Proclamation_Sister Cities International Day (July 15, 2016) Copyright 2014
City of Dubuque Proclamation(s) # 1.
ITEM TITLE: Sister Cities International Day(July 15, 2016)
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Sister Cities International Day Proclamation Supporting Documentation
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Whereas, in 2016 Sister Cities International celebrates 60 years of global citizen and civic
diplomatic action, by helping support a future where the world's cities, communities and
its citizens can come together on common ground; and
Whereas, Sister Cities International was founded as a Presidential initiative by President Dwight
D. Eisenhower on September 11, 1956 at the White House Conference on citizen
diplomacy to create more community-led global relationships so that people of different
cultures could appreciate their differences and build partnerships that would lessen the
chance of new national conflicts; and
Whereas. in 2015, the Sister Cities International network hosted 2,316 events and engaged
32,876 volunteers throughout the U.S. These relationships include educational,
economic, cultural, municipal and humanitarian assistance exchange programs that are
mutually beneficial to each community; and
Whereas, the City of Dubuque is proud to be a driving part of this global network with Sister City
partnerships spanning the globe through our Sister Cities of Pyatigorsk, Russia;
Handan, China; and Dornbirn, Austria.
NOW THEREFORE, I, ROY D. BUOL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, ON BEHALF
OF THE CITY COUNCIL, STAFF AND THE CITIZENS OF DUBUQUE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM
THE 15T" DAY OF JULY, 2016, AS
"SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL DAY"
IN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, IN DEMONSTRATION OF HOW POWERFUL HUMANITY CAN
BE WHEN WE UNITE TO PROMOTE PEACE, PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY FOR A BETTER
WORLD.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the Great Seal of the City of
Dubuque to be affixed this 7th day of July, 2016.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
Kevin S. Firnstahl, CIVIC, City Clerk
2016: Submitted by City Clerk Kevin Firnstahl and accepted by Sister City Commission
representatives.