[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 206 (Thursday, October 25, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 60757-60758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5334]



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The President





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Proclamation 8194--United Nations Day, 2007


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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 206 / Thursday, October 25, 2007 / 
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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 8194 of October 23, 2007

                
United Nations Day, 2007

                By the President of the United States

                A Proclamation

                After World War II, representatives from around the 
                globe gathered to begin deliberations on a new 
                international bill of rights. The document adopted by 
                the General Assembly of the United Nations, the 
                Universal Declaration of Human Rights, stands as a 
                landmark achievement in the history of human liberty. 
                On United Nations Day, we recognize the contributions 
                of this important body and underscore our dedication to 
                reforming the institution and advancing the high ideals 
                on which it was founded.

                Today, the United Nations must recommit itself to 
                maintaining international security and helping solve 
                economic, social, and humanitarian problems. This great 
                institution must work for great purposes: to free 
                people from tyranny and violence, hunger and disease, 
                illiteracy and ignorance, and poverty and despair. With 
                renewed commitment and courage, we can pursue the 
                vision of the Universal Declaration and build a world 
                where people are free to speak, assemble, and worship 
                as they wish, and where opportunity crosses every 
                border.

                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 October 24, 2007, as United 
                Nations Day. 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 to observe United Nations Day with appropriate 
                ceremonies and activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-third day of October, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
                second. 
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[FR Doc. 07-5334
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