United Nations, New York, 9 August 2011 - The United Nations Department of Public Information, in partnership with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), will run the 3rd annual Citizen Ambassadors video contest from 8 August 2011 to 8 September 2011. Website: http://www.uncitizenambassadors.org/ Rules of the Contest: - Only entries submitted via YouTube will be eligible for consideration. To sign up for an account on YouTube, please visit http://www.youtube.com/create_account. - Video entries must not exceed 30 seconds in length. - The contestant must be at least eighteen (18) years of age on the date he/she enters the contest. - Video submissions must be original and unpublished work by the contestant and not infringe on any copyright laws. - The submitted video must begin with the phrase "Excuse me, Mr. Secretary-General..." - Submitted videos must be recorded in English or French or subtitled in English or French. - Each entrant must fill out the Entry Form. - Video submissions may not contain any offensive or inappropriate content, according to United Nations principles and practices, and must comply with YouTube's general terms and conditions. - Current or former staff members, interns or retirees of the United Nations Organization, its Agencies, Funds or Programmes and any family and/or house-hold members of these staff members are not eligible. - The contest will end on 8 September 2011 at 11:55 p.m. New York time (EST). Entries submitted after this time or modified past the end of the contest will not be eligible. - The results will be announced in October 2011 on the official Citizen Ambassadors website http://www.uncitizenambassadors.org/ and on the UN Channel on YouTube. Legal Disclaimer: By submitting a video submission to the competition, the entrant accepts the full terms and conditions of the contest. By submitting a video, the entrant grants the United Nations full permission to freely use said video as appropriate, for World Humanitarian Day activities, cross-posting on other YouTube channels, UN websites and by UN partners, or any other use. The United Nations will have the right to freely use the video material. These terms and conditions are subject to change. For further information, please email us at citizenambassador[at]un.org. Please include the URL of your video submission and your YouTube profile name in your email. Music: 'If I Could Change' (Instrumental) by Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis (Closed Captions in the 6 UN Official languages will be added shortly)

With a voice over by Sarah Michelle Gellar, CARE's TV campaign highlights the importance of women helping other women around the world. To learn more, visit http:www.care.org

Check out how companies can benefit from barter. IMS CEO Don Mardak Interviewed by Neil Cavuto.

The further rise in the Earth's temperature - and how it materialises - will severely impact on food. NATO Review asks experts what impact this will have on how countries plan security, how food and water supplies will evolve and the effect current policies will have. This video is part of the NATO Review edition 01/2011 titled: "Hungry for climate action?" http://www.nato.int/review This video's ITN/Reuters copyrighted library material licensed by NATO cannot be used as part of a new production without consent of the copyright holder.

United Nations, New York, 24 June 2010: Video Contest: Tell the World Leaders what YOU think about the Millennium Development Goals. Contest Rules: Only entries submitted via the YouTube platform will be eligible for consideration. To sign up for an account on YouTube, please visit http://www.youtube.com/create_account. Video entries should be two (2) minutes in duration or less. The contestant must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to enter the contest. Video submissions should be original and unpublished work by the contestant. The submitted video must address at least one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) listed in the United Nations Millennium Declaration. For more information about the MDGs, please visit http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals. The submitted video should address one of the following challenges: 1. "Why are the Millennium Development Goals important to you and your family?" 2. "What is your community, city or country doing to achieve the Millennium Development Goals?" 3. "How can the international community better work together to achieve the Millennium Development Goals?" Submitted videos must be recorded in English or French, or in any other language but with English or French subtitles. Please see http://www.youtube.com/t/captions_about for simple instructions on how to create closed captioned subtitles for YouTube videos. The nationality and age of the contestant must be clearly indicated in the YouTube user profile to be eligible for consideration. Video submissions may not contain any offensive or inappropriate content, according to United Nations principles and practices, and must comply with YouTube's general terms and conditions. Current or former staff members, interns or retirees of the United Nations Organization, its Agencies, Funds or Programmes and any family and/or house-hold members of these staff members are not eligible for consideration in the contest. Submissions will end on 23 August 2010 at 11:59 p.m. New York time. Any entry submitted after this time will not be accepted. Any video modified after the end of the contest will not be eligible. The results will be announced in late September 2010 on the official Citizen Ambassadors website, on http://www.uncitizenambassadors.org and on the UN Channel on YouTube. Please visit: http://www.uncitizenambassadors.org for more information on the Terms and Conditions, including the Selection Process. 'Hey Boys and Girls' performed by Evermore ( www.evermoreband.com ) courtesy of Scorpio Music ( www.scorpiomusic.com.au ).

