[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 12, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 18707-18708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9206]
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Part V
The President
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Proclamation 6784--Pan American Day and Pan American Week
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 70 / Wednesday, April 12, 1995 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 6784 of April 10, 1995
Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 1995
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The peoples of the Americas today live in a world of
great promise. Fundamental democratic principles, such
as the rule of law and free and fair elections, are
being embraced throughout the hemisphere. In perhaps
one of the most eloquent expressions of the commitment
of American nations to democratic rule, Jean Bertrand
Aristide was restored to his elected position as
President of Haiti. Open markets work, democratic
governments are just--and together they offer the best
hope for improving the quality of life for all of us.
As we celebrate Pan American Day, 1995, we recognize
that the nations of the Western Hemisphere are
interdependent, and our futures are intertwined. We are
bound together by our shared commitment to democracy,
human rights, market economics, and effective
governance. These common ideals have enabled us to form
an extraordinary network of cooperation, encompassing
endeavors from trade and environmental protection to
science and technology.
The countries of the Americas have taken important
steps to open their economies, create new jobs, and
expand opportunities for their citizens. These reforms
represent a historic break with the past and begin to
pave the road toward higher standards of living in the
21st century. The North American Free Trade Agreement
marks an additional milestone on the way to the
hemispheric free trade agreement envisioned at the
Summit of the Americas.
At that summit in December of this past year, the 34
democratically elected leaders of the hemisphere
determined to make our governments more effective, our
economic growth more sustainable, and our environments
safer and healthier. Our deliberations there were
guided by a vital spirit of cooperation, and we
continue to move forward today with the knowledge that,
now more than ever, the economic prosperity of each of
our countries depends on the progress of our neighbors.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United
States, do hereby proclaim Friday, April 14, 1995, as
Pan American Day and the week of April 9 through April
15, 1995, as Pan American Week. I urge the Governors of
the 50 States, the Governor of the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and the officials of other areas under the
flag of the United States to honor these observances
with appropriate ceremonies and
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and ninety-five, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and
nineteenth.
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[FR Doc. 95-9206
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