PROCLAMATION 5884—OCT. 19,1988 102 STAT. 5085

Americans to join in wearing a red ribbon to symbolize a personal
commitment to a healthful, drug-free life.

To encourage all Americans to join together to stop illegal drugs, the
Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 329, has designated the week of
October 24 through October 30, 1988, as "Drug Free America Week."

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United
States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution
and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim the week of October
24 through October 30, 1988, as Drug-Free America Week, and I call
upon the people of the United States to observe this week with appro-
priate programs, 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-
eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and thirteenth.

RONALD REAGAN

Proclamation 5884 of October 19,1988
United Nations Day, 1988

By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

In 1945, the United Nations was founded to provide a framework for
international cooperation. The U.N. Charter expressed the ideal that all
member states would work together to maintain international peace
and security, foster respect for human rights, and promote economic
and social progress. Three years later, the U.N. adopted the Universal
Charter of Human Rights; and it is most fitting that on United Nations
Day, 1988, we should commemorate the 40th anniversary of that docu-
ment, whose preamble reminds us so eloquently that "recognition of
the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all mem-
bers of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and
peace in the world."

As we examine the international situation today, we find a world with
greater prospects for freedom, justice, and peace than even a year age.
Share in the credit surely goes to the United Nations for its work as a
facilitator in resolving regional conflicts.

We can all be grateful for the progress being made on U.N. reform. A
more efficient and streamlined organization can better focus on the real
problems that shatter the peace and cause human suffering in too many
regions. We can be grateful as well for the service and sacrifices of the
members of the U.N. Peacekeeping Forces, and we join in saluting them
on their new and well-deserved honor, the Nobel Peace Prize.

Tribute is also in order to the life-saving mission of the World Health
Organization (WHO), which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
In the past 4 decades, the WHO has led the fight to eradicate smallpox,
fostered vital work toward a vaccine against malaria, and worked to
reduce the tragedy of preventable childhood deaths through universal