    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 133, 116th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 9954 of October 23, 2019

    United Nations Day, 2019

    By the President of the United States of America

    A Proclamation

    Seventy-four years ago, representatives of 50 countries gathered in San
    Francisco to establish a global organization dedicated to achieving
    peace and prosperity. Impelled by the unprecedented carnage of two world
    wars, these countries created the United Nations as a forum for peaceful
    conflict resolution and the promotion of shared beliefs, forever
    changing global diplomacy. On this day, we celebrate the achievements of
    the United Nations in promoting peace, delivering aid to those in need,
    and confronting international challenges, and we recommit to helping the
    organization reach its full potential.
    Last month, at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly,
    I laid out my vision for a future of which America can be proud. The
    United States has embarked on a program of national renewal--fueling
    economic growth through tax cuts and deregulation, fighting unfair
    trade, protecting individual freedoms, and standing up for sovereign
    borders. We call on other countries to pursue their own programs of
    national revitalization. The path to prosperity for each country begins
    at home--and when leaders of sovereign nations put the interests of
    their citizens first, our collective future will be brighter, our people
    will be happier, and our partnerships will be stronger. The United
    States prizes liberty, independence, and self-government above all, and
    the United Nations organization is stronger when leaders protect their
    own people, respect their neighbors, and honor the differences that make
    each country unique.
    Among the member states of the United Nations, the United States is
    leading the way in addressing global problems. We have held to account
    the Iranian regime, which seeks destabilization through nuclear
    proliferation, promotes a global campaign of terror, and causes mass
    unrest throughout the Middle East region. In response to Iran's attack
    in September on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, we imposed stringent
    sanctions on the regime's Central Bank and National Development Fund. We
    have also worked to address the ongoing calamity in Venezuela wrought by
    the illegitimate regime of Nicolas Maduro. We imposed sanctions that cut
    off the Maduro dictatorship's financial support, and we were the first
    country to recognize Juan Guaido as the legitimate, interim President of
    Venezuela. The United States will continue to work through the United
    Nations and with its member states to confront bad actors who seek to
    disrupt and destroy freedom, prosperity, and progress.
    We must also recognize that, in order to reach its enormous potential,
    the United Nations must follow through on essential reforms. The
    financial burdens must be distributed more equitably and funds should be
    taken from failed programs and directed to those that work.
    On this day, we also pause to acknowledge the sacrifices of all men and
    women who serve in United Nations missions around the world. They are
    far from home, and devote their time and energy to protecting the
    vulnerable and providing relief to areas ravaged by war, famine,

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    and natural disasters. And we honor the memories of those who have lost
    their lives in the pursuit of world peace.
    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, 2019, 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 nineteen, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
    fourth.
    DONALD J. TRUMP