Presidential Document2022-23432
United Nations Day, 2022
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October 26, 2022
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October 21, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 26, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 64683-64684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23432]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 206 / Wednesday, October 26, 2022 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10481 of October 21, 2022
United Nations Day, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On United Nations Day, we celebrate this institution
and its enduring commitment to advancing peace,
protecting human rights, and promoting comity between
nations and among the broader international community.
Since its founding, the United Nations has shown that
countries with different histories yet shared purpose
can join together to bend the arc of history toward a
freer and more just world.
In the past year, United Nations member states have
faced daunting challenges: growing food insecurity; the
persistent challenge of COVID-19 alongside additional
infectious disease outbreaks; inflation; and record
heat, floods, and droughts--all of which have
threatened lives and livelihoods. In addition, the
consequences of Russia's brazen war and attempts to
annex Ukrainian territory in violation of international
law have reverberated across the globe--not only
exacerbating food and refugee crises but also
imperiling the very foundation of a stable
international rules-based order, for which the United
Nations Charter is the cornerstone.
In the face of great upheaval, the United Nations has a
critical role to play--defending the Charter,
championing human rights, advancing sustainable
development, and holding accountable those who violate
international law. When Russia invaded Ukraine in
February, an overwhelming majority of United Nation
member states sent a resounding message unequivocally
condemning the war and Russia's policies of fear and
coercion. Today, the United Nations and countries
around the world are providing life-saving aid to the
Ukrainian people, supporting refugees, responding to
health emergencies, and affirming Ukraine's right to
sovereignty and territorial integrity--core principles
of the United Nations Charter. Likewise, the United
Nations is playing an essential part in our common
effort to address the global challenges of the twenty-
first century, including tackling the climate crisis,
strengthening global health security and pandemic
preparedness and response, advancing human rights and
gender equality, and feeding the world.
The United States is determined to continue
strengthening its relationships with United Nations
member states as we advance an era of relentless
diplomacy across the world. We will help developing
countries reach their climate goals and make a just
transition to clean energy, including by mobilizing
funding. We will lead the way in bolstering the global
health security architecture by partnering with
countries to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious
disease threats; strengthening and reforming the World
Health Organization; and marshalling resources to
support the historic new Financial Intermediary Fund
for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response at
the World Bank.
As the largest financial contributor to the United
Nations, the United States is investing in this
institution to advance the cause of freedom, equality,
opportunity, and dignity everywhere. At the same time,
we are committed to strengthening the United Nations
internally. Efforts such as structural reforms to make
the United Nations more inclusive, effective, and
responsive to the needs of all member states, such as
by increasing the number of both permanent and non-
permanent representatives on the Security Council.
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This includes permanent seats for those nations we have
long supported and permanent seats for countries in
Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.
For almost 80 years, the United Nations has brought
member states together to build a better world. Just as
the need for this institution was plain in the
aftermath of World War II and the atrocities of the
Holocaust, its power to stand for liberty over
authoritarianism, sovereignty over imperialism, and
peace over war remains as vital today. The United
Nations reminds us that, as President Truman said, when
countries can state their differences, face them, and
find common ground, we can author a new era of peace,
progress, and hope for all people everywhere.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 24,
2022, as United Nations Day. I urge the Governors of
the United States and its Territories, and the
officials of all other areas under the flag of the
United States, to observe United Nations Day with
appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
seventh.
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