Hazel Henderson
for homepageNew international agreements and fees on commercial exploitation of global resources, taxes on arms trade, speculation, waste and pollution can provide new revenues to humanitarian civic groups and enable a restructured United Nations to pursue more equitable and sustainable human development.
Co-Editor with Harlan Cleveland and Inge Kaul (Elsevier Science Ltd., UK, 1995).
Global Commission to Fund the UN, Washington, DC (U.S. edition 1996), 2100 Connecticut Ave NW #204, Washington DC 20008 or P.O. Box 5190, St. Augustine, FL 32085 - Fax orders to: 904/826-0325. Paperback $12.95 (S & H included).Featured in the New York Times, Thursday, September 26, 1996, p. A17.Who Should Be the World's Policeman?
The U.S.A. Alone, or...
Together With the Broad Coalition of Member States Working Within the United Nations and Revitalizing Its Peace-Keeping and Humanitarian Role?
The world has changed. Most of today's conflicts are civil, ethnic, and religious, often manipulated from without. Some are just marauding gangs with cheap weapons.
76% of Americans want the United Nations to continue as "policeman of the world." Only 19% want the U.S.A. to have this role. (Americans Talk Issues)
59% of Americans approve of the United Nations -- and by a 2 to 1 margin trust the United Nations more than our own U.S. government. (Americans Talk Issues)
Americans, by 64% to 28%, believe the U.S.A. should pay back dues to the United Nations -- now $1.6 billion. (Wirthlin Group, United Nations Association-USA)
Americans favor giving the United Nations more authority in environmental protection (93%), in security (92%); 84% want the United Nations to foster more sustainable forms of development to meet present human needs without jeopardizing the future needs of our children and grandchildren. (Americans Talk Issues)
of American
People Agree!
"Capital markets and world trade can become more democratic, orderly,
truly efficient, and socially and environmentally responsible. The United Nations: Policy and Financing Alternatives reveals how prices can reflect true costs through user-fees on commercial exploitation of global resources, taxes on arms shipments, speculation, waste and pollution. Shows how a restructured United Nations can help finance equitable, sustainable, human development. Edited by Harlan Cleveland, Hazel Henderson, and Inge Kaul, this book includes contributions from Keith Bezanson, Emilio Cardenas, Robert Cassani, Erskine Childers, Oliver Giscard d'Estaing, Jo Marie Griesgraber, Alan F. Kay,
John Langmore MP, Ruben Mendez, Morris Miller, and Maurice Strong."
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