United Nations Day, 2004

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Part V

The President

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Proclamation 7837--United Nations Day, 2004

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 7837 of October 24, 2004

United Nations Day, 2004

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

On United Nations Day, we commemorate the founding of
the United Nations in 1945 and recognize its many
contributions to advancing peace and human rights
around the world.

Our Declaration of Independence and the United Nations'
Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaim the
equal value and dignity of every human life. That
dignity is honored by the rule of law, limits on the
power of the state, respect for women, protection of
private property, free speech, equal justice, and
religious tolerance. These founding documents affirm
that the bright line between justice and injustice is
the same in every age, every culture, and every nation.

Today, the United Nations is helping advance these
ideals in many places around the globe. The U.N.
assisted Afghanistan in making history when Afghan
women and men voted in a democratic Presidential
election earlier this month. In Sudan, Liberia, Haiti,
and other nations, the U.N. has been working to bring
security, stability, and humanitarian assistance to
people in need. From Africa to the Caribbean to Asia,
the U.N. is helping to turn societies away from old
conflicts, overcome persistent poverty, and fight HIV/
AIDS and other diseases.

The United States remains committed to the high ideals
of the U.N. as stated in its charter: ``To save
succeeding generations from the scourge of war . . . to
reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights . . . and to
promote social progress and better standards of life in
larger freedom.''

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, 2004, 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
twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord
two thousand four, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
ninth.

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