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8/14/2019 FOUN Newsletter #2

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NEWSLETTE

Now Is

OurTime

In his message to 64th General Assembly the SecretGeneral struck a note of both urgency and hope whentold world leaders that Now is our time. A time to put united back into the United Nations. United in purpoUnited in action. To this end he laid out three challenges: Firstto make this a year that we the united natiorise to the greatest challenge we face as a human family: threat of catastrophic climate change. Our road Copenhagen requires us to bridge our differences. I firbelieve we can. Second to make this the year that nations unito free our world of nuclear weapons. This coming May, at United Nations Review Conference on the Nuclear NProliferation Treaty, we have an opportunity to push for progress. Third to make this the year that we focus on fight against world poverty and on those left behind. Rec

reports such as Voices of the Vulnerable, highlights a ncrisis. The near-poor are becoming the new poor. estimated 100 million people could fall below the poveline this year. Markets may be bouncing back, but incomand jobs are not. Because we are the United Nations. We are tbest hope for humankind. And now is our time.

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GA 64

The 64th Session of theGeneral Assembly may yet come to be known as theGlobal Climate Session. This was clearly in evidencewhen at the outset of the Session the Secretary Generalconvened a meeting of 100 heads of States andgovernments to set the stage for the Copenhagensummit, scheduled to be held toward the end of theSession.

The Secretary General Explained that this was therecognition of the need for an agreement, which allnations could embrace in line with their capabilities - -

consistent with what science required - - grounded ingreen jobs and green growth the life line of the 21stcentury.

Although the SG had hoped that the road toCopenhagen would help us bridge differences, differencendeed did remain and the accord reached at theCopenhagen at COP15 is somewhat less than wasexpected.

Never the less the Session did served to catalyzesome fresh thinking on binding agreements and raise the

hopes of people everywhere, that governments werendeed ready to take the steps necessary to stabilize theworlds climate system.

Whatever its shortcoming Copenhagen did signalthat Climate Change is rapidly becoming a GlobalMovement and that people are becoming more consciousof the need to take greater personal responsibility for thestabilization of the worlds climate system.
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UN DAY CELEBRATION

A Tribute to the UNPeacekeepers

On 22 October 2009 in support of theUN Day the Friends of the United Nationshosted a special ceremony to recognize andhonor the role of peacekeeping throughout

the world.

Special Tributes were Payed to:

1. Canada: to the memory of the Honorable Lester B. Pearson for i n t r o d u c i n g t h e c o n c e p t o f peacekeeping as a way of addressing critical conflict situations.2. UN Peacekeepers: for distinguished

service in the cause of peace and the

promotion of human security.3. 17th Police Precinct of NYC: formore than 6 decades of quiet butdedicated service to the diplomaticcommunity and the UN Secretariat.

Distinguished Speakers:

Mr. LeRoy, Head of the PeacekeepingDepartment.Mr. Terry George, Award winning

Director/Producer (Hotel Rwanda)Mr. Allan Buchman,President CulturalProject

This event is expected to set thestage for a dialogue between artists andpeacekeepers as collaborator in finding waysin which the arts can more fully serve thecause of peace.

Mr. LeRoy

Head of the Peacekeeping Department

Dr. Noel Brown

MC for the evening

Mr. Terry GeorgeAward winning Director/Producer

Mr. Allan Buchman

President Cultural Project
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Concert Dedicated to

the UN Peacekeepers

October 23. 2009 concert at theUN General Assembly Hall under a

theme: A Tribute to Peacekeeping, wasorganized by the Department of Public

Information and the Department of

Peacekeeping Operations, in partnership

with the Culture Project, a New York based

non-profit organization dedicated to artistic

work focusing on social justice and civic

engagement.

As indicated by the theme, ATribute to Peacekeeping, the concert

celebrated United Nations Day 2009 by

using different art forms to focus on the

achievements and importance of United

Nations peacekeeping. Musical performances by artistsfrom a broad array of countries, oral

presentations by public figures, and

documentary film clips highlighted the faces

and stories of the people in the field, and

was used to pay homage to the Blue

Helmets on the sixty-fourth anniversary of

the establishment of the United Nations.

The event was intended to creategreater public awareness of the important

mission performed by peacekeeping

operations around the globe.

UN DAY CELEBRATION

The concert is available on the United Nwebcast archive for the date of 23 Octo

at http://www.un.org/webcast.
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NEWSLETTE

Friends of the UN plans to convene and facilitatean eminent persons roundtable of mayors, municipal leaders,

distinguished experts and policy makers to further develop the

concept of the Smart City and to lay the foundation for a

larger Smart Cities Summit.

During the preparatory phase Friends of the UN willcollaborate with experts in the Smart City consulting field,

representatives of media, planners, builders, real estate

developers, and government leaders thereby assuring a

diversity of expertise and experience in order to enrich the

proceedings.

