Full Text of HR0992 096th General Assembly
HR0992 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake | 3 |
| destroyed the capital city of Port-au-Prince and several | 4 |
| regions of the impoverished country of Haiti; and
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| WHEREAS, Approximately 200,000 people lost their lives and | 6 |
| more than 1.5 million people are now homeless and without the | 7 |
| basic resources of food or clothing;
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| WHEREAS, Prior to the earthquake, Haiti was still in the | 9 |
| process of recovering from a ruinous series of hurricanes and | 10 |
| tropical storms, food shortages, and rising commodity prices | 11 |
| and political instability; and
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| WHEREAS, Lawyers in the Chicago Community and beyond | 13 |
| organized swiftly to assist the people of Haiti in their time | 14 |
| of need to help alleviate the distress, hunger, and despair | 15 |
| resulting from the earthquake; and
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| WHEREAS, The Haitian American Lawyer's Association, Phi | 17 |
| Alpha Delta Fraternity-Chicago Alumni Chapter, and the Haitian | 18 |
| Congress to Fortify Haiti, together with distinguished | 19 |
| co-chairs from the public and private sector practice of law, | 20 |
| and members of the organized bar have united to form Lawyer's | 21 |
| United to Help Haiti Rebuild: A Call to Action; and
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| WHEREAS, Lawyer's United to Help Haiti Rebuild will host a | 2 |
| dinner on March 31, 2010 to provide financial, emotional, and | 3 |
| legal support for the Haitian people; and
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| WHEREAS, Lawyer's United to Help Haiti Rebuild issued a | 5 |
| call to action urging attorneys to devote their time, talent, | 6 |
| energy, and treasure to aid in the recovery, reconstruction, | 7 |
| and redevelopment efforts in Haiti by raising money to benefit | 8 |
| Partners in Health, World Vision, and a consortium of | 9 |
| Haitian-American organizations working to support specific | 10 |
| projects to provide aid to the Haitian people and assist in | 11 |
| reconstruction efforts;
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| WHEREAS, Crucial emergency relief will require a sustained | 13 |
| and comprehensive effort to which Lawyer's United to Help Haiti | 14 |
| Rebuild are committed; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 |
| March 31, 2010 be designated Lawyer's United to Help Haiti | 18 |
| Rebuild: A Call to Action Day in the State of Illinois in honor | 19 |
| of the Haitian people and the relief efforts undertaken on | 20 |
| their behalf.
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