We must not allow great power rivalries to destroy our hopes for an Africa at peace.

The American people have a longstanding but growing interest in the continent of Africa—its history, its cultural richness, its increasingly developed economic potential.

It is a personal privilege for me to begin this first state visit of a President of the United States to the sub-Saharan region of Africa.

I'm proud and deeply moved to be the first American President to make an official visit to your country.

We share with you a desire to see all the people of Africa at peace with each other, preserving their diversity and their national character, living in mutual respect, and enjoying the fruits of development and of democracy.

Sun Day will be proclaimed on May 3, 1978.

SAUL SILVERMAN, of Pennsylvania, to be Assayer of the United States Assay Office at New York, New York, vice Allan Stephen Ryan, deceased.

DONALD CYRIL LUBICK, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Laurence N. Woodworth, deceased.

ROBERT L. YOST, of California, a Foreign Service officer of Class one, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Dominican Republic.

ANITA M. MILLER, of California, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring December 10, 1983, vice Jonathan Moore, term expired.

GEORGE S. BENTON, of Maryland, to be Associate Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, vice John W. Townsend, Jr., resigned.

The world needs, the world expects, and the world will benefit from your creativity, your energy, and your success.

President Carter emphasized his Administration's commitment to freer trade.

The visit testifies to the desire of both Presidents to increase their mutual understanding and build on the broad areas of agreement that exist between the two Governments.

We share a common hope for peace.

One of the greatest honors of my life is to meet with others who share with us in the United States a common background, a common commitment to the common future.

Political liberty and economic progress need not be conflicting ideals, but can strengthen one another.

They agreed that it is essential that the conference reach agreements which are just and fair for all countries.