CITIZENS FOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS'
CAMPAIGN FOR A 21ST CENTURY UN

Washington DC – Citizens for Global Solutions launched its un21">“Campaign for a 21st Century United Nations” today, in support of a more effective United Nations and stronger U.S.-UN relations. The campaign, which will run through the upcoming UN Summit in New York, will educate the public about the United Nations and illuminate the importance of the Bush Administration playing an engaged and cooperative role in the UN’s revitalization process.

Heather Hamilton, Vice President for Programs at Citizens for Global Solutions, noted: “The upcoming meeting of world leaders – the largest gathering in history – is truly the Summit of all summits. Member States have an unprecedented opportunity to create a 21st Century United Nations and collectively address today’s most pressing global problems. Citizens for Global Solutions is working to ensure that the current broad support of the U.S. public for an effective United Nations is translated into concrete commitments by the Bush Administration.”

As part of the campaign, Citizens for Global Solutions will

• Premiere the interactive website, un21">www.globalsolutions.org/un21
• Manage a media resource center,
• Initiate a local and national radio tour,
• Host town hall meetings,
• Provide background information and action tool kits,
• Distribute brochures and other literature, and
• Reach out to Americans across the country and ask them for their support for the un21">“Campaign for a 21st Century United Nations”

In addition, Citizens for Global Solutions will gather signatures calling upon the Bush Administration to “exercise determined U.S. leadership to forge a United Nations that is stronger, more effective and capable of tackling the challenges of a new century...” Specifically, Citizens for Global Solutions will call on the U.S. to commit to the principle of the Responsibility to Protect, a principle that safeguards civilians in any country from crimes against humanity, genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing when their countries fail to do so; the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals including reaching a target of 0.7 percent for Official Development Assistance (ODA); and a comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to combat the growing threat of global warming.

To join the campaign for a more effective United Nations and stronger U.S.-UN relations, please visit: un21">www.globalsolutions.org/un21

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Note to the Editor: Citizens for Global Solutions is a non-partisan, membership organization that envisions a future in which nations work together to abolish war, protect our rights and freedoms, and solve the problems facing humanity that no nation can solve alone.

Contact:

Sam Stein
Communications Associate
202 546 3950 ext 123

Heather Hamilton
Vice President of Programs
202 546 3950 ext 107