[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 22097-22098]
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[FR Doc No: 2022-08079]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 71 / Wednesday, April 13, 2022 /
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Proclamation 10366 of April 8, 2022
Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On April 14, 1890, 18 nations of this hemisphere came
together to form the International Union of American
Republics--the oldest regional international
organization in the world and the precursor to the
modern-day Organization of American States. Today, the
Organization of American States consists of 35
independent States from North America, Central America,
South America, and the Caribbean and is dedicated to
the principles of advancing peace, prosperity, and
democracy throughout the Western Hemisphere. On Pan
American Day and during Pan American Week, we recognize
the strength of this regional community and celebrate
our unity and shared values.
This year, as the United States prepares to host the
Ninth Summit of the Americas--my Administration
reaffirms our commitment to collectively addressing the
challenges and opportunities we share with our regional
neighbors. The theme of this year's summit, ``Building
a Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Future''
focuses on working together with our partners to
produce better outcomes and strengthen our ability to
respond to critical issues that affect all our nations.
We need to emerge from the pandemic and bolster global
health security, build strong and inclusive
democracies, advance a joint approach to regional
migration management, ensure humanitarian protection,
and root out the corruption that reduces our ability to
make progress. We will seize opportunities to address
the climate crisis and accelerate the green energy
transition. We will foster a transformation that will
expand access to digital technologies, support
independent media and civil society organizations, and
ensure that economic growth is equitable and inclusive.
My Administration's Build Back Better World initiative
will play an important role in the Pan American
region's recovery from the economic impact of the
pandemic, promoting the highest labor, environmental,
social, and technical standards. In addition, our Call
to Action, a public-private partnership supporting
long-term development in Central America, will continue
to generate private sector interest and build upon its
$1.2 billion investment in the region.
It is in our economic and national security interest
and the entire Pan American region for our nations to
advance a secure, economically prosperous, healthy, and
democratic hemisphere for all our people. We can reach
that future if we unite around principled and
democratic leadership, anchored in the rule of law. The
people throughout the region want governments that are
accountable to voters and deliver real benefits
including jobs, education, security, equal opportunity,
and fundamental human and political rights. Support for
democracy and respect for human rights is at the heart
of all of the United States' engagement with our
neighbors throughout the Americas. Twenty years after
approval of the Inter-American Democratic Charter--
affirming a collective commitment to strengthen
democracy in the region--there is more work to do to
fortify democratic institutions and prevent democratic
backsliding in this hemisphere.
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We will continue to build on the commitments made at
the 2021 Summit for Democracy, in which 26 governments
in the Western Hemisphere participated, to forge a more
inclusive and democratic future. We will work with
hemispheric leaders--incorporating the recommendations
of diverse voices from youth, marginalized communities,
the private sector, independent media, and civil
society--to fulfill our commitments and drive our
momentum forward.
This is the time to take bold collective action to
address our shared challenges. Climate change, the
pandemic, repression, corruption, and democratic
backsliding have created migration and refugee flows
unequaled in the modern history of the region. This is
bigger than any one country and any one border.
Coordinated regional efforts are essential to respond
to urgent humanitarian needs, provide legal
alternatives to irregular migration, address root
causes, counter corruption, and crack down on human
smuggling networks that exploit the most vulnerable. As
we approach the Summit of the Americas, our goal is to
chart a new regional approach to improve how we jointly
manage migration across the region for the coming
decade.
My Administration will continue to work tirelessly to
address these and other challenges, and to achieve our
shared goals in the Pan American region.
During this Pan American Day and Pan American Week, we
celebrate our close ties and shared values with the
region, and we come together in the spirit of unity and
optimism for a resilient, sustainable, and equitable
future for all people of the Americas.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., 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 April 14,
2022, as Pan American Day and April 10 through April
16, 2022, as Pan American Week. I urge the Governors of
the 50 States, the Governor of the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and the officials of the other areas under
the flag of the United States of America to honor these
observances with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
sixth.
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