John Perna
Say NO to UNESCO!
Wed Jun 18 15:49:41 2003
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Say NO to UNESCO!

Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 04:56:55 -0400
From: "John Perna" johnperna@1smartisp.net


One More Month to Block Rejoining UNESCO!

Status: Congress is now expected to consider H.R. 1950, the bill that
would reestablish U.S. membership in UNESCO, in mid-July. If you have not
contacted your representative and senators, please do so now. And, in the
remaining month please continue to convince others to contact their
representatives in Congress about this issue.

Tell Congress that the U.S. should not rejoin UNESCO.

Recommendation: Contact your representative by email, phone, or fax and
ask him to introduce or support an amendment to H.R. 1950 (Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005) that would block
the U.S. from rejoining UNESCO. Base your opposition to UNESCO on its
clear intent to be a global school board with a subversive agenda to
prepare our children for world government. For example, the Earth Charter
crusade to paganize our children is currently one of UNESCO's major
projects.

Send a copy of your correspondence to your senators and urge them to
oppose any legislation to rejoin UNESCO.

Be sure to ask your friends and others who are concerned about UNESCO's
Earth Charter crusade to contact their congressmen. This is yet another
uphill fight that will require all the support we can muster.

Status: In 1984, the U.S. withdrew from UNESCO because, according to
Gregory Newell, then-Assistant Secretary of State for International
Organizations, it had "extraneously politicized virtually every subject it
deals with. It has exhibited hostility toward a free society, especially a
free market and a free press...." However, on September 12, 2002,
President Bush said at the United Nations: "[T]he United States will
return to UNESCO. This organization has been reformed and America will
participate fully in its mission to advance human rights, tolerance, and
learning." Contrary to what President Bush has said, UNESCO has not
reformed. For more information on this, read "The Global School Board,"
and "UNESCO's Rotten Track Record," by William F. Jasper in The New
American, May 19, 2003.

"The Global School Board"
http://www.getusout.org/un/articles/schoolboard.htm

"UNESCO's Rotten Track Record"
http://www.getusout.org/un/articles/trackrecord.htm

Although the fiscal 2002-03 State Department authorization (PL 107-228)
enacted last year paved the way for the United States to rejoin UNESCO,
Congress still has the power to keep the U.S. out of UNESCO.

On May 5th Rep. Hyde (R-Ill.) introduced H.R. 1950 (Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005) which states the sense of
Congress that the U.S. will be resuming membership in UNESCO and which
would authorize U.S. dues payments to UNESCO for fiscal years 2004 and
2005. When the House Committee on International Relations considered H.R.
1950 on May 8th, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) introduced an amendment to block
U.S. dues payments to UNESCO. Paul's amendment was rejected by a vote of
14 to 26. Then, the committee voted 42 to 3 to send H.R. 1950 to the House
floor where action on the bill is expected sometime in mid-July.

Reentry by the U.S. into UNESCO membership can still be blocked by
amendment of H.R. 1950 on the House floor.

Email your Representative and Senators:
http://www.jbs.org/visitor/congress/cgcontact.htm

H.R. 1950:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.01950 :
(Ensure the final colon is included when linking to this address)
or
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.01950

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