[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 20, 1994)]
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                        Presidential Documents 


Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 138
Wednesday, July 20, 1994

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Title 3--
The President
                Proclamation 6706 of July 15, 1994

 

Captive Nations Week, 1994

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                This year marks the 35th commemoration of ``Captive 
                Nations Week,'' our national expression of support for 
                the people of the world who continue to suffer the yoke 
                of oppressive governments. Freedom has made great 
                strides in recent years, thanks to the quiet heroism of 
                countless men and women. Yet far too many members of 
                the human family still live in the shadows, shackled 
                and intimidated in regimes of fear, and we must keep 
                faith with them.

                For over 200 years, this Nation has worked to realize 
                the vision of freedom articulated by our founders, and 
                before them by thinkers throughout the ages. Our 
                commitment to the eternally-unfolding meaning and 
                spirit of liberty expresses not only our most cherished 
                values, but also our best hope for long-term 
                international stability.

                Freedom is a work in process. The people of the former 
                Soviet bloc are making the arduous transition to free 
                societies and free markets, and we will endeavor to 
                support them as best we can. Less outwardly dramatic, 
                but no less moving, are the democratic transitions that 
                have taken place in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 
                and there too, we will do what we can.

                But great numbers of men and women are still not free. 
                Authoritarianism still wields an iron grip over the 
                lives of millions. And in this new time we are 
                confronted by the alarming specter of racial, ethnic, 
                and religious animosities and violence. It is thus all 
                the more reason for us to recommit ourselves to the 
                work of promoting respect for universal human rights 
                and for political freedom for people of all races, 
                creeds, and nationalities the world over.

                The Congress, by Joint Resolution approved July 17, 
                1959 (73 Stat. 212), has authorized and requested the 
                President to issue a proclamation designating the third 
                week in July of each year as ``Captive Nations Week.''

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim July 17 
                through July 23, 1994, as Captive Nations Week. I call 
                upon the people of the United States to observe this 
                week with appropriate ceremonies and activities, and in 
                so doing to rededicate ourselves to the principles of 
                freedom and justice on which this Nation was founded 
                and by which we will endure.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fifteenth day of July, 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 
                nineteenth.

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[FR Doc. 94-17794
Filed 7-18-94; 2:16 pm]
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