Presidential Document2024-25106
United Nations Day, 2024
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October 28, 2024
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October 23, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 85421-85422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25106]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 208 / Monday, October 28, 2024 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10844 of October 23, 2024
United Nations Day, 2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Nearly 80 years ago, our forebearers gathered for the
first United Nations General Assembly. With the horrors
of World War II weighing on their hearts and the hopes
of humanity resting on their shoulders, they opened the
General Assembly by declaring, ``The whole world now
waits upon our decisions . . . looking to us to show
ourselves capable of mastering our problems.'' Today,
we reflect on the history of this storied institution.
And together, we recommit to sustaining and
strengthening it to master the challenges of our time.
Under my Administration, the United States has been a
leader at the United Nations--rallying global action to
advance democratic values, safeguard human rights, and
address the issues our world faces. That includes
standing against Russia's brutal aggression against
Ukraine and Hamas' despicable terrorist attack on
Israel. At the United Nations, we have been working to
secure a ceasefire in Gaza, with the release of
hostages, and we have been pushing to expand
humanitarian access and assistance. The United States
has also played a key role in helping bring security to
the people of Haiti and addressing the conflict and
dire humanitarian situation in Sudan, where millions
are displaced and facing famine.
But we know people need more than the absence of war.
They need the chance to live with dignity. They need to
be protected from the ravages of climate change,
hunger, and disease. That is why my Administration has
invested over $150 billion to accelerate progress on
the Sustainable Development Goals, including ending
poverty, eliminating hunger, promoting health and well-
being, and promoting gender equality. We also forged a
historic consensus on the first-ever General Assembly
Resolution on Artificial Intelligence to help people
everywhere seize the potential--and minimize the
risks--of this technology.
As we look ahead, countries need to work together to
continue reforming the United Nations to be more
effective. The United States will keep pushing for a
stronger, more inclusive United Nations, including a
reformed and expanded United Nations Security Council.
And the Security Council, like the United Nations
itself, needs to focus on making peace, brokering deals
to end wars and suffering, stopping the spread of the
most dangerous weapons, and stabilizing troubled
regions.
Finally, the United Nations' work is carried out by
brave and committed United Nations humanitarian
workers, development professionals, peacekeepers, and
members of special political missions. And every day,
they risk their own lives to save the lives of others,
undertaking often dangerous work. Like nations around
the world, the United States honors their sacrifices
and those of their families.
Today and every day, let us remember that the forces
holding us together are stronger than those pulling us
apart. Let us continue to work together to unleash the
power of humanity and give people the opportunity to
live freely, think freely, breathe freely, and love
freely. And in the face of difficult challenges, let us
prove that we are capable of building a better world
together.
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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,
2024, 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-third day of October, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
ninth.
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