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 millerfamily rated 6 months ago - From the page: "Five Steps Congress Can Take Right Now to
Build Structures for Peace
1. Fund Civilian Peacebuilders
Urge your representative to support funding for a civilian response corps in the 2009 State Department funding bill. Find out more.
2. Fund Reconciliation Programs
The US...
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- millerfamily rated 6 months ago
- From the page: "Five Steps Congress Can Take Right Now to
Build Structures for Peace
1. Fund Civilian Peacebuilders
Urge your representative to support funding for a civilian response corps in the 2009 State Department funding bill. Find out more.
2. Fund Reconciliation Programs
The US government has a program that supports peacebuilding activities through non-governmental organizations in conflict ridden areas. Urge your senators to support funding for people-topeople peacebuilding activities between Israelis and Palestinians, Arabs and Jews in the MIddle East.
3. Full Funding for U.S. Diplomacy
The State Department has 1,100 empty desks at U.S. embassies. Urge your members of Congress to increase funding for diplomacy in the 2009 State Department funding bill. Find out more.
4. Fully Fund UN Peacekeeping and Pay $1.2 Billion in Arrears
Urge your representative to support appropriations to pay the $1.2 billion debt the U.S. owes to UN peacekeeping operations and to fully fund peacekeeping operations the U.S. endorses and votes for. Find out more.
5. Double Funding for Development Assistance
These programs address the poverty, lack of education, and hunger that are often root causes of conflict. Urge your representative to double funding for core development assistance from $1.2 billion to $2.4 billion."
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