HomeMy WebLinkAbout921 - OPPOSING War with IRAQRESOLUTION NO. 921
A RESOLUTION AGAINST WAR IN Il2AQ.
WHEREAS, Saddam Hussein, fhe leader of Iraq, has proven himself to be a despotic ruler
by using poison gas against his own people; assassinaYing his politicai enemies; waging an unjust
war on the people of Kuwait; and, during that war, launching missiles at the people of Israel, a non-
combatant nation; and
WHEREAS, Iraq has a history of acquiring and attempting to develop weapons of mass
destruction, including biological, chemical and nuclear munitions; and
WHEREAS, Iraq has regularly resisted compliance with the legitimate direcYives of the
United Nations; however
WHEREAS, a unilateral war with u•aq will have enormous moral, economic and political
costs to the United States, including the possibility of further inflaming anti-U.S. Peelings in the
Middle East and the broader Islamic world and increasing support for groups dedicated to terrorism;
and
WHEREAS, a preemptive strike by the United States will violate our commitments under
the United Nations charter and go against established internaCional law; and
WHEREAS, war against &•aq will place the lives of U.S. citizens and military personnel in
jeopardy, and will inflict injury and loss of life upon innocent Iraqi people; and
WHEREAS, such a war will also result in widespread environmental and ecological
destrucYion in the region; and
WHEREAS, our involvement in Iraq seems largely related to our nation's continuing heavy
dependence on foreign oil and our excessive consumption of fossil fuels; and
WHEREAS, our national wealth, which is needed to solve domestic problems, should not
be squandered on such a war.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CTI'Y COUNCII. OF THE CITY OF
BOULDER,COLORADO:
That the City Council of the City of Boulder, Colorado, opposes a U.S. led invasion of Iraq,
but supports instead a genuinely multilateral diplomatic approach to the Iraq situation, sanctioned
and directed by the United Nations.
That the Mayor is directed to communicate, to President George W. Bush, Vice President
Richard Cheney, Secretaiy of State Colin Powell, Secretaty of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Nadonal
Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Senators Wayne Allard and Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
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Representative Mark Udall, and all members of the U. S. Congressional delegation, this resolution
expressing the sentiments of the City Council of the City of Boulder, Colorado.
APPROVED this 21" day of January, 2003, pp~~yy~~' ~t }~~~~ ~, -
Attest: ~ C-- ~~
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City Clerk on behalf of the
Director of Finance and Record
Mayor
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