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Tell Congress: Honor our Commitments to UN Peacekeeping!
Sponsored by: Better World CampaignGlobal 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.
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!
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We signed the “Tell Congress: Honor our Commitments to UN Peacekeeping!” petition!
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It's cheaper to keep the peace. Better to SAVE LIVES -- PEOPLE COUNT! all PEOPLE!!!!!
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It is vitally importantant that this country prioritize any opportunity to enhance peacekeeping efforts and therefore we should honor our commitments to UN peacekeeping.
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We must begin to honor our commitments and by doing so hopefully restore the respect we had world wide and make a better land for our children.
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What hubris our government has! We are part of the world community, we need to step up to our international committments. We can start doing so by changing the way we represent our country with in the U.N.
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Spending money on fighting wars but not peacekeeping is like an MD treating disease but not doing anything to prevent it. Much more painful and costly!
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As a country, we need to honor the commitments we make...and at the same time, stop jumping into new commitments, if we cannot fulfill our old ones!
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It makes me sick that the Bush Regime undermines and disparages the UN at every opportunity. PAY OUR UN DUES, congress!
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God Bless our troops and send them back home to their country and their loved ones!
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i am not a warmonger, i don't belive in killing others for any reason, i am against any retaliation for any reason. unnecessary to take other lives. must stop now.
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When we vote for it, we should help pay for it.
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They, like Jimmy Carter, know what it will take to bring real peace with authentic respect for human rights and dignity to the world - and probably the interplanetary community which is likely to develop if we survive global warming to create it. Let's allow the U.N. to do its job and midwife humanity into a better condition.
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