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2006 Annual Review

UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION& BETTER WORLD FUND

“In an interconnected world, our fates and futures are tied together.

That's why we need to work with the United Nations, the world's

platform for peace and progress.

The United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund were created

to build bridges and foster partnerships that strengthen the UN and

support its causes.”

—Ted Turner, Founder and Chairman

Working in Mile. Eastern Chad. July 2004

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LEADERSHIP LETTERLEADERSHIP LETTERLEADERSHIP LETTERLEADERSHIP LETTERLEADERSHIP LETTER

AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR WORKAN INTRODUCTION TO OUR WORKAN INTRODUCTION TO OUR WORKAN INTRODUCTION TO OUR WORKAN INTRODUCTION TO OUR WORK

The UN Foundation & Better World Fund

20062006200620062006 HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS

Facilitating Partnerships with the UN

Involving the Public in the UN's Work

Fostering Creative Solutions to Global Challenges

Advocating for the UN

FINANCIALSFINANCIALSFINANCIALSFINANCIALSFINANCIALS

2006 Financial Report

When disaster strikes, the world turns to one organization for hope, help, leadership andcoordination – the United Nations. When there is peace to keep between warring factions,the world asks the UN to mobilize peacekeepers and oversee the difficult return to stabilityand elections. When transboundary challenges, like global warming, are identified, theUnited Nations provides the platform for international cooperation.

The United Nations is the only organization capable of marshalling global solutions to theglobal problems that are at the forefront of the 21st century agenda.

The United Nations Foundation helps to link the UN’s work with others around the world,mobilizing the energy and expertise of business and non-governmental organizations tohelp the UN tackle issues like climate change, children’s health, peace and security andpoverty eradication.

We believe that catalyzing positive change on the critical issues facing the world requiresengagement by all countries and all sectors. The UN provides the platform for cooperationamongst governments, while the UN Foundation helps bring the talents and expertise ofindividuals, corporations, and NGOs into the UN. Together we can help to prevent malaria,eradicate polio, confront climate change, respond to natural disasters and promote humanrights.

With each passing day, our world becomes more interconnected. The fates and future ofhumanity are linked as never before. International cooperation through the United Nationsis no longer a wishful dream, it is an urgent necessity.

The United Nations Foundation is honored to work with you and the United Nations tohelp foster a more peaceful, prosperous and just world.

Thank you for your commitment to a better world and for helping us help the UN make areal difference in our world.

Sincerely,

Ted Turner Timothy E. WirthFounder and Chairman President

Building Bridges

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AN INTRODUCTIONTO OUR WORK

The UN Foundation & Better World Fund

Our Relationship with the United Nations

Our Campaigns

OUR MISSION

The United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund were created in 1998 by entrepreneurand philanthropist Ted Turner. The UN Foundation works to support and strengthen theUnited Nations. We build partnerships to help the UN address the world's most pressingproblems and work to broaden support for the UN through advocacy and public outreach.The Better World Fund, the Foundation’s sister organization, coordinates advocacy andpartnership efforts that advance UN causes.

OUR BOARD

Our work is governed by a distinguished Board of Directors spanning geographic andsubstantive backgrounds. We were proud that one of our founding Board members,Muhammad Yunus, was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Professor Yunus and theGrameen Bank, which he founded in 1976, were honored for their pioneering work onmicrocredit, and their inspirational work developing a business model that prioritizes povertyalleviation and human progress over profit.

We were also pleased to welcome Her Excellency, Queen Rania of Jordan, to the Board in 2006.

