United Nations Day, 2007

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Part III

The President

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Proclamation 8194--United Nations Day, 2007

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 8194 of October 23, 2007

United Nations Day, 2007

By the President of the United States

A Proclamation

After World War II, representatives from around the
globe gathered to begin deliberations on a new
international bill of rights. The document adopted by
the General Assembly of the United Nations, the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, stands as a
landmark achievement in the history of human liberty.
On United Nations Day, we recognize the contributions
of this important body and underscore our dedication to
reforming the institution and advancing the high ideals
on which it was founded.

Today, the United Nations must recommit itself to
maintaining international security and helping solve
economic, social, and humanitarian problems. This great
institution must work for great purposes: to free
people from tyranny and violence, hunger and disease,
illiteracy and ignorance, and poverty and despair. With
renewed commitment and courage, we can pursue the
vision of the Universal Declaration and build a world
where people are free to speak, assemble, and worship
as they wish, and where opportunity crosses every
border.

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, 2007, 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 observe United Nations Day with appropriate
ceremonies and activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-third day of October, 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.