Links to...

• U.N. Web Sites
  
• Other Interesting Sites

UU-UNO members are urged to...

• Choose one of the following issues:
  1. Peace Initiatives
  2. The International Criminal Court
  3. Reform of the Security Council
  4. Human Rights
  5. Sustainable Development
  6. Eradication of Landmines
     
• Research one or more aspects of that issue
• Notify the UU-UN Office of your work clearly identifying your Issue
• Propose action that members might take on your issue
• Keep informed about the work of the UN on your topic
• Keep aware of events for NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations such as ours) at the United Nations by checking the KEY WEB SITES for NGOs:
  
  
• U.N. Department of Public Information
  
• Conferences and Events

In this way members will...

• act in a research capacity for our designated United Nations passholders
• propose aspects of the Issues on which our passholders might concentrate
• propose courses of action that can be taken by individuals, committees, congregations or the UU-UNO at the local, state/provincial or federal levels, with other countries or at the United Nations itself
• arrange with the UU-UN Office to attend events at the UN that are related to their study/action issue

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1. Peace Initiatives

• Friends Committee on National Legislation
  
• One Day in Peace
  
• Abolition 2000
  
• The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
  
• Peaceweb

Jubilee 2000

• Jubilee 2000/USA
• Jubilee 2000/UK
• CDRom entitled "Pillaged Lives"
• Foreign Policy in Focus
• Oxfam America
• Oxfam Canada
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2. The International Criminal Court

• International Criminal Court
• Coalition for an International Criminal Court
• UNA-USA International Criminal Court
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3. Reform of the Security Council

• Security Council
• Security Council Reform
• The Commission on Global Governance
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4. Human Rights

• UN Human Rights
• Canadian Human Rights Foundation
• Rights and Democracy
• Amnesty International: Human Rights
• Human Rights (UN Instruments, etc.)
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5. Sustainable Development

• ECOSOC: Sustainable Development
• The UN and Sustainable Development
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6. Eradication of Landmines

• Philip Winslow’s book, Sowing the Dragon’s Teeth, Beacon Press, is an excellent source of information both general and anecdotal. (Order it from the UU-UNO.)
• UNA-USA Adopt-a-Minefield Program
• U.S. Humanitarian Demining Program
• Campaign to Ban Anti-Personnel Landmines
• International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War


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UN Web Sites

• United Nations Homepage
• Model United Nations
• Model U.N. and Education Programs
• Other UN and International Organizations and Related Links
• Official Web Site Locator for the UNITED NATIONS System of Organizations
• Economic and Social Council
• The Commission on Global Governance
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Other Interesting Sites

• Parliamentary Internet
• United States Senate
• Congress
• UNA-USA
• UNA-Canada
• Global Policy Forum