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Gibraltar National Day declaration
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? This is the declaration prepared by the Government and read yesterday by the Mayor Solomon Levy:
On this, our national day, we, the people of Gibraltar here gathered as a community:
1. Remember and celebrate past generations of Gibraltarians and others, who, by their efforts, sacrifices and determination made today's Gibraltar possible;
2. Celebrate and honour our country and its successes, and the community that flourishes within it, and we express firm resolution to resist and overcome the challenges that we may face in the future , as all previous generations have done;
3. Declare our enduring commitment to a society based on, and upholding the highest principles of human rights, democracy and social justice;
4. Express our collective solidarity with those people in our community, and outside Gibraltar, who are economically, socially or personally vulnerable and in need of support;
5. Declare our openness to friendly relations and cooperation on the basis of mutual respect with all countries and peoples that share or respect our values as a community;
6. Acknowledge our obligation to future generations of Gibraltarians to care for our environment and to assure the political, social and economic prosperity and success of Gibraltar in the future;
7. Celebrate our inalienable right as a people to determine the future of Gibraltar, our homeland, in accordance only with our wishes, rights and aspirations;
And finally, on this, Gibraltar national day, we send
Greetings to all Gibraltarians around the world, and we greet and thank all friends of Gibraltar in Britain and elsewhere.
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