Belavezha Accords Belavezha Accords The Belavezha Accords (, , ) is the agreement that declared the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as effectively ceasing to exist and established the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in its place as an successor entity. It was signed at the state dacha near Viskuli in Belovezhskaya Pushcha on December 8, 1991, by the leaders of three of the four republics-signatories of the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR — Russian President Boris Yeltsin and First Deputy Prime Minister of RSFSR/Russian Federation Gennady Burbulis, Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk and Prime Minister of Ukraine Vitold Fokin, Belarusian
Second inauguration of Bill Clinton Miller Williams, a poet from Clinton's home state of Arkansas, penned the poem "Of History and Hope" especially for the day. Second inauguration of Bill Clinton The second inauguration of Bill Clinton as President of the United States was held on Monday, January 20, 1997 on the West Front of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.. The inauguration marked the commencement of the second four-year term of Bill Clinton as President and Al Gore as Vice President. This was the last presidential inauguration to take place in the 20th century, and the first to be streamed live on