[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 10, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 24335-24336]
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[FR Doc No: 94-11544]


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Part XI





The President





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Proclamation 6684--
National Walking Week, 1994

Proclamation 6685--Suspension of Entry of Haitians Barred From U.S. by 
U.N. Security Council Resolution 917 or Who Seek To Impede the Return 
of Democracy in Haiti

Executive Order 12914--Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to 
Haiti


                        Presidential Documents 


Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 89
Tuesday, May 10, 1994

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Title 3--
The President
                Proclamation 6684 of May 6, 1994

 
National Walking Week, 1994

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                We should all be aware of the benefits of regular 
                physical activity; it can improve our energy levels 
                while we expend calories. It can be as simple to 
                incorporate into our daily lives as taking the stairs 
                instead of the elevator, walking an extra block instead 
                of riding, or taking a walk after a meal instead of 
                taking a nap. Regular physical exercise can help to 
                prevent and manage coronary heart disease, 
                hypertension, noninsulin-dependent diabetes, 
                osteoporosis, and mental health problems, such as 
                depression and anxiety. And regular physical activity 
                has been associated with lower rates of colon cancer 
                and incidence of stroke.

                Walking is an excellent form of light to moderate 
                physical activity for most people. Walking for at least 
                30 minutes each day is a simple and inexpensive, yet 
                very healthful, thing to do. It is a key element in 
                Healthy People 2000, the Nation's prevention agenda, 
                which envisions a healthier America by the year 2000. 
                An increase in this important, positive health-related 
                exercise can have a significant effect on the enhanced 
                quality and life span of those who practice it. It is 
                an invigorating form of self-care that can contribute 
                to the reduction of preventable death, disease, and 
                disability and to the containment of health care costs. 
                It also provides a time for reflection and stress 
                reduction.

                Efforts to communicate with the American people about 
                the health benefits of regular walking and to improve 
                environments that make walking pleasurable and safe 
                deserve the support of policy makers, legislators, and 
                citizens throughout the country.

                The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 146, has 
                designated May 1, 1994, through May 7, 1994, as 
                ``National Walking Week'' and has authorized and 
                requested the President to issue a proclamation in 
                observance of this week.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 1, 
                1994, through May 7, 1994, as National Walking Week. I 
                invite the Governors of the 50 States and the 
                appropriate officials of all other areas under the 
                jurisdiction of the United States to issue similar 
                proclamations. I also encourage the American people to 
                join with health and recreation professionals, private 
                voluntary associations, and other concerned 
                organizations in observing this occasion with 
                appropriate programs and activities.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen 
                hundred and ninety-four, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and 
                eighteenth.

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