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Editor's Note: UNA-USA’s
World Bulletin has a new mission: to provide the most recent news on
our organization to our members, which in this issue features the
President’s Corner column, among other articles. The World
Bulletin is also showcasing the best from The InterDependent
(www.theinterdependent.com), UNA’s new online magazine, which can be
received via an RSS feed as well. The next issue of the World Bulletin
is Sept. 15.
For
Students, a Close Look at the UN
Conor Gallagher
Chika Moses
Warren Hoge, a
speaker at the UNA-Seton Hall summer-school program, with students at
the UN. Read
More.
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UNA-USA NEWS
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PRESIDENT'S CORNER
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 Global
Classrooms Publishes Its Newest Human Rights Curriculum
Jason Williams
UNA Chapters Extend Their Reach Locally
Jessica Hartl |
UN
Oversight: Time to Learn and Move On
Ed Elmendorf
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WASHINGTON
REPORT
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ACTION ALERT
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Funding Update:
Congress Adopts Emergency Spending Bill, Considers FY 2011
Budget
Before adjourning for its month-long August recess, Congress sent to
the President an FY 2010 emergency spending bill containing nearly $100
million for UN peacekeeping and began consideration of FY 2011
appropriations
bills financing US contributions to the United Nations.
Money for the UN Population Fund is part of
the proposed 2011 budget from the White House. Here, a woman in Nepal benefits from a
UNFPA program.
UNFPA.
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Advocacy
Update: Senate Committee Vote on New START Treaty
Postponed
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has
postponed today’s vote on the New START
Treaty
until mid-September. In announcing the decision, Chairman John Kerry
(D-MA) said the delay would help build a broader consensus and provide
additional time for senators to review the treaty.
The postponement also provides UNA members extra time to call on
senators to support this important treaty.
ACT
NOW -- Tell your senators to support the new START treaty.
White
House
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BEST OF THE
ID
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JOB OPENING
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Barbara Crossette on the UN:
Blog posts on new poverty measurements, the Canadian appointment at the
UN Inspector's Office and more.
Evelyn
Leopold interviews Anthony Lake of Unicef.
Stephen
Schlesinger writes about turning his book on the UN into a
documentary.
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Executive Director,
United Nations Association of the USA
The United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) and the UN
Foundation are planning the establishment of a new alliance. Under the
alliance the management of UNA-USA programs will be transferred to the
UN Foundation, under the leadership of an Executive Director. Final
approval of the alliance is virtually certain to be obtained in the
next several months. In anticipation of this, the UN Foundation is
initiating
recruitment of the new Executive Director. Read
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| UPCOMING
EVENT |
Annual Gala
to Be Held Nov. 18
The
proposed alliance of the United Nations Foundation and the United
Nations Association of the USA, which will enhance the organizations’
efforts to promote a strong American relationship with the United
Nations, will be the focus at our inaugural annual dinner on Nov. 18 at
The Waldorf=Astoria in New York. At the dinner, we will celebrate the
critically important role the UN plays in securing global peace,
prosperity and security and America’s new willingness to engage with
the
UN.
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