CITY OF VANCOUVER
BRITISH COLUMBIA

OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK

CITY HALL @ ~—=«483 WEST 12th AVENUE, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA VSY 1V4 — ®=~——(604) 873-7011
FAX No. 873-7419

MARIA KINSELLA

eceyarty Mr, Gil Mervyn CITY CLERK

OENNIS BACK
DEPUTY CITY CLERK

FILE NO. 3058-3

Mayor and Council] Members
2272 McAllister Avenue
Port Coquitlam, B.C.

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Dear Mayor and Counci] Members :

Res Comprehensive Nuclear Weapons Test Ban

The Vancouver City Council Special Advisory Committee on Peace has,
as part of its mandate, the responsibility to collect and exchange
information and to network with other Canadian Municipalities involved

in peace initiations.

The Special Council Advisory Committee on Peace therefore wishes to
advise that Vancouver City Council, during its meeting held on April 9,
1991, after considering a report of the Special Advisory Committee on
Peace, passed the following motion: |

NTHAT WHEREAS Varicouver City Council on September 26, 1989,
unanimously requested the Government of Canada to change the policy
and henceforth actively support negotiations for a Comprehensive
Nuclear Weapons Test Ban (CNWTB) in every appropriate international
forum, including the United Nations and the Conference on

Disarmament;

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