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a priority list not only for the United Nations and world leaders, but for all people with global perspective. On September 20, 2010, leaders will converge in New York City to bring new attention to the progress we've all helped make toward achieving the MDGs -- and the work that still remains to be done. Join us (www.unfoundation.org) as we count down the days until the MDG Summit: celebrating our successes, learning about the challenges we face, and taking action to advance the MDGs.

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight specific targets set by the world's nations to reduce extreme poverty by 2015. The Australian Government is committed to helping achieve the Millennium Development Goals through its aid program. For more information about the MDGs go to http://www.ausaid.gov.au/keyaid/mdg.cfm

Quotes about Peace and how to create it by www.peaceday.tv ~ Peace is your's if you make it!

A year after the January 2010 earthquake, children across Haiti have come back to school ready to move on from the tragedy and think about the future. Through its school meals programme, WFP feeds nearly a million Haitian children everyday to give them the strength and an incentive to keep coming to school.

There is no time left to be complacent. The world is changing now. Not tomorrow. Be part of the change for good. The love. Not the fear. Let go your attachment to the old world and embrace the new. If anyone wishes to download this vid feel free - just go to keep vid. Awakening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfxkFMKVAz8 The science of 2012 - http://collegerama.tudelft.nl/mediasite/SilverlightPlayer/Default.aspx?peid=c29550a872814c2a9e7ba28ac0c7d1e61d ps the song is Dreamcatcher - Seventh Heaven May all beings be happy :-)

In the first of a series of mini-films, Excellent Development explains how its approach to creating development through conservation is benefiting communities in Kenya. In addition to exploring each individual element of the charities holistic approach to soil and water conservation, these films also offer a valuable insight into how Sand Dams, a key element of Excellent Development's approach, represent an effective and necessary small-scale approach to strengthening communities' long-term sustainability. Whilst being critical to improving water supplies, food production, health and incomes for communities in semi-arid Kenya, sand dams are also a grassroots answer to fighting climate change, a benefit recently reinforced by the release of the government commissioned Stern Report. The Stern Report has renewed attention on the impacts of climate change in Africa highlighting their uneven distribution, with the poorest countries being most affected. Simon Maddrell, Excellent Development co-founder comments, "The development challenges in semi-arid Africa are completely different to the industrial nations. In semi-arid Africa it is conservation that can actually create sustainable development. Water and soil conservation provides farmers with the environment to create livelihoods by creating oases in semi-arid lands that can support water and food security. Arguably, the communities we are working with are doing far more to reverse the impacts of climate change than any of us in the West. They deserve our support, not just because they struggle to sustain their lives, but as global citizens concerned with the future of our planet." To see more, please go to http://tv.oneworld.net These films were produced by Globell Media -- www.globellmedia.com A DVD of these films, along with the full length feature documentary is available from http://www.excellentdevelopment.com

In this complete interview, Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa reflects upon the meaning of oneness in this age. Noting how values of oneness hold the Tibetan culture in exile together, His Holiness describes how cultural cohesion has revivified the religious view of metaphysical oneness. His Holiness believes that religion and spirituality must adapt to reflect the evolving human condition, although root causes of suffering remain the same. Spiritual leaders and luminaries can facilitate this adaptation by connecting their spiritual power with the devotional power of the masses. Spirituality can be spread not through commodification, but rather through meaningful and conscious relationships intended to benefit the whole.

Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIVAIDS and other diseases

United Nations, New York, March 2012 - The goal of reducing by half the number of people without access to safe drinking water has been achieved, well ahead of the 2015 deadline for reaching the globally agreed development targets aimed at ridding the world of extreme poverty, hunger and preventable diseases, the United Nations said today. Between 1990 and 2010, over two billion people gained access to improved drinking water sources, such as piped supplies and protected wells, according to a joint report by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN World Health Organization (WHO). Full article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41465&Cr=MDGs&Cr1=

Vethathiri Maharishi Blessings in English

Eleanor Roosevelt addresses the United Nations on the ratification of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

United Nations, New York, 22 October 2009 - The anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Charter on 24 October 1945 has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. It has traditionally been marked throughout the world by meetings, discussions and exhibits on the achievements and goals of the Organization. UN Day website: http:www.un.orgeneventsunday2009

Indian social activist Medha Patkar explains how the economic development model being imposed on India's farmers is neither inclusive nor sustainable. As natural resources become commodities and farming families lose the capacity to fulfill their own basic needs, Medha believes that the consumerist paradigm may end up destroying living communities.

