tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533094320044669422009-07-16T18:22:34.791-07:00This is the blog of the UN-USA East Bay Chapter. UNA-USA is dedicated to educating, inspiring and mobilizing Americans to support the principles and vital work of the United Nations, strengthening the United Nations system, promoting constructive United States leadership in that system, and achieving the goals of the UN CharterJim Churchnoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353309432004466942.post-13342867279755755522009-02-13T11:23:00.000-08:002009-02-13T11:43:04.919-08:002009-02-13T11:43:04.919-08:00

March 5-8, 2009Women's Rights &HealthFuture Outlook & UN RoleKeynote Speaker: Jane RobertsActivist for Women's Health and RightsCo-Founder "34 Million Friends" of the UNFPAProgram March 5, Thursday4-6pm: "Herstory Program", Student Union (UU102), CSU East Bay, Hayward7:30-9pm: Ambassadors for Peace, Castro Valley (by invitation)March 6, Friday12-1:30pm: School of Public Health, 714C University

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This just in from UN Pulse, the blog of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library in New York: The report of the Secretary-General on Implementing the responsibility to protect (A/63/677) responds to paragraphs 139 and 139 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome whereby Heads of State and Government unanimously affirmed that “each individual State has the responsibility to protect its populations from

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Sunday, January 25, 2009Pacific School of Religion (Chapel)1798 Scenic Avenue, BerkeleyPlease join us for the UNA USA East Bay annual meeting! All members are welcome and the board would love to see you. Activities are outlined below. See especially the special presentation by Jerry Sanders, chair of the Peace and Conflict Studies Group major, UC Berkeley. 2:00 pm -- Business Meeting: past

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By Jane RobertsJane Roberts, co-founder of the 34 Million Friends of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has written an interesting article for the MaximNews Network addressing some of the disturbing population numbers noted in the UNFPA 2008 State of World Population. Jane will be speaking to UNA-assembled groups in March 2009 for International Women's Day events. Jane co-founded the 34

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Reaffirming Action Amidst Global Crises Human Rights Day Wednesday, December 10, 12-2pm International House, UC BerkeleyThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was the first international document to specify human rights for all human beings; it identified the rights as civil, political, economic, social and cultural.Five panelists will highlight the current relevance of those categories

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Dr. Norman Bowen, Professor of Political Science, CSU East Bay and UNA East Bay Bd Member will be teaching a class about the UN offered through Osher Life Long Learning Institute (OLLI) at the Concord Campus of CSU East Bay on Mondays: Nov, 17, 24; December 1,8, and 15 1:30-3:30pm. He and three colleagues including two other UNA East Bay Bd members (Rita Maran--Chapter VP and Herb Behrstock--

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In response to requests from the UNA-USA East Bay Board, please see the following instructions on how to post to the blog as well as guidelines about posting etiquette. Blog Guidelines & Etiquette 1). Posting to the UNA USA East Bay blog is open to all chapter members as long as authors agree to abide by the following guidelines. 2). Please keep all posts "on topic." Information about chapter

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By Gary Davis, Advocacy Chair UNA Monterey Bay Chapter Nearly a year ago, our UNA-USA headquarters submitted an excellent questionnaire to each of the presidential candidates, inviting them to spell out their attitudes towards the United Nations and multilateralism. This was done in partnership with the Better World Campaign (BWC), and covered a variety of issues pertaining to US-UN relations,

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WHAT: United Nations Day: Honoring East Bay Nobel Peace Prize Winners for Work on Climate ChangeWHEN: Friday, October 24, 2008, 6:00 pmWHERE: International House, UC Berkeley, 2299 Piedmont Avenue TICKETS: $30 ($20 Seniors, $15 students)RESERVATIONS: UNDay2008@gmail.com or 510-642-9461Table Sponsors - $400-1000: 510-864-9005 ABOUT THE EVENT: Reception and dinner celebrating the 63rd

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The UNA USA headquarters site is taking advantage of new developments in Web 2.0 technology. Please click the images below to see the accounts they have establised on Facebook (the Facebook account is for UNA-USA Young Professionals for International Cooperation. You need to establish an account to sign on). The Flickr and Youtube pages include many excellent videos and images. The UNA USA also

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Why the UN Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change won the Nobel Peace PrizeLocation: UC BerkeleyInternational House2299 Piedmont Avenue, BerkeleyKeynote Speaker: Daniel M. KammenMember, UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeUC Berkeley Professor in the Energy and Resources Group.PanelistsMiguel Altieri, UCB Professor, College of Natural Resources, on agroecology and the world’s food

