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RESOLUTION NO. 3547
A HESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
JOINING WITH THE CITY OF TRIPOLIS,
ARCADIA, GREECE, IN A PEOPLE-TO-
PEOPLE COVENANT OF FRIENDSHIP,
UNDERSTANDING AND PEACE.
WHEREAS, since days immemorial people everywhere hoped
and prayed for the end of armed conflict as a means to settle
international disputes and differences; and,
WHEREAS, international amity and world peace can be
achieved when people and governments can be held firm by a golden
chain of understanding, respect and friendShip; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire and wish of the Free People of
the City of Tripolis, Nomos of Arcadia, Kingdom qf Greece, and the
de,sire and wish of the Free People of the City of Arcadia, state of
California, U.S.A" to extend to each other the hand of friendship
and camaraderie as Sister Cities of the Free World; and,
WHEREAS, it is the purpose of the aforesaid affiliations
to embark upon and activate joint programs of various exchanges and
personal contacts between the people of the Sister Cities with a
view to promote mutual understanding, respect and friendShip between
them;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. That we, the people of Arcadia, California,
in the United States of America, join the people of the City of
Tripolis, Arcadia, in Greece, in an affiliation of friendship to
the end that through our various cultural, industrial, and commercial
exchanges and contacts on a people-to-people, person-to-person,
level, learn to know each other, respect each other's rights and
views, and help cultivate friendships between our people, and thus
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join in helping build the road to world peace on a bedrock of inter-
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national harmony and concord.
That IN TESTIMONY TO THIS COVENANT we hereby affix our
signatures and set thereto the Seal of our City on this ISth day
of December, 1962, herem the City Hall of the City of Arcadia,
State of California, in the United States of America,
Passed, approved and adopted this ISth day of December,
1962.
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Councilman
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Councilman
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held
on the lSth day of December, 1962, by the affirmative vote of at
least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Balser, Phillips, Reibold, Turner
and Butterworth
NOES: None
ABSENT :None
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