[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 238 (Monday, December 14, 2009)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 66211-66212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29865]



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Proclamation 8464--Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human 
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                Proclamation 8464 of December 9, 2009

                
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, And Human 
                Rights Week, 2009

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                More than 60 years ago, the United Nations General 
                Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human 
                Rights, declaring the ``inherent dignity'' and ``equal 
                and inalienable rights'' of all human beings as the 
                ``foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the 
                world.'' This self-evident truth guides us today. 
                Although every country and culture is unique, certain 
                rights are universal: the freedom of people--including 
                women and ethnic and religious minorities--to live as 
                they choose, speak their minds, organize peacefully and 
                have a say in how they are governed, with confidence in 
                the rule of law. History shows that countries that 
                protect these rights are ultimately more stable, 
                secure, and successful.

                In the United States, these fundamental rights are the 
                core of our Declaration of Independence, our 
                Constitution, and our Bill of Rights. They are the 
                values that define us as a people, the ideals that 
                challenge us to perfect our union, and the liberties 
                that generations of Americans have fought to preserve 
                at home and abroad. Indeed, fidelity to our fundamental 
                values is one of America's greatest strengths and the 
                reason we stand in solidarity with those who seek these 
                rights, wherever they live.

                Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights 
                Week must be our call to action. As Americans, we must 
                keep striving to live up to our founding ideals. As a 
                Nation, the United States will always side with the 
                innocent whose rights are denied, the oppressed who 
                yearn for equality, and all those around the world who 
                strive for freedom. As members of what President 
                Franklin Roosevelt called ``the human community,'' we 
                will never waver in our pursuit of the rights, dignity, 
                and security of every human being.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim December 10, 2009, as 
                Human Rights Day; December 15, 2009, as Bill of Rights 
                Day; and the week beginning December 10, 2009, as Human 
                Rights Week. I call upon the people of the United 
                States to mark these observances with appropriate 
                ceremonies and activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.
                
                
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[FR Doc. E9-29865
Filed 12-11-09; 11:15 am]
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