor
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN)SS
CITY OF EDINA )
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, the undersigned duly appointed and acting City Clerk for the City of Edina do hereby certify that the attached and
foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Edina City Council at its Regular Meeting of July 3,2007,and as recorded in
the Minutes of said Regular Meeting.
0_.• WITNESS my hand and seal of said City this day of 20-
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