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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Folder Title: United Nations Day
Box: 80 (1986)
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OF THE UNITED
THE
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SEAL
STATE
United Nations Day, 1986
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
United Nations Day is an occasion to reaffirm our devotion to the principles of
the United Nations Charter and to celebrate mankind's progress toward the
kind of world the framers of that Charter longed for and planned for in the
aftermath of the Second World War. That world is one founded upon univer-
sal and reciprocal respect for human rights and the peaceful resolution of
differences.
When we reflect on the record of the world's governments in this twentieth
century in bringing to fruition mankind's dreams of peace, human rights,
freedom, and justice, we can only conclude that much remains to be done. Our
century has witnessed the rise of totalitarian systems, the two world wars,
mass annihilations, incessant local and regional conflicts, and systematic
violations of human rights. Mankind clearly stands in need of help in learning
to live in peace and cooperation.
This is the kind of help that the ideals and institutions of the United Nations
offer. But we must also help ourselves, and we can continue to do so by
resolving to live up to the ideals of the U.N. Charter. The United Nations today
faces a crisis of cash and credibility. The opportunity exists, during the 41st
General Assembly, for the member states to consider and adopt a program of
reforms; strengthen the U.N.'s ability to reach and help humanity, particularly
the poorest and most defenseless; and reinforce the U.N.'s mission to keep the
peace and promote human rights. If all the members of this universal organiza-
tion decide to seize the moment and turn the rhetoric of reform into reality, the
future of the United Nations will be secure.
We have a better world today because of the United Nations and its various
international organizations, such as the United Nations International Chil-
dren's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)-now celebrating its 40th anniversary of
serving the world's children through eradicating disease, lowering the rate of
infant mortality, and focusing the world's attention on children in need. We
will have a better world tomorrow the more we remain faithful to the vision
and the promise of the Charter framed in San Francisco 41 years ago.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, 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, October 24, 1986, as United
Nations Day, and I urge all Americans to acquaint themselves with the
activities and accomplishments of the United Nations. I have appointed Roger
E. Birk to serve as the United States National Chairman for the 1986 United
Nations Day and welcome the role of the United Nations Association of the
United States of America in working with him to celebrate this special day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-second day
of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-six, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and eleventh.
Ronald Reagan