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Resolutions Adopted at the
67th Annual Conference of Mayors
New Orleans, Louisiana
June 11-15, 1999 |
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AMERICAN CONFEDERATION OF
MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATIONS
WHEREAS, The United States Conference of Mayors has a long history of cooperation
with Argentina, having in the late 1980's laid the groundwork for the first mayors
organization in that nation under the leadership of late Conference President Art Holland,
Mayor of Trenton; and
WHEREAS, Argentine-U.S. Mayors cooperation has continued to the present day,
marked by several Mayoral exchanges and presentations at the Conference of Mayors
International Affairs Committee, including the San Francisco Annual Meeting in 1997 and
the Winter Meeting in 1999; and
WHEREAS, the newly-formed Federation of Argentine Mayors (F.A.M.) and The U. S.
Conference of Mayors, along with nine other nations, signed an accord in April 1999 to
organize the American Confederation of Municipal Associations, which is charged with
creating and strengthening municipal organizations throughout the nations of the Americas;
and
WHEREAS, the strengthening of municipal organizations contributes directly to
economic development, democracy-building, and effective local leadership, and
WHEREAS, the Conference of Mayors’ Lilia M. Reyes Center for Hispanic
Initiatives, formed in honor and memory of Lilia M. Reyes, a beloved employee of the
Conference of Mayors, who assisted in the formation of the Argentine association, has been
charged with assisting cities of the Americas in their social and economic development,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that The U. S. Conference of Mayors commits itself
to work closely with the Federation of Argentine Mayors and with mayors throughout the
Americas to develop and strengthen this new American Confederation of Municipal
Associations.
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