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[Federal Register: October 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 204)]
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Presidential Documents]               
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                        Presidential Documents 

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                Proclamation 8441 of October 19, 2009

 
                United Nations Day, 2009

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                The United Nations was created 64 years ago by men and 

                women from every corner of the world. These architects 

                of international cooperation acted out of an idealism 

                rooted in the hard-earned lessons of war. They had the 

                wisdom to understand that nations could do far more to 

                advance their interests by acting together than by 

                letting themselves be split apart. The original 51 

                member nations were united around a commitment to 

                peace, humanity, and justice.

                Today, with 192 member states, the United Nations is 

                the principle forum for all nations, large and small, 

                to work in concert to meet the global challenges no 

                nation can confront alone. The U.N. is vital to 

                America's efforts to create a better, safer world. 

                Through peacekeeping missions that have saved so many 

                lives and averted so many wars; lifesaving humanitarian 

                work; critical development activities; and its unique 

                legitimacy, the U.N. can function as a forum that 

                brings all nations together.

                The U.N. sometimes struggles to live up to its founding 

                ideals, as it can only be effective if its member 

                states choose to meet their own responsibilities. At 

                its best, this indispensible, if imperfect, institution 

                helps to resolve conflicts and rebuild shattered 

                societies; to lay the foundations of democracy, human 

                rights, and development; and to establish conditions in 

                which people can live in dignity and mutual respect. 

                The member states of the U.N. have an obligation to 

                demonstrate the will and leadership to match the 

                aspirations of all. Now is the time for all of us to 

                assume our share of responsibility to meet global 

                challenges.

                Committed in our resolve to create a world our people 

                deserve, we look to the future with confidence. As 

                expressed in the founding values of the United Nations, 

                we share a common security and are unified by our 

                common humanity. This truth calls us to work 

                cooperatively with nations from around the globe in the 

                pursuit of peace, economic prosperity, and human 

                opportunity.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, 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, 2009, as 

                United Nations Day. I urge the Governors of the 50 

                States, and the officials of all other areas under the 

                flag of the United States to observe United Nations Day 

                with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 

                nineteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord two 

                thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United 

                States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.

                

                

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. E9-25765 Filed 10-22-09; 11:15 am]

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