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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 207 / Friday, October 27, 2017 / Presidential Documents 50053 

Proclamation 9664 of October 23, 2017 

United Nations Day, 2017 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

On United Nations Day, we recognize the more than seven decades of 

contributions the United Nations has made to peace and security among 

nations. The United Nations was founded on the vision that diverse nations 

could cooperate to preserve sovereignty, enhance security, build prosperity, 

and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms. Its purpose remains 

as essential today as ever before. As the world faces increasing transnational 

threats—including the spread of terrorism and mass atrocities around the 

globe, the risk of famine and humanitarian crises, and nuclear proliferation 

by rogue regimes that threaten others with the most destructive weapons 

known to humanity—we call on all member states to reaffirm their commitments to the obligations and responsibilities enshrined in the United Nations 

Charter. 

Member states should work together as the founders of the United Nations 

intended and confront those who threaten chaos, turmoil, and terror. We 

continue to believe that the United Nations can play an important role 

in resolving international disputes and that its success depends on a coalition 

of strong sovereign nations. This year alone, the United States has led 

efforts at the United Nations to strengthen and expand sanctions against 

North Korea, review the mandates of peacekeeping missions to make sure 

they are achievable, and promote an ambitious campaign of reform, including 

with respect to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The United 

Nations Security Council, of which the United States is a permanent member, 

remains, as ever, a valuable forum for responding to threats to international 

peace and security. 

We remain hopeful that the United Nations can achieve its goals of maintaining international peace and security and developing friendly relations among 

nations. We expect member states to hold the United Nations accountable, 

just as we expect people around the world to hold their own governments 

accountable. Although a great deal of work remains to be done for the 

United Nations to realize its full potential, we reaffirm our commitment 

to its goals in order to build a better tomorrow for future generations. 

On United Nations Day, we also pause to acknowledge the men and women 

who serve in faraway peacekeeping missions, who provide humanitarian 

assistance to people in war-torn countries, who endeavor to keep the world 

safe from weapons of mass destruction, and who protect innocent children. 

Through their effort and personal sacrifice, they bring hope and relief to 

countless people in need. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States 

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

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 24, 2017, 

as United Nations Day. I urge the Governors of the 50 States, the Governor 

of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the officials of all other areas 

under the flag of the United States, to observe United Nations Day with 

appropriate ceremonies and activities. 


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50054 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 207 / Friday, October 27, 2017 / Presidential Documents 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-third 

day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-second. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23622 

Filed 10–26–17; 11:15 am] 

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