[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 1998)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 18811-18812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10193]
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Part VI
The President
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Proclamation 7081--Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 1998
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 7081 of April 10, 1998
Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 1998
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Today, the nations of the Americas stand at the
forefront of a promising new era of exciting growth and
global cooperation. Americans north and south of the
equator are communicating, interacting, and trading
with one another more than ever before. All the nations
in our hemisphere but one enjoy freely elected
governments that promote human rights, free enterprise,
and sustainable economic development through free
trade. These vibrant democracies continue to seek
opportunities to work together for the security,
prosperity, and general welfare of all our citizens.
In keeping with this spirit of cooperation, the leaders
of the 34 American democracies will meet in Santiago,
Chile, on April 18 and 19 for the second Summit of the
Americas. The United States hosted the first such
summit in Miami in December 1994, and we look forward
to strengthening our involvement in what is becoming a
mature partnership that is fostering increased
prosperity and security for our country. We hope to
reach agreements in Santiago that will enhance
hemispheric collaboration in more than 20 areas--
including education, economic integration, democracy,
justice, counternarcotics, security, poverty, and human
rights.
This month also marks the 50th anniversary of the
founding of the Organization of American States (OAS),
a cornerstone of cooperation in our hemisphere. The
most recent successes of the OAS include agreements
against corruption and illegal firearms trafficking and
ratification of the Washington Protocol, which provides
for the suspension from the OAS of any country whose
democracy has been overthrown by force. We applaud the
crucial role the OAS plays in promoting and preserving
democracy and human rights in the Americas. We look
forward to its continued success in multilateral
efforts to deepen the roots of democracy in this
hemisphere and create new possibilities for progress in
the next millennium.
The peoples of the Americas stand united in a
commitment to democratic values and to increased
regional cooperation and understanding. The partnership
among our countries is laying the foundations for
lasting freedom, prosperity, and peace in our
hemisphere and bringing to reality our shared vision of
a brighter future.
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 Tuesday, April 14, 1998, as
Pan American Day and April 12 through April 18, 1998,
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 of America to honor these
observances with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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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-eight, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and
twenty-second.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 98-10193
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