THIS IS THE FULL GREAT NEWS I RECEIVED TODAY MARCH 06,2014:
Kelly,
Great news: Nearly 20,000 supporters like you asked President Obama to request more funding for UN Peacekeeping in his FY'15 budget – and he listened!
That's right, in his presidential budget request to Congress released this week, President Obama included over $2.5 billion for U.S. dues towards peacekeeping – a figure that would make real progress on getting the U.S. out of the red at the UN and back in good standing with our allies and international partners.
This was especially critical given that we had quite a lot of ground to make up after Congress slashed funding for peacekeeping by 12 percent this year – and provided ZERO funding for the UN mission in Mali.
Let's show President Obama just how many Americans are standing with him in supporting UN peacekeepers: Send a quick thank you note today.
In his budget request to Congress, President Obama not only asked for funding for the mission in Mali, which the U.S. pushed for in the UN Security Council, but also accounted for a potential new peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic – where the threat of a full-blown genocide grows more real every day. And with a crisis also brewing in South Sudan, the value of peacekeepers couldn't be clearer.
The price tag may sound like a lot, but consider this: Sending UN peacekeepers to fulfill these dangerous missions – the missions we've asked for – is one-eighth the cost of the U.S. going it alone.
That's why I'm so pleased that President Obama has shown he's committed to the U.S. holding up its end of the bargain.
If you are, too, send him a quick note today to say thank you for requesting greater funding for UN peacekeeping.
We have more work to do to get us fully paid up at the UN, but this budget is a good start.
Thanks so much,
Peter
Peter Yeo
Executive Director
Better World Campaign
P.S. As the next budget fight now moves to Congress, let's make it clear Americans agree with President Obama that the U.S. can't stand on the sidelines when it comes to making the world a safer place.