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TTTTTed Ted Ted Ted Ted Turner (USA)urner (USA)urner (USA)urner (USA)urner (USA)Chairman of the BoardChairman, Turner EnterprisesFounder, CNN

Timothy E. Wirth (USA)Timothy E. Wirth (USA)Timothy E. Wirth (USA)Timothy E. Wirth (USA)Timothy E. Wirth (USA)President, UN Foundationand Better World FundFormer US Senator (Colorado)

Her Majesty Queen RaniaHer Majesty Queen RaniaHer Majesty Queen RaniaHer Majesty Queen RaniaHer Majesty Queen RaniaAl-Abdullah (Jordan)Al-Abdullah (Jordan)Al-Abdullah (Jordan)Al-Abdullah (Jordan)Al-Abdullah (Jordan)Chair, Jordan River Foundation

Gro Harlem BrundtlandGro Harlem BrundtlandGro Harlem BrundtlandGro Harlem BrundtlandGro Harlem Brundtland(Norway)(Norway)(Norway)(Norway)(Norway)Director-General Emeritus,World Health OrganizationFormer Prime Minister, Norway

Ruth Cardoso (Brazil)Ruth Cardoso (Brazil)Ruth Cardoso (Brazil)Ruth Cardoso (Brazil)Ruth Cardoso (Brazil)Chair, Comunidade SolidariaFormer First Lady of Brazil

Graça Machel (Mozambique)Graça Machel (Mozambique)Graça Machel (Mozambique)Graça Machel (Mozambique)Graça Machel (Mozambique)Chair, Foundation forCommunity Development

N. R. Narayana Murthy (India)N. R. Narayana Murthy (India)N. R. Narayana Murthy (India)N. R. Narayana Murthy (India)N. R. Narayana Murthy (India)Chairman and Chief Mentor ofInfosys Technologies Limited

Hisashi Owada (Japan)Hisashi Owada (Japan)Hisashi Owada (Japan)Hisashi Owada (Japan)Hisashi Owada (Japan)Judge, International Court ofJustice

Emma Rothschild (UK)Emma Rothschild (UK)Emma Rothschild (UK)Emma Rothschild (UK)Emma Rothschild (UK)Director of the Centre for Historyand Economics at King's College,University of Cambridge andHarvard University, and Professorof History at Harvard University

Nafis Sadik (Pakistan)Nafis Sadik (Pakistan)Nafis Sadik (Pakistan)Nafis Sadik (Pakistan)Nafis Sadik (Pakistan)Special Advisor to theUN Secretary-General

Andrew YAndrew YAndrew YAndrew YAndrew Young (USA)oung (USA)oung (USA)oung (USA)oung (USA)Chairman, Good WorksInternationalFormer US Ambassador to UN

Muhammad YMuhammad YMuhammad YMuhammad YMuhammad Yunusunusunusunusunus(Bangladesh)(Bangladesh)(Bangladesh)(Bangladesh)(Bangladesh)Founder, Grameen Bank ofBangladesh

Learn more about our Board of Directors at www.unfoundation.org/about/board.asp

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AS OF 12/31/2006

OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED NATIONS

The United Nations Foundation and the Better World Fund are guided by the key priority ofthe UN: fostering international cooperation in service of a more peaceful, prosperous and justworld. We are honored to work closely with the UN’s effective leaders, in the Secretariat andacross the UN system. Our work supports these leaders and the priorities set by Member States.

To foster an effective, streamlined channel for collaboration with the UN, the United NationsFund for International Partnerships (UNFIP) was established as our strategic partner. UNFIP isa liaison between our work and that of the UN system and acts as a channel for our financial andother contributions to the UN system. Together, we work to foster new partnerships in supportof UN causes.

OUR FOCUS AREAS

In consultation with UN partners, the Board of Directors has determined that our work shouldfocus on the following priorities:

Children's HealthChildren's HealthChildren's HealthChildren's HealthChildren's Health

Our objective is to help the UN reducechildhood mortality and disease bystrengthening public health systems, and byeliminating or controlling infectious diseasessuch as polio, measles and malaria.

EEEEEnergy nergy nergy nergy nergy &&&&& Climate Change Climate Change Climate Change Climate Change Climate Change

To address the challenge of global climatechange, we work with the United Nations,governments, NGOs, and the private sectorto develop and implement sustainable, cleanenergy solutions.

