Senate Resolution No. 1738

BY: Senator PARKER

MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
April 14, 2017, as Pan American Day in the State of
New York, in conjunction with the observance of
National Pan American Day

WHEREAS, Pan American Day is a holiday, observed by several
countries in North and South America, which commemorates the First
International Conference of American States which concluded on April 14,
1890, creating the International Union of American Republics, the
forerunner to the Organization of American States (OAS); and

WHEREAS, OAS was founded on April 30, 1948, with the goals to
strengthen peace and security, prevent possible causes of difficulties,
seek solution to any political, judicial and economic problems, limit
conventional weapons, promote economic, cultural and social development;
and

WHEREAS, Pan American Day, originally proposed by the organization
in 1930, was first observed on April 14, 1931; the holiday also
commemorates the diplomatic ties and relations of the United States with
the other countries of the Western Hemisphere, including Latin America;
and

WHEREAS, In the years since, these nations have collaborated to
address regional challenges and improve the lives of people across the
Americas; in observance of Pan American Day and during Pan American
Week, the United States reaffirms its hemisphere's enduring friendship,
and recommits to working as equal partners to support robust civil
societies and expand opportunity; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 14, 2017, as Pan
American Day in the State of New York, in conjunction with the
observance of National Pan American Day; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of
New York, and to the Organization of American States.