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 120 STAT. 3742

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—NOV. 16, 2006

Whereas Afro-descendants encounter problems of access to healthcare, basic education, potable water, housing, land titles, credit, equal justice and representation under the law, political representation, and other economic, political, health, and basic human rights; and Whereas skin color and ancestry have led African-Americans in the United States and African descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean to share similar injustices, leading to economic, social, health, and political inequalities: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That Congress— (1) recognizes and honors African descendants in the Americas for their contributions to the economic, social, and cultural fabric of the countries in the Americas, particularly in Latin American and Caribbean societies; (2) recognizes that as a result of their skin color and ancestry, African descendants in the Americas have wrongfully experienced economic, social, and political injustices; (3) urges the President to take appropriate measures to encourage the celebration and remembrance of the achievements of African descendants in the Americas and a resolution of injustices suffered by African descendants in the Americas; (4) encourages the United States and the international community to work to ensure that extreme poverty is eradicated, universal education is achieved, quality healthcare is made available, and equal access to justice and representation under the law is granted in Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean; and (5) encourages the United States and the international community to achieve these goals in Latin America and the Caribbean by— (A) promoting research that focuses on identifying and eradicating racial disparities in economic, political, and social spheres; (B) promoting programs that focus on Afro-descendant communities; (C) providing technical support and training to Afrodescendant advocacy groups that work to uphold basic human rights in the region; (D) promoting the creation of an international working group that focuses on problems of communities of Afrodescendants in the Americas; and (E) promoting trade and other bilateral and multilateral agreements that take into account the needs of Afrodescendant communities. Agreed to November 16, 2006.

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY—100TH ANNIVERSARY RECOGNITION

Nov. 16, 2006 [H. Con. Res. 384]

Whereas the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity was founded on December 4, 1906, by seven young men, respectfully known as the Seven Jewels, at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York;

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