[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 92 (Thursday, May 11, 2000)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 30335-30336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12004]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Proclamation 7304 of May 5, 2000

                
Global Science and Technology Week, 2000

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                At its core, science is an international endeavor. The 
                fundamental workings of nature--the function of a gene, 
                the quantum behavior of matter and energy, the 
                chemistry of the atmosphere--are not the sole province 
                of any one nation. At the same time, many of the 
                greatest challenges our Nation faces are of global 
                concern. Issues such as poverty, disease, pollution, 
                and sustainable energy production transcend national 
                boundaries, and their solutions require international 
                collaboration. With the advent of the Internet and the 
                revolution in communications technology, such 
                cooperation is more achievable--and more productive--
                than ever before.

                In recent years, America has participated in numerous 
                scientific endeavors that illustrate the feasibility 
                and the benefits of international cooperation. For 
                example, as one of 16 participating nations, we are 
                advancing the frontiers of space exploration through a 
                partnership to build the International Space Station. 
                Working together in the unique environment of space, we 
                will strive to solve crucial problems in medicine and 
                ecology and lay the foundations for developing space-
                based commerce.

                We are also participating in an international 
                scientific effort to map and sequence all human 
                chromosomes. With the completion of the Human Genome 
                Project, we will have unprecedented knowledge about the 
                cause of such genetic diseases as muscular dystrophy 
                and Alzheimer's and greater hope of preventing them in 
                the future.

                Since the 1980s, under the auspices of the United 
                Nations Environment Program and the World 
                Meteorological Organization, American scientists have 
                been working with hundreds of scientists around the 
                world to identify, understand, and raise public 
                awareness about the threat to our planet's ozone layer. 
                Our collaborative efforts have led to an international 
                agreement to eliminate nearly all production of 
                offending chemicals in industrialized countries and to 
                work to reduce their production in developing 
                countries.

                Our Nation continues to reap rewards from these and 
                other important international scientific efforts. We 
                benefit enormously from the large and growing 
                international scientific community within our borders. 
                For generations, the world's brightest scientists have 
                come to our country to study and conduct research, and 
                many choose to remain here permanently. From Albert 
                Einstein to four of this year's Nobel laureates, 
                foreign-born scientists in America have made 
                extraordinary contributions to science and technology 
                and have played a vital role in the unprecedented 
                prosperity and economic growth we have experienced in 
                recent years.

                The great French scientist Louis Pasteur noted more 
                than a century ago that ``science knows no country, 
                because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch 
                which illuminates the world.'' During Global Science 
                and Technology Week, America joins the world community 
                in celebrating the immeasurable benefits we have 
                enjoyed from international scientific collaboration and 
                looks forward to a future of even greater achievements.

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                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 May 7 to May 13, 2000, as 
                Global Science and Technology Week. I call upon 
                students, educators, and all the people of the United 
                States to learn more about the international nature of 
                science and technology and the contributions that 
                international scientists have made to our Nation's 
                progress and prosperity.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand, 
                and of the Independence of the United States of America 
                the two hundred and twenty-fourth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

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