1. Smart People

2. Smart Living

3. Smart Economy

4. Smart Environment

5. Smart Design

6. Smart Mobility

7. Smart Governance

SMART CITIES INITIATIVE
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Friends of the United Nations Supports

WUXI Forum on Impending Water Crisis

In collaboration with Global Human Settlements Forum

China) FOUN is exploring ways to promote the sustainable

se and management of the planets increasingly stressed water

esource systems. In its new initiative on global water security

trategies for sustainable solutions, FOUN is in consultation

with a number of groups whose innovative and state of the art

echnology shows great promise.

Water Crisis:

Every day, thousands of people die from lack o

access to clean water. The safe water issue

intimately linked to hygiene education and prope

sanitation, which is why we take an integrate

approach to bringing safe water to the world

poor. The facts: 3.575 million people die each yea

from water-related disease, 43% of water-relate

deaths are due to diarrhea, 84% of water-relatedeaths are in children ages 0 - 14. 98% of wate

related deaths occur in the developing world. 88

million people, lack access to safe water supplie

approximately one in eight people. The water an

sanitation crisis claims more lives through diseas

than any war claims through guns. http:

water.org/learn-about-the-water-crisis/facts/

WATER: URGENT URBAN CHALLENGE

The 2009 Global Forum on Human Settlements was held in Wuxi o

November 8. Li Jinhua, Vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chines

People's Political Consultative Conference, Gu Xiulian, Vice-chairman of th

Standing Committee of the Tenth National Peoples Congress, Yang Weize,

member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee an

Secretary of the CPC Wuxi Municipal Committee, Xu Ming, Vice-governor

Jiangsu Provincial Peoples Government, Dr. Noel Brown, Chairman of the Frien

of the United Nations and Vice-chairman of the Global Forum on Huma

Settlements, and other prestigious delegates were present at the forum.

The forum has a theme of Water and Human Settlements in the 21st Century. A thematic conference was held on the sam

morning the forum opened, and issued the Wuxi Declaration on Water and Human Settlements in the 21st Century aft

iscussion. In the afternoon, exchanges were carried out around such topics as construction of civilized cities, control

akes, and construction of habitats. http://www.jiangsu.gov.cn/JSGOVEN08/windowsofjiangsu
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Power of Film in Building Culture of Peace

FOUN continues to partner with Global Peace Film Festival which strives to use thi

media in support of the United Nations Decade for the Culture of Peace. Based o

this experience FOUN plans to encourage young Iraqi film makers to share thei

vision of a post war Iraq on the ways in which this historic culture might come to be

better appreciated by audiences around the world.

To this end an Iraqi Culture of Peace Film Festival is actively under consideration.

FOUN Supports the Global InitiativeToward a Sustainable Iraq (GITSI)

OUN is pleased to announce that it is partnering with GITSI in

romoting the mobilization of Iraqs Civil Society in the rebuilding of

raq. At a high level Seminar on Sustainable Development (SD):

Challenges and Prospects in Iraq, held in last November 2009 and

ponsored by UNDP Iraq and the Environment Agency of Abu

Dhabi (EAD), United Arab Emirates, officials and professionals from

raq and around the world, including UNDP Iraq and Harvard

University, gathered in Amman, Jordan to exchange ideas and

xpertise in this respect.

http://gitsi.org

During 2010 and

2011, a series of

similar activities are

planned to address

such issues as

National SD Strategy,

Sustainable EducationAgriculture, Water,

Women and Youth in

Iraq.

TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE IRAQ

agdad

(from left to right) Iraqi Embassy Official, H.E. Saad Al

Hayani, Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan, Prof. NoelBrown, FOUN President, Dr. Ayad Altaai, GITSI

General Coordinator
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TOURISM: SUSTAINABILITY ALLY

Dr. Noel Brown urges climate literacy at CMEx

St. Lucia Conference.

Addressing the 18th Caribbean Media Exchange Conference on Climate Change in St. Lucia lastmonth Dr. Noel Brown observed that the Caribbean was one of the most climate friendly region in the

world. With a kind of sustained climate balance and relatively free from extremes and little by way of

severe weather.

Climate was thus one of the regions principal natural assets and one that makes it a premierworld destination. But this could change if scientific projections are correct. The region could face

more frequent and more intense storms, see level rise, vegetation and water vapor migration and thestill yet to be fully determined the hazards of ocean acidification.That is why like every other region the

Caribbean must take Climate Change seriously and even more personally.

To this end Dr. Brown advocated a vigorous climate education program, which could lead to anew kind of climate literacy for the people of the region. He then challenged the CMEX to exercise

greater leadership in this area.

Editor: - Rusudan Grigoli
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