NAMI Press Releases
Announcements of Trinational interest.Thursday, June 25, 2009
US Funding for the United Nations: An Update.
Better World Campaign, June 2009: Each year, Congress is responsible for approving and allocating the payments requested by the President for U.S. assessed contributions to the United Nations regular and peacekeeping budgets. Currently, the U.S. is assessed 22% of the UN regular budget and 26% for UN peacekeeping operations. For many years, due to Administration and Congressional underfunding, the U.S. fell well behind in its treaty-obligated payments to the UN. But in June 2009, Congress voted for and the President signed legislation that erases all the debts that had been building over the last decade. Read more.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Statement By Tim Wirth, Regarding The Obama Administration’s Request Of $836M For UN Peacekeeping.
United Nations Foundation Press Center, April 10, 2009 - “The UN Foundation commends President Obama for his request to Congress for $836 million for United Nations peacekeeping as part of the FY 2009 Supplemental Funding request. The U.S. supported the creation of all of these peacekeeping missions, which are vital to U.S. national security interests, and now we must pay our share of the bill. We are pleased to see the Obama Administration reinforce its commitment to working with the UN to help meet the transnational challenges of the 21st century. We urge the Congress to move forward with this vital funding, which will help restore the United States to good financial standing at the United Nations and show that great nations pay their bills.” Read more.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Upcoming Symposium: Climate Change and North America’s Water Security
Global climate change is already having an impact on North America. Prolonged droughts and major floods appear to be on the increase. Water—for residential, agricultural, and industrial use—is becoming a much more valuable commodity. Aquifers and freshwater lakes are seeing increased drawdowns without replenishment. Water is becoming a continent-wide problem. Should the North American countries of Canada, Mexico, and the United States develop their own national water policies, or is a common, tri-national, North American water policy a more sensible option? What would a tri-national water policy look like?
The North American Institute (NAMI) is organizing a symposium oriented towards producing a policy document that would help frame the discussion about a North American Water policy. The symposium will bring scientists and policy makers together in order to exchange information and to forge a preliminary statement on water policy in North America. The symposium will be held in Santa Fe over the course of two days (dates and exact venue to be determined), with the first day being devoted to presentations and discussion on global climate change and its impacts on water in North America. The second day would focus on policy responses—unilateral, bi-national, and tri-national—to the changing nature of water resources on the continent. Themes include:
• Global climate change and water: what are the expected impacts?
• Existing national policies, and bi-national agreements and treaties
• Water and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• Case studies of particular regions (local and trans-border)
• Forging a continental response to climate change and water
Interested potential participants, partners, and sponsors should contact the North American Institute. Date and venue are yet to be determined. We expect that the symposium will be limited to no more than 20 participants.
The North American Institute (NAMI) is a tri-national, non-profit, post-partisan organization dedicated to fostering greater cooperation between Canada, Mexico, and the United States on issues of common concern. For details, please see our website at http://www.northamericaninstitute.org.
For more information please contact Sharon Kelley at 505-982-3657 or by email at
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