UN Secretary-General Addresses America.On October 11th, at 12 p.m. EST, for the first time in history, a United Nations secretary-general The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. The Secretary-General acts as the de facto spokesperson and leader of the United Nations. addressed the American public directly, using the familiar format of a "national town hall meeting." Broadcast over the web direct from the United Nations, the event featured as moderator former CBS News anchorman and world government proponent Walter Cronkite, who opened the presentation with a fawning fawn 1 intr.v. fawned, fawn·ing, fawns 1. To exhibit affection or attempt to please, as a dog does by wagging its tail, whining, or cringing. 2. tribute to the United Nations and its mission. There followed a video-recorded homily homily (hŏm`əlē), type of oral religious instruction delivered to a church congregation. In the patristic period through the Middle Ages the focus of the homily was on the explanation and application of texts read or sung during the by Secretary of State Colin Powell who, in keeping with his globalist views, touted the UN's "trail-blazing" efforts in the wake of the September 11th attacks On September 11, 2001, in the deadliest case of domestic Terrorism in the history of the United States, a group of 19 terrorists hijacked four U.S. airliners for use as missiles against targets in New York City and Washington, D.C. . Secretary Powell applauded the United Nation's 189 member states for having "rallied in a manner that we have not seen in this house before" via Security Council resolutions and condemnation by the General Assembly. After Secretary Powell's remarks, Kofi Annan fielded questions both from Cronkite and from the members of handpicked audiences in 10 U.S. cities, extolling the virtues of the United Nations in general and touting the need for a UN-based response to the terrorist threat. The event was co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters League of Women Voters, voluntary public service organization of U.S. citizens. Organized in 1920 in Chicago as an outgrowth of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, it had as its original nucleus the leaders of the latter organization. , the United Nations Foundation, the United Nations Association of the United States of America The United Nations Association of the United States of America or UNA-USA was founded in 1943 by Eleanor Roosevelt as the American Association for the United Nations (AAUN) which was merged with the U.S. Committee for the United Nations in 1964. , and the Better World Campaign. This last is a comparatively new "education and outreach effort dedicated to enhancing the awareness of and appreciation for the vital role the United Nations plays around the world," according to its website. The Better World Campaign is sponsored by the Better World Fund, which was created with money sourced from a $1 billion gift from media mogul Ted Turner to support UN causes. |
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