Odyssey Networks invites you to join in A Million Minutes for Peace: One minute to pledge. One minute to pray. The United Nations International Day of Peace. On September 21st, people all over the world will stop at high noon and pray for peace for one minute-in their own way. Join us. It only takes a minute.

United Nations, New York, 18 March 2010: The Creative Community Outreach Initiative (CCOI) of the United Nations Department of Public Information aims to form meaningful and productive relationships with professionals in the film and television industries in order to raise awareness of critical global issues. This clip highlights some of CCOI's collaborative projects. Please see the CCOI website for more info: www.un.orgencreative.

Earth Hour 2010 is set to be the best yet, but it all depends on you getting involved and spreading the message that you are committed to the future. The Earth Hour site can be found here http:bit.ly9otBlq and were also on Twitter (http:bit.lyaI4qly) and on Facebook (http:bit.lydk2uyi) - join our social networks to ensure you are to date with all the amazing things we have planned for this years event. Earth Hour 2010 will occur on 27th March, at 8:30 local time, all around the world. Don't forget, we need to spread the message and this video so tweet it, blog it, share it - help spread the word and show what can be done! Earth Hour works best when we all get involved - if you'd like more information on how to run your own event please visit this link and well reply to you: http:bit.lycYVrNt Earth Hour 2010 Show what can be done!

United Nations, January 2010 Their centuries' old culture is at risk of disappearing. They are the Maasai in Kenya. Now, two of their own are in a race against time to preserve their heritage. UNIA Programme # 1273 Transcript (pdf): http://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/unia1273.pdf

Yusuf (Cat Stevens) performs Peace Train at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway - 11 december 2006. PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMENTS HERE ARE FILTERED. INAPPROPRIATE OR DISRESPECTFUL MESSAGES WILL BE REJECTED.

Permaculture expert Penny Livingston-Stark shows how natural systems can teach us better design practices. Learning to work with the earth not only creates a healthier environment, it also nourishes the people who live in it.

International Day of Peace Monday 21st September, 2009 To celebrate International Day of Peace, A Ray of Hope, UNESCO Youth Ambassador for the Culture of peace has organised three competitions. Our thanks to Sara for the design and production of the video. The music, Put the Message is from our friend Brian Kennedy, who kindly joined with us in our first CD A Ray of Hope and Friends. Snippets of photographs of World Heritage Sites have been used and unfortunately we do not know who the photographers are but we thank, and acknowledge them for their contribution, and hope that the use of them for this purpose is to their satisfaction. Photographs of the children are from A Ray of Hopes global projects. The competition, which will finish on 21st September, is just yet another medium for caring and sharing. By entering a comment on YouTube you will be immediately entered into a free prize draw (please add your country of residence). If you wish a competition slightly more challenging, then look at the World Heritage Sites on the video there are 6 and use the first 6 letters of their countries of location to spell out an international organisation. You may not need all of the countries or letters to determine the organisation. Do not enter the name of the organisation on YouTube but send directly to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it The prizes will be large original Nepalese batiks. No matter where you are in the world we will attempt to deliver the item to you. One of last years winners lived in Brazil. Your user name on YouTube will be your entry label and contact details can be determined on announcement of the winners. Similarly your email address will be your entry contact for the second competition. Winners will be notified on 22nd September. Although this is a form of celebration we still must adhere to a few rules. After what is deemed to be a reasonable length of time, if contact cannot be made with the winners we do reserve the right to award the prizes to the next most appropriate winner. A third prize will be awarded to the comment that A Ray of Hope believes to be the closest to its ethos. Enjoy Don

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight specific targets set by the world's nations to reduce extreme poverty by 2015. The Australian Government is committed to helping achieve the Millennium Development Goals through its aid program. For more information about the MDGs go to http://www.ausaid.gov.au/keyaid/mdg.cfm

Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Tomorrow People

http://www.playingforchange.com - This video is the first track on our new album, PFC 2 -- Songs Around The World, coming May 31st! We begin the journey in West Africa, the ancient village of Kirina, Mali. Three instruments start to play and we hear the familiar words "don't worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright." This timeless message invites us on a musical journey through time and space. Together we continue to connect the world through music. Follow the link below to pre-order the album and support Playing For Change by telling all your friends and family to join the movement. Pre-Order "PFC2: Songs Around The World" now on Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/PFCsatw2

