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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release June 8, 1993
STATEMENT OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
President Clinton designated Mayor Ray Flynn as Ambassador
to the Holy See because he has the highest respect for the
Mayor's ability as a powerful advocate on issues of conscience
and social and economic justice throughout the world. The
President has enormous admiration for Mayor Flynn's abilities and
has the highest confidence that he will be a powerful and
persuasive proponent of America's commitment to human rights and
human dignity.
The international community is rallying to address famine in
Africa, the ravages of war in the Balkans, and the scourge of
poverty and AIDs and enduring abuses of human rights throughout
the world. The Vatican, with its moral authority and its network
of humanitarian organizations, is a crucial player in
international efforts for peace and justice. The U.S. Ambassador
to the Holy See has an important role to play.
The President has made the promotion of human rights and
human dignity a cornerstone of our foreign policy. The President
fully expects Ray Flynn to bring the ingenuity and vigor and
determination he has brought to the crusade against hunger and
poverty in the United States to his mission to the Vatican.
President Clinton has designated a close friend and a
national figure in social justice as Ambassador to the Holy See
to signal America's commitment to work closely with the Vatican
and with others around the world to these issues.
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