[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2019)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 57601-57602]
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[FR Doc No: 2019-23604]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 84 , No. 208 / Monday, October 28, 2019 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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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, and natural disasters. And we honor the
memories of those who have lost their lives in the
pursuit of world peace.
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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.
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