[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 12, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 70761-70762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Part IV





The President





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Proclamation 8210--Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human 
Rights Week, 2007


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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 12, 2007 / 
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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 8210 of December 6, 2007

                
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human 
                Rights Week, 2007

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Americans value deeply our ability to speak, assemble, 
                and worship freely. As a Nation, we can help freedom-
                loving people everywhere build a world in which these 
                rights are honored and respected. During Human Rights 
                Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, we 
                celebrate the freedoms guaranteed to all Americans and 
                protected in our Constitution's Bill of Rights.

                Many of these fundamental freedoms are still denied to 
                people in countries around the world. The United States 
                continues to stand with those who work to build 
                democracy and secure the blessings of liberty. 
                Individuals are struggling to create free societies in 
                Cuba, Belarus, and Syria. And the day will come when 
                they, and the citizens of other lands such as North 
                Korea, Iran, Zimbabwe, and Sudan, will no longer be 
                restricted from practicing their faith, voicing their 
                opinions, and enjoying the many blessings of freedom.

                Freedom and dignity are God's gifts, and during Human 
                Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 
                we look forward with confidence to the eventual triumph 
                of human rights for all mankind.

                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 December 10, 2007, as Human 
                Rights Day; December 15, 2007, as Bill of Rights Day; 
                and the week beginning December 10, 2007, as Human 
                Rights Week. I call upon the people of the United 
                States to mark these observances with appropriate 
                ceremonies and activities.

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