Millennial Opportunity: The US Congress Congratulates Ethiopia on the 2nd Millennium

Global Strategic Enterprises, Inc for Peace and Prosperity- www.globalbelai4u.blogspot.com; www.SolomonicCrown.org

Dear Patriotic Global Citizens and Friends of Ethiopia:

This is rather interesting and heartworming where Congressman Donald Payne- who knew Ethiopia so closely and Congressman Honda- formed the Ethiopia caucus and drafted this rather interesting Bill.

At last, justice is being done and the US Congress chose to bless rather than curse via HR2003 the unique US-Ethiopia relationship.

This is a spcial landmark as Mayor Adrian Fenty of Washington DC has declared 12th September 2007 as Ethiopian Millennium Day.

In the end, the truth and only the trugh shall set all of us free. Congressman Payne, this is the truth and I recommend you withdraw the contemptuous and pejorative language in your bill and make it a "unique Millenial Bill with win-win diplomatic strategy", that generations from now on will refer to it as a landmark in human history.

The United States Congress led by democrats have another chance to be a positive force for good towards good governance of multi-lateral diplomacy. You cannot expect a new reverse "slave-trade" diplomantic strategy in 21st century and expect Ethiopia-the motherland of freedom and independence- to go along.

The majority of people who know the authors of HR 2003, feel that the congressional system is illserved and even betrayed by some of the partisan research staffers who are feeding key congressiional leaders with the wrong information for other purposes,other than maintaining the national interests of the United States of America. Concerned citizens and advocates of improved US-Ethiopoia relations want the congressional research team, to wake up and verify all the breafings by two or more independent and unrelated staffers before you publish the works of known political activists that are embeded in the the congressional research team.

When one or two congressmen collaborate with each others such as the case of Congressman Payne and Honda of Ethipian Caucus, you have a chance to be fair. We trust the House International Subcommittee will have access to independent intelligence and analysis for the good of our repsective US-Ethiopian relationship that has lasted more than half of US indpendent nation state.

Here is H.Res. 550 and trust Congressman Payne will do the same with HR 2003. Convert it to bless the US-Ethiopia relatinship, on the basis of equal partnership for a better future.

with regards and wishing you a bleseed season of Millennium

Dr Belai of Global Strategic Enterprises, Inc for Peace and Prosperity!




IV
110TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. RES. 550

Congratulating the people of Ethiopia on the second millennium of Ethiopia,
and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 16, 2007

Mr. HONDA (for himself and Mr. PAYNE) submitted the following resolution;
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

RESOLUTION

Congratulating the people of Ethiopia on the second
millennium of Ethiopia, and for other purposes.
Whereas Ethiopia is a proud country with a long, rich history;
Whereas the earliest known hominid, internationally known
as Lucy and classified as the Australopithecus Afarensis,
was found in Ethiopia;

Whereas Ethiopia is the only country in Africa that was
never colonized, with the exception of the 6 years of occupation
by the Fascist government of Italy;

Whereas in 615, the people of Ethiopia welcomed the followers
of the Prophet Mohammed, including the Prophet’s wife;

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Whereas in the 9th century, Ethiopians discovered coffee in
what is now known as the Kaffa region;

Whereas in 1137, the Zagwe Dynasty came to power in the
Christian Highlands of Ethiopia;

Whereas the Zagwe Dynasty is responsible for the construction
of Lalibela, a group of 11 medieval monolithic rockhewn
churches of the 13th-century;

Whereas Lalibela was recognized as a wonder of the world in
1978 by the World Heritage mission of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO);

Whereas in 1270, Yekuno Amlak took power from the last
ruler of the Zagwe Dynasty, Emperor Habre II, restoring
the Solomonic Dynasty in Ethiopia;

Whereas in 1529, Ahmad Ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, also known
as Ahmad the Left-Handed or in Amharic Ahmad Gran,
invaded Ethiopia and by 1535 his forces took control of
southern and central regions of Ethiopia;

Whereas in 1543, Ethiopian Emperor Galawdewos defeated
the occupation forces of Gran, who was killed in battle;
Whereas Emperor Tewdros II began the modernization of
Ethiopia and led a successful campaign to unify Ethiopia;
Whereas on April 10, 1868, Emperor Tewdros committed
suicide rather than surrender to the invading forces of
Britain in the Battle of Maqdal;


Whereas in 1889, King Menelik II of Shoa became Emperor
of Ethiopia and ruled Ethiopia until 1913;

Whereas the proud and courageous people of Ethiopia defeated
the invading Italian army in the Battle of Adwain 1896;

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Whereas United States-Ethiopian relations were established
on December 27, 1903, by Emperor Menelik and President
Theodore Roosevelt;


Whereas since then, the Ethiopian-American community has
grown to become the second largest African immigrant group in the United States;

Whereas in 1908, colonial powers recognized Ethiopia’s borders
and sovereignty;

Whereas in 1917, railroad work connecting Addis Ababa, the
capital, and Djibouti was completed;


Whereas in 1923, Ethiopia officially banned the slave trade;

Whereas in 1923, Ethiopia joined the League of Nations;

Whereas in 1931, the Bank of Ethiopia was founded;

Whereas in 1930, Ras Tafari Makonnen was crowned as Emperor
Haile Selassie of Ethiopia;

Whereas Emperor Haile Selassie modernized Ethiopia, kept the country united, and largely peaceful;

Whereas Ethiopia played a pivotal role in creating the Organization
of Africa Unity (OAU), which was founded on May 25, 1963;

Whereas Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, became the headquarters of
the OAU and remains the headquarters of its successor, the African Union;

Whereas in 1974, Emperor Haile Selassie was ousted from power through a military coup by a military junta known as the Derg;

Whereas in May 1991, the brutal dictatorship of the Derg came to an end after a 17-year reign of terror;

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Whereas Ethiopia played an important role in the struggle
for freedom for many African countries during the colonial
period;

Whereas in January 1962, freedom fighter Nelson Mandela
in his address before the Pan African Freedom Movement
of East and Central Africa (PAFMECA) declared the following: ‘‘It was not without reason, we believe, that the Secretariat of PAFMECA chose as the seat of this conference the great country of Ethiopia, which, with hundreds of years of colorful history behind it, can rightly claim to have paid the full price of freedom and independence.

His Imperial Majesty, himself a rich and unfailing fountain of wisdom, has been foremost in promoting the cause of unity, independence, and progress in Africa, as was so amply demonstrated in the address he graciously delivered in opening this assembly.’’; and Whereas the 8th African Union Summit, held from January 29–30, 2007, officially declared the second Ethiopian millennium as the second African millennium:

Now, therefore,be it 1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
2 (1) congratulates the people of Ethiopia on the 3 second illennium of Ethiopia;

4 (2) recognizes the long, rich history of Ethiopia;
5 (3) commends Ethiopia’s contribution to peace 6 and stability on the African continent through the 7 role it played in the creation of the Organization of 8 African Unity (OAU);

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1 (4) recognizes the longstanding relationship between Ethiopia and the United States;

3 (5) commends the organizers of the second millennium celebration in Ethiopia and the United 5 States; and

6 (6) calls for a peaceful and jubilant celebration of the second millennium of Ethiopia.
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