Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2014-135

• Record #: R2014-135
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 3/5/2014
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Human Relations
• Final action: 5/20/2015
• Title: Call for Commissioner of Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events to suspend City of Chicago Sister City agreement with City of Moscow pending unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from Crimean Peninsula
• Sponsors: Moreno, Proco Joe, Burke, Edward M., Maldonado, Roberto, Reboyras, Ariel
• Topic: CITY DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES - Cultural Affairs
• Related files: R2015-407

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/20/2015		City Council	Failed to Pass	Fail
3/25/2014		Committee on Human Relations	Held in Committee	Pass
3/5/2014	76432	City Council	Referred

Committee on Human Relations
RESOLUTION


WHEREAS, on August 24, 1991 Ukraine proclaimed independence from the Soviet Union, and its people followed in voting for this independence in a democratic referendum in unheard o'f numbers; and

WHEREAS, large numbers of Americans of Ukrainian descent are residents of Chicago, who have preserved the traditions of their ancestral homeland, and have strived for its continued independence; and

WHEREAS, Ukraine's Crimean peninsula has become the focus of one of the most alarming confrontations between Russia and the West since the fall of the Soviet Union; and

WHEREAS, Russia's parliament has approved a request by Russian President Vladimir Putin to use Russian forces across Ukraine, causing Ukraine's acting President Olexander Turchynov to place Ukraine's army on full alert; and

WHEREAS, Russia's Black Sea fleet is based on the peninsula at the Ukrainian port city of Sevastopol and Russian forces and pro-Russian activists have mobilized throughout the region, surrounding official buildings and military bases; and

WHEREAS, Russia has yet to explain the intentions of the Russian government regarding its recent increased military presence and escalating military activity in the Crimean peninsula; and

WHEREAS, leaders from around the world, including U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have expressed alarm over the Russian deployment and have called for a de-escalation of tension through the withdrawal of troops from the Crimean peninsula; and

WHEREAS, Former Mayor Richard M. Daley established by Executive Order 90-1 the Chicago Sister Cities International Program on February 28, 1990; and

WHEREAS, Moscow and Chicago have a relationship due to their part in the Chicago Sister Cities International Program, under the auspices of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events; the program provides leadership to develop, manage and coordinate comprehensive exchanges with Chicago, and aims to...