Sharon Stone joins forces with Life Giving Force to bring portable clean water filtration units to help the people of Haiti. Life Giving Force is deploying water units to Haiti. Co Founders Sung Cho and Shane Hackett teamed with Jay Slough & Bobbi Dunphy and the first water units were delivered on February 20, 2010. To help deliver clean water go to http:www.lifegivingforce.com

Secretary-General Ban's latest UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign message, in support of the "Ring the Bell" campaign. Related website: http://www.un.org/en/women/endviolence/ http://www.un.org/en/events/nonviolenceday/

Michael Franti sat with Peace Portal's Youth Peace Ambassador Clint Shepherd to discuss what each of us can do to create a World of Peace. Visit www.peaceportal.mobi for more! Part of the United Nations Day of Peace International Broadcast Event.

Wangari Muta Maathai, Nobel Prize Winner and UN Peace Messenger asking you to tune in to the 2011 Peace Day Global Broadcast September 11-21st in celebration of 11 Days of Global Unity & the International Day of Peace. Watch the program live at www.peaceday.tv and other peace building partner sites including the Culture of Peace, Unity Foundation, or even the UN Peace Day 2011 page. Carry the show on your website, the player is embeddable for free.

United Nations, New York, 12 August 2010 -- The International Year of Youth kicked off today with calls from United Nations officials to harness the talents and energy of the world's young people to promote better understanding and dialogue between different generations, cultures and religions. Dialogue and mutual understanding is the theme of the Year, which is being formally launched today -- to coincide with International Youth Day being observed every 12 August -- in the General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York. Full Story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=35600&Cr=youth&Cr1=

One Laptop per Child: http:laptop.org It's an education project, not a laptop project. Inexpensive, durable, networked laptops are important to better education everywhere in the world, empowering children and communities, and sharing access to modern skills with every child on the planet.

VISIT SITE - http://www.theamericandreamfilm.com - If you liked this film please visit our site, donate or buy the dvd, so we may continue sharing with YOU more films on what is going around affecting our lives. The AMERICAN DREAM is a 30 minute animated film that shows you how you've been scammed by the most basic elements of our government system. All of us Americans strive for the American Dream, and this film shows you why your dream is getting farther and farther away. Do you know how your money is created? Or how banking works? Why did housing prices skyrocket and then plunge? Do you really know what the Federal Reserve System is and how it affects you every single day? THE AMERICAN DREAM takes an entertaining but hard hitting look at how the problems we have today are nothing new, and why leaders throughout our history have warned us and fought against the current type of financial system we have in America today. You will be challenged to investigate some very entrenched and powerful institutions in this nation, and hopefully encouraged to help get our nation back on track.

Yvonne Chaka Chaka, UNICEF and Roll Back Malaria Goodwill Ambassador talks to us at the Motherland Tour on March 6th, 2010, about how clicking on MASSIVEGOOD can help saving lives. On the stage, Marimba players from St Stithians school performed for MASSIVEGOOD. The show was in honour of Chaka Chakas role in the fight against poverty and HIV in Africa.

A 7-minute video outlining the United Nations' Millennium Development Goal (MDG) campaign and steps that anyone can use to achieve these important goals.

Articles from 20089 showing how people are preparing for the worst with LETS community currency economic lifeboats

www.peaceday.tv ~ Opening sequence for the preview to the 2010 Peace Day Global Broadcast launched on June 13th in support of the 100 day countdown to the September 21st International Day of Peace. Participate in the broadcast celebrations by joining our peace-building community at www.peaceday.tv Add your peace to the broadcast by uploading a video response to our "What's Your Peace Campaign" at www.youtube.com/whatsyourpeace Embed this player on your website, Facebook page, or blogs. Tweet to your friends, help spread the word about Peace Day. Sponsorships are still available for the September broadcast, contact us for details on www.peaceday.tv

In Sierra Leone, one in eight women risk dying during pregnancy or childbirth. This is one of the highest maternal death rates in the world. Irene Khan's visit to Sierra Leone marks the start of Amnesty International's action against maternal mortality in the country. A campaign caravan will tour Sierra Leone over the coming weeks, providing information and fueling debate on the issue of maternal health.