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The following information is courtesy of the Friends Committee on National Legislation dealing with the important issue of the Iran blockade.Iran: First, the Good NewsHere's the good news: Thanks to your lobbying this summer, key Houseleaders are reconsidering legislation calling in effect for a blockade ofIran that could provoke a war.Now the bad news: The legislation, H. Con. Res. 362, has 262

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The following section from the UNA USA web site offers a convenient way to write a personalized letter to US political candidates expressing suppport for the United Nations and urging the United States to work in partnership with other nations ro address critical global challenges: On November 4, 2008, voters will have an important opportunity to redefine our nation’s role in the world and our

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In a world that focuses so much on role of the United Nations in peacekeeping and international security, it pains me that so little heed is given to the enormous scope of the UN humanitatian effort, and the thousands of men and women working in UN program and fund offices worldwide. The people who work in these offices feed the poor, care for the sick, provide for the children, and offer

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Recent Books About the United Nations Offer Lessons, Cautionary Talesby Chris O’Sullivan(from UNA-San Francisco's Courier)Stanley Meisler's new book, Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in a World of War, reveals that in March 2003, at the very moment the Bush administration launched its war against Iraq, neoconservative activist Richard Perle wrote an op-ed piece in the British newspaper the Guardian

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Hello all. Our chapter president, Herb Behrstock, recently sent an email message detailing an exciting list of upcoming UNA USA programs and events. Here it is in brief. More details will follow on our blog and the UNA USA East Bay web site. Sept 21, International Day of Peace, 3pm. Program at the UC Berekley International House, 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley. The focus will be on Climate and

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UNA-USA Co-Chair Thomas Pickering DiscussesA Solution to the US-Iran Nuclear StandoffFormer US Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Pickering advocates negotiations with Iran to bring a peaceful solution to the nuclear standoff in a YouTube video featured on The Huffington Post. Pickering, UNA-USA President William Luers and James Walsh of MIT published "A Solution to the US-Iran Nuclear

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Climate Change and Peace: Why the UN Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change won the Nobel Peace PrizeKeynote Speaker: Daniel M. KammenMember, UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeUC Berkeley Professor in the Energy and Resources GroupTalk followed by a Panel Discussion of ExpertsCo-sponsors: League of Women Voters and International HouseLocation: International House2299 Piedmont Avenue,

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YOU'RE INVITED! (from Citizens for Global Solutions)Please join us for a discussion led by nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament specialist Matt Martin concerning the United Nations Security Council 1540 Committee's mission to keep weapons of mass destruction (WMD) out of the hands of non-state actors. Matt will also be answering YOUR questions about cooperative nuclear nonproliferation and

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June 20, 6:00-7:00pmFairmont Hotel Nob Hill950 Mason StreetGold RoomSan Francisco, California 94108 Join the World Affairs Council of Northern California as it teams up with the U.N. High Commission for Refugees to celebrate World Refugee Day in San Francisco and to discuss the status of Afghanistan. More than 5 million Afghans have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban in 2001

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UN peacekeeping has been developed to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for lasting peace since the first mission was established in May 1948. There have been a total of 63 UN peacekeeping operations. Currently, more than 100,000 military and civilian personnel serve in 20 UN peace operations worldwide.Over the years, UN peacekeeping has evolved to meet the demands of different

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The UNA USA web site features an excellent monthly compilation of UN-related legislation which provides summary information and links to full bill text, co-sponsors and current status. It is intended to help members follow current developments in Congress affecting the US-UN relationship. There is also a listing of featured bills and resolutions for each congress. Some of this year's featured

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In recent years, the United States has asked the United Nations to undertake new and difficult assignments, such as the Darfur peacekeeping operation, political missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and an international tribunal and expanded peacekeeping mission for Lebanon. However, we are failing to pay our share of the costs of these and other critical UN operations: the United States is

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Wednesday, May 7, 4:00pm223 Moses HallUC BerkeleyDr. Jean -Marc Coicaud Head of the United Nations University Office, New YorkIn this lecture, Dr. Coicaud addresses the extent and the limits of international solidarity, focusing on the limits. He discusses the United Nations as an international bureaucracy, the socialization of international life by international law, and the ambiguous role of

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Norman Bowen, Professor of Political Science at CSU East Bay and East Bay Chapter Board Member, will be taking his Model UN class to the 58th Annual Session of the Model United Nations of the Far West on April 18-22, 2008 at the SF Hyatt Regency Airport. His students will be representing five countries: Cuba, Myanmar, Rwanda, Turkey and Ukraine.Model United Nations is a simulation program for

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