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Monday, June 12, 2000
Volume 36--Number 23
Pages 1271-1329
Contents
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Weekly Compilation of
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Addresses and Remarks
Clinical trials--1310
Emergency supplemental appropriations legislation--1307
Germany, Conference on Progressive Governance for the 21st Century
in Berlin--1274
Japan
Departure for Tokyo--1310
Memorial service for Keizo Obuchi in Tokyo, remarks following--
1313
Patients' Bill of Rights--1310
Radio address--1273
Russia, state Duma in Moscow--1295
Ukraine
People of Ukraine in Kiev--1304
Ukraine-U.S. joint statement, signing in Kiev--1303
Communications to Congress
Belarus, letter transmitting report on normal trade relations
status--1273
China, letter transmitting report on normal trade relations status--
1273
Estate tax legislation, letter--1315
National Science Board, message transmitting report--1315
Patients' Bill of Rights, letter--1315
Vietnam, letter transmitting report on normal trade relations
status--1272
Communications to Federal Agencies
Belarus, memorandum on normal trade relations status--1272
Communications to Federal Agencies--Continued
China, memorandum on normal trade relations status--1273
Clinical trials, memorandum on increasing participation of Medicare
beneficiaries--1311
Hanford Reach National Monument, memorandum--1324
Vietnam, memorandum on normal trade relations status--1272
Interviews With the News Media
Exchanges with reporters
Air Force One--1303
Colonnade--1306
Roosevelt Room--1307
Rose Garden--1316
South Lawn--1310
Interview with Aleksei Venediktov of Ekho Moskvy Radio in Moscow--
1288
News conference with President Putin of Russia in Moscow, June 4
(No. 191)--1284
Joint Statements
Russia-U.S.
Cooperation to combat global warming--1277
Funding procedures--1283
Management and disposition of excess weapon-grade plutonium and
related cooperation--1278
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Contents--Continued
Joint Statements--Continued
Memorandum of agreement on establishment of a joint center for
early warning systems data exchange and missile launch
notifications--1280
Principles of strategic stability--1279
Privileges and immunities--1284
Meetings With Foreign Leaders
Argentina, President De La Rua--1274
Brazil, President Cardoso--1274
Chile, President Frei--1274
Germany, Chancellor Schroeder--1274
Jordan, King Abdullah II--1306
Mexico, President Zedillo--1316
Russia, President Putin--1284
Ukraine
Minister of Foreign Affairs Tarasyuk--1304
President Kuchma--1303
Prime Minister Yushchenko--1303
Proclamations
Establishment of the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument--1317
Establishment of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument--1319
Proclamations--Continued
Establishment of the Hanford Reach National Monument--1322
Establishment of the Ironwood Forest National Monument--1325
Gay and Lesbian Pride Month--1271
Statements by the President
Congressional action on the ``Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act''--1314
Entertainment and media industry's parental media guide website--
1314
Indonesia, earthquake--1309
Senate vote on the Patients' Bill of Rights--1314
Ukraine-U.S. commercial space launch agreement, termination--1304
Supplementary Materials
Acts approved by the President--1329
Checklist of White House press releases--1328
Digest of other White House announcements--1326
Nominations submitted to the Senate--1328
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Monday, June 12, 2000
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Week Ending Friday, June 9, 2000
Proclamation 7316--Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, 2000
June 2, 2000
By the President of the United States
of America
A Proclamation
Gay and lesbian Americans have made important and lasting
contributions to our Nation in every field of endeavor. Too often,
however, gays and lesbians face prejudice and discrimination; too many
have had to hide or deny their sexual orientation in order to keep their
jobs or to live safely in their communities.
In recent years, we have made some progress righting these wrongs.
Since the Stonewall uprising in New York City more than 30 years ago,
the gay and lesbian rights movement has united gays and lesbians, their
families and friends, and all those committed to justice and equality in
a crusade to outlaw discriminatory laws and practices and to protect
gays and lesbians from prejudice and persecution.
I am proud of the part that my Administration has played to achieve
these goals. Today, more openly gay and lesbian individuals serve in
senior posts throughout the Federal Government than during any other
Administration. To build on our progress, in 1998 I issued an Executive
Order to prohibit discrimination in the Federal civilian workforce based
on sexual orientation, and my Administration continues to fight for the
Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would outlaw discrimination in
the workplace based on sexual orientation.
Yet many challenges still lie before us. As we have learned from
recent tragedies, prejudice against gays and lesbians can still erupt
into acts of hatred and violence. I continue to call upon the Congress
to pass meaningful hate crimes legislation to strengthen the Department
of Justice's ability to prosecute hate crimes committed due to the
victim's sexual orientation.
With each passing year the American people become more receptive to
diversity and more open to those who are different from themselves. Our
Nation is at last realizing that gays and lesbians must no longer be
``strangers among friends,'' as the civil rights pioneer David Mixner
once noted. Rather, we must finally recognize these Americans for what
they are: our colleagues and neighbors, daughters and sons, sisters and
brothers, friends and partners.
This June, recognizing the joys and sorrows that the gay and lesbian
movement has witnessed and the work that remains to be done, we observe
Gay and Lesbian Pride Month and celebrate the progress we have made in
creating a society more inclusive and accepting of gays and lesbians. I
hope that in this new millennium we will continue to break down the
walls of fear and prejudice and work to build a bridge to understanding
and tolerance, until gays and lesbians are afforded the same rights and
responsibilities as all Americans.
Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, 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 June 2000
as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month. I encourage all Americans to observe
this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that
celebrate our diversity and recognize the gay and lesbian Americans
whose many and varied contributions have enriched our national life.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of
June, in the year of our Lord two thousand, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-fourth.
William J. Clinton
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[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:25 a.m., June 5,
2000]
Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on June 6.
This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate
issue.
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Week Ending Friday, June 9, 2000
Memorandum on Normal Trade Relations Status for Vietnam
June 2, 2000
Presidential Determination No. 2000-21
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Subject: Determination Under Subsection 402(d)(1) of the Trade Act of
1974, as Amended: Continuation of Waiver Authority for Vietnam
Pursuant to subsection 402(d)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (the ``Act''), 19 U.S.C. 2432(d)(1), I determine that the
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