Interview with Severn Cullis-Suzuki, The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes at the 1992 Earth Summit. Now she is an international ambassador for rare, see what she has to say years later.

APAID is finalist at the Unreasonable Institute! The Unreasonable Insitute is an amazing incubator for social ventures. Get ready to support APAID on www.unreasonablefinalists.org from January 22nd! Thanks!

For the fourth year in a row, millions of people around the world will Stand Up and Take Action to show their support for the fight against poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Join the Global Movement to end poverty from October 16 - 18 2009. More infos on www.standagainstpoverty.org

Following the success of 2007 Peace One Day Concerrt event, Peace One Day took over the Royal Albert Hall again on 21 September for their most successful gig to date. The evening featured a gala screening of The Day After Peace introduced by Jude Law, followed by musical performances from Annie Lennox, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams, Lenny Kravitz and John Legend. Our special guest speakers included UNICEF goodwill ambassador Martin Bell OBE; actor, Emilia Fox; Tottenham and England football star, David Bentley; and BBC Sports Presenter, Gabby Logan.

On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This animation brings all 30 articles to life using different techniques, from pen and ink to digital animation.

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Special bumper celebrating the 30th anniversary of the International Day of Peace (September 21st) to be used in the 2011 Peace Day Global Broadcast by www.peaceday.tv ~ The broadcasts takes place September 17-21st, playing for 100 days leading up to the show is the preview program, catch it at www.peaceday.tv

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Doha, Qatar ( 21 to 25 April 2012) - How the global economy can spread its benefits more inclusively and sustainably, creating jobs and raising living standards for poor people and nations, will be a focus of the thirteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to be held in Qatar, from 21 to 25 April 2012. UNCTAD 13 website: http://unctadxiii.org/en/Pages/Home.aspx

Addressing the United Nations for the first time in more than 50 years, Queen Elizabeth II today lauded the world body for its many achievements and urged it to continue playing its lead role in the cause of peace and prosperity for all. "In my lifetime, the United Nations has moved from being a high-minded aspiration to being a real force for common good," the British monarch, who was accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, told the General Assembly. News Story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=35249&Cr=mdg&Cr1=

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live on "going home" DVD lyrics: Some of them were dreamers And some of them were fools Who were making plans and thinking of the future With the energy of the innocent They were gathering the tools They would need to make their journey back to nature While the sand slipped through the opening And their hands reached for the golden ring With their hearts they turned to each others heart for refuge In the troubled years that came before the deluge Some of them new pleasure And some of them knew pain And for some of them it was only the moment that mattered And on the brave and crazy wings of youth They went flying around in the rain And their feathers, once so fine, grew torn and tattered And in the end they traded their tired wings For the resignation that living brings And exchanged loves bright and fragile glow For the glitter and the rouge And in the moment they were swept before the deluge Now let the music keep our spirits high And let the buildings keep our children dry Let creation reveal its secrets by and by By and by-- When the light thats lost within us reaches the sky Some of them were angry At the way the earth was abused By the men who learned how to forge her beauty into power And they struggled to protect her from them Only to be confused By the magnitude of her fury in the final hour And when the sand was gone and the time arrived In the naked dawn only a few survived And in attempts to understand a thing so simple and so huge Believed that they were meant to live after the deluge Now let the music keep our spirits high And let the buildings keep our children dry Let creation reveal its secrets by and by By and by-- When the light thats lost within us reaches the sky

Nobel Peace laureate discusses the campaign to ban landmines and the longterm costs of war.

United Nations, New York, 17 March 2010 - Mr. Hamidon Ali, President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) outlines his plan of ECOSOC for 2010, including its annual meeting with the Bretton Woods Institutions, the World Trade Organisation and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on 18-19 March 2010 and the agenda for its High-level (Ministerial) Segment of its annual substantive session. ECOSOC website: http:www.un.orgenecosoc

Anshu Gupta is the founder of Goonj, a volunteer-run recycling center in New Delhi. Anshu shows how Goonj recycles garments to provide clothes, schoolbags, sanitary napkins and other amenities for Indias poor.

For Peace Day 2009, Pump Aid worked with the Initiative for the Development of Former Child Soldiers (IDFCS) to involve former child-soldiers and local communities in Liberia in building and setting the foundations for their 'Elephant Pump'. These pumps have, to date, provided over 1 million people in rural Africa with access to clean water.

