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 PROCLAMATION 6052—OCT. 19, 1989 103 STAT. 3137 In recognition of the value of our forests, the Congress, by Public Law 86-753 (36 U.S.C. 163), has designated the week beginning on the third Sunday in October of each year as "National Forest Products Week" and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this week. \. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE BUSH, President of the United States, of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning October 15, 1989, as National Forest Products Week and call upon all Americans to ob- serve that week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty- nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fourteenth. GEORGE BUSH Proclamation 6052 of October 19, 1989 United Nations Day, 1989 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Each year. United Nations Day provides us the opportunity to reaffirm the principles upon which the United Nations was founded in 1945. Those principles are eloquently expressed in the preamble to the Uni- versal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948. In that historic docu- ment, the peoples of the United Nations agreed that "recognition of the inherent dignity of the equal and imalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world." The ongoing efforts of the United States and other members of the United Nations are rooted in the conviction that human rights should be protected by the rule of law. Today, mankind is filled with hope, for the prospects for peace have improved greatly in regions where it seemed impossible just a few years ago. Throughout the world, we are witnessing the trimnph of freedom and democratic ideals over regimes maintained by intimida- tion and force. The United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have contributed much to this progress, both symboUcal- ly and practically. The effectiveness and credibility of the organization have been en- hanced by a continuing series of internal reforms, and the United Na- tions plays an important role in promoting constructive dialogue and the peaceful resolution of differences between nations. It has helped advance or implement the settlement of a number of regional conflicts, and it has helped promote the economic and political development of countries beset by strife and poverty. The United Nations has also begun to offer leadership in the tight against drugfrafficking,as well as in efforts to protect the global environment.

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