Peace, Security Peace, Security Peace, Security Peace, Security Peace, Security &&&&& Human Rights Human Rights Human Rights Human Rights Human Rights

The UN was founded as a platform forcollective security and global peace. Wesupport the UN's peacekeeping and post-conflict reconstruction efforts.

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We develop and support initiatives thatharness information technology to augmentUN efforts to provide humanitarianrelief, health data collection, and access tocommunications.

WWWWWomen omen omen omen omen &&&&& Population Population Population Population Population

We work to advance the internationallyadopted goal of universal access toreproductive healthcare by 2015, asestablished at the International Conferenceon Population and Development.

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We help communicate the UN's value andaccomplishments as the world's platform forpeace, prosperity, and justice.

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Biodiversity & Biodiversity & Biodiversity & Biodiversity & Biodiversity & SustainableSustainableSustainableSustainableSustainableDevelopmentDevelopmentDevelopmentDevelopmentDevelopment

In the interest of global biodiversity andsustainable development, we work with theUN to protect World Heritage sites and tohelp surrounding communities developsustainable livelihoods.

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OUR C AMPAIGNS

The UN Foundation and Better World Fund are engaged in a variety of campaigns designed toengage the public in the UN's work, build new coalitions in support of UN causes, leveragebusiness expertise and involvement, and amplify the UN's impact and voice.

Key campaigns we supported in 2006 include:

Strengthening the relationship between theUnited States and the United Nations throughadvocacy, communications, and outreach.www.betterworldcampaign.org

A nonpartisan alliance that seeks to bridgethe differences among business, labor, andenvironmental groups and identify energypolicy options with broad political support.www.energyfuturecoalition.org

A grassroots campaign to save lives by raisingfunds for the purchase and distribution ofanti-malarial bed nets for children in Africa.www.nothingbutnets.net

A discussion series through which youngpeople from around the world can participatein a dialogue on important global issues.www.thepeoplespeak.org

A partnership with members of the travelindustry and UNESCO to supportconservation, sustainable tourism, and localeconomic development for communities inand around World Heritage sites.www.worldheritagealliance.org

The largest public health initiative the worldhas ever known to ensure that no child willever again know the crippling effects of polio.www.polioeradication.org

A long-term partnership among leaders inpublic health that supports the goal ofreducing global measles deaths globally 90%by 2010.www.measlesinitiative.org

A grassroots campaign to educate and engagetravelers and supporters about theimportance of protecting World Heritage sitesfor current and future generations to enjoy.www.friendsofworldheritage.org

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2006 HIGHLIGHTS

Facilitating Partnerships with the UN

Fostering Creative Solutions to Global Challenges

Advocating for the UN

Involving the Public in the UN's Work

We support the work of the United Nations in the four ways outlinedbelow. Following are some highlights of our work, and the work ofour many partners, in 2006.

The Measles Initiative

The Measles Initiative

The World Heritage Alliance

The Coalition for Adolescent Girls:

The UN Foundation is a founding partner of the Measles Initiative (www.measlesinitiative.org),which aims to reduce measles deaths globally by 90% by 2010 compared to 2000 estimates. TheMeasles Initiative includes key leaders in the international public health community including:the American Red Cross, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the U.S. Centers forDisease Control, and the World Health Organization.

Thanks to the Measles Initiative, the number of global measles deaths has decreased significantly(60%) from 873,000 in 1999 to 345,000 in 2005. To continue this progress, in 2006 the MeaslesInitiative supported campaigns in the largest number of countries ever. Initial campaign effortsin 20 African countries were expanded into four Asian countries, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal,and Maldives, with an overall goal of vaccinating over 120 million children by 2010.

To facilitate these large-scale measles campaigns in the coming years, the UN Foundationrequested funding on behalf of the Measles Initiative from the International Finance Facility forImmunization (IFFIm), an innovative health financing mechanism designed to help providepredictable funding flows for global immunization programs. The IFFIm has pledged $139million in funding for the Measles Initiative through the UN Foundation over two years, whichwill allow the UN Foundation and its partners to expand measles prevention efforts to all sixWHO regions and reach the goal of a 90% reduction in measles mortality by 2010.

