COUNCIL ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION;

"WHEREAS 78% OF THE VOTERS IN THE CITY OF ToRONTO HAVE
PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED THEIR DESIRE FOR BILATERAL NUCLEAR

DISARMAMENT; AND

WHEREAS THE CITY OF TORONTO HAS DECLARED ITS STATUS AS
A NUCLEAR WEAPONS-FREE ZONE AND ITS OPPOSITION TO THE
TESTING OF THE CRUISE MISSILE IN CANADA; AND

WHEREAS THE 650-mMEMBER PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR WORLD ORDER
RGANIZATION HAS PROPOSED A “Four CONTINENT BBACE -
NITIATIVE WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED on May 22, 1984, py

THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MEXICO, TANZANIA,

ARGENTINA, SWEDEN, AND GREECE; AND

WHEREAS His HoLiness Pope JouN Paut II HAS ENDORSED
THIS INITIATIVE; AND

WHEREAS sIMILAR NUCLEAR FREEZE INITIATIVES HAVE BEEN
SUPPORTED By THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN

1982 ann 1983;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City CouNncIL ENDORSE THE
JOINT DECLARATION OF THESE SIX NATIONS, WHICH INCLUDES»
A PROPOSAL FOR A MUTUAL AND VERIFIABLE FREEZE ON THE
PRODUCTION, TESTING AND DEPLOYMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
AND THEIR DELIVERY SYSTEMS BY THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
STATES, AND THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ALL COUN-
TRIES REPRESENTED BY EMBASSIES IN OTTAWA BE REQUESTED
TO SIMILARLY ENDORSE THE JOINT DECLARATION,

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