| Resolution Number: | 2000-A005 |
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| Title: | Apologize for U.S. Complicity with South Africa Apartheid |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention in this Jubilee Year of reconciliation call on the President of the United States to apologize to the people of South Africa for our long complicity in supporting the apartheid government and our long delay in instituting economic sanctions to support the democratic movement.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 491. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Anglican and International Peace with Justice Concerns |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Concerns |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A005)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 73rd General Convention call on the government of the United States to apologize to the people of South Africa for our long complicity in supporting the apartheid government and our long delay in instituting economic sanctions to support the democratic movement.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 73rd General Convention in this Jubilee Year of reconciliation call on the government President of the United States to apologize to the people of South Africa for our long complicity in supporting the apartheid government and our long delay in instituting economic sanctions to support the democratic movement.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #65)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on National and International Concerns presented its Report #22 on HB Message #65 on Resolution A005 (Apology for U.S. Complicity with South Africa's Apartheid Government) and moved concurrence.
Debate followed on the resolution.
A vote was taken on Resolution A005.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #102)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Anglican and International Peace with Justice Concerns, Reports to the 73rd General Convention, 2000, pp. 1-11. |
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| Abstract: | The 73rd General Convention calls on the President of the United States to apologize for U.S. complicity with South African apartheid. |