In line with our priority for strengthening public health systems, many of the upcoming campaignswill include the delivery of other critical health services, including oral polio and othervaccinations, vitamin A, long-lasting, insecticide-treated nets (LLINs), and a dewormingmedication.

Global measles deaths have fallen by 60% since 1999, thanks to country-wide immunization campaigns supported by the MeaslesInitiative. In 2006, the Initiative supported country-wide vaccinations in 24 nations, reaching tens of millions of children.

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The World Heritage AllianceTourism is an important economic force, but can also pose real challenges to the livelihoods oflocal populations and the integrity of our natural and cultural resources. Since its inception, theUN Foundation has worked to promote sustainable development in and around UNESCOWorld Heritage sites, which represent some of the world's great natural treasures. In November2005, that work was strengthened through initiation of a partnership with Expedia, Inc. — theworld's leading online travel agency — to foster sustainable travel around key World Heritagesites.

Under the umbrella of the World Heritage Alliance (www.worldheritagealliance.org), thepartnership is working to:

• Engage tourism companies in following sustainable business practices;• Educate travelers on responsible tourism in and around World Heritage sites; and• Support local community tourism initiatives at World Heritage sites, as an importantmeans of site conservation and sustainable development.

In 2006, the Alliance made major progress inengaging the travel industry to promotesustainable tourism. Using Mexico as a pilotregion, the Alliance developed and held trainingseminars to promote sustainable tourism andcommunity-based enterprises among Expedia'ssuppliers and industry partners. To date, morethan 500 participants from 137 hotels have beentrained.

The Alliance added 15 newmembers in 2006, includingClub Med, Fairmont Hotels& Resorts, and Marriott.Membership requires theadoption of sustainable tourismprinciples.

The UN Foundation and Expedia also recruited 15 new companies as members of the WorldHeritage Alliance in 2006. New members include: Club Med, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, andMarriott. Membership requires the adoption of sustainable tourism principles that encouragesustainable business practices, community tourism development, and World Heritage siteconservation. The Alliance also strengthens communities around World Heritage sites byproviding support for community-based tourism in the form of seed capital, technical andbusiness training, and assistance with market access.

The Alliance's efforts have significantly increased awareness of the value of World Heritageamong travelers. More than 500,000 people have visited the World Heritage-related content onExpedia's Web site, and an estimated 10 million have been exposed to more than 5,700 storiesgenerated in the press. The Alliance also distributed a National Geographic brochure onsustainable tourism and World Heritage conservation to guests at various hotels and touristcenters.

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In June 2006, we launched amajor program to providetraining and mobile computingdevices to health surveillanceofficers in Burkina Faso, Kenya,and Zambia.

Technology PartnershipOur partnership with the Vodafone Group Foundation (VGF) continues to leverage Vodafone'score strengths – its mobile technology, global infrastructure, and capacity for mass consumeroutreach – to help the UN address the world's toughest challenges more effectively and efficiently.

One major challenge facing the UN and many national and provincial health systems is the useof paper-and-pen systems to collect health data, which can have high error rates and lead tounacceptable delays and costs. The VGF-UNF partnership is addressing this challenge in Africaby collaborating with WHO and national health ministries to build digital health surveillancesystems. In June 2006, we launched a major program to provide training and mobile datadevices to health surveillance officers in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Zambia. Equipped withepidemiological surveillance software and new training, health professionals can better gatherdata on the ground to support the fight against measles, malaria, HIV/AIDS, and other deadlydiseases.

WHO and local ministries believe that the newsystems will result in more effective and efficientpublic health efforts. Following this three-countryrollout, we will create new digital health surveillancesystems in 20 other African countries, and havebegun work in South America.

Based on the success and promise of this initiative,three leading technology companies – Google, Palm,and Salesforce – have contributed to this effort bymaking tools and technologies available that will strengthen the new digital systems.

