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The Aquarian Age Community
How Can I Support
the Work of the United Nations?
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity
and rights. They …should
act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1, Universal
Declaration of Human Rights)
If the brotherhood of humanity is to become a realized fact and if the
UN is to lessen the burden of suffering and travail on our planet, helping
all the world’s people achieve greater progress in fuller freedom,
as the UN Charter mandates, it needs the concerted help and support of
every concerned citizen of the world. The following are suggestions of
how you can help; May they spark additional ideas. Let us know what you
are doing—individually or as a group, in your local community or
otherwise.
- Use prayer and meditation to support the work of the United Nations.
Invite others in your area to join you in group meditation and
dialogue about the work of the UN.
- Plan a community function; for example, hold a peace vigil or organize
a lecture or roundtable, inviting guests from the local area
to address some aspect of the work of the UN. The Groups Programs
Unit of the UN Department of Public Information [phone number:
(212) 963-7710], the local UNA and often, the local World Affairs
Council can provide a list of guest speakers who voluntarily and
willingly speak at public functions. Such public events could be
organized around UN Day on October 24th or the International Day
of Peace, set by the General Assembly of the UN to be September 21st
(see e.g., www.idpvigil.com).
- Donate to teachers, schools or school districts one or more of the
following: the poster of the Flags of the 191 member states of
the United Nations ($4.95 each), the curriculum kits (primary,
intermediate secondary, which are $2.00 each), a copy of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights or the Charter of the United Nations.
These are available from the UN bookshop at the following web site
address: www.un.org/bookshop; e-mail address: bookshop@un.org or
phone: (212) 963-7680.
- Encourage schools, federal, state and city offices as well as community
businesses or establishments such as bookstores and civic clubs
and organizations to fly the flag of the UN along with the national,
state or local flags. This as a testament that we are all citizens
of our communities, nation and the world; that we are all part
of the one human family. A variety of sizes of UN flags are available
from the UN gift shop. Phone: (212) 963-7700; Fax (212) 963-1157.
- Regularly visit and research the UN web site at http://www.un.org and
sign up to receive news alerts on subjects of interest from the
UN News Center at http://www.un.org/News/, and from the United
Nations’ Foundation
e-mail publication, UN Wire, at http://www.unwire.org, which
sends out regular news alerts culled from the various media publications
of the world.
- Engage family, friends and co-workers in conversation about the goals,
purpose, achievements and current activities of the UN. Write
letters to the editor of local papers about the work of the UN
and the need to support it; write short, regular articles, featuring
either a special project/conference and/or the general work of
the UN for local papers.
- Contact the Public Inquiries Unit and ask for free information kits.
Address: Public Inquiries Unit, United Nations, New York, NY 11017;
Fax: 212-963-0071; e-mail: inquiries@un.org. Inquire also if there
is a local UN Information Center in your area that can provide
additional information and resources.
- Join your national and/or local United Nations Association and participate
in their activities of support and outreach. Visit the web site
of the World Federation of United Nations to find information about
your national and local Associations at: http://www.wfuna.org or
write to WFUNA-FMANU; United Nations Room DC1-1177; New York, NY
10017, USA; Tel: (212) 963-5610; Fax: (212) 963-0447 E-mail: wfunany@wfuna.org
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