 
Senate Resolution No. 5737
 
BY: Senator PERALTA
 
        COMMEMORATING the 2018 FIFA World Cup
 
  WHEREAS,  It  is the sense of this Legislative Body, in keeping with
its time-honored traditions, to  recognize  and  pay  tribute  to  those
events which bring the world together and foster national pride; and
 
  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  this  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to
commemorate  the  playing  of  the  21st  FIFA  World Cup in the Russian
Federation; and
 
  WHEREAS, The quadrennial FIFA World  Cup  is  an  event  that  draws
hundreds  of  millions  of viewers from across the globe, including over
three billion viewers during the cup final, and inspires nations to join
together in common interest; and
 
  WHEREAS, The Russian Federation will play host  to  the  2018  World
Cup, which will be played between the 14th of June and the 15th of July,
2018; and
 
  WHEREAS,  Thirty-two  nations from all six inhabited continents will
be represented and vying for the title of World Champions; and
 
  WHEREAS, Those thirty-two qualifying  nations  include  the  Russian
Federation,  Brazil,  Iran,  Japan,  Mexico, Belgium, South Korea, Saudi
Arabia, Germany, England, Spain, Nigeria,  Costa  Rica,  Poland,  Egypt,
Iceland, Serbia, Portugal, France, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia, Panama,
Senegal,   Morocco,  Tunisia,  Switzerland,  Croatia,  Sweden,  Denmark,
Australia, and Peru; and
 
  WHEREAS, The popularity of world football in the United  States  and
New  York  has continued to grow at a rapid pace amongst all generations
but especially among our youth; and
 
  WHEREAS, In keeping with New York's status as a  true  national  and
cultural  melting  pot,  the  2018  World  Cup is of special and abiding
interest to our diverse population; and
 
  WHEREAS, There  is  no  more  fitting  a  place  than  New  York  to
experience  the passion and pride that only the world's game can stir in
the hearts of fans and non-fans alike; now, therefore, be it
 
  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
commemorate the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Commemorating the 2018 FIFA World Cup

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