| Resolution Number: | 1994-D069 |
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| Title: | Commend and Encourage Response to the Ugandan Orphan Crisis |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 71st General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the USA commend the Most Rev. Yona Okoth, Archibishop of Uganda, for his compassionate reponse to and intervention on behalf of the thousands of orphans created by years of civil war and by the catastrophic effects of the AIDS epidemic; and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention encourage all the baptized of this Church to respond to the Ugandan orphan crisis by supporting the work of:
The Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief,
The Christian Children's Fund in its Uganda Orphan Support Mission program, and
The Uganda AIDS Project in its medical and educational work.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 1994 (New York: General Convention, 1995), p. 677. |
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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:
(D069)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 71st General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the USA commend the Most Rev. Yona Okoth, Archbishop of Uganda, for his compassionate response to and intervention on behalf of the thousands of orphans created by years of civil war and by the catastrophic effects of the AIDS epidemic; and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention encourage all the baptized of this Church to respond to the Ugandan orphan crisis by supporting the work of:
The Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief
The Christian Children's Fund in its Uganda Orphan Support Mission program, and
The Uganda AIDS Project in its medical and educational work.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #53)
House of Deputies
Committee No. 10 on National and International Problems presented its Report #32 on House of Bishops Message #53 relating to Resolution D069 (Commend Archbishop of Uganda) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #177)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, August 30.
| Abstract: | The 71st General Convention commends the Archbishop of Uganda for his compassionate response on behalf of orphans created by civil war and the AIDS epidemic. It encourages Church members to support the work of agencies involved in assisting Uganda. |
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