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New Research: American Companies Awarded $1.74 Billion Annually From Working With the United Nations

News, Press Release | 08/21/2018

New research conducted by the Better World Campaign finds that U.S. businesses won over $1.74 billion in procurement contracts with the United Nations in 2017, by far the most of any country around the world. Since 2010, U.S. companies have received over $9.5 billion in procurement contracts with the UN.

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The Better World Campaign Mourns the Loss of Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General

Press Release | 08/20/2018

The Better World Campaign joins with our colleagues at the United Nations and the UN Foundation in mourning the loss of our friend and leader, Kofi Annan. Mr. Annan served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006, during the administrations of President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush.

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The U.S. Must Stand Up for the Principles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Reunite Families

News, Press Release | 06/20/2018

As parents, sisters and brothers, and children, we have followed with great distress the reports of children from Mexico and Central America being separated from their parents at the U.S. border. The United Nations Foundation, the Better World Campaign, and the United Nations Association of the United States (UNA-USA) believe strongly that such separations risk deep and lasting damage to the physical and emotional well-being of the children and their parents and are inconsistent with fundamental human rights norms and values.

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Better World Campaign President: “UN Human Rights Council Will Be Less Effective Without American Leadership”

News, Press Release | 06/19/2018

Better World Campaign President Peter Yeo issues statement expressing disappointment in response to the United States decision to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council.

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28 Organizations Call on Congressional Leaders to Fully Fund the UN and Push Back against Rescissions

News, Press Release | 06/06/2018

Washington, D.C. (June 6, 2018) – 28 civil society organizations sent a letter to the House and Senate appropriators urging Congress to “continue to support strong U.S. leadership at the United Nations, including by honoring our financial commitments to the organization in Fiscal Year 2019, and to oppose any efforts to rescind UN funding agreed […]

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Statement from the Partnership for Effective Peacekeeping Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of UN Peacekeeping

Press Release | 05/29/2018

On May 29, we commemorate the International Day for UN Peacekeepers, which marks the 70th anniversary of UN Peacekeeping. It is a time to reflect on the 134 peacekeepers who lost their lives this year and to show gratitude to the nearly 105,000 troops, police, civilians, and volunteers - coming from 124 countries - who serve on 14 peacekeeping operations worldwide.

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