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The original documents are located in Box 36, folder "Pan American Day and Pan
American Week" of the William J. Baroody Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential
Library.
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Digitized from Box 36 of the William J. Baroody Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE UNITED THE OF
Pan American Day and
Pan American Week
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Each year, we and other members of the Organization of American
States celebrate our shared origins and the close ties that continue to
flourish among us. To do this, we commemorate a significant event in
the diplomatic history of the Western Hemisphere-the founding, late
in the last century, of the International Union of the American Republics.
This year marks the 85th anniversary of the establishment of that first
inter-governmental regional organization and forerunner of the Orga-
nization of American States.
From its earliest days, the organization has taken for its two major
objectives the maintenance of peace and the promotion of economic,
social and cultural development in the Americas. The strength and
longevity of inter-American cooperation in furtherance of these goals
derives from its tested ability to evolve and reconstitute itself to meet new
realities and new challenges over the years.
In the Americas, we have come to recognize the fresh challenge
presented by a new interdependence, which is global as well as hemi-
spheric, linking developed with less developed countries both in and
beyond the hemisphere. We sense the opportunity for effective inter-
American cooperation to advance our traditional goals of peace and
progress for our hemisphere while strengthening the global cooperation
decreed by our world.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim Monday, April 14, 1975,
as Pan American Day, and the week beginning April 13, 1975, as Pan
American Week, and I call upon the Governors of the fifty states, the
Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and appropriate officials
of all other areas under the flag of the United States to issue similar
Proclamations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh
day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and
of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred
ninety-ninth.
Gerall R. Ford
UNITED PRES SHELL STATES NO
SEAL
Pan American Day and
Pan American Week
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Each year, we and other members of the Organization of American
States celebrate our shared origins and the close ties that continue to
flourish among us. To do this, we commemorate a significant event in
the diplomatic history of the Western Hemisphere-the founding, late
in the last century, of the International Union of the American Republics.
This year marks the 85th anniversary of the establishment of that first
inter-governmental regional organization and forerunner of the Orga-
nization of American States.
From its earliest days, the organization has taken for its two major
objectives the maintenance of peace and the promotion of economic,
social and cultural development in the Americas. The strength and
longevity of inter-American cooperation in furtherance of these goals
derives from its tested ability to evolve and reconstitute itself to meet new
realities and new challenges over the years.
In the Americas, we have come to recognize the fresh challenge
presented by a new interdependence, which is global as well as hemi-
spheric, linking developed with less developed countries both in and
beyond the hemisphere. We sense the opportunity for effective inter-
American cooperation to advance our traditional goals of peace and
progress for our hemisphere while strengthening the global cooperation
decreed by our world.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim Monday, April 14, 1975,
as Pan American Day, and the week beginning April 13, 1975, as Pan
American Week, and I call upon the Governors of the fifty states, the
Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and appropriate officials
of all other areas under the flag of the United States to issue similar
Proclamations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh
day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and
of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred
ninety-ninth.
Gerall R. Ford
THE OF STATES THE VINITED
SEA
Pan American Day and Pan
American Week, 1976
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Eighty-six years ago the International Union of the American Republics, the
predecessor of today's Organization of American States, was founded. During the long
history of this distinguished international body-the oldest of the world's regional
organizations-it has made important contributions to the preservation of peace and
the promotion of social and economic welfare in our hemisphere. The purposes of the
OAS remain the same, but conditions in the world are changing and new adaptations
are required. Last year the nations of the hemisphere agreed on an updating and
strengthening of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance. The United
States strongly supports the common effort presently underway to modernize and
revitalize the Organization of American States, the key organ of the Inter-American
System. We hope this important effort will be crowned by success and that it will con-
tinue to serve as an example of international cooperation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, April 14, 1976, as Pan American Day,
and the week beginning April 11 and ending April 17 as Pan American Week, and I
call upon the Governors of the fifty States, the Governor of the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and appropriate officials of all other areas under the flag of the United
States to issue similar proclamations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of
April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-six, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the two hundredth.
Gerald R. Ford
THE UNITED OF
Pan American Day and Pan
American Week, 1976
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Eighty-six years ago the International Union of the American Republics, the
predecessor of today's Organization of American States, was founded. During the long
history of this distinguished international body-the oldest of the world's regional
organizations-it has made important contributions to the preservation of peace and
the promotion of social and economic welfare in our hemisphere. The purposes of the
OAS remain the same, but conditions in the world are changing and new adaptations
are required. Last year the nations of the hemisphere agreed on an updating and
strengthening of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance. The United
States strongly supports the common effort presently underway to modernize and
revitalize the Organization of American States, the key organ of the Inter-American
System. We hope this important effort will be crowned by success and that it will con-
tinue to serve as an example of international cooperation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, April 14, 1976, as Pan American Day,
and the week beginning April 11 and ending April 17 as Pan American Week, and I
call upon the Governors of the fifty States, the Governor of the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and appropriate officials of all other areas under the flag of the United
States to issue similar proclamations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of
April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-six, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the two hundredth.
Gerald R. Ford