PROCLAMATION 6190—SEPT. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 5403 Minority business men and women have always demonstrated the kind of commitment to excellence that is vital to keeping America strong and competitive. Industrious and deteraiined, these individuals have taken advantage of the opportunities available in our free enterprise system, helping to create jobs and contributing to the development of their communities. Time and again, minority entrepreneurs have demonstrated the power of individual initiative and private enterprise, reaf- firming our conviction that freedom and opportunity are the key to success for individuals and nations. During "Minority Enterprise Development Week," we recognize the outstanding achievements of the Nation's minority business men and women. The theme of this year's observance, "Quality Business Partners: America's Minority Entrepreneurs," calls due attention to the contributions that minority men and women make to our economic vitality. This week, as we salute the more than 1.5 million minority entrepreneurs in the United States, let us also renew our commitment to providing the education, training, and equality of opportunity that will enable more Americans to join them as valued partners in the economic life of our country. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE 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 the week of September 30 through October 6, 1990, as Minority Enterprise Development Week. I call upon the people of the United States to observe this week with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty- eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fifteenth. GEORGE BUSH Proclamation 6190 of September 28, 1990 Child Health Day, 1990 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation On Child Health Day, we express our resolve, as individuals, families, and as a Nation, to ensure that every American child receives the best possible start in life—beginning with quality health care throughout pregnancy for expectant mothers and extending through each child's formative years. On this occasion and, indeed, throughout the year, thousands of health care providers, government officials, and other concerned Americans work together to achieve this goal, urging pregnant women to protect the lives of their unborn children through proper nutrition and prenatal care; encoiu-aging parents to have their children immunized; and promoting education in child nutrition, safety, development, and hygiene. The 1990 World Summit for Children dramatically illustrates that the concern for child health extends worldwide. This year, our observance
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