Answer - They all support the goals and aspirations of the United Nations. The term given these organizations by the United Nations is "non-governmental organizations" (NGOs) . There are over two thousand NGOs around the globe. They support an organization that was created by socialists and that has never wavered from that course. The influence from this ever growing list of NGOs should never be underestimated. Our freedoms are dependent upon our ability to understand the truth and to take action when necessary. Placing money into the coffers of these organizations advances the goals of the United Nations. Please carefully consider your affiliations with all organizations.

For a complete list of NGOs at the United Nations Department of Public Information check out the following website: http://www.un.org/MoreInfo/ngolink/ngodir/NGODirAlph/alphabet.htm. For frequently ask questions: http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/faq.htm

The following is from a document written by the United Nations. It may be downloaded at. http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/pdf/guidelines.pdf

GUIDELINES

"Association between the United Nations
and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

"What are the responsibilities of NGOs associated with DPI (Department of Public Information)?

"Since the founding days of the United Nations in San Francisco, NGOs have made valuable contributions to the international community by drawing attention to issues, suggesting ideas and programmes and publications, disseminating information and mobilizing public opinion in support of the UN and its Specialized Agencies. Association with DPI constitutes a commitment to that effect. Associated NGOs are expected to devote a portion of their information programmes to promoting knowledge of the United Nations' principles and activities. In addition, they are expected to keep the DPI/NGO Section abreast of their activities by regularly providing samples of their information materials relating to the work of the UN.

"Recognized non-governmental organizations as important actors in the international arena as we enter the 21st Century, Secretary-General Kofi Annan remarked '…we must forge a fundamentally new partnership with civil society. We must reach for a new synthesis between private initiative and the public good, which encourages entrepreneurship and market approaches together with social and environmental responsibility.' (Message to the South-South Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica, January 1997).

"What are the Criteria for NGOs to become associated with DPI?

"a) The NGO must support and respect the principles of the Charter of the United Nations;"

"b) The NGO must be of recognized national or international standing;

"c) The NGO should operate solely on a non-for-profit basis and have tax-exempt status;

"d) The NGO must have the commitment and the means to conduct effective information programmes with its constituents and to a broader audience about UN activities by publishing newsletters, bulleting and pamphlets; organizing conferences, seminars and round tables; or enlisting the attention of the media;

"e) The NGO should have an established record of continuity of work for a minimum of three years and should show promise of sustained activity in the future;

"f) The NGO should have a satisfactory record of collaboration with UN Information Centres/Services or other parts of the UN System prior to association;

"g) The NGO should provide an audited annual financial statement, conducted by a qualified, independent accountant;

"h) The NGO should have statutes/bylaws providing for a transparent process of taking decisions, elections of officers and members of the Board of Directors.

"What is the procedure for NGOs to become associated with DPI?

"An NGO that meets the established criteria should send an official letter from its headquarters to the Chief of the NGO Section, Department of Public Information, expressing interest in association with DPI. The letter should state the reasons why the organization seeks such association and should briefly describe its information programmes. This letter should be accompanied by at least six samples of recent information materials relevant to the United Nations produced by the applying organization. Letters of reference from UN Departments, UN Programmes and Specialized Agencies, and/or UN Information Centres and Services (UNICs and UNISs) will greatly enhance consideration of the application. A complete application, provided within six months, should include the following required application materials:

• A completed Application Form for Non-Governmental Organizations

• A completed Summary of Application

• A copy of the organization's constitution/charter or by-laws

• Official proof of non-profit status, issued by public authorities, and tax exemption status

  "(Note: The document should be on official letterhead and dated.)

• A copy of the organization's most recent annual budget or financial statement

• Evidence of an active information programme relevant to the United Nations: at least six (6) samples of the organization's most recent information materials, (e.g. Newsletter, periodicals, tapes of radio or television programmes, conference reports) (Note: Electronic materials, such as Web sites or periodicals, should be sent in hard copy form.)

• Letters of recommendation of organizations (UN or others)

  "Once the application process is completed, the DPI Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations will review applications at its scheduled sessions. Applicants are notified immediately of the results of the Committee's decisions. Associated NGOs are then invited to designate their main and alternate representatives to the Department of Public Information."

Before the United Nations Human Rights Commission, Feb. 10, 1992, the Vice President of the United States, Dan Quayle said: "....any attempt to create a new world order without taking into account the aspirations of ordinary men and women to a life of individual dignity is doomed to failure." In the eyes of the United Nations, NGOs speak for "ordinary men and women". Please consider your affiliation with these organization.

