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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!

# 300:

9:33 am PDT, May 11, Dana Bell, New Mexico

# 299:

9:33 am PDT, May 11, Debora Kerbow, Colorado
I suggest you read "Peace is the Way" by Deepak Chopra, an excellent award winning book outlining exactly how to put an end to war. Should be a "must read" for everyone!

# 298:

9:33 am PDT, May 11, Richie Unterberger, California

# 297:

9:33 am PDT, May 11, Kathy Losonczy, Maryland

# 296:

9:33 am PDT, May 11, Larry Lewin, Washington

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9:33 am PDT, May 11, Susan Roper, Arizona

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9:33 am PDT, May 11, Timothy O'Connell, Virginia

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9:32 am PDT, May 11, Angela Paschall, Oregon

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9:32 am PDT, May 11, Thomas Hooppaw, Illinois

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9:32 am PDT, May 11, Jennifer Meyers, Illinois

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9:32 am PDT, May 11, Marjorie Moss, California
We are (were until Bush) an honorable nation. We keep our commitments!

# 289:

9:32 am PDT, May 11, William Sharfman, New York

# 288:

9:32 am PDT, May 11, Howard Stein, Illinois

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9:32 am PDT, May 11, Sharron Woodman, California

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9:32 am PDT, May 11, Kerby Miller, Missouri

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9:32 am PDT, May 11, Joel B. Marx, California

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9:32 am PDT, May 11, Barbara Washington, Illinois

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9:32 am PDT, May 11, Name not displayed, Texas
As we all know war is costly, but on the lives of our troops you cannot put a price. Let's bring them home and let us honor the UN with payment and let them work on the 'peace' issues. There are so many issues just in our Nation alone at this time, we cannot afford to ignore or overlook them, we need to work at resolving those issues before we try to interfere with other nations unrestfulness and their political issues. We need to turn our way of thinking around and we need to quit making war profitable and maybe, just maybe some day other nations will follow suit. We can at least make the first step.

# 282:

9:32 am PDT, May 11, Patricia Ronan, New York

# 281:

9:32 am PDT, May 11, Alan Green, Tennessee

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, Liz Tzinberg, Florida

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, William White, Utah

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, Sukaina Hussain, Illinois

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, Sara Ewen, Idaho
PROMOTE PEACE!!!

# 276:

9:31 am PDT, May 11, Charles Gillard, Colorado
Our current government doesn't repect the UN but I do and I expect better from our government. We should honor our commitments to the UN and particularly peace keeping, genocide, and global heath initiatives.

# 275:

9:31 am PDT, May 11, Michael Logan, California

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, Frank Dellen, Pennsylvania

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, C. Romanelli, Illinois

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, Nancy Largent, New York

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, Karen Siesing, New Jersey

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, Diana Klein, Texas

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, Ruth Vitale, California

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, SHELLY HUBBARD, Indiana

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, LISA OBRIEN, Florida
PEACE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

# 266:

9:31 am PDT, May 11, Kathy Penn, Maryland

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, Judy Matijevic, Wisconsin

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, Mary Bowie, Arizona

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, Leia C, New Jersey

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9:31 am PDT, May 11, John Levy, California

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9:30 am PDT, May 11, Sarah Smithies, New Mexico

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9:30 am PDT, May 11, Erica L. Mowen, North Carolina

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9:30 am PDT, May 11, George Hatley, California

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9:30 am PDT, May 11, Deacon John P. Orlandello, New York

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9:30 am PDT, May 11, Bob Beaudry, Hawaii

# 256:

9:30 am PDT, May 11, Siamak Vossoughi, California

# 255:

9:30 am PDT, May 11, Laurence Victor, Arizona
Why are you afraid of peace?

# 254:

9:30 am PDT, May 11, John Saecker, Minnesota

# 253:

9:30 am PDT, May 11, Hyla Stockbridge, Colorado

# 252:

9:30 am PDT, May 11, Sonia Ness, Illinois

# 251:

9:30 am PDT, May 11, Ted Williams, Texas

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