"AResolutiontoDivestfromCompaniesthatViolatePalestinianHumanRights" 1.WHEREAS,itistheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesdutytoupholdtheTrueBruin valuesofintegrity,excellence,accountabilityandethicality,respectfortherightsanddignityof others,andpromotepublicservicethatmakesapositiveimpactinourglobalcommunity1,which includesthepromotionofhumanrights,equality,anddignityforallpeoplewithoutdistinction 2.WHEREAS,UCLAstudentshavehistoricallyfoughtagainstinvestmentsincompaniesthat demonstratealackofaccountability,ethicality,andrespectfortherightsanddignityofothers 3.WHEREAS,voluntaryinvestmentinacompanyshowsimplicitsupportforthedecisionsand actionsofsaidcompany 4.WHEREAS,voluntaryinvestmentincompaniesengagedinviolenceagainstothersisharmful tostudentsatUCLAwhoareaffectedbysuchviolence 5.

WHEREAS,UCLAhasahistoryofusingdivestmentasanonviolentstrategy,havingusedit toselectivelyandpubliclydivestfromcompaniesengagedinunethicalacts,mostnotablyinthe contextofSouthAfrica2andmostrecentlyinthecontextoffossilfuels3andthePrisonIndustrial Complex4 6.WHEREAS,thefollowingillustrativeandnonexhaustivelistofcompaniesinwhichthe UniversityofCaliforniainvests5enableandprofitfromhumanrightsabusesandviolence 7.WHEREAS,Caterpillar,CementRoadstoneHoldings,Cemex,GeneralElectric,and HewlettPackardhaveviolatedtheuniversalrighttolife,liberty,andsecurityofpersonto educationtoprivacy,family[and]hometoownproperty,and...[notto]bearbitrarily deprivedofproperty6

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UCLATrueBruinStatement:http://www.truebruin.ucla.edu/statement.htm UCLAAfricanStudiesCenterRememberingNelsonMandela,areflectionondivestment: http://www.international.ucla.edu/africa/mandela/andtheStudentAntiApartheidNewsletter:SpecialReporton UniversityofCaliforniaDivestmentAction: http://kora.matrix.msu.edu/files/50/304/32130E6784AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.acoa000126.pdf 3 AResolutionInSupportofDivestmentfromFossilFuelCompanies: http://www.usac.ucla.edu/documents/resolutions/UCLAResolutiontoUSACfortheDivestmentofFossilFuels.pdf 4 AResolutiontoDivestUndergraduateStudentsAssociationCouncilandUCLosAngelesFinancesfrom CorporationsProfitingfromthePrisonIndustrialComplex: http://usac.ucla.edu/documents/resolutions/USACPrivatePrisonDivestmentResolution.pdf 5 UCRetirementPortfolioholdings:http://www.ucop.edu/investmentoffice/_files/invpol/UCRP_Holdings.pdf GeneralEndowmentPortfolioholdings:http://www.ucop.edu/investmentoffice/_files/invpol/GEP_Holdings.pdf 6 TheUniversalDeclarationofHumanRights:http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

8.WHEREAS,Caterpillarhasviolatedtheserightsbycontinuallyprovidingengineeringtools andbulldozersroutinelyusedinthedemolitionofPalestinianhomes,refugeecamps,water cisterns,andagriculturalfieldsintheWestBankandGaza78,andbyprovidingbulldozersused toexpandsettlementsandconstructtheSeparationWallandcheckpointsthroughouttheWest Bank7,whichhavebeenruledtobeinviolationofinternationallawintheInternationalCourtof Justices2004AdvisoryOpinion9 9.WHEREAS,byprovidingcementandotherbuildingmaterials,CementRoadstoneHoldings (CRH)hascontributedtotheconstructionofmilitarycheckpoints,theSeparationWall,and settlementswithintheoccupiedPalestinianterritory 1011 10.WHEREAS,CemexalsoownsandoperatesmanufacturingplantsinWestBanksettlements, exploitingPalestiniannaturalresourcesinviolationofinternationallaw12 11.WHEREAS,CRHandCemexhavesuppliedbuildingmaterialsusedtobuildillegal settlements,theSeparationWall,andcheckpointswithintheoccupiedPalestinianterritory13 12.WHEREAS,GeneralElectric(GE)manufacturesandsuppliesenginesforA64Apache Helicopters,whicharesystematicallyusedinattacksonPalestiniancivilians,andwhereasthese attacksconstituteseverehumanrightsviolationsandwarcrimesasdocumentedbyAmnesty International14

