Politics Saving the World

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Natalia

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Okay, that is a tacky title, but anyway....

Here I am hoping to build up a collection of sites and places to visit that help put a stop to things like world hunger, violence against women etc.

Thank you to xdancer, who was a huge part of my inspiration for this.

Here are some places to visit. Clicking FOR FREE at any of these sites helps to fund things like food for starving people, and funding the fight against breast cancer:

To save the rainforests:
http://www.therainforestsite.com/cgi-bin/W...nkyoupg_TRSlogo

To stop world hunger:
http://www.thehungersite.com/cgi-bin/WebOb...Component.0.0.0

Animal rescue:
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/cgi-bin...=ON_THS_ARS_Tab

Breast Cancer:
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/cgi-bin...=ON_ARS_BCS_TAB


Also, here is something you can either email or post to protest against acid attacks, rapes, murders and general violence against women in Pakistan. All you have to do is fill in your name, and send it. Addresses are provided:

Date

Office of the President
Constitution Avenue
Islamabad, Pakistan

Fax: + 92 51 9224768

E-mail: CE@pak.gov.pk




Dear President:

I am writing to urge you to adopt stronger laws and practices to protect women’s human rights. In recent years, you committed yourself to protecting women from violence, in particular,implementing measures to eradicate “honor killings.” You stated that “honor killings do not find any place in our religion or law,” and that such crimes are “murder and will be treated as such.” Many years later, women’s rights to life and security of person are still under threat with few avenues for redress or protection.

Human Rights Watch urges the government of Pakistan to bring its domestic law and practice into compliance with its international human rights obligations and demonstrate its commitment to eliminating violence and discrimination against women by implementing the following recommendations.

Repeal all laws that in their intent or effect discriminate against women. In particular, the government should immediately repeal the gender-specific discriminatory provisions of the Hudood Ordinances;
Adopt specific legislation that explicitly defines and criminalizes domestic and familial violence and penalizes it accordingly;
Allocate funds to improve and expand medicolegal services and train personnel as well as upgrade physical facilities and equipment;
Prioritize the provision of shelters for abused women and their dependent children, with the assistance of nongovernmental organizations with experience in working with women victims of violence. Ensure that such shelters cease to function as detention centers and instead allow women freedom of movement;
Compile and collate statistics on a national scale on the scope and nature of violence against women, disaggregated by gender and age;
Ensure that violence against women, including domestic violence, is promptly investigated by police and perpetrators are prosecuted by the criminal justice system; and
Strengthen the voice of women in politics and offer governmental protection to women advocates that are threatened.
Human Rights Watch thanks you for your attention and look forward to your action on these critical human rights matters.

Sincerely,
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List of additional contacts to cc:

Chief Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui
Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights Division
Tel. +92-51-9220581
Fax +92-51-9213452
Email scp2000@isb.paknet.com.pk

Mr. Khursheed Mahmood Qasoori
Minister of Law, Justice, Human Rights
Address: S Block, Pak. Sectt.
Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel. +92-51-9212710, +92-51-9210062
Fax +92-51-9202628
Email minister@molaw.gov.pk

Ms. Nilofer Bakhtiar
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Women Development, Soial Welfare and Special Education
Address 1: Prime Minister Secretariate, Islamabad, Pakistan
Address 2: State Life Building No. V China Chowk, Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel. +92-51-9224833, 9202435
Fax +92-519222631, 9203132

Justice Majida Razvi
Chairperson
National Commission on the Status of Women
House No. 39, Street No. 56, F-6/4
Islamabad, Pakistan
Fax: +92-51-9224877
 
Amnesty International said:
International business can have a serious and often destructive impact on human rights. A pesticide factory explosion in Bhopal, India killed tens of thousands, contaminated the area, and devastated the local community. In Nigeria, an oil pipeline in Rukpokwu in Rivers State burst, ravaging the once fertile land around it and depriving farming families of vital income. Both of these examples demonstrate what can happen when companies and countries don't protect the rights of people affected by a business operation.

