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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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Why don't we stop spending money on wars, then we would have plenty of leftover money to give to the UN. Maybe we would even have enough money left over so that house prices would go back to normal so I can buy one some day!!
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WAGE PEACE!
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I think the commitments to the UN should be honored to keep the peace in th world, the wars are only destroying the lives of innocent people, animals etc. etc. and unfortunately all is done for financial profit; all those who support the war get richer by selling their weapons etc.etc. and nobody cares about the people that die day after day. Please stop the war.
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The U.S.'s plan for global hegemony must be stopped. We must end their wars for profit and make the government realize that the commitments they have made to peace must be honored.
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STOP the war. STOP the killing. We want peace NOW.
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Je suis pour une paix juste dans le monde !
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If you ask us, the taxpayers whom you represent, to choose on how we want you to spend our tax dollars: to keep peace or to wage war; we'll say to KEEP PEACE always, and NEVER to wage war! Please pay the UN Peacekeeping!
# 31,825:
we should honor our commitments to the UN because its our obligation
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Integrity is critical to maintenance and empowering UN forces. Pay our USA bill, keep our USA commitment.
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We are supposidly an honorable nation...so our President needs to step it up and be honorable too!
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Because the refuges are human beings!
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The bill is marked OVERDUE. PAY IT!
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Please honor commitments to the United Nations. It is the right thing to do.
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PEACE.LOVE.AND.HAPPINESS.
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Peace.