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Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 2007
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 5, 2007

Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 2007
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

˙˙White House News
˙˙En Espa_


Each year on Pan American Day and during Pan American Week, we underscore
our commitment to supporting the citizens in the Pan American community,
strengthening democracy in the Western Hemisphere, and advancing the cause
of peace worldwide.

In 1890, the International Union of American Republics was established to
promote cooperation among the Americas. Today, the United States and our
neighbors in the Western Hemisphere are a community linked by common
values, shared interests, and the close bonds of family and friendship. As
the expansion of freedom continues in our region, the democratic nations of
the Western Hemisphere are working together to build a safer and more
prosperous society and to ensure that all the people of the Americas have
the opportunity to achieve their dreams.

My Administration is working to advance the cause of social justice in the
Pan American region, and we are committed to supporting our neighbors'
efforts to meet the needs of their citizens. In 2004, we created the
Millennium Challenge Corporation to provide increased aid to nations that
govern justly, invest in the education and health of their people, and
promote economic freedom. We are working with the citizens of the Pan
American community to expand economic opportunity through debt relief and
to encourage reforms through such mechanisms as the North America Free
Trade Agreement, the Chile Free Trade Agreement, and the Dominican
Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement. These
agreements facilitate the flow of trade and help establish market
economies. We have also recently notified the Congress of our intention to
enter into a free trade agreement with Panama and signed free trade
agreements with Peru and Colombia. These agreements will generate export
opportunities for the United States and benefit the people of Panama, Peru,
and Colombia by providing economic opportunity and helping to strengthen
democratic institutions. By working with our democratic neighbors to build
strong and vibrant economies, we are helping the citizens of the Western
Hemisphere realize the promise of a free and just society.

The ties between the democratic nations of the Western Hemisphere are deep
and lasting, and together we can continue our great strides toward freedom
and prosperity for people everywhere.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, 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 April 14, 2007, as Pan
American Day and April 8 through April 14, 2007, as Pan American Week. I
urge the Governors of the 50 States, the Governor of the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and the officials of other areas under the flag of the United
States of America to honor these observances with appropriate ceremonies
and activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of April, in
the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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