[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 9810 of October 23, 2018

United Nations Day, 2018

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

On United Nations Day, we recognize the many ways the United Nations has
contributed to peace and security among nations. Since it was founded
more than 70 years ago with the aim of breaking the cycle of global
conflict, the United Nations has provided a forum for nations to resolve
conflicts peacefully in an increasingly complex world. The United States
is committed to the organization's future and is confident that
responsibility more equally shared among member states will lead to
greater effectiveness and efficiency.
The United States has, since the beginning, provided leadership and
vision to the United Nations. Today, the United States continues to
drive the United Nations forward, insisting on fundamental reforms that
are needed to enable the organization to respond to the unique and
evolving problems of the 21st century. Only when each country does its
part can the highest aspirations of the United Nations be realized, and
the financial responsibility for an organization like the United Nations
must be equitably shared among its member states. Additionally, in
recent months, the United States has pressed for crucial changes to
improve the organization's performance, accountability, and
responsiveness. The United States pursuit of reform, however, does not
end there. Earlier this year, the United States sent a clear message
about the need for change by withdrawing from the flawed United Nations
Human Rights Council, which repeatedly rejected necessary reforms. We
will not return until real reform is enacted, and we will not hesitate
to take the measures necessary to protect America's interests or to
better enable the United Nations to fulfill its purpose.
The United Nations is an important forum for addressing the
international challenges we face today. In the past year, the United
States has taken bold steps, with the support of the United Nations, to
address the global threat of nuclear proliferation; worked with partners

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to increase their capacity for sustained humanitarian response and with
donors and implementing organizations to make humanitarian aid more
efficient; supported United Nations Security Council action to improve
the international response to regional conflicts; and brought attention
to human rights abuses. The great progress achieved on these fronts
harbingers the limitless potential of the United Nations to help
confront these and other challenges.
When the United Nations lives up to its lofty ideals, it is an
invaluable forum for cooperation among the peoples of the world. On this
day, we celebrate the combined efforts of member states to achieve the
United Nations' goals of international peace and security and developing
friendly relations among nations. We also acknowledge all the men and
women who are serving around the world in peacekeeping and humanitarian
missions, and all those who work to keep our world safe from weapons of
mass destruction.
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, 2018, 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-third day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
third.
DONALD J. TRUMP