The partnership is also working to make effective telecommunications tools available to supportUN emergency response missions. In 2006, we created a program to help Télécoms Sans Frontières(TSF), a humanitarian NGO, deploy rapid response telecommunications teams that join UNmissions worldwide within 48 hours of an emergency. These teams of experts are among thefirst to arrive areas after natural disasters and humanitarian crises, and quickly establishemergency telecommunication centers. Relief workers rely on these centers for the assessment,logistics, and coordination needed to save lives.

With UN Foundation funding, TSF teams supported four UN missions in 2006: a flood reliefmission in Suriname; an earthquake relief mission in Indonesia; a refugee relief mission in theDemocratic Republic of Congo; and a recovery mission in Southern Lebanon. A profile of theVodafone-UN Foundation funded deployment to Indonesia appeared in the July 17, 2006, editionof Business Week.

To learn more, visit www.unfoundation.org/vodafone.

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CHILDREN’S HEALTHFOSTERING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Polio Eradication CampaignIn February of 2006, Egypt and Niger were removed from the list of polio-endemic countries -bringing the number of endemic countries to an all-time low of four, and bringing us a few stepscloser to a polio-free world. Polio eradication has been a longstanding priority for the UNFoundation. The Foundation is a major supporter of the Global Polio Eradication Partnership,a UN-led coalition that has protected over two billion children from polio.

One way the Foundation supports the Partnership is by facilitating vaccine "buy-downs," aninnovative financing mechanism that UNF pioneered along with the World Bank, RotaryInternational, and the Gates Foundation. Through buy-downs, funding from private sourcesenables the World Bank to convert low-interest loans to polio-endemic countries into grants,which the countries use to purchase oral polio vaccine. Using this approach, the Foundationhas helped finance buy-downs that have unlocked over $100 million in Nigeria and Pakistan.

In 2006, the UN Foundation helped support a buy-down that will make available much-neededfunding for eradication efforts in Pakistan. The Foundation secured a $9 million grant from theU.S. Centers for Disease Control, which in turn will leverage at least $25 million in fundingfrom the World Bank to purchase oral polio vaccine for Pakistan.

Funding, while a critical element in eradicating polio, must be complemented by new strategiesto reach children and increase awareness among families of the danger of polio cases. To thatend, the UN Foundation and Google initiated a partnership in 2006, along with UNICEF andthe World Health Organization, to seek new ideas and creative approaches particularly inIndia, that will hasten a polio-free world.

The UN Foundation is a proud to be a part of the international effort to make eradicate polioonce and for all. With leadership from key UN agencies, the plan for achieving this goal is inplace: the critical missing ingredient is resources. The majority of children vulnerable to poliotransmission are living in Muslim areas, whose leaders can play a special role in mobilizing thenecessary resources for polio eradication. The UN Foundation is working closely with membersof the Organization of the Islamic Conference to identify leadership opportunities and encouragefinancial support for polio eradication. To learn more, visit www.unfoundation.org/polio.

The number of polio-endemic countries is at an all-time low. The Foundation’s efforts are helping bring additionalresources and voices to bear in eradicating the disease from the remaining four countries, and the world.

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FOSTERING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES

International Biofuels InitiativeBiofuels have the potential to alleviate poverty, create sustainable rural developmentopportunities, reduce reliance on imported oil, and increase access to modern energy servicesworldwide. In 2006, the UN Foundation's International Biofuels Initiative was launched to promotethe sustainable production and use of biofuels in developing countries, under conditions thatcan attract foreign and domestic investment.

The unofficial launch took place at the World Trade Organization's Public Forum in September2006, when Ted Turner urged delegates to seek greenhouse gas emissions reductions and helpachieve the Millennium Development Goals by improving access to energy, energy services, andenergy markets.