The UN Norms for Business represent a major step forward in efforts to establish a common global legal framework for understanding the human rights responsibilities of businesses. They were put together an expert body at the UN Human Rights Commission and set out in a single, succinct statement a coherent and comprehensive list of the human rights obligations of companies.

The UN Norms for Business do not seek to impose inappropriate responsibilities on businesses. They say that governments have the primary responsibility for the promotion and protection of human rights and that companies only have responsibilities "within their respective spheres of activity and influence."

Indeed their entire thrust is to encourage the development of stable environments for investment and business, regulated by the rule of law, in which contracts are honored, corruption reduced, and where business enterprises, both foreign and domestic, have clearly defined rights and responsibilities.

Since the UN Sub-Commission on the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights unanimously adopted the UN Norms in August 2003, they have been subjected to intensive and concerted attacks, largely based on false or misleading information, by both the Bush Administration and industry bodies such as the US Council for International Business (USCIB). Despite the Bush Administration's stated support for higher ethical standards for business enforced by strict laws, the US delegation to the Commission worked aggressively in 2004 to undermine the Norms.

This approach ignores the tremendous influence and power that corporations exercise in the global economy. In many countries, governments are either unwilling or unable to step in when corporate activities negatively impact on the human rights of their workforce or the communities where they operate.

From March 14 to April 22, 2005, the UN Commission on Human Rights will meet again to deliberate about the UN Norms for Business, and Amnesty International is working hard to make sure that the discussion is comprehensive, honest, and constructive. Rather than undermining the UN Norms for Business, ask our government to advance the concept of corporate responsibility for human rights at the next Human Rights Commission and beyond.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
United States Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington DC 20520



Dear Madam Secretary:

I am writing to you to express my support for the development of comprehensive international human rights standards for companies based on the UN Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights, the UN Norms for Business. I ask that you champion an earnest and constructive discussion of the UN Norms for Business at the upcoming session of the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva. I strongly believe that the UN Norms for Business are an important step towards the creation of universal standards for the human rights responsibilities of companies.

Though I agree that governments must ensure that companies respect human rights, companies also must uphold human rights in their operations. With American companies operating in many different countries, weak or corrupt national governments often can't or won't regulate them. The results can be disastrous. Human rights impacts associated with business include exploitative labor conditions, abuses by security forces, and community destruction. The pesticide factory explosion in Bhopal, India, which killed tens of thousands, contaminated the area, and devastated the community, shows what can happen when companies and countries don't protect the rights of people affected by a business operation.

On the other hand, US companies that are scrupulous have to compete with companies that don't uphold the same values, so the UN Norms for Business would help create a level playing field. All companies around the world need clear guidance on what is and is not acceptable.

As an American citizen, I was ashamed to learn that in the past the United States government has sided against the UN Norms for Business, arguing that even the attempt to define human rights standards for business had "conceptual flaws and indeed dangers"; had "no basis in law"; and was "doomed from the outset."

Rather than undermining the UN Norms for Business, I ask that the United States use our considerable power to play a leadership role in advancing the concept of corporate responsibility for human rights at the Human Rights Commission and in the world.


Sincerely,
 
This is awesome guys. thanks for putting up the links and sample letters. To add a few of my own:

Hot Sex Pics, Best XXX Photos and Free Porn Images on www.focusporn.com - for those of you who don't know, 300,000 people have died in the ongoing genocide in the darfur region of sudan. the west is very slow to act, and while the UN Security council has voted to try some of the leaders in the International Criminal Court (thank you, US, for finally doing something right and not vetoing it), there is much more that can and should be done.

and also,
easyDNS Parked Page for: theonecampaign.org - Bono's site dedicated to helping poverty-stricken nations, especially HIV/AIDS ravaged Africa.
 
Thank guys.

I want to keep this near the top, so more people actaully do something to help.

After all, we all spend most our time in the Member Lounge, posting what time it is, or what our favourite colour is, and it only takes a few moments each day to do something a little more productive and helpful.

It's such a pity so few people venture into the Serious Discussion threads.
 
General saving the world thing:

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and
All Alias's very own Earth Thread for enviromental stuff!

