RESOLUTION NO. 030947
Welcoming the Open World
Leadership Center delegation hosted by People to People International to Kansas
City.
WHEREAS, in
1999, the Russian Leadership Program was authorized and later changed its name
to the Open World Program and managed by the Open Wold Leadership Center which
hosted Russian visitors to the United States; and
WHEREAS, since
1999, over 6,265 Russians have visited the United States to participate in
programs concerning economic development, education reform, environment,
federalism, health, rule of law, women as leaders and youth issues; and
WHEREAS, for many
years, People to People International, the host of the Open World Leadership
Center delegation, has had a mission to enhance international understanding and
friendship through educational, cultural and humanitarian activities involving
the exchange of ideas and experiences directly among peoples of different
counties and diverse cultures; and
WHEREAS, the 2003
Open World Leadership Center delegation consists of Murad Shandandinovich
Abdulmukminov, Yelena Grigoryevna Dyakova, Yuriy Vladimirovich Maksimov,
Yevgeniy Ivanovich Yegorov, Natalya Ivanovna Anchugova, Boris Nikolayevich
Melkoyedov, Tatyana Ivanovna Pesotskaya, Maksim Vladimirovich Pleshcheyev,
Yevgeniy Valeryevich Ionov and Karina Vladimirovna Chupina; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY
THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
That the Mayor
and Council hereby welcome THE Open World Leadership Center delegation to
Kansas City, Missouri; and
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council in
testimony thereof and that copies hereof be presented to each of them in token
of the respect and esteem in which they are held in the hearts and minds of the
Mayor, Council and citizens of Kansas City, Missouri, and in appreciation of
the importance of this delegation in bringing international understanding and
cooperation to both cultures.
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