In his speech, Turner said, "Farmers have always grown crops for food and fiber. Today, farmerscan grow crops for food, fuel and fiber. The global demand for biofuels is huge and rising." Healso pointed out that biofuels can also solve the bitter dispute that scuttled the so-called Doharound of trade liberalization talks by providing wealthy countries a means of keeping theirfarmers in business, instead of subsidizing products like cotton, sugar beets, sugar cane andrice, which can be grown more cheaply in developing countries.

The Initiative is supported by the UN Foundation and is being undertaken in partnership withfive UN agencies: the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the Food and AgricultureOrganization, the UN Development Program, the UN Environment Program, and the UNIndustrial Development Organization. Working together, the Initiative has begun working to:

• Build the capacity of developing countries to produce biofuels and provide this energy resource to growing markets worldwide;• Address market access and market entry issues related to trade in biofuels;• Develop national strategies and frameworks for the promotion and production ofbiofuels to achieve sustainable development and encourage replication elsewhere; and,

• Advance sustainable development by meeting the energy needs of developing countries.

To learn more, visit www.unfoundation.org/biofuels.

Biofuels have the potential to transform some of our energy challenges into opportunities. The International BiofuelsInitiative is working to help developing countries take advantage of their renewable energy resources.

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ADVOCATING FOR THE UN

The Better World Campaign (BWC) (www.betterworldcampaign.org), a project of the BetterWorld Fund, works closely with Congress and the United Nations to encourage publicunderstanding of the UN's role and progress in addressing global issues of peace anddevelopment.

Monitoring, advancing, and communicating about UN reform was a top priority in 2006. InApril, disagreement among Member states over UN reform threatened to freeze the UN'sbudget and potentially curtail UN operations. In response, BWC launched "Resolve the Crisis:Don't Shut Down the UN," a campaign to raise awareness on the June budget cap and stalledreforms at the UN, and encourage all governments to work together to ensure that UN operationswere not interrupted by political disagreements.

The cornerstone of the campaign was a Web site,www.dontshutdowntheun.org, which featured anonline petition urging world leaders to reach acompromise on budget and reform issues. In a fewshort weeks, BWC was able to mobilize more than12,000 individuals representing 146 nations, to signthe petition. This progress and advocacy from theBetter World Campaign and many others helped persuade UN Member States to back downfrom budgetary brinksmanship and reach a negotiated solution on reform and UN funding.

And progress was made on the UN reform agenda. UN Member States agreed to: fullyoperationalize an ethics office at the UN; adopt internationally recognized accounting standards;hire a Chief Information Technology Officer; implement a new Information Technology systemto better account for resources; and, produce one unified annual report for the organization.

Another priority in 2006 was drawing attention to the dramatic growth in several vital UNactivities. The number of UN peacekeepers deployed worldwide, for example, grew 100% sinceOctober 2004. BWC helped advocate successfully for a $129 million increase from Congress forUN peacekeeping, and also educated Members of Congress and others about new initiativessuch as the UN Democracy Fund, created at the urging of President Bush to fund projects thatbuild and strengthen democracies around the globe.

The Better World Campaign

In a few short weeks, BWC wasable to mobilize more than12,000 individuals representing146 nations to sign the petition.

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For the fourth year in a row, the UN Foundation spearheaded The People Speak (TPS)(www.thepeoplespeak.org), which has emerged as a vehicle for engaging young people on thebenefits of international cooperation. The 2006 TPS season resulted in more than 10,000 in-person events in over 60 countries, conducted in cooperation with partners including Americansfor Informed Democracy, the International Debate and Education Association, the League ofWomen Voters, the National Forensic League, Religions for Peace, and the United NationsAssociation of the United States of America.

TPS events ranged from town halls tovideoconferences to leadership retreats addressingissues from our energy crisis to ending globalpoverty. At one event in South Carolina, nearly 700people came out to see a movie about energyconservation and alternative energy, and thendiscussed ways to address energy and climate changeissues. At another event, youth leaders participatedin a two-day malaria advocacy training session,

where they were briefed by experts on the disease and what they could do about it.

