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MR. ERELI: Good morning, everybody. Welcome to our first briefing of the day. It is with our Assistant Secretary for International Organizations, Kristen Silverberg, who's here to talk about the year that's almost behind us and the year that's almost ahead of us in terms of what's been accomplished on UN reform and how we see the way ahead in meeting the challenges of UN reform in the year to come. So I will, without further ado, bring on Kristen. Thank you. ASSISTANT SECRETARY SILVERBERG: Thank you all for coming. I thought I'd spend just a minute updating and then...

At one end of the street stands the United Nations; at the other end stands the United States Congress. At issue: whether the U.N.'s diplomatic immunity trumps the subpoena power of the U.S. Congress.Volcker has persistently blocked congressional efforts to secure information about the multi-billion-dollar oil-for-food scandal. The genius of the American system of governance is the checks and balances built into the government by the U.S. Constitution and the ultimate authority of the electorate, which can dump the entire government on election day. The U.N. is accountable to no one.

READ THIS VERY IMPORTANT HEALTH MESSAGE BELOW AND CONTACT EVERYONE. Your right to choose your vitamin, mineral and other supplements may end in June of this year (2005). After that U.S. supplements will be defined and controlled by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The CODEX ALIMENTARIUS (Food Code) is setting the supplement standard in all countries in the WTO. They will be enforced by the WTO and will over ride U.S. laws. The U.S. President and Congress agreed to this take-over when the WTO Treaty was signed. Violations are punished by WTO trade sanctions,...

No sarcasm today.I find I can do very little to help this country - my own petty but unignorable problems seem to occupy too much of my time. What little I can do seems so trivial, but if it is multiplied by the power of Freepdom then perhaps the trickle will become streams, and the streams will become a river, and the river will wash some of the corruption from our shores. Of course, I am referring to the United Nations.Below is the text of a letter I just sent to my Representative; I encourage others of like mind to...

H.R. 1146 - American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003Analysisby Herbert W. TitusSenior Legal Advisor Copyright 2003 The Liberty Committee   SummaryThe Charter of the United Nations is neither politically nor legally binding upon the United States of America or the American people. The Charter of the United Nations is commonly assumed to be a treaty.  It is not.  Instead, the Charter of the United Nations is a constitution.  As such, it is illegitimate, having created a supranational government, deriving its powers not from the consent of the governed (the people of the United States and peoples of other member nations)...

The UN has earned its reputation as the largest anti-self-defense organization in the world. Their lust for depriving individuals of firearms for self-defense is strong and growing. They have been promoting a universal gun registration program in order to set the stage for confiscation. Consider who comprises the UN. Communist China is the largest thugocracy in the world. Other countries suffering from a variety of crooks and thugs include Syria, Sudan, Lybia, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Iran and North Korea. We are supposed to take them seriously because they send their goons all dressed up in suits to UN meetings? The only...

Action Alert! Action Alert! *** URGENT ACTION NEEDED! House to Vote on H.R. 1146 to GET U.S. OUT OF U.N. TONIGHT!!!

July 15, 2003 Our opportunity is at hand!  We wanted a vote on Congressman Ron Paul's H.R. 1146 (withdrawing the United States from the United Nations) and we got it. The House will vote late this afternoon or early evening on H.R. 1146 as an amendment to H.R. 1950 ­ Foreign Relations Authorization Act.  The amendment reads: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act, may be obligated or expended to pay any United States contribution to the United Nations or any affiliated agency of the United Nations." In plain...

Get Out of the U.N. Vote TODAY! July 15, 2003 Our opportunity is at hand! We wanted a vote on Congressman Ron Paul's H.R. 1146 (withdrawing the United States from the United Nations) and we got it. The House will vote late this afternoon or early evening on H.R. 1146 as an amendment to H.R. 1950 _ Foreign Relations Authorization Act. The amendment reads: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act, may be obligated or expended to pay any United States contribution to the United Nations or any affiliated...

April 16, 2003 The Honorable Tom DeLay Majority Leader U.S. House of Representatives Dear Mr. DeLay: I would like to thank you for your long and tireless support for American sovereignty. I am writing to ask your assistance in a matter of great importance to our future as a nation. As you may know, I have introduced the American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003, H.R. 1146. This bill ends the United States' participation in and funding of the United Nations. Considering the abysmal performance of the United Nations in all aspects of the Iraq crisis and war, I believe now...

The Charter of the United Nations is neither politically nor legally binding upon the United States of America or the American people. The Charter of the United Nations is commonly assumed to be a treaty. It is not. Instead, the Charter of the United Nations is a constitution. As such, it is illegitimate, having created a supranational government, deriving its powers not from the consent of the governed (the people of the United States and peoples of other member nations) but from the consent of the peoples' government officials who have no authority to bind either the American people nor...