[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 235 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 62979-62980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30014]
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Part V
The President
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Proclamation 6855--Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human
Rights Week, 1995
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 235 / Thursday, December 7, 1995 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 6855 of December 5, 1995
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human
Rights Week, 1995
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
More than 200 years ago, America's founders adopted the
Bill of Rights to ensure the protection of our
individual liberties. Enshrined in our Constitution are
the fundamental guarantees to freedom of conscience,
religion, expression, and association, as well as the
rights to due process and a fair trial. Our Nation was
formed on the principle that the protection and
promotion of these rights are essential to a free and
democratic society.
Peoples throughout the world look to the United States
for leadership on human rights. In the aftermath of the
Holocaust and the devastation of two world wars, our
country led the international effort toward adoption of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For the
nearly 50 years since December 10, 1948, this document
has served as the standard for internationally accepted
behavior by nations toward their citizens.
This year, our work to promote peace in areas of
conflict and to support human rights, democracy, and
the rule of law have continued to make a difference
around the globe. Most recently, our efforts to foster
a settlement to the terrible conflict in Bosnia
resulted in an agreement that contains clear
protections for human rights and humanitarian
principles.
In Bosnia, and throughout the world, we have paid
special attention to the most vulnerable victims of
abuse--women and children. At the Fourth World
Conference on Women in September of this year, the
First Lady underscored our commitment to defending the
rights of women and families, and we have undertaken a
range of initiatives to raise awareness of child
exploitation, to oppose child labor, and to assist
young victims of war.
We live in an era of great advances for freedom and
democracy. Yet, sadly, it also remains a time of
ongoing suffering and hardship in many countries. As a
Nation long committed to promoting individual rights
and human dignity, let us continue our efforts to
ensure that people in all regions of the globe enjoy
the same freedoms and basic human rights that have
always made America great.
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 December 10, 1995, as Human
Rights Day, December 15, 1995, as Bill of Rights Day,
and December 10 through December 16, 1995, as Human
Rights Week. I call upon the people of the United
States to celebrate these observances with appropriate
programs, ceremonies, and activities that demonstrate
our national commitment to the Constitution and the
promotion of human rights for all people.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fifth day of December, 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 twentieth.
(Presidential Sig.)
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