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Tell Congress: Honor our Commitments to UN Peacekeeping!

Sponsored by: Better World Campaign

Global spending on war is staggering, but UN peacekeeping is helping to maintain peace, foster reconciliation, promote democracy, and build the foundation for long-term stability in 18 missions around the world.

UN peacekeeping shares the burden of maintaining international peace and security for a fraction of what it would cost the U.S. to do so, while keeping American troops out of harm's way.

But the United States is failing to pay its fair share of UN peacekeeping even though we vote for every mission! The President's budget request this year shortchanges UN peacekeeping by $500 million.

Considering the U.S. has already accumulated $500 million in prior unpaid bills to UN peacekeeping alone, the United States could owe more than $1 billion to the United Nations by the end of 2007 a small fraction of the $168 BILLION that will be spent on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year!

Sign the petition below telling Congress to honor its commitments to UN peacekeeping. Peace. It's cheaper than war.

deadline: 5-6-2008
goal: 30,000

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Dear Members of Congress,

War and hostility are far too prevalent in today's world, exacting a huge economic, moral, and human cost. In contrast, the price of peace is a fraction of the cost of war. I strongly support UN peacekeeping as a fair and effective means of sharing the burdens for international security and stability. No nation should have to bear every burden, pay every bill, or take every risk; I urge you to act now to fully fund our promised contributions to the UN.

Today, the UN oversees a record 18 peacekeeping missions around the world, including in some of the world's most dangerous places, such as Sudan, Lebanon, Congo, and Haiti, all of which are critical to our national and international security, and the U.S. votes to approve.

The UN's lifesaving peace missions are in jeopardy because donor countries are not living up to their commitments to support UN peacekeeping, particularly the U.S. Growing shortfalls in U.S. contributions, policy restrictions, and long-standing unpaid bills threaten to put the United States more than $1 billion behind in peacekeeping obligations. Shortchanging UN peacekeeping has real impacts, forcing the UN to cobble together the necessary means for deployment and discouraging other countries from contributing their fair share of resources.

I urge you to take a leading role in fulfilling U.S. commitments to UN peacekeeping by increasing funding to the Contributions to International Peacekeeping Activities (CIPA) account by $500 million in the fiscal year 2008 appropriation process. The U.S. should also take steps to pay off prior U.S. arrears. Investing in peace serves our country better than paying for the soaring costs of war.

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We signed the “Tell Congress: Honor our Commitments to UN Peacekeeping!” petition!

# 50:

7:26 am PDT, May 10, Liza Kovac, Canada
Honor your commitments to UN peacekeeping.

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7:08 am PDT, May 10, Ms Zentura, Wyoming

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5:49 am PDT, May 10, Lucie Vinals, France

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4:16 am PDT, May 10, Dusty Washburn, Florida

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3:30 am PDT, May 10, C.C. Schenk, North Carolina

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2:37 am PDT, May 10, Jess Child, United Kingdom

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2:36 am PDT, May 10, Erika Stone, Virginia

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2:13 am PDT, May 10, Donna Marshall, Georgia

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1:54 am PDT, May 10, Anna Asbury, Kentucky

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1:51 am PDT, May 10, Steve Klein, Virginia

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12:28 am PDT, May 10, Jandi D., California

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12:06 am PDT, May 10, Tina Florell, Sweden

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11:34 pm PDT, May 9, Jason Bowman, California

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11:11 pm PDT, May 9, Autumn Silvermoon, Illinois

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10:38 pm PDT, May 9, Larry DeBaptiste, California
We must be an example by way of showing our integrity

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10:19 pm PDT, May 9, Debra Brown, Pennsylvania

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10:19 pm PDT, May 9, Alana Ayriss, Oregon

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9:49 pm PDT, May 9, Paul Uecker, Minnesota

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9:41 pm PDT, May 9, Hazel Chase, Illinois

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9:39 pm PDT, May 9, Katherine Schwirzinski, Ohio

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9:31 pm PDT, May 9, Stephanie Huhmann, Kansas

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9:04 pm PDT, May 9, AJ Redford, Kansas

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8:30 pm PDT, May 9, Sharon Dickenson, Kentucky

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8:28 pm PDT, May 9, Name not displayed, California

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8:26 pm PDT, May 9, Terry O'Neal, Virginia

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8:03 pm PDT, May 9, Scarlett Porter, Alabama
"All we are saying, is give peace a chance" ~John Lennon~

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7:53 pm PDT, May 9, Anita Lee, North Carolina

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7:49 pm PDT, May 9, Kristi Knotts, California

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7:44 pm PDT, May 9, Rachel K, Brunei Darussalam

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7:18 pm PDT, May 9, David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania

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6:11 pm PDT, May 9, Lawrence Smith, BA, Georgia
Jesus said it best: "For I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was thirsty and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me. Then they also will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' Then will he answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me." (Matthew 25:42-45) Contained within every evil(greedy profiteering republican) act are the seeds of its own destruction. Adhere to the teachings of Jesus, as contained in The Urantia Book, or else suffer the consequences. It IS that simple. TRUTH has been spoken to power, Peace will prevail. Buck Fush! SUPPORT EDUCATION, GLOBAL PEACE AND ECONOMIC STABILITY, AS WELL AS ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY... IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY NOW!

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5:56 pm PDT, May 9, Susan Diem, Florida
Priorities must be maintained and paid for: peace... or war?

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5:08 pm PDT, May 9, Karen Ehrlich, New York

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5:00 pm PDT, May 9, Aiz T, Canada

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3:21 pm PDT, May 9, Michele Long, Kentucky

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3:07 pm PDT, May 9, Sue Harrington, California

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2:26 pm PDT, May 9, Zahra Pilavdzic, California

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1:34 pm PDT, May 9, Thomas Pirovano, Switzerland
Help the UN!

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1:33 pm PDT, May 9, Judy Bent, New York

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1:22 pm PDT, May 9, Name not displayed, Wisconsin

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12:15 pm PDT, May 9, Melissa Bardwell, Washington

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11:44 am PDT, May 9, Franziska Eber, Germany

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11:32 am PDT, May 9, Christine Eret, California

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11:25 am PDT, May 9, Rhonda Fazenbaker, North Carolina

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11:18 am PDT, May 9, Marcia Levan, Indiana

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6:18 am PDT, May 9, Nicole Sawran, Washington D.C.

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12:48 pm PDT, May 8, Mary Votava, Washington D.C.

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