SUSTAINABLE MINNESOTA

The state of Minnesota (Governor Siegelman's icon) continues to make progress towards Sustainable Development. Minnesota has published a pamphlet titled "Minnesota Sustainable Communities Network Annual Conference: Tools for Building Sustainable Communities.

The pamphlet is an advertisement for a conference which is to be held Friday, October 13, 2000, at the Minneapolis Convention Center, 1301 Second Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55403. The one day conference offers 12 different workshops in the morning and 10 workshops in the afternoon, allowing the attendee to pick one from each group. The one that sounds the most informative is "Calculating Your Community's Ecological Footprint". The description reads as follows:

"Based on its calculation of Duluth's ecological footprint, the Institute for Sustainable Future (www.isfusa.ort) will present how other communities in Minnesota can calculate their footprint, and will discuss the drawbacks and potential of using this methodology to facilitate sustainable economic development. An ecological foot print measures the throughput of matter and energy for a defined system, such as a city, and converts these flows into the corresponding land/water area required from nature to support them. The calculation of a community's footprint at different times provides a quantitative environmental measure of its movement toward or away from sustainability.

"The afternoon session offers a variety of sustainable topics. Starting a 1:45 PM Virginia Stark, Attorney will conduct a workshop titled - Yes You Can! - Governmental Authority for Sustainable Policy-Making.

"For those trying to make changes in their communities and running into the 'no you can't, it wouldn't be legal' barrier, this workshop will be helpful. The workshop will include information on existing laws and supporting case law that clarify local government's duty and authority to provide for the common good. Workshop participants will discuss legitimate governmental restrictions on private property and examples of legitimate public interests."

"Common good" defined by government is socialism!

Governor Siegelman was quoted in the Birmingham News earlier this year as endorsing the Minnesota effort.

SMART GROWTH comes to Alabama!

Along these same lines, the June issue of the East Alabama Commission Newsletter begins with " June 1 and 2 brought a historic event to our region". The newsletter is published monthly by the East Alabama Regional Planning Commission. What the Newsletter proclaims to be "historic" is the Smart Growth Conference. The Conference a "partnership" between the East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission and Jacksonville State University.

The newsletter defines smart growth:

"What is smart growth? You may know it by another name - sustainable development, the new urbanism - or you may not be familiar with a name at all. It is probably, however, something you have thought about as you've driven through your community and noticed changes, some that you like, and others that you may not."

There are better definitions of smart growth. The EPA has, for several years, published in the Federal Register notification of the Sustainable Grant Challenge Program. The notice list several programs, smart growth is included. The purpose for these programs, according to the EPA is to implement the United Nations program, commonly called Agenda 21. Agenda 21 contains several international treaties the remaining 294 pages is referred to a soft law. Organizations normally referred to in UN documents as NGOs, non-governemental organizations and governmental agencies are converging on several fronts in order to implement this agenda.

The following is the official line from the East Alabama Regional Planning Commission newsletter:

• Smart growth "does embrace, however, some basic characteristics"

• Development is economically viable and preserves open space and natural resources.

• Land use planning is comprehensive, integrated, and regional,

• Public, Private and nonprofit sectors collaborate on growth and development issues to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

• Certainty and predictability are inherent to the development process.

• Infrastructure is maintained and enhanced to serve existing and new residents.

• Redevelopment of in-fill housing, brownfield sites, and obsolete building is actively pursued.

• Urban centers and neighborhoods are integral components of a healthy regional economy.

• Compact suburban development is integrated into existing commercial areas, new town centers, and/or near existing or planned transportation facilities.

• Development on the urban fringe integrates a mix of land uses, preserves open space, is fiscally responsible, and provides transportation's options.

We have listed, below the real purpose of the UN agenda:

• to move the population into urban areas (3 ˝ families per acre of land minimum),

• establish boundaries to prevent people from harming/entering the animals domain,

• reduce the consumption of all forms of energy including the elimination of the automobile,

• insure that the population uses the resources produced in the ecosystem in which they live,

• ensure a balance in each population zone between gender, age, wealth, race, sex/preference, spirituality,

• balance the oxygen output of the zone with the carbon dioxide output of the inhabitants,

• match each child at 16 (after a program of government approved upbringing) with the ecosystem's approved lifelong job.

This is just a few of the many restrictions coming under the much touted Smart Growth banner.