HumanRightsWatchreportRazingRafah:MassHomeDemolitionsintheGazaStrip,citingCaterpillarsactivities intheGazaStrip:http://www.hrw.org/print/reports/2004/10/17/razingrafah 8 AmnestyInternationalreportIsraelandtheOccupiedTerritories:UndertheRubble:HouseDemolitionand DestructionofLandandProperty,citingCaterpillarbulldozersroleindemolitionsofPalestinianhomesand propertyintheWestBank:http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE15/033/2004/en 9 InternationalCourtofJustice:LegalConsequencesoftheConstructionofaWallintheOccupiedPalestinian Territory(9July2004)http://www.icjcij.org/docket/index.php?pr=71&code=mwp&p1=3&p2=4&p3=6 10 ProjectCleanHandsreportonCementRoadstoneHoldings: http://projectcleanhands.wordpress.com/2010/04/30/2009projectcleanhandsreportcrh 11 WhoProfitsreportonCementRoadstoneHoldings: http://www.whoprofits.org/company/cementroadstoneholdingscrh 12 WhoProfitsreportonCemex:http://whoprofits.org/sites/default/files/cemex_corporate_watch_may_2011.pdf 13 Seeabove.AlsoseeNewEnglandUnitedMethodistChurchreportsonsaidcompanies: http://www.neumc.org/console/files/oFiles_Library_XZXLCZ/Companies_Recommended_for_Divestment_HJKKVN TP.pdfanddocumentationonsaidcompanies: http://www.neumc.org/console/files/oFiles_Library_XZXLCZ/NEUMC_Divestment_Report_FINAL_060407img_P M2YX4SR.pdf 14 AmnestyInternationalreportFuelingConflict:ForeignArmsSuppliestoIsrael/GazacitingGeneralElectric militarysalesusedinconflict: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE15/012/2009/en/278d5cfc0b394409bd684c6f44d99a64/mde150122009 en.pdf

13.WHEREAS,HewlettPackardCompany(HP)providesbiometricidentificationsystemsused atIsraelimilitarycheckpoints,whichrestrictedthefreedomofmovementofPalestinians, facilitatediscriminationagainstPalestinians,andreinforceastratificationofcitizenship15 14.WHEREAS,HPprofitsfromglobalmassincarcerationandprovidesprisonerdatasystems fortheDepartmentofHomelandSecuritysImmigrationandCustoms(ICE)LawEnforcement SupportCenter16 15.WHEREAS,thesefivecompanieshavebeendirectlyengagedbyvariouspubliccampaigns andconcernedinvestorsabouttheircomplicitinvolvementinthepreviouslymentionedhuman rightsviolationstonoavail17 16.WHEREAS,Caterpillar,Cemex,CRH,GE,andHPdirectlyprofitfromtheongoing violationsofinternationallawandhumanrightsandhaveaneconomicstakeinthecontinuation oftheseviolations 17.LETITBERESOLVED,thattheUndergraduateStudentsAssociationCouncilofthe UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelescallsupontheUniversityofCaliforniatowithdraw investmentsinsecurities,endowments,mutualfunds,andothermonetaryinstrumentswith holdingsintheaforementionedcompanies,untilthesecompaniesarenolongerengagedinthe violationofhumanrightsandotherbehaviordeemedunethicalbytheUCLAcommunity,andat suchtimeandinsuchmannerasfundtrusteesmaydetermine 18.LETITFURTHERBERESOLVED,thatifitisfoundthatUCLAfundsarebeinginvestedin anyoftheabovementionedcompanies,theUndergraduateStudentsAssociationCouncilofthe UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelescallsuponUCLAtodivestallstocksandsecuritiesofsuch companies,atsuchtimeandinsuchmannerasfundtrusteesmaydetermine,withthegoalof maintainingthedivestment,inthecaseofsaidcompanies,untiltheyceasethesespecific practices 19.LETITFURTHERBERESOLVED,thattheUndergraduateStudentsAssociationCouncilof theUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelescallsuponUCLAandtheUCLAFoundationtorefrain frommakingfurtherinvestments,andtoadvocatethattheUCsystemnotmakefurther
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WhoProfitsreportonHPsinvolvementinsettlementsandoccupationinfrastructure: http://www.whoprofits.org/company/hewlettpackardhp 16 GlobalExchangesreportonHP,whichincludesasectiononitsservicestotheprisonandimmigrationsystemsin theUnitedStates:http://www.globalexchange.org/economicactivism/hp/why 17 TheUnitedMethodistChurchsrecordofengagementwithCaterpillar: http://www.rabbisletter.org/caterpillartellsmethodistsitwillnotchangebusinesspracticesrelatingtopalestine/ andrecordofengagementwithHewlettPackard: http://www.pcusa.org/media/uploads/mrti/pdfs/2012mrtireport9911.pdf

investments,inanycompaniesengagedintheviolationofhumanrightsorotherbehavior deemedunethicalbytheUCLAcommunity 20.LETITFURTHERBERESOLVED,thatthisresolutionshouldbeunderstoodandinterpreted onitsownmerits,rationales,andends,regardlessofhowexternalpartiesinalarger"Boycott, Divestment,andSanctionsmovement"orintheIsraeligovernmentcharacterizeit,andshould notbeseenasanendorsementofanyexternalpartyorviewsotherthanthoseexpressedwithin thetextitself 21.LETITFINALLYBERESOLVED,thatwe,thestudents,calluponouruniversityto dissociateitselffromcompaniesthatengageoraidinsystematicprejudicedoppression,whether thissystemtargetspeoplebasedontheirreligion,nationality,gender,raceororientation,by divestingfromcompaniesthatparticipateinorprofitfromhumanrightsviolations.