Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 72, No. 67 

Monday, April 9, 2007 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 8120 of April 5, 2007 

Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 2007 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

Each year on Pan American Day and during Pan American Week, we underscore our commitment to supporting the citizens in the Pan American community, strengthening democracy in the Western Hemisphere, and advancing 

the cause of peace worldwide. 

In 1890, the International Union of American Republics was established 

to promote cooperation among the Americas. Today, the United States and 

our neighbors in the Western Hemisphere are a community linked by common values, shared interests, and the close bonds of family and friendship. 

As the expansion of freedom continues in our region, the democratic nations 

of the Western Hemisphere are working together to build a safer and more 

prosperous society and to ensure that all the people of the Americas have 

the opportunity to achieve their dreams. 

My Administration is working to advance the cause of social justice in 

the Pan American region, and we are committed to supporting our neighbors’ 

efforts to meet the needs of their citizens. In 2004, we created the Millennium 

Challenge Corporation to provide increased aid to nations that govern justly, 

invest in the education and health of their people, and promote economic 

freedom. We are working with the citizens of the Pan American community 

to expand economic opportunity through debt relief and to encourage reforms 

through such mechanisms as the North America Free Trade Agreement, 

the Chile Free Trade Agreement, and the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement. These agreements facilitate the 

flow of trade and help establish market economies. We have also recently 

notified the Congress of our intention to enter into a free trade agreement 

with Panama and signed free trade agreements with Peru and Colombia. 

These agreements will generate export opportunities for the United States 

and benefit the people of Panama, Peru, and Colombia by providing economic 

opportunity and helping to strengthen democratic institutions. By working 

with our democratic neighbors to build strong and vibrant economies, we 

are helping the citizens of the Western Hemisphere realize the promise 

of a free and just society. 

The ties between the democratic nations of the Western Hemisphere are 

deep and lasting, and together we can continue our great strides toward 

freedom and prosperity for people everywhere. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 14, 2007, as Pan 

American Day and April 8 through April 14, 2007, as Pan American Week. 

I urge the Governors of the 50 States, the Governor of the Commonwealth 

of Puerto Rico, and the officials of other areas under the flag of the United 

States of America to honor these observances with appropriate ceremonies 

and activities. 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of 

April, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the Independence 

of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first. 

[FR Doc. 07–1775 

Filed 4–6–07; 8:47 am] 

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