Newsletter – Spring 2010

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UNA Spring Newsletter 2010

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Support Obama’s Generous Budget Request for UN Peacekeeping

President Obama has requested US$836.9 million for peacekeeping operations, a significant step toward restoring our credit and credibility with our allies at the United Nations.

 

Please take a moment – really, that’s all it takes – to use UNA’s letter-writing tool to send a short letter to our Senators and your Representative. Compose the letter using their talking points, or adding what you want to say, and it does all the addresses.  

 

Click here to read about this issue, and to use the UNA’s letter-writing tool.

 

Given tight budgets these days, you might also want to add that UN Peacekeeping operations are, according to the Office of Management and Budget, up to 8 times more cost effective than sending our own troops (and it means our men and women in the Colorado Guard can stay here to help us in emergencies!).

 

Pass this along to anyone you know who might be sympathetic.

May 29: A Photographic Perspective of Iraqi Kurdistan

The Boulder Friends of UNICEF present a fundraiser on Friday, May 29, 2009, at 7 p.m., 1470 Walnut St, 4th Floor West, in Boulder.

Colorado-based traveler and photographer Sheryl Shapiro has recently returned from Iraqi Kurdistan. A world apart from the embattled south, Kurdistan is an autonomous region with its own vibrant culture and a democratically elected parliament. Experience a magnificent, proud people, unique architecture, and the hustle of the bazaars. Sheryl traveled independently among the Kurds and will share her photos and stories.

$25 suggested donation for slide show, drinks and delicious dessert.

Boulder Friends of UNICEF is a volunteer group which
educates, advocates and fundraises in our community
for the US Fund for UNICEF and needy children of the world.

Reading References for Upcoming Discussion Group Meetings

You can get the reading references for the April 16 UN and International Affairs Discussion Group meeting, “International Law: Can It Be Effective Without Enforcement?”, at the URL

<http://www.google.com/notebook/public/16856056956749335607/BDRDfDAoQpOa0y4ck>

 

Also see the reading references for our February 19, 2009, UN & IA session: “Ratifying United Nations Treaties: Why is the United States such a laggard?” at URL

<http://www.google.com/notebook/public/16856056956749335607/BDRKWDAoQ1KXKzvQj>

 

The reading reference to the ASIL publication was provided by Clovis Morrisson, who will participate as a resource person at this discussion.  The remainder of the references were provided by me. You are invited to send me additional reading references for posting. – Robert Cohen

 

UNA-USA Web Survey

UNA-USA wants to know what you think about its new Web site at www.unausa.org. So please take a brief moment and fill in this survey. This information will not be shared with outside venues. Fill out the survey here:  www.unausa.org/websurvey

UNA-Boulder County Spring Newsletter 2009

Here is your Spring 2009 UNA-Boulder County newsletter: una-spring-newsletter-09

The newsletter is in pdf form.

April 6, 2009: Athenaeum/Foreign Policy Lecture Series Speaker Announced – Wendy Chamberlain

She is the president of the Middle East Institute, former ambassador to Pakistan and Laos, assistant administrator and bureau head of USAID for Asia and the Near East. She will present “Stabilizing Pakistan” on Monday, April 6, 2009, at the Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder. Happy Hour is 6 p.m., Dinner at 7 p.m., Lecture at 8 p.m. $26 per person for dinner and lecture; cash bar. Ten lecture-only seats are available for $10 by reservation only. Call 303 443-7958 to reserve your spot today.

Geopolitics Discussion Group Session Canceled Due to Snow

The March 26 discussion group session on “India and China: Are They in Line for Superpower Status?” was canceled due to the blizzard that day. The group hopes to reschedule the topic at a later date.

The Web Site Has Returned

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