*{ http://www.attac.org/fra/asso/doc/doc22en.htm 16 aout 2002 Making the United Nations accountable to the peoples of the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.attac.org/geneve2000/textes/doc/resolutionen.htm August 3 2000 Call } On September 6-8, 2000, the United Nations will host the UN Millennium Summit, the largest gathering of heads of state in history, to set the agenda for the world for the new millennium. Political and corporate leaders will consider the ratification of over 500 treaties that declare the need for economic, social, political, and cultural human rights for all peoples. However, the hierarchical structure and openness to corporate influence of the UN, make it close to impossible for the will of the people to be implemented and renders it a forum for impotent rhetoric. The UN Charter opens with the words "We, the People". The theme of the UN Millennium Summit is "We the Peoples: The Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century." To ensure The People are represented, all are invited to converge for a People's Summit in the streets of New York City on Sept. 8th in recognition of this historic concentration of power and to send our message that a radically different system is needed. In light of the deepening crises of poverty, racism, armed conflict, ecological devastation, militarization, human rights abuses, exploitative labor, cultural dissolution, the further impoverishment of the peoples of the global South, the eroding democracy caused or exacerbated by corporate globalization, and the corporate agenda of the IMF, World Bank, and WTO, and to have any hope of elevating the quality of life of all the world's people, the goal of the Millennium Summit of World Leaders MUST be to democratize political structures and the international economy. S8 Mobilization is a coalition of international organizations working to mobilize a massive people's presence at the Millennium Summit to reclaim the United Nations for all and to advance a people's agenda for the 21st century. S8 Mobilization supports the founding mission of the United Nations to end war by fostering peace and true security through solidarity and we hold this mission as one of our own. We must not allow the corporate takeover of the United Nations, its adoption of the goals of the multinational private sector, or the continued subversion of its efforts by the United States. We must demand a truly democratic United Nations that works for people and the planet -- not free trade and corporate profit. Join us to tell the "leaders" of the world what real global human development is. On September 8th, bring your ideas of what democracy really looks like to the streets of New York City for a day of protest, direct action and international celebration. Just as on the streets of Seattle, DC, Philly and LA, the voices of the people will be heard in New York and will not be silenced until real change comes. If your organization would like to endorse this call, please email S8-Mob@onebox.com , or call the voicemail number at (212) 894-3761 x1207 and leave a message specifying which organization is endorsing the call and leave contact info. Also, if you would like to be an integral part of the planning for this historic event, please join the listserv by sending a blank email. *{ to: S8-Mob-subscribe@topica.com Note: these days of actions during the UN Millennium Forum were chosen by the delagates and are part of the final resolution of the Alternate Summit Geneva 2000 "Paving the Way to A New World" }