The film charts Gilley's extraordinary 10-year journey to establish Peace Day on 21 September, and shows how the Day is being used around the world to save lives. The film's breathtaking conclusion finds Jeremy joined by Jude Law in Afghanistan, attempting to spearhead a massive vaccination against polio on Peace Day. The Day After Peace is produced in association with the BBC and Passion Pictures.

In 2000 world leaders committed to ending extreme poverty through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In 2008, poverty still takes 50,000 lives a day. It's time for world leaders to keep their promises. Millennium Development Goals website: http:www.un.orgmillenniumgoals

The WIR Bank, formerly the Swiss Economic Circle (GER: Wirtschaftsring-Genossenschaft), or WIR, is an independent complementary currency system in Switzerland that serves small and medium-sized businesses. It exists only as a bookkeeping system, with no scrip, to facilitate transactions.

Safe Motherhood, Gender Equality, Girls' Education, Poverty Reduction, Combating HIV AIDS, Maternal and Newborn Health. Produced by Women Deliver. http:www.womendeliver.org.

United Nations, New York, 21 June 2011 - The United Nations General Assembly today agreed to appoint Ban Ki-moon to a second consecutive term as the Secretary-General of the 192-member Organization.Under the resolution, which was adopted by acclamation, Mr. Ban's second term will run from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016. Full story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38791&Cr=secretary-general&Cr1=

UPDATE! ---See the HD version with full credit list on your big-screen TV. Go to your On Demand Menu Now on Cable and DISH network. --- Recorded on February 1st, 2010, in the same studio as the original 25 years earlier (Henson Recording Studios, formerly A&M Recording Studios) We Are The World 25 For Haiti, in which Jones and Richie serve as executive producers and producers, was created in collaboration with executive producers Wyclef Jean, Randy Phillips and Peter Tortorici; producers Humberto Gattica and RedOne; and co-producers Rickey Minor, Mervyn Warren and Patti Austin to benefit the Haitian earthquake relief efforts and the rebuilding of Haiti. Academy Award-winning writer-director Paul Haggis (Crash, Million Dollar Baby), whose own personal efforts as well as those of Artists for Peace and Justice have already saved countless lives in Haiti, filmed the private recording session to create the accompanying video and behind-the-scenes production, and serves as Film Director and as an Executive Producer with Jones, Richie, Jean, Phillips and Tortorici. The 25th Anniversary recording features over 80 artists and performers. The recording of We Are The World 25 For Haiti embodied the same enthusiasm, sense of purpose and generosity as the original recording 25 years ago. Every one of the artists who participated, regardless of genre or generation, walked into the room with their hearts and souls completely open to coming together to help the people of Haiti.

Experience the Global Peace Festivals from around the world with their cultural diversity and inspiring humanitarian service programs; from Positive Spin TV.

Video by Mobile Future: http://mobilefuture.org. 2010 was the year mobile connected the world. With stunning statistics, facts, and visual cues, this video takes a tour of key consumer and technology mobile trends across an eventful year. Some highlights of the video include: Massive increase in apps downloaded: - FIVE BILLION apps downloaded - up from 300 million in 2009 Whopping expansion of location-based services - FIVE MILLION Foursquare users -- up from 200,000 users in 2009 Surge in mobile social media platforms - 347 PERCENT growth in Twitter mobile usage - 200 MILLION mobile Facebook Users - 100 MILLION YouTube videos played on mobile devices everyday Animation by: http://www.istrategylabs.com

GPF Promo Video of Kenya

Jonas Brother perform SOS live at We Day Toronto. A celebration in support of Free The Children.

NEW YORK, USA, 2 July 2007 -- Despite progress made at the halfway point to the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the global MDG targets will be achieved only if more concerted action is taken immediately and is sustained until 2015 and beyond.

Actor George Clooney speaks of UN Peacekeepers. UN Peacekeeping website: http:www.un.orgDeptsdpkodpko George Clooney, UN Messenger of peace: http:www.un.orgsgmopgeorgeclooney.shtml

A retrospective of our journey this past year offering a picture of what is being born during this time of global transformation.

Peace One Day is working to manifest an annual day of global unity; a day of intercultural cooperation on a scale that humanity has never known. The next stepping stone on this journey is to reach 3 billion people with the message of Peace Day by 2012.

Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits behind the water grab, while begging the question 'CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?' Beyond identifying the problem, FLOW also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround. IN THEATERS: Sept. 12 New York - Angelika Film Center Los Angeles - Laemmle Sunset 5 Sept. 19 Huntington, NY - Cinema Arts Center Washington, DC - Landmark E-Street Cinema San Francisco - Landmark Lumiere Berkeley - Landmark Shattuck San Diego - Landmark's Ken Sept. 26 Philadelphia - Landmark Ritz at the Bourse Denver - Starz Film Center Boston - Landmark Kendall Oct. 3 Columbus, OH - Gateway Theater Atlanta - Landmark Midtown Oct. 10 Portland - Cinema 21 Oct. 17 St. Louis - Landmark Tivoli

This music video (featuring a remix of the Tracy Chapman song 'Let It Rain') endeavours to highlight the urgent need of our brothers and sisters in Horn of Africa, whose lives are endangered by the worst drought in sixty years. More than 10 million people (including those in the worst affected areas of Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, and Ethiopia). United Nations and international aid agencies say the crisis is overwhelming their ability to provide assistance to the millions of people who are suffering... and as the agencies are overstretched and under-funded, they are appealing for more help from the international community. The U.N. Children's Fund estimates more than two million young children from the Horn of Africa are malnourished, and in need of urgent life-saving actions. It says half a million of those children are facing imminent life-threatening conditions... and warns that many of the children may be left with long-lasting physical and mental problems. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are fully stretched in various locations inside Somalia, as well as assisting exhausted refugees crossing Somalia's borders into Ethiopia and Kenya. According to World Vision... Risks of the outbreak of disease are growing, and people's access to food and water is in jeopardy. Children are among those most vulnerable in the worst hit countries of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. Save the Children has advised that more than a quarter of children in the worst-hit parts of Kenya are now dangerously malnourished... and in Somalia, malnutrition rates have reached 30 percent in some areas, making the Horn of Africa one of the hungriest places on earth. Save the Children has already launched a major humanitarian response in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia... feeding tens of thousands of underweight children; providing life-saving medical treatment; and getting clean water to remote communities. But with the situation worsening by the day - and no more rain due till late September - Save the Children urgently needs money to dramatically ramp up its response. According to Matt Croucher, Save the Children's regional emergency manager for East Africa... "Thousands of children could starve if we don't get life-saving help to them fast"... "Parents no longer have any way to feed their children; they've lost their animals; their wells have dried up; and food is too expensive to afford"... "We can stop this tragedy unfolding, but we only have half the money we need. We urgently need to raise the rest so we can save more children's lives." Donations can be made at the following sources... World Food Programme https://www.wfp.org/donate/hoa_banners Save the Children https://secure.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6239017/k.569B/Child_Hunger_Crisis_Fund/apps/ka/sd/donor.asp Médecins Sans Frontières http://www.msf.org/msf/donations/donations_home.cfm CARE International https://my.care.org/site/Donation2?df_id=9140&9140.donation=form1&7080.donation=form1 World Vision http://donate.worldvision.org/OA_HTML/xxwv2ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?funnel=dn&item=1754360&go=item§ion=10366& unicef http://www.supportunicef.org/site/pp.asp?c=9fLEJSOALpE&b=7542627 Plan International http://plan-international.org/what-you-can-do/emergency-appeals/east-africa-appeal Oxfam International http://www.oxfam.org/en/emergencies/east-africa-food-crisis#donate Islamic Relief Worldwide https://www.donate.bt.com/DEC/dec_form_eaca.html?p_form_id=PFA45

UN International Day of Peace video created by a cross community, cross border youth group.

Exploring the potential for the FDU (www.freedigitaluniverse.com) Virtual Economy to become real enough to address poverty, environment, and Millenium Development Goals (MGDs) such as universal education. FDU is a economy that pays people for participating, and also funds charities; corporations acting as Vendors in the FDU virtual forum earn profits - everyone wins! In this time of crisis, let us explore the potentials of the information age to expand access to emerging markets to empower a truly global economy, this is doable once the poor have a means to earn into the virtual knowledge marketplace. This is our purpose, a free equal human rights forum, with a universal e-currency solvent that is backed by real (public) money, that supports, individuals, charities, and commerce partners. Is this possible you ask, yes, consider this: What if Virtual Worlds were real? What makes them real is their economy. So what if we could buy real goods instead of just virtual products with our earnings? And what if we could include the entire emerging marketplace of users who have no way to currently participate in e-commerce for lack of a cred card? One purpose of the FDU model is to allow those emerging market users who have no credit card or bank account a means to earn into the economy as marketers, publishers, consultants, and through auctions of real world goods. With those earnings they can now purchase Digital Goods and services, or if they have a local exchange (called a SCALE) they can use their earnings in a local barter exchange. Explore the potentials, and websites of the Free Digital Universe platform. www.peaceportal.mobi, www.freedigitalsystem.com, www.freedigitaluniverse.com, www.sharemybiz.com, www.epaycafe.com, www.wwdf.org, www.freedigitalmarket.com, ~ http:shop.peaceportal.mobi (sample user cyber-mall) FDU launches in 2009, get your Digital Soule now at Peace Portal!

