Proclamation by the Governor of Kansas

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STATE OF KANSAS

PROCLAMATION
BY THE
GOVERNOR

TO THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS, GREETINGS:

WHEREAS, The history of our world is awash with incidents of people and nations using violence as their first method to resolve disputes; and

WHEREAS, As children of an interdependent world, we must always strive to settle our differences without resorting to violence as a primary option; and

WHEREAS, The United Nations 50th Anniversary Global Peace Walk began in New York City on January 15, 1995, and arrived in Leavenworth, Kansas, March 28, 1995; and

WHEREAS, The Walk represents people from around the world gathering together to spread the message "Global Peace Now," to develop consciousness, to bring back knowledge; and

WHEREAS, The Walk coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, and the U.N.'s declaration of the Decade of the Indigenous People; and

WHEREAS, It is the hope of all peoples that the United Nations help create true global peace;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BILL GRAVES, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, do hereby welcome the

United Nations 50th Anniversary Global Peace Walk

in Kansas.

DONE

At the Capitol in Topeka
under the Great Seal of
the State this 7th day of
April, A.D. 1995

BY THE GOVERNOR: [signature of Governor]

[signature Secretary of State]
________________________Secretary of State

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