| Resolution Number: | 1988-D137 |
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| Title: | Commend Leaders for Efforts to Reduce Nuclear Armaments |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
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Resolved, That this 69th General Convention commends President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev for their efforts to negotiate and foster peace between the United States and the Soviet Union and especially commends both leaders for their recently negotiated reduction of nuclear armaments and installations.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 632. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Problems |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(D137)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 69th General Convention commend President Reagan for his persistent efforts to negotiate and foster peace with the Soviet Union and especially commend him for his recent endeavors at the summit meeting with their leadership and the negotiated reduction of nuclear armaments and installations.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
Amend the Resolution to read as follows:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 69th General Convention commends President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev of the Soviet Union for their efforts to negotiate and foster peace between the Soviet Union and the United States and especially commends them for their recent negotiated reduction of nuclear armaments and installations.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #128)
House of Deputies
The Committee on National and International Affairs [sic] presented its report #23 on House of Bishops Message #128 relating to Resolution D137a (President Reagan, Peace Efforts) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #250)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Abstract: | The 69th General Convention commends the efforts to negotiate peace between the U.S. and the Soviet Union and the negotiated reduction of nuclear armaments. |
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