United States Joins Alliance Of Civilizations

[Judi Lynn]

Source: United Nations

United States Joins Alliance Of Civilizations
Sunday, 16 May 2010, 11:13 am

UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK - The United States government today announced it is joining the UN Alliance of Civilizations. It will be the 100th member country of the initiative.

"I am pleased that the United States has announced its intention to join the Alliance of Civilizations," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "The US will bring unique capabilities to this initiative, not least the great diversity and innovative character of the American people."

President Sampaio, High Representative for the UN Alliance of Civilizations, welcomed the decision. "The United States membership is a very significant opportunity to maintain the issue of cultural diversity high on the global agenda," he said.

The Alliance of Civilizations is a special project of the UN Secretary-General which seeks to counter the cultural and religious forces which can lead to extremism and polarization in society, and works to actively engage governments in support of civil society projects that help bring communities together. The Alliance has already developed a number of partnerships with US-based organizations, and the entry of the US government into the Alliance is expected to lead to greater participation by US-based academic and research institutions, NGOs, businesses, religious and media groups.


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[damntexdem]

1. But if it's an alliance of civilizations, do we qualify?

I mean, does the UN have no standards at all? ;-)

[Judi Lynn]

5. Apparently you've not heard of this country's finest citizens, "Billionaires for Wealthcare."

We are not worthy to have them running things. Bow to their images. Pray they'll have mercy on us.

[MilesColtrane]

2. AAAYYYIII!!!

NEW WORLD ORDER!!

BLACK HELICOPTERS!!

ENSLAVEMENT UNDER A GLOBAL DICTATORSHIP!!

(Preemptively posting teagbagger reactions)

[HowHasItComeToThis]

17. SEMI-CIVILIZED

[Prof Lester]

3. A Triumph of Orwellian Bullshit

We are the world's great savage of the moment.. raping, robbing, killing, destroying.. all in the name of neanderthal greed and selfishness. And I note we are not Number 1 in this "initiative". We are Number 100. It hardly surprises me that there are 99 countries which are more civilized than we are. Maybe that should read 999 countries.. or 9999 countries. How many countries are there anyway? I know we're getting near the bottom of the list in regard to the education of the people, health care, civic understanding, general knowledge, scientific knowledge, and so on. A bunch of damn savages ruled by 4000 bloodsucking fiends.

Just sayin'.

[bemildred]

4. Indeed.

The toolishness of this disgraces the UN.
:thumbsup:

[Twillig]

14. Don't slander the neandertal's. We are here.

They are gone. ( some (of us) have their genes though!)

Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.

[onehandle]

6. Our gun-centric population is civilized?

"Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho."

[proteus_lives]

11. "gun-centric"?

Is that the best you can do?

And a Die Hard quote?

The fail is strong with this one!

:rofl:

[DeSwiss]

7. "seeks to counter the cultural and religious forces which can lead to extremism and polarization"

Well I'm certainly for that!

- K&R

[unkachuck]

10. will that include....

....Sarah Palin and the Republican Tea Party movement?

[DeSwiss]

15. At minimum....

...and the Republican Party if we're lucky. ;)

[Andronex]

8. The USA is not qualified...

Countries that account for half of the world military spending should be excluded

[Robb]

9. Juvenile "OMG Amerika sux" comments aside

...this is a fascinating initiative, and could bear exceptional fruit. I'm surprised and heartened that we have stepped in. Very Marie-Therese Maurette. :)

[proteus_lives]

12. But a America is eviilllllllll. Don't you know that.

America is the cause of all the evil in the world, everyone knows that!

:eyes:

But seriously, let's hope some good comes of it.

[elias49]

13. Bwahaha!

[Synicus Maximus]

16. Yes before the US was established all was sweetness and light,

there was no war, no pollution, no hate, no slavery, no poverty. Gee I miss those days.