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Has anyone heard anything about this? I just got it
from the Free Burma list.
Rachel
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The People's Summit:
Making the United
Nations accountable to the peoples of the world.
On September 6-8, 2000,
the United Nations will host the UN Millennium
Summit, the largest gathering
of heads of state in history, to set the
agenda for the world for the new
millennium. Political and corporate leaders
will consider the ratification of
over 500 treaties that declare the need
for economic, social, political, and
cultural human rights for all peoples.
However, the hierarchical structure
and openness to corporate influence of
the UN make it close to impossible for
the will of the people to be
implemented and renders it a forum for impotent
rhetoric.
The UN Charter opens with the words "We, the People". The theme
of the UN
Millennium Summit is "We the Peoples: The Role of the United
Nations in the
21st Century." To ensure The People are represented, all are
invited to
converge for a People's Summit in the streets of New York City on
Sept. 8th
in recognition of this historic concentration of power and to send
our
message that a radically different system is needed.
In light of
the deepening crises of poverty, racism, armed conflict,
ecological
devastation, militarization, human rights abuses, exploitative
labor,
cultural dissolution, the further impoverishment of the peoples of
the global
South, the eroding democracy caused or exacerbated by
corporate
globalization, and the corporate agenda of the IMF, World Bank, and
WTO; and
to have any hope of elevating the quality of life of all the world's
people,
the goal of the Millennium Summit of World Leaders MUST be to
democratize
political structures and the international economy.
S8
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. S8 Mobilization supports the founding mission of the United
Nations
to end war by fostering peace and true security through solidarity
and we
hold this mission as one of 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 truly democratic United Nations
that
works for people and the planet -- not free trade and corporate
profit.
Join us to tell the "leaders" of the world what real global
human
development is. On September 6-8th, bring your ideas of what
democracy
really looks like to the streets of New York City for a four days
of
teach-ins, protests, direct actions and international celebration. Just
as
on the streets of Seattle, DC, Philly and LA, the voices of the people
will
be heard in New York and will not be silenced until real change
comes.
Our mobilization needs your support.
Our meetings are:
Tuesdays at 6pm at The Church Center for the UN.
777 UN Plaza, 44th
Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues); 7th Floor
Financial contributions
can be made to out to:
S8-Mobilization
c/o Nisha Anand
255
18th street, Apt 406
Brooklyn, NY 11215
For more information on
tax-deductible contributions, please call Nisha
Anand: (718)
369-2724.
If your organization would like to endorse this call, please
email
[EMAIL PROTECTED], or call the
voicemail number at (212) 894-3761 x1207 and
leave a message specifying which
organization is endorsing the call and
leave contact info. Also, if you would
like to be an integral part of the
planning for this historic event, please
join the listserv by sending a
blank email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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