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Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate of children under five.

Despite improvements over the past 10 years that have lifted more than 350 million rural people out of extreme poverty, global poverty remains a predominantly rural phenomenon, according to IFAD's newly released Rural Poverty Report 2011.

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. The causes myriad. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. In this series, the UN 's three food agencies - FAO, WFP and IFAD - take us around the globe in search of answers to some of the most pressing questions we face today. Join WFP for an unsettling look at the conditions of drought-victims in Chad; IFAD to see how an island nation is preparing for the day when it will be underwater; and FAO to see how farmers in Burkina Faso are learning to produce more.

www.EverestPeaceProject.org Narrated by Orlando Bloom and hailed as a tremendous achievement by the Dalai Lama. Everest: A Climb for Peace is a socially relevant documentary about peace, war, and the human spirit - an inspirational film, which also has some of the most incredible Everest footage ever shot, including a dramatic rescue from near the summit of Everest.

Aprovecho Research Center has designed a super efficient wood fired cook stove for use in third world institutions including; schools, orphanages, and refugee camps. They need your help to get this life saving technology to the people who need it the most.

Unreasonable Institute Co-Founders Daniel Epstein and Teju Ravilochan spill the beans about the Unreasonable Institute selection process, what they're looking for, and their new Unreasonable Village Fund.

U.S. Department of State Taps IBM to Extend Telemedicines Reach to Remote Regions of Pakistan. Public-private partnership showcases power of technology and connectivity to improve quality of life for remote populations. News release: http:www.ibm.compressusenpressrelease25355.wss

This video shows Syeda Rizwana Hasan, the 2009 Goldman Prize for Asia recipient. Working to reduce the impact of Bangladeshs exploitative and environmentally-devastating ship breaking industry, leading environmental attorney Rizwana Hasan spearheaded a legal battle resulting in increased government regulation and heightened public awareness about the dangers of ship breaking. The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world's largest award for grassroots environmentalists. Awarded annually since 1990, the Prize is given to environmental heroes from the six continental regions of Africa, Asia, Islands & Island Nations, Europe, North America and South & Central America. The purpose of the Prize is to recognize sustained and significant efforts to preserve the natural environment, including, but not limited to, protecting endangered ecosystems and species combating destructive development projects; promoting sustainability; influencing environmental policies;and striving for environmental justice. Learn more at http:www.goldmanprize.org

A groundbreaking project in the Philippines transfers small amounts of cash via text message to people who still struggle to feed themselves after losing their homes and jobs to the 2009 typhoons.

7 Billion People | 7 Billion Actions | 7billionactions.org - By the end of 2011 the world will have reached 7 billion people. The United Nations Population Fund is leading an innovative global campaign to bring awareness to the opportunities and challenges that this milestone presents. But 7 Billion people means 7 Billion hearts. Music has always been the best way to speak to the hearts of the people. Playing for Change has partnered with the United Nations to present an original song around the world to serve as an anthem for such an important time, "United". We traveled across the globe, put headphones on musicians, added them to the track, and created a video that can serve as a tangible example of something positive we can all do together as a human race. Lets inspire each other. Lets everybody get involved and join us on in this journey, so that together we leave this world better than we found it. To learn more about how to be part of the "United" track go to http://7BillionActions.org.

Author Woody Tasch describes the need to balance current large-scale farming models with smaller, sustainable, and long-term models.

What does peace mean to you?

New Technology is explained during the Peace Day TV "International Day of Peace Broadcast." Cloud computing, digital rights, alternative digital currency, livestreaming, and other aspects of the "All Things Peace" Cloud provided by Xeden, Inc., and used by www.peaceday.tv are explained. The technologies use as a peace collaboration tool, also useable for commercial applications, is discussed by Michael Short, Caleb Skinner, and Peace Day TV host Stephen Fantl.

Read more about the report: http://www.ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/