[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 240 (Monday, December 15, 2003)]
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The President





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Proclamation 7744--Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human 
Rights Week, 2003
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                Proclamation 7744 of December 10, 2003

                
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human 
                Rights Week, 2003

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                America's founders dedicated this country to life, 
                liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. During Human 
                Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 
                we recognize the advances we have made expanding 
                freedom, democracy, and individual rights in this 
                country and around the world.

                America has helped bring liberty to Afghanistan and 
                Iraq. In countries like Belarus, Cuba, and Zimbabwe, we 
                continue to stand with those who struggle for 
                democracy. We will continue to call on Burma's ruling 
                junta to release political prisoners and engage in an 
                inclusive dialogue with the democratic opposition to 
                bring democracy to Burma. We also look forward to the 
                day when the men and women of North Korea can live in a 
                free society.

                Freedom is the right of mankind and the future of every 
                nation. It is not America's gift to the world; it is 
                God's gift to every man and woman who lives in this 
                world.

                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 December 10, 2003, as Human 
                Rights Day; December 15, 2003, as Bill of Rights Day; 
                and the week beginning December 10, 2003, as Human 
                Rights Week. I call upon the people of the United 
                States to mark these observances with appropriate 
                ceremonies and activities.

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

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