[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 207 (Friday, October 27, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 50053-50054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23622]


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                Proclamation 9664 of October 23, 2017

                
United Nations Day, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On United Nations Day, we recognize the more than seven 
                decades of contributions the United Nations has made to 
                peace and security among nations. The United Nations 
                was founded on the vision that diverse nations could 
                cooperate to preserve sovereignty, enhance security, 
                build prosperity, and promote human rights and 
                fundamental freedoms. Its purpose remains as essential 
                today as ever before. As the world faces increasing 
                transnational threats--including the spread of 
                terrorism and mass atrocities around the globe, the 
                risk of famine and humanitarian crises, and nuclear 
                proliferation by rogue regimes that threaten others 
                with the most destructive weapons known to humanity--we 
                call on all member states to reaffirm their commitments 
                to the obligations and responsibilities enshrined in 
                the United Nations Charter.

                Member states should work together as the founders of 
                the United Nations intended and confront those who 
                threaten chaos, turmoil, and terror. We continue to 
                believe that the United Nations can play an important 
                role in resolving international disputes and that its 
                success depends on a coalition of strong sovereign 
                nations. This year alone, the United States has led 
                efforts at the United Nations to strengthen and expand 
                sanctions against North Korea, review the mandates of 
                peacekeeping missions to make sure they are achievable, 
                and promote an ambitious campaign of reform, including 
                with respect to the United Nations Human Rights 
                Council. The United Nations Security Council, of which 
                the United States is a permanent member, remains, as 
                ever, a valuable forum for responding to threats to 
                international peace and security.

                We remain hopeful that the United Nations can achieve 
                its goals of maintaining international peace and 
                security and developing friendly relations among 
                nations. We expect member states to hold the United 
                Nations accountable, just as we expect people around 
                the world to hold their own governments accountable. 
                Although a great deal of work remains to be done for 
                the United Nations to realize its full potential, we 
                reaffirm our commitment to its goals in order to build 
                a better tomorrow for future generations.

                On United Nations Day, we also pause to acknowledge the 
                men and women who serve in faraway peacekeeping 
                missions, who provide humanitarian assistance to people 
                in war-torn countries, who endeavor to keep the world 
                safe from weapons of mass destruction, and who protect 
                innocent children. Through their effort and personal 
                sacrifice, they bring hope and relief to countless 
                people in need.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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, 2017, as 
                United Nations Day. I urge the Governors of the 50 
                States, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto 
                Rico, 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 seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                second.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2017-23622
Filed 10-26-17; 11:15 am]
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