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On February 3 at the United Nations Headquarters, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised his Special Envoy to Haiti, former US President Bill Clinton, for demonstrating “extremely important leadership.” The UN Secretary-General then asked Clinton "to assume a leadership role in coordinating international aid efforts, from emergency response to new construction of Haiti."

The earthquake that struck the impoverished nation on January 12 left widespread devastation and death in its wake. The Haitian government recently reported that the death toll had topped 200,000. According to information released by the UN, MR Clinton will work with the Haitian government in recovery and reconstruction efforts. He will help coordinate the work of UN agencies and other international partners, including government & non-government donors and private investors.

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I got the following email this evening and wanted to pass it on in it's entirety.

Dear Friend,

Imagine you’re a victim of domestic violence in Haiti…  Before the earthquake on 12 January, you and your children were safe in one of Haiti’s women’s shelters. You were working to rebuild your life. And now, the shelter and so much else has been ripped away.

UNIFEM is working to raise 2 million dollars to rebuild women’s shelters and expand emergency services for women and their families.

We're getting used to it. 

There is no decision yet, and I'll get into why I'm in a quandary but for some reason my DNA allows me to separate the actions from the issue.  I trust people who say what they mean and do what they say.  Even people I totally disagree with, at least If they are trust worthy then I know where I stand.

I hated his policies and we're now paying for Ronald Reagan's stripping of regulations and shrinking the workforce responsible for enforcing the regulations we still have.  Think lack of meat inspectors.

But I trusted Ronald Reagan.  We knew what we were getting.

I do not trust President Obama to say and do the same thing.  After all, what he says is "Just Words".  It's his actions that speak volumes.

Way back in the early days of this "historic" administration, February, the administration said they would boycott the upcoming Durban II meetings due to the outright Israel bashing and other issues in the primary document.

But now it is ages later and we hear rumblings that we may attend the conference afterall.

When I was young and visited New York for the first time, I begged my family to see the United Nations building and the UN Plaza.  I bought into the notion that together the people of the world could make the planet a better place. That was then, this is now. I’ve grown up, and the UN has become a platform for dissident voices that seek to destroy the liberties enjoyed by democratic societies. Lately, I'm agreeing with Lou Dobbs that we "bulldoze the large piece of real estate on the East side of Manhattan and build something useful".  

The BBC is reporting that we will be boycotting an upcoming confernece because it has free speech issues and singles out Israel by calling Zionism Racist.  I would like to offer my full support to the Obama administration for continuing strong opposition to the farce that is the conference document.

Canada and Israel are also boycotting.

http://www.un.org/events/women/violence/2008/

I just learned of this from PUMA PAC

"We need to do more to enforce laws and counter impunity. We need to combat attitudes and behaviour that condone, tolerate, excuse or ignore violence committed against women. And we need to increase funding for services for victims and survivors. I am determined to strengthen these efforts, including through my global campaign “UNiTE to end violence against women”, which aims to raise public awareness, increase political will and resources and create a supportive environment to make good on existing policy commitments."

Message of the Secretary-General on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
New York, 25 November 2008

Amen to that, NH

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