[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2013)]
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Vol. 78

Monday,

No. 208

October 28, 2013

Part V





The President





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Proclamation 9045--United Nations Day, 2013
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                Proclamation 9045 of October 23, 2013

                
United Nations Day, 2013

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                In 1945, after two world wars that showed the horrific 
                lethality of modern conflict, 51 member states came 
                together to create the United Nations, a bold new 
                organization that sought to build a lasting peace for 
                the generations to follow. Today, 68 years after the 
                adoption of the United Nations Charter, we mark United 
                Nations Day by reaffirming our commitment to its 
                purposes and principles. We celebrate the 
                organization's challenging and often unheralded work of 
                forging a world in which every man, woman, and child 
                can live in freedom, dignity, and peace.

                With the aim of sparing their children and 
                grandchildren from the ravages of war, the members of 
                the United Nations committed ``to unite our strength to 
                maintain international peace and security.'' In the 
                nearly seven decades since they adopted these words in 
                the United Nations Charter, the global threats to 
                international peace and security have changed, but the 
                need for international cooperation has only increased. 
                While the United Nations was founded after a period of 
                cataclysmic war among states, today many of the 
                principal challenges to international peace and 
                security are rooted in the need to prevent or address 
                unconscionable slaughter and violence within states. As 
                the United States works to address challenges old and 
                new, we will continue our close cooperation with 
                partners across the globe, including at the United 
                Nations. And recognizing that the path to conflict 
                often begins with the denial of basic human dignity, we 
                remain committed to realizing another fundamental 
                principle set forth in the Charter--that no one should 
                be denied the fundamental freedoms that are their 
                birthright.

                As we mark the founding of a body built to pursue peace 
                in an imperfect world, let us reaffirm that the values 
                set forth in its Charter guide us still. They remind us 
                that leaders and citizens alike, in the United States 
                and around the world, will be judged by whether we 
                contributed to a world that is more peaceful, just, and 
                free. Let us honor the men and women of the United 
                Nations itself, who work in countries across the globe, 
                often unseen and uncelebrated, to improve the lives of 
                the world's most vulnerable people. May we stand firm 
                in our resolve to give voice to the voiceless and to 
                turn swords into plowshares. And may we never lose 
                sight of the essential truth that we live in a world 
                where our fates are bound together as a community of 
                nations, strengthened by our differences and united by 
                our shared hopes for the future.

                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 October 24, 2013, as 
                United Nations Day. I urge the Governors of the 50 
                States, and the officials of all other areas under the 
                flag of the United States, to observe United Nations 
                Day with appropriate ceremonies 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 thirteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
                eighth.
                
                
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