[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 1998)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 18811-18812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10193]



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Part VI





The President





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Proclamation 7081--Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 1998
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                Proclamation 7081 of April 10, 1998

                
Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 1998

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Today, the nations of the Americas stand at the 
                forefront of a promising new era of exciting growth and 
                global cooperation. Americans north and south of the 
                equator are communicating, interacting, and trading 
                with one another more than ever before. All the nations 
                in our hemisphere but one enjoy freely elected 
                governments that promote human rights, free enterprise, 
                and sustainable economic development through free 
                trade. These vibrant democracies continue to seek 
                opportunities to work together for the security, 
                prosperity, and general welfare of all our citizens.

                In keeping with this spirit of cooperation, the leaders 
                of the 34 American democracies will meet in Santiago, 
                Chile, on April 18 and 19 for the second Summit of the 
                Americas. The United States hosted the first such 
                summit in Miami in December 1994, and we look forward 
                to strengthening our involvement in what is becoming a 
                mature partnership that is fostering increased 
                prosperity and security for our country. We hope to 
                reach agreements in Santiago that will enhance 
                hemispheric collaboration in more than 20 areas--
                including education, economic integration, democracy, 
                justice, counternarcotics, security, poverty, and human 
                rights.

                This month also marks the 50th anniversary of the 
                founding of the Organization of American States (OAS), 
                a cornerstone of cooperation in our hemisphere. The 
                most recent successes of the OAS include agreements 
                against corruption and illegal firearms trafficking and 
                ratification of the Washington Protocol, which provides 
                for the suspension from the OAS of any country whose 
                democracy has been overthrown by force. We applaud the 
                crucial role the OAS plays in promoting and preserving 
                democracy and human rights in the Americas. We look 
                forward to its continued success in multilateral 
                efforts to deepen the roots of democracy in this 
                hemisphere and create new possibilities for progress in 
                the next millennium.

                The peoples of the Americas stand united in a 
                commitment to democratic values and to increased 
                regional cooperation and understanding. The partnership 
                among our countries is laying the foundations for 
                lasting freedom, prosperity, and peace in our 
                hemisphere and bringing to reality our shared vision of 
                a brighter future.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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 Tuesday, April 14, 1998, as 
                Pan American Day and April 12 through April 18, 1998, 
                as Pan American Week. 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 of America to honor these 
                observances with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen 
                hundred and ninety-eight, and of the Independence of 
                the United States of America the two hundred and 
                twenty-second.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 98-10193
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