The Convention, adopted on November 14, 1970, by a vote of 77 to 1 with 8 abstentions at the Sixteenth General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is a significant effort at multilateral cooperation to help preserve the cultural resources of mankind.
Message to the Senate Transmitting Convention on the Illicit Movement of Cultural Property.
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I do hereby proclaim October 29, 1974, as National Student Government Day.
This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.
In keeping Federal spending under control, we do not intend, of course, to single out only farm or environmental programs.
To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.
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