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The United Nations Foundation (UN Foundation) promotes a more peaceful, prosperous, and just world through the support of the United Nations and its Charter. Through our grantmaking and by building new and innovative public-private partnerships, the Foundation acts to meet the most pressing health, humanitarian, socioeconomic, and environmental challenges of the 21st century.
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Timothy E. Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation, and former U.S. Senator, urged international non-governmental organizations meeting in London for the Countdown 2015 Roundtable to fulfill the right of all the world’s citizens to protect themselves from disease, poverty, and violence. Countdown 2015 is the major international event marking the 10-year anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo. Click here to read the press release and Senator Wirth’s speech.

Click here to watch Timothy E. Wirth's speech. Please scroll down the page to find this title: Evening Plenary – Hope & Health, Rights & Responsibilities: Priorities for the Coming Decade of ICPD Implementation.

Click here to read Boston Globe Editorial.

Click here to read New York Times News Story.

The People Speak: America’s Role in the World is a public education effort that was launched in 2003 to raise the level of national dialogue about America’s role in the world. Our efforts continue on this project, which is made possible by a nonpartisan coalition of non-profit organizations committed to fostering open-minded discussion on critical global issues. In September 2004, high schools, colleges, civic and business groups will be asked to organize events around one or more of the following topics:

• American Power and Global Security
• Energy Choices and Environmental Challenges
• Prosperity in a Global Economy

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The UN Foundation, along with partners from around the globe, has launched a major initiative in support of the High-Level Panel appointed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to assess 21st Century threats to international security. The High-Level Panel will recommend ways in which the international community can reform to effectively address modern-day challenges. The UN Foundation’s initiative will help inform the work of the panel and encourage widespread participation in the debate.

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Take Pride In India
We invite you to join our Pride In India Campaign. Donate now to improve children’s health, empower women and their families to escape poverty, protect Indians from HIV/AIDS, and preserve the country’s valuable environment.

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34 Million Friends of UNFPA Campaign Hits $2 Million Milestone

The 34 Million Friends of UNFPA Campaign, a grassroots movement conceived to help bridge the funding gap created by the United States withdrawal of $34 million to the UNFPA, reaches milestone of $2 million.

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ICPD + 10 NGO Roundtable, London, England
August 31-September 2
http://www.unfpa.org/icpd/10/

The People Speak Featured Event:
New York, New York
September 13, 2004
Columbia University
Moderator: George Stephanopoulos
Moderated by ABC NEWS

The registration deadline for the entry exam for Junior Professional Posts with the UN has been extended to September 17, 2004. For more details, click here.

UNICEF Appeals for $13.4 Million After Bangladesh Flood
UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, has issued an urgent appeal for $13.4 million to help people affected by the recent floods in Bangladesh.

The floods were the worst since 1998, and 25 million people have been affected.
Donate Now to UNICEF.

World Food Programme Distributes Food to Sudan and Bangladesh
World Food Programme airdrops food to Western Sudan’s violence-ravaged Darfur region. The food will assist more than 70,000 displaced people and local residents who have been cut off from aid because of the rainy season and insecurity.
Donate Now to World Food Programme.

	At the United Nations Millennium Summit in September 2000, 189 countries pledged to reduce poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environ-mental degradation, and discrimination against women.
This agreement generated the Millennium Development Goals—eight objectives placing human well-being and development at the forefront of the global agenda. The Foundation and its partners have joined to help the United Nations reach this challenge by 2015. Click here to learn more.

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