[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 121, 110th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
PROCLAMATION 8210--DEC. 6, 2007

Proclamation 8210 of December 6, 2007
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 2007
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Americans value deeply our ability to speak, assemble, and worship
freely. As a Nation, we can help freedom-loving people everywhere build
a world in which these rights are honored and respected. During Human
Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, we celebrate the
freedoms guaranteed to all Americans and protected in our Constitution's
Bill of Rights.
Many of these fundamental freedoms are still denied to people in
countries around the world. The United States continues to stand with
those who work to build democracy and secure the blessings of liberty.
Individuals are struggling to create free societies in Cuba, Belarus,
and Syria. And the day will come when they, and the citizens of other
lands such as North Korea, Iran, Zimbabwe, and Sudan, will no longer be
restricted from practicing their faith, voicing their opinions, and
enjoying the many blessings of freedom.
Freedom and dignity are God's gifts, and during Human Rights Day, Bill
of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, we look forward with confidence to
the eventual triumph of human rights for all mankind.
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, 2007, as
Human Rights Day; December 15, 2007, as Bill of Rights Day; and the week
beginning December 10, 2007, 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 sixth day of
December, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
second.
GEORGE W. BUSH