Jai :rain:
 
You can also do very practical everyday things to help conserve the planets resources. Lke not buying from Mcdonalds, Burgar King or KFC, you don't realise just how much waste packageing comes out of those places. Not to mention how utterly bad the food is amoungst other things. Buy organic meat and make your own Burgers :smiley: . You will be healthier for it aswell. Buy 'Clipper' brand free trade tea/coffee available from most supermarkets in the UK anyway. You wanna save the world, look at what you have in your fridge for starters.
 
But don't stop going to KFC completely. I'll loose my job.

On a more serious note I work for the logistics company that does KFC's food and we are suprisingly good. There constently looking for ways to cut down on the pollution from the lorries and we recycle everything that can be, paper, packaging, cans stuff from the canteen etc.

Maybe these companies could make an effort by recycling the packaging people leave in their buildings.
 
noggi16 said:
But don't stop going to KFC completely. I'll loose my job.

On a more serious note I work for the logistics company that does KFC's food and we are suprisingly good. There constently looking for ways to cut down on the pollution from the lorries and we recycle everything that can be, paper, packaging, cans stuff from the canteen etc.

Maybe these companies could make an effort by recycling the packaging people leave in their buildings.
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Whoops i'm sorry , i didn't realise that KFC was becoming that progressive ! , and i mean that. I think that is it consumer power that is making these companies think about their policys and work practices. I read that over the last 4 years Mcdonalds has been losing profit very sharply because of adverse publicity.
 
I agree. I think they have improved. I don't know the details about KFC. (we're a separate company) and considering the damage we must do to the enviroment, we do a lot to make up for it
 
turn off the lights suggestion...only do so if you wont be using it in the next 20 minutes, because if you turn on the light, turn it off, and turn it on again within 20 minutes, you're actually using MORE electricity!

not really saving the world, but a social justice issue, boycott all chain stores (Walmart, McDonalds, etc) because those companies put local companies out of business.
 
Not to spoil the party but is boycotting these places the way to go? Sure they do things that are wrong, I thing pressure would be better because Wal-Marts like the fourth biggest employer in the world and McDonalds is big too. Where are all those people going to work.
 
do anything,
even the littlest thing,
to help the environment
don't use your car one day
ride your bike instead
pick up one piece
of paper on the street and throw
it away
use biodegradable cups
rather than styrofoam
use your air conditioning only when you
absolutely need it...
just for starters

xx
 
It really is sad how some people do not even come to these threads. There are people in such much more need than most of us (since quite a few of us live in North America, Europe, or Oz), yet some spend time in threads that are things people in 3rd world countries would not even think about, like what is your favorite burger!! That's one of the many reasons why I click on the Hunger Site everyday, to help people. And I'll probably go to some of the other sites too sometime.
 
AgentDesertRose said:
It really is sad how some people do not even come to these threads. There are people in such much more need than most of us (since quite a few of us live in North America, Europe, or Oz), yet some spend time in threads that are things people in 3rd world countries would not even think about, like what is your favorite burger!! That's one of the many reasons why I click on the Hunger Site everyday, to help people. And I'll probably go to some of the other sites too sometime.
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I know what you mean. That's why I started this thread.

While I post in the other threads, it really annoys me how some people make 100 posts a day, and most of them are in the Member Lounge, and the rest in Romance Fiction or something.

I know it isn't up to me who posts where, but I wish more people whould show a bit more interest in their world.
 
Natalia said:
While I post in the other threads, it really annoys me how some people make 100 posts a day, and most of them are in the Member Lounge, and the rest in Romance Fiction or something.
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The thing is, is that now posts in the Member Lounge don't even count to your post count. So at least people can't make 100 posts a day off of that.

I know it isn't up to me who posts where, but I wish more people whould show a bit more interest in their world.
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I definitely agree. I try to show as much interest as I can in the world, although sometimes there's so many problems, it's hard to keep up.
 
Bumping this. Remember to visit some of these sites guys! It's much more important than a lot of the other things people carry on with! Why waste all your time explaining why you hate homosexuals when there are real problems in the world?!
 

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