[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 12, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 18707-18708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9206]




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Part V





The President





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Proclamation 6784--Pan American Day and Pan American Week


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 70 / Wednesday, April 12, 1995 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President  
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                Proclamation 6784 of April 10, 1995

                
Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 1995

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                The peoples of the Americas today live in a world of 
                great promise. Fundamental democratic principles, such 
                as the rule of law and free and fair elections, are 
                being embraced throughout the hemisphere. In perhaps 
                one of the most eloquent expressions of the commitment 
                of American nations to democratic rule, Jean Bertrand 
                Aristide was restored to his elected position as 
                President of Haiti. Open markets work, democratic 
                governments are just--and together they offer the best 
                hope for improving the quality of life for all of us.

                As we celebrate Pan American Day, 1995, we recognize 
                that the nations of the Western Hemisphere are 
                interdependent, and our futures are intertwined. We are 
                bound together by our shared commitment to democracy, 
                human rights, market economics, and effective 
                governance. These common ideals have enabled us to form 
                an extraordinary network of cooperation, encompassing 
                endeavors from trade and environmental protection to 
                science and technology.

                The countries of the Americas have taken important 
                steps to open their economies, create new jobs, and 
                expand opportunities for their citizens. These reforms 
                represent a historic break with the past and begin to 
                pave the road toward higher standards of living in the 
                21st century. The North American Free Trade Agreement 
                marks an additional milestone on the way to the 
                hemispheric free trade agreement envisioned at the 
                Summit of the Americas.

                At that summit in December of this past year, the 34 
                democratically elected leaders of the hemisphere 
                determined to make our governments more effective, our 
                economic growth more sustainable, and our environments 
                safer and healthier. Our deliberations there were 
                guided by a vital spirit of cooperation, and we 
                continue to move forward today with the knowledge that, 
                now more than ever, the economic prosperity of each of 
                our countries depends on the progress of our neighbors.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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 Friday, April 14, 1995, as 
                Pan American Day and the week of April 9 through April 
                15, 1995, 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 to honor these observances 
                with appropriate ceremonies and 
                activities. [[Page 18708]] 

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen 
                hundred and ninety-five, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and 
                nineteenth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)<Clinton1>><Clinton2>

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