----- Original Message ----- From: "Soren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 5:39 PM Subject: (50 Years) September 6: actions at UN Millennium Conference > We the Peoples: A Millennium Convergence for Global Justice > > This coming fall from September 6-8 in New York City, the United Nations is > hosting its Millennium Summit, an event heralded as the single largest > gathering of heads of state in the history of humankind. The Summit will > convene to chart a course for the United Nations in the 21st century and > develop a shared agenda for the new millennium. In recognition of this > historic concentration of power and of the following; > > - The deepening crises of poverty, armed conflict, ecological devastation, > human rights abuse, exploitative labor, cultural dissolution, the further > impoverishment of the peoples of the global South, and eroding democracy > caused or exacerbated by corporate globalization and the corporate agenda of > > the IMF, World Bank, and WTO; > > - The failure of the United Nations to realize its mandate because of its > undemocratic structure, the unacceptable efforts of member nations > (especially the United States) to undermine its power, withhold necessary > funding, subvert its agenda, and ignore its declarations, and its alarming > efforts to form partnerships with corporations and the multinational private > > sector whose record and goals contradict those of the United Nations' > Charter and declarations; and > > - The present emergence of a global peoples' movement of civil society and > grassroots organizations cooperating to challenge corporate globalization, > neoliberal economic hegemony and the undemocratic institutions that enforce > it, and the supremacy of commercial profit over the needs, rights, and > well-being of people and the planet. > > S6 Mobilization is a coalition of international organizations working to > mobilize a massive people's presence at the Millennium Summit to reclaim the > > United Nations for all and to advance a people's agenda for the 21st > century. > > S6 Mobilization supports the mission of the United Nations to end war by > fostering peace and true security through solidarity and we hold this > mission as our own. We must not allow the corporate takeover of the United > Nations, its adoption of the goals of the multinational private sector, or > the continued subversion of its efforts by the United States. We must demand > > a trully democratic United Nations that works for people and the planet -- > not free trade and corporate profit. To this end we propose developing > initiatives and demands of the United Nations and its member states that > address the following: democratization; the UN relationship to corporations > and the private sector; the UN relationship to the IMF, WB, and WTO; member > state behavior (especially of the US) and funding; indigenous > representation; establishment of the International Criminal Court; > disarmament and an end to sanctions; and the further advancement of human > and labor rights, economic justice, ecological sustainability, peace, and > true, direct democracy. > > It is imperative that we respond to this historic convergence of state and > corporate power with an equally historic convergence of global people's > power. We ask any groups, organizations, and activists to join us and take > ownership and leadership in developing a shared vision and organizing to > realize it. > > Join [EMAIL PROTECTED] to exchange information, post meetings, and > > discuss this historic possibility. > For more information, please contact Piedad Guzman at Jubilee 2000 NY > (212-388-7697), Ana Nuttree at NY DAN (111-111-1111), or Kai Newkirk at Mass > > Action (413-586-3032). > > United For All Nations, Not For Corporations! > _________________________________ > > S-6 MOBILIZATION PROPOSALS > > MOBILIZE GLOBALLY FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE > > > It is our belief that The United Nations and its member states should work > harder and be given more power to promote peace and sustainable development > for mankind in this era of globalization. The goals of the United Nations > and its member states should be to enforce international justice, human > rights, health and labor laws for the world. The United Nations and its > member states must not assume the goals of the private sector. Instead, it > should eliminate corporate influence and help governments restrict the > privatization of natural resources and social services by achieving the > following goals and endorsing United Nations Millennium Forum Declaration to > > governments UNC6 which reads: > > C. The Forum urges The United Nations: > 6. To make serious commitments to restructure the global financial > architecture based on principles of equity, transparency, accountability, > and democracy, and to balance, with the participation of civil society > organizations, the monetary means to favor human endeavor and ecology, such > as an alternative time- > based currency. > For more information visit > www.millenniumforum.org/html/papers/Globaliz_currentpaper.htm > > 1. Fulfilling the 2015 Human Development Goals of the United Nations such > as halving the number of people living on less than a dollar a day and > achieving universal primary education. > > 2. Ratifying the Rome Statute creating an International Criminal Court > (ICC), and enacting strong domestic implementing legislation at the national > > level. The ICC will enhance the ability of the international community to > prevent the most serious violations of human rights and international > humanitarian law, and to hold accountable the perpetrators and their > accomplices. The world needs a legal framework to respect international law > > and human rights. For more information visit http://www.iccnow.org > > 3. Eliminating the structural adjustment policies of the IMF and World Bank > > which are designed to further open up the third world economies to > exploitation and plunder by multinational corporations that perpetuate a > destructive state of dependence. > > 4. Stopping the invasion of the earth's remaining wilderness which brings a > > loss of biodiversity, the depletion of natural resources and the breakdown > of the planet's life support systems, as is already evident in ozone > destruction, global warming, loss of species and habitat, depletion of > forests and oceans, and the loss of the land and rights of native peoples. > International law should require that all genetically engineered foods be > tested for safety before marketing, then labeled for consumer information. > Banning genetically modified crops which are untested and could endanger > people and the natural ecosystems of our planet is essential; health > considerations must take precedence over the desire for profits. > > 5. Cancelling the poor countries' debt pursuant to international legal > principles such as: the doctrine of odious debt, economic duress, > impossibility of performance, material breach, quid pro quo, third party > beneficiary and the eradication of the interest that generates poverty > worldwide. This is essential to the pursuit of sustainable human > development. For more information on these principles, visit > http://www.jubilee-ny.org > > UN members states must also consider other reforms to the global financial > system. Examples are listed in the Millennium Forum declaration: > > Facing the Challenges of Globalization: > 5) What the UN must do > > h) Promote Financing for Development: > Another area of study should be the UNILETS (United Nations International > Local Employment-Trading System). > > i) Consider the Tobin Tax: > Local Exchange, Trade and currency practices should be developed further and > > examined for international application. The abolition of debts and the > eradication of interest are essential components in pursuing sustainable > human development. > > j) Reform the International Financial Institutions: > The UN should convene a conference similar to the Bretton Woods conference > of 1944 to discuss what sort of new financial > architecture is needed for our rapidly globalising world. The adoption of > the time standard of money and abolition of interest rates are both ideas > worthy of consideration. > See: www.millenniumforum.org/html/papers/Globaliz_currentpaper.htm > > 6. Implementing the Tobin Tax. More than 90% of international financial > transactions are purely speculative operations, creating unstable currency > values. The 0.1% tax would apply at both the time of sale and the time of > purchase. This tax will curb speculation because the total tax collected is > inversely proportional to the length of time the assets are held. This > income should fund programs aimed at the alleviation of poverty, financing > programmes in development, environmental protection and peacekeeping as well > > as the regulation of International Corporations. > > A tobin Tax would also generate substantial revenue that could be used for > social development. The revenue could be collected nationally and > distributed between the national and international level as ODA. > > 7. Empowering local communities by promoting self-reliance and economic and > > political control. It is imperative for world development to establish > economic enterprises to enhance people's ability to exercise democratic > control over decisions that affect their lives. > > 8. Developing international living wage standards relative to a country's > buying power which will prove that governments and corporations respect the > livelihoods of the people. > > 9. Providing for fair and equal treatment of women in the workplace and the > > immediate halt of female exclusion in education. Zero tolerance for > discrimination, rape, torture, forced sterilization, or any other human > rights abuse directly aimed at women must be invoked. > > 10. Demanding full disclosure of, and access to, the factories of > multinational corporations to monitor the safety and treatment of workers. > Ensuring that children can go to school as opposed to being caged up in a > factory. > > 11. Promoting conventional and nuclear disarmament. Eliminating nuclear > testing under water, underground and in outer space. Worldwide restrictions > > on the production of arms, land mines and nuclear weapons is imperative, as > well as the implementation of government programs to deactivate existing > landmines. > > Finally, the United States should pay its UN debts of US$1.6 billion > immediately and continue funding the United Nations so it can fulfill its > mission to eradicate poverty. The people of the world are waiting for the > leaders of the Millennium Summit to lead the way to debt freedom by > endorsing UN C6 and providing the world with an "alternative time-based > currency." > > United For All Nations, Not For Corporations! > > Piedad Guzman > Chair > Jubilee 2000 NY > > Kai Newkirk > Mass Action > > Ana Nuttree > NY DAN > > =========================================================== > 50 Years Is Enough Network http://www.50years.org > To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > unsubscribe > in the body of the message. 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