| Resolution Number: | 1979-B043 |
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| Title: | Urge Programs on World Land Reform and Food Production |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
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Resolved, That this 66th General Convention urges the National Hunger Committee and its staff to develop and communicate such study and action programs as will help members of the Episcopal Church to determine their own position and take informed and appropriate action with respect to agrarian land reforms at home and abroad as these affect world food production.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 1979 (New York: General Convention, 1980), p. C-101. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Problems |
House of Deputies
On the sixth day, the Committee on National and International Problems submitted its Report #17 on Resolution B-43 as amended by the Committee:
Whereas, the Scripture tells us that the "earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof" (Psalm 24:1); and
Whereas, the resources of the earth are God's gift to present and future generations and are to be used to bless the whole human family; and
Whereas, there is a growing awareness in many countries of the need for a better understanding of the interconnection between land ownership and food production; and
Whereas, the United Nations Commission on Agrarian and Land Reform has called on all nations of the world to participate in specific actions and policy formation to insure the right to access and ownership of land; therefore be it
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 66th General Convention urges the National Hunger Committee and its staff to develop and communicate such study and action programs as will help members of the Episcopal Church to determine their own position and take informed and appropriate action with respect to agrarian land reforms at home and abroad as these affect world food production.
Deputy Kermit Lloyd moved adoption of the amended Resolution.
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #51)
House of Bishops
On the sixth day, HD Message #51 on Substitute Resolution B-43 was received.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #93)
| Abstract: | The 66th General Convention urges the National Hunger Committee to develop programs that will help members of the Church to take informed and appropriate action with respect to agrarian land reforms as these affect world food production. |
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