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Ask President Bush to Commit to UN Development Goals

Target: President George W. Bush
Sponsored by: Oxfam America

It's rare that the nations of the world agree. But certain crises are so desperate and cause such human suffering that the global community can rise above all other conflicts and work together. Global poverty is a crisis that we truly have the ability to end.

Millennium Development Goals:
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a Global Partnership for Development
All 191 member countries of the United Nations have pledged to meet a set of eight development goals, called the Millennium Development Goals, by the year 2015 - and we need your signature today to keep the world on track.

How can you help? Sign this petition - the ONE Declaration - and urge President Bush to pledge one percent of the U.S. federal budget to help the world achieve these far-reaching but critical development goals.

Here's what's at stake: Every week, 27,000 people die from lack of clean water; 60,000 people die from AIDS; and 204,000 children die from hunger, AIDS, and other preventable causes - that's one child every three seconds. More than 1.5 million Americans have already signed the ONE Declaration to make poverty history - please add your voice today!
deadline: 8-17-2006
goal: 20,000
 
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Dear President Bush:

WE BELIEVE that in the best American tradition of helping others help themselves, now is the time to join with other countries in a historic pact for compassion and justice to help the poorest people of the world overcome AIDS and extreme poverty.

WE RECOGNIZE that a pact including such measures as fair trade, debt relief, fighting corruption and directing additional resources for basic needs – education, health, clean water, food, and care for orphans – would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the poorest countries, at a cost equal to just one percent more of the US budget.

WE COMMIT ourselves - one person, one voice, one vote at a time - to make a better, safer world for all.

Sincerely,

[your name]
We signed the “Ask President Bush to Commit to UN Development Goals” petition!
# 50:
10:53 am PDT, Aug 26, John Keiser, New York
# 49:
10:53 am PDT, Aug 26, Carol Lee Myers, Pennsylvania
# 48:
10:52 am PDT, Aug 26, Tina Littleman, Arizona
No human being, regardless of where they come from should be subjected to hunger. Being from an affluent country, we have a responsibility and obligation in helping those in need. Instead of being in Iraq fighting for a people who don't appreciate our efforts, we should be sending our troops to countries distributing food and supplies. The USA should have the reputation throughout the world as guardians and helpers of those in need. Not a country to so quickly send arms into a foreign land with the stance to take over their government. How did our priorities get so screwed up?
# 47:
10:52 am PDT, Aug 26, Glen Zorn, Washington
# 46:
10:52 am PDT, Aug 26, Susan Murphy, Florida
# 45:
10:52 am PDT, Aug 26, Pat Gorzny, Illinois
# 44:
10:52 am PDT, Aug 26, Sandy Fowler, West Virginia
Is there really any good reason not to stop hunger? This should be our top priority along with freedom.
# 43:
10:52 am PDT, Aug 26, Katherine J. Paul, Maine
# 42:
10:51 am PDT, Aug 26, Samar Makhlouf, Washington
# 41:
10:51 am PDT, Aug 26, Erin Oconnor, Florida
# 40:
10:51 am PDT, Aug 26, Jeffrey Sherman, California
# 39:
10:51 am PDT, Aug 26, Bekke Robb, Utah
# 38:
10:51 am PDT, Aug 26, Dick Marin, Colorado
If ever there was a need for the RICH Nations of the world to help, "THIS IS IT"!
# 37:
10:51 am PDT, Aug 26, Nancy Lilienthal, California
# 36:
10:51 am PDT, Aug 26, Emily Leibowitz, New York
something needs to be done peoples lives are at stake
# 35:
10:50 am PDT, Aug 26, Mary Anne Chisholm, Nebraska
# 34:
10:50 am PDT, Aug 26, Melissa Bishop , New York
# 33:
10:50 am PDT, Aug 26, Evan Albright, California
# 32:
10:50 am PDT, Aug 26, George Schaefer, Arkansas
# 31:
10:50 am PDT, Aug 26, Linda Gazzola, New York
Global poverty is a crisis that we truly have the ability to end. Please help make this happen.
# 30:
10:50 am PDT, Aug 26, Karen Sheppard, Vermont
# 29:
10:50 am PDT, Aug 26, Alison Peterson, Kansas
# 28:
10:50 am PDT, Aug 26, Joseph Mayer, California
# 27:
10:50 am PDT, Aug 26, Connie Colina, Texas
# 26:
10:50 am PDT, Aug 26, Mary J Saunders, Maine
# 25:
10:49 am PDT, Aug 26, Jennifer D. Becker, Oregon
# 24:
10:49 am PDT, Aug 26, Leslie Gunn, California
# 23:
10:49 am PDT, Aug 26, Amy White, North Carolina
# 22:
10:49 am PDT, Aug 26, Ray Moseley, California
# 21:
10:49 am PDT, Aug 26, John Hinds, Kansas
# 20:
10:49 am PDT, Aug 26, Chad Halsey, Michigan
# 19:
10:49 am PDT, Aug 26, Trent Curtis, Pennsylvania
# 18:
10:48 am PDT, Aug 26, Christy Hutto, Kansas
# 17:
10:48 am PDT, Aug 26, Barbara Wright, Maryland
# 16:
10:47 am PDT, Aug 26, Name not displayed, California
Every moment we delay is another life lost.
# 15:
10:47 am PDT, Aug 26, Myrna Ulrich, Wisconsin
# 14:
10:46 am PDT, Aug 26, Peggy Krainman, California
# 13:
10:46 am PDT, Aug 26, Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 12:
10:46 am PDT, Aug 26, Anna Marie Carter, New Jersey
# 11:
10:44 am PDT, Aug 26, Sharon Dupree, Massachusetts
# 10:
10:44 am PDT, Aug 26, Rich Weldgen, New York
# 9:
10:44 am PDT, Aug 26, David Bursky, Pennsylvania
# 8:
10:44 am PDT, Aug 26, Dan Magee, Georgia
# 7:
10:44 am PDT, Aug 26, Candace Pinaud, Michigan
# 6:
10:43 am PDT, Aug 26, Eleanor Dempsey, Washington
Why do the "have's" ignore the "have nots"? Poverty is a problem both at home and globally and needs to be not only addressed but something done about it before more people die.
# 5:
10:43 am PDT, Aug 26, Pamela Stern, New York
# 4:
10:41 am PDT, Aug 26, Mary Fletcher, New Mexico
There is only ONE QUESTION--- Would YOU like to go to bed hungry tonight?????
# 3:
10:39 am PDT, Aug 26, Scott Swanson, Texas
Global poverty is a crisis that can be eradicated.
# 2:
10:37 am PDT, Aug 26, Victoria Powers, Washington
# 1:
10:37 am PDT, Aug 26, Donna Preli, Connecticut
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