United Nations Day, 2005

Proclamation 7950 of October 20, 2005

United Nations Day, 2005

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Sixty years ago, the United Nations was created to
spread hope and liberty, fight poverty and disease, and
help secure human rights and human dignity for people
everywhere. On United Nations Day, we recommit
ourselves to the ideals on which this organization was
founded.

Throughout history, the human spirit has been tested by
the forces of darkness and evil. Since its founding in
the aftermath of World War II, the United Nations has
worked to solve problems and harness the best instincts
of humankind. Today, we must continue efforts to ease
suffering, spread freedom, and lay the foundations of
lasting peace for our children and grandchildren.

In the aftermath of last year's tsunami in the Indian
Ocean region and this month's earthquakes in South
Asia, we have witnessed the great capacity of human
compassion. The support from the United Nations
demonstrated how nations of the world can unite in
common purpose to address difficult challenges. This
enduring truth inspired those who created the United
Nations, and it continues to do so 60 years later. With
courage and conscience, we will meet our
responsibilities to protect the lives and rights of
others. As we do this, we will help fulfill the great
promise of the United Nations, ensuring that all people
can enjoy the peace, freedom, and dignity our Creator
intended.

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, 2005, 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 honor the observance of United Nations Day
with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord two
thousand five, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.

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