The Year Ahead in US-UN Relations
Thursday March 25, 2010
1:15-2:30 p.m.
at Church Center for the United Nations
777 UN Plaza, 2nd Floor Conference Room
(44th and 1st Avenue)
New York, NY 10017
Featured Speaker
Minh-Thu Pham
Director of Public Policy, Better World Campaign RSVP to Jessica Hartl, jhartl@unausa.org or 202-462-3446 x12.
Background In his first State of the Union address on January 27, President Barack Obama stated “the [type of international] leadership that we are providing [is] engagement that advances the common security and prosperity of all people. We're working through the G20 to sustain a lasting global recovery. We're working with Muslim communities around the world to promote science and education and innovation. We have gone from a bystander to a leader in the fight against climate change. We're helping developing countries to feed themselves, and continuing the fight against HIV/AIDS. And we are launching a new initiative that will give us the capacity to respond faster and more effectively to bioterrorism or an infectious disease….” With this statement, President Obama has laid out an ambitious agenda. But what does this mean in practical terms for how the US and the UN work together towards common goals? Will the US continue to fund the UN, its agencies and programs, and other international organizations at the levels requested, or will the economic crisis force the US to tighten its belt? How will Congress react to the President’s FY2011 international affairs budget? Please join UNA-USA’s Council of Organizations for this annual briefing on US-UN relations. *****
The Council of Organizations is a division of the United Nations Association of the USA and consists of more than 100 non-governmental organizations that share the common goals of promoting greater public awareness about global issues and strengthening the United States-United Nations relationship. |