[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2002)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 65869-65870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27547]



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Part VI





The President





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Proclamation 7614--United Nations Day, 2002
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                Proclamation 7614 of October 23, 2002

                
United Nations Day, 2002

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                The United Nations was founded 57 years ago to improve 
                our global community by strengthening the ties among 
                member nations through improved communication, expanded 
                understanding, and enhanced security. On United Nations 
                Day, America joins the world in commemorating the 
                founding of this important international organization 
                and recognizing the profound impact it has had on our 
                world and the role that it continues to play.

                Since October 24, 1945, the United Nations Organization 
                has grown to include 191 member states. Through its 
                relief agencies, the U.N. aids and protects millions of 
                refugees and displaced persons worldwide. For example, 
                in 2001, the United Nations World Food Program provided 
                aid to 77 million people in 82 countries and helped to 
                avert a severe famine that threatened Afghanistan. The 
                U.N. also seeks to improve living conditions around the 
                globe by immunizing children, providing safe drinking 
                water, and fighting disease.

                The United States remains committed to helping the U.N. 
                to advance human rights, healthcare, security, and 
                education throughout the world; and we will continue to 
                meet these and other commitments as we rejoin the 
                United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 
                Organization. Our country continues to work with the 
                U.N. in supplying aid for nations and peoples in need 
                or distress, and in providing medical care and other 
                essentials through U.N. agencies such as UNICEF.

                As our world faces new challenges and opportunities, 
                the efforts of the United Nations take on a renewed 
                significance. The United States recognizes the U.N. for 
                its efforts to support and strengthen the international 
                coalition against global terror. And we hope the United 
                Nations will fulfill its role in addressing the threats 
                posed to the civilized world, particularly the threat 
                now posed by Iraq. As a founding member of the U.N., 
                the United States reaffirms our dedication to this 
                vital organization and our hope that it will continue 
                to fulfill the vision of its founders.

                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, 2002, as United 
                Nations Day. I call upon the people of the United 
                States to observe this day with appropriate programs 
                and activities.

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

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[FR Doc. 02-27547
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