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[GMW
#1971] I Am Astonished That I Played A Role In The Creation Of Eleven Of The 32 United Nations Specialized Agencies
Tuesday 1 June
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Introduction A Testimony to Hope and Plea for Audacity by Robert Muller (Part 2) I have been involved in the creation of several new UN specialized agencies and world programs in the economic and social fields, including the world-wide United Nations Development Programs where I was the lonely first UN official working with Paul Hoffman, the former Administrator of the Marshall Plan. The UN listened to me when I suggested to channel the surplus foods of the rich countries which burned them, to children and hungry people in the poor countries, and created the World Food Program. The World Bank listened to my idea to give low-interest loans to infrastructure projects in the poor countries and created the International Development Agency. When I look at the list of the 32 UN specialized agencies and world programs, I am astonished that I have played a role in the creation of eleven of them! I took solace from the fact that St. Augustine started to write the City of God at the age of 59!
UN News Sources - UN Chronicle, United Nations News Service , UN Wire News Archive
References: Earth Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights Rights of: Children, Women, Indigenous People To Be Written: Rights of Nature, Birds, Animals, Fish, etc.  Fact of the Day:  From
the age of 6, Susan Lieu was a powerhouse, answering the phone and
removing customers' nail polish at her family's Bay Area nail salon.
When she was 12, her world came crashing down when her mother, who had
survived a harrowing escape from Vietnam years earlier, died
unexpectedly of surgical complications. The experience took much from
Lieu, but gave her something that sustains her to this day. After her
mother's seemingly senseless death, Lieu said, "I was determined to
have a purpose." Since then, the Oakland, CA resident has earned a
bachelor's degree from Harvard, supported sustainable farming methods
in Vietnam, worked with an AIDS project in an African refugee camp, and
started a successful chocolate business. All in the span of a
quarter-century! [ more ]
Submitted by: Diane Nilan
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"I
loved to write from the age of four, and when I was six my mom bought
me my own laptop...I wrote over 300 short stories on that little
laptop, and I wanted to get published. Instead of just scoffing at this
heresy that a kid wanted to get published, or saying 'wait until you're
older,' my parents were really supportive." Since publishing her first
book at the age of 7, Adora Svitak, now 12, has spoken for hundreds of
schools and educators. She calls for "childish" thinking to embrace
bright and creative ideas that would otherwise be considered
impractical by most adults. [ 