The People Speak also launched in 2006 a new web presence that encourages participation byyoung people through multimedia features including blogs, contests, forums, photo sharing,podcasts, and videos. These tools have helped transform the series into a year long discussion ofinternational affairs. For example, participants in the series were able to ask questions of 2006Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus, and watch his videotaped responses on the TPSWeb site. In another instance, high school students from Washington, DC interviewed refugeesfrom Darfur, and produced podcasts and videos to share on the TPS Web site.

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A new TPS Web site increasesand extends participation byyoung people throughinteractive and participatoryfunctions including blogs,contests, forums, photo sharing,

With more than 10,000 events in over 60 countries, and an ongoing exchange of ideas on its Web site, TPS was a truly globaldiscussion series. Participants discussed issues ranging from poverty reduction to global health and climate change.

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The most cost-effective and simple approach to prevent malaria is through the use of long-lasting insecticide- treated bed nets, which can reduce malaria transmission by 30 percent whenused appropriately. It costs $10 to buy and distribute a bed net and to educate recipients on itsuse. Despite the effectiveness of bednets in preventing transmission, according to the 2005 WorldHealth Organization's World Malaria Report, only three percent of children under five sleepunder a bed net in Africa.

In 2006, the UN Foundation launched a broad-based advocacy and fundraising campaign,Nothing But Nets (www.nothingbutnets.net), to encourage the public to support the distributionof bed nets during measles campaigns. Inspired by an article written by Sports Illustrated columnistRick Reilly, the campaign includes major corporate donors and raised – in just eight months –over $2.5 million from over 20,000 individual donors.

Working with the National Basketball Association, the People of the United Methodist Church,Sports Illustrated and VH-1, the campaign has stimulated many creative fundraising efforts byschools, sports associations, businesses, and churches.

In November 2006, Rick Reilly and representatives of the campaign traveled to Nigeria to visitwith families who had received the first shipment of more than 150,000 long-lasting insecticide-treated nets. The nets sent to Nigeria were the first of many that will be shipped to Africathrough Nothing But Nets.

Bed net distributions are organized and implemented by the Measles Initiative, a UN-led initiativethat aims to reduce global measles mortality 90% by 2010. Measles Initiative founding partnersinclude the American Red Cross, United Nations Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control,World Health Organization, and UNICEF.

Nothing But Nets

Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly, whose article helped launch the campaign, delivers a bed net and talks with afamily in Ebeju Lekki, Lagos State, Nigeria.

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FINANCIALS

The UN Foundation and Better World Fund take seriously the trust ourchairman, donors, and partners place in us, and we work hard to earn thattrust each day with careful and ethical financial stewardship. That work beginsby ensuring that our dollars go where they make a difference: in 2006, morethan 97 cents of every dollar went directly to support UN programs andcauses.

The UN Foundation adheres to a comprehensive set of good governancepolicies, including: board compensation and travel, code of ethics; conflictof interest; financial best practices; partnerships and donations; andwhistleblower protection. For a complete list of our audited financialstatements from 1999 through 2006, please visithttp://www.unfoundation.org/about/financial_info.asp

Program Services: 97.1%

Management & General Overhead: 1.4%

Fundraising: 1.5%

These efforts have led to eight consecutive years of cleanfinancial audits, and to having been awarded four stars –the highest possible rating – by Charity Navigator, anindependent charity evaluator.

Join Us

DonateWorking together, citizens and effective international organizations, we are making real andmeaningful difference in changing the world for the better. To contribute to the work of theUnited Nations Foundation, go online at www.unfoundation.org/donate.

The UN Foundation is rated a four-star charity by Charity Navigator — the leading evaluatorof non-profits. In 2006, more than 97 cents of every dollar that the UN Foundation raised and

spent went directly to support UN programs and causes.

Stay InformedJoin our growing community and stay informed on UN Foundation’s work and the work of theUN by subscribing to regular email alerts and news updates. Sign up now atwww.unfoundation.org.

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