    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 10105 of October 23, 2020
    United Nations Day, 2020
    By the President of the United States of America
    A Proclamation
    Today, on the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN), we celebrate
    its commitment to peace and security, prosperity, human rights, rule of
    law, and development. The victorious Allies conceived the UN in the
    ashes of two devastating world wars, welcoming all nations to join
    together to ensure peace and promote economic prosperity. As a founding
    member of the UN, which was chartered in San Francisco and is
    headquartered in New York, the United States remains dedicated to those
    noble UN purposes and principles. We also recognize that the successes
    of the UN and its specialized agencies were built on precepts that
    ensure its good functioning: independence, impartiality, good
    governance, accountability, and transparency.
    Because of our continuing belief in the UN's promise and our desire to
    see it be effective over the next 75 years, we are determined to make
    the UN more agile, effective, efficient, transparent, and accountable.
    These efforts will help the UN improve, adapt to crises, and reach its
    full potential. If the UN is to be an effective organization, it must
    focus on the real problems of the world, including terrorism, the
    oppression of women, forced labor, drug cartels, human and sex
    trafficking, religious persecution, and the ethnic cleansing of
    religious minorities.
    The United States is forging a new path of unprecedented domestic and
    global prosperity, cooperation, and peace. Last month, I brokered
    historic peace deals between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and
    Israel and Bahrain, paving the way for broader peace in the Middle East.
    Known as the Abraham Accords, these diplomatic breakthroughs reflect the
    shared commitment of every well-intentioned member state to achieve
    tranquility in the region once and for all. Just today, the leaders of
    Sudan and Israel also agreed to the normalization of relations between
    their two countries. In response to Iran's nefarious actions, the United
    States withdrew from the disastrous Iran Nuclear Deal, and re-imposed
    sanctions on the Iranian regime. In Europe, my Administration brokered a
    historic deal on Serbia-Kosovo economic normalization, accelerating
    economic growth and job creation opportunities. After more than 20 years
    of limited progress on political negotiations in the Balkans, the
    commitments made by President Vučić and Prime Minister
    Hoti are the first steps in achieving long-term peace and stability in
    the region. The United States invites all fellow UN Security Council members to join in our country's efforts to promote
    liberty and freedom across the globe.
    The United States also encourages the international community to provide
    complete accountability, responsiveness, and transparency in sharing
    public health data as we fight the coronavirus pandemic. My
    Administration maintains that effective relief depends on global public
    health coordination and widespread access to medical information coupled
    with personal privacy and security protections. Our recent decision to
    withdraw from the World Health Organization underscores our firm
    commitment to hold governmental organizations accountable when they
    succumb to political influence and fail to uphold their core

    [[Page 5388]]

    values. The
    Chinese Government has misled the international community since the
    outbreak in Wuhan, and the UN must join with the United States in
    holding China accountable for its actions.
    The United States recognizes the integral role the UN has played in the
    international system for 75 years and honors those who have nobly
    dedicated their lives to global humanitarian and peacekeeping missions
    and to setting the conditions for development and prosperity. We also
    note with great satisfaction the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to
    the Whole Food Program, which the United States has supported more
    generously than any other member state since 1961.
    The United States proudly remains the largest and most reliable
    supporter of the UN and its founding principles. It is in that spirit
    that we call on all nations to join the United States in working to
    ensure the UN continues to live up to its noble ideals of liberty,
    prosperity, and 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, 2020, 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 twenty, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
    fifth.
    DONALD J. TRUMP