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CSUN
123 Dean Road
Brookline, MA 02445
617-304-6555 info@strongUN.org
We are a coalition of organizations and
individuals working in the New England area to demonstrate the relevance
of the United Nations and to advocate for the United States government
to take a positive leadership role in achieving the goals of the UN
Charter:
- to save succeeding generations from the
scourge of war....
- to reaffirm fundamental human rights and
freedoms...
- to establish respect for international law
- to promote social progress and better
standards of life
CSUN
Board of Directors
Richard Bail, M.D.
Founder, Communities without Borders
Arthur Holcombe
President of Tibet Poverty Reduction Program
Formerly with UNDP in China
Saran Kaba-Jones
FACE Africa
David Kimball
Nonviolent Peaceforce - Greater Boston
Envoy to Unitarian Universalist U.N. Office
Jacqueline Ladd
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Suzanne Pearce
Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association
Peter Smith, Co-Chair
20-20 Vision, Green Decade/Newton
Nancy Wrenn, Treasurer
Retired, Mass. Dept. of Environmental Protection
Boston chapter Nonviolent Peaceforce
CSUN
Advisers
Brian Aull
Baha'i Community of Cambridge
Elise Boulding
Prof. Emeritus of Sociology, Dartmouth College
Author
Severyn Bruyn
Retired Prof. of Sociology, Boston College
Author
Thomas Gale
Veterans for Peace, Samantha Smith Chapter
Willard Johnson
Prof. Emeritus of Political Science, MIT
Boston Pan-African Forum
Dieter Koch-Weser, M.D.
Retired, World Health Organization
Harvard School of Public Health
Winston Langley
Associate Provost, UMass. Boston
Author
David Lewit
Boston-Cambridge Alliance for Democracy
Dr. Naeem Rathore
Former Staff of the U.N.
International Rotary
Dr. Paul Walker
Legacy Program of Global Green USA
Ruth Weizenbaum
National Alliance for Democracy
Joseph Wronka
Professor, School of Social Work, Springfield College
Author
What
Do We
Believe?
In 1945, the United States played a leading role in
the creation of the United Nations. This remarkable organization is
based on humanity's best ethical ideals, such as human rights, the rule
of law among nations, and the economic and social advancement of all
people as a requirement for peace. The UN has mediated disputes,
concluded treaties and agreements, created democracies, educated
children, and conquered diseases. With adequate support and
participation from its member states, nongovernmental organizations
(NGOs) and citizens, the UN can become an instrument through which the
international community can protect human rights, promote universal
prosperity, and make war obsolete.
We believe it is time for the United States to greatly strengthen its
support of the UN and to make the goals of the UN charter the foundation
of US foreign policy. At the same time, we recognize that people are
important actors, as evidenced by the ever-increasing influence of
social, environmental, and humanitarian NGOs. We believe that the UN
should take this opportunity to use ever more democratic processes to
give people as well as states a voice in the UN system and in world
affairs.
How Are We Working
to Achieve This?
- We network with and promote organizations who are implementing the
goals of the United Nations both locally and globally
- We communicate with public officials about
foreign policy issues related to the UN
- We are developing a model workshop on the
United Nations, its challenges and potential
- We support efforts to create new mechanisms
of democratic participation by people in the world's affairs
- We offer conferences on critical issues
confronting the UN, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the
decade theme of Building a Culture of Peace. Since 1994 we have offered
over a dozen major conferences.
