Your Role
You can get involved in lifesaving work in everyday ways, just like the United Nations. Every individual and organization can make a difference—what path will you take to help create a better future for the world? Join us and take action today!
Five ways you can make a difference right now:
- Donate now to help fight poverty, disease & global warming
- Sign up for our newsletter and stay up-to-date on global issues
- Tell your friends and family—send an eCard
- Post a Web banner on your Web site or e-mail
- Take part in our latest action (below)
ACTIONS
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Urge President Obama
Action Area: Better World Campaign
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Thank UN Peacekeepers
Action Area: Better World Campaign
Join George Clooney and thank 110,000 UN Peacekeepers in 17 countries for the hard work they put into making this a better and more peaceful world.
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Thank someone special who invested in you
Action Area: Coalition for Adolescent Girls
Is there a special someone who invested in you so that you could make a difference? In celebration of International Women’s Day around the world and our commitment to investing in adolescent girls, send a special note of thanks.
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Thank our UN Peacekeepers
Action Area: Better World Campaign
Join us in thanking the 100,000 brave men and women from 118 countries serving as UN peacekeepers in 16 of the most volatile countries in the world, rebuilding societies wracked by violence, restoring confidence in people who have known little but war, and bringing peace to some of the tensest conflicts on earth.
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Test Your Knowledge: MDG Quiz
Action Area: Better World Campaign
The UN Millennium Development Goals are important steps toward progress - take our quiz and see how you do.
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Support UN Ambassador Rice
Action Area: Better World Campaign
Welcome our newest member to the team!
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Sign the Say No To Violence Against Women petition
Everyone has the right to live free from violence. Join the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and its Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman in a call for a global end to violence against women.
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Sign the Responsible Traveler Pledge
Action Area: Friends of World Heritage
Signing the Pledge means you will come home with more than the usual album full of photos and memories, you will also leave behind a lasting legacy for future travelers and the local communities who depend on World Heritage sites for their livelihoods.
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Set President Obama’s Agenda
Action Area: Better World Campaign
What’s should be the top priority for Day One of President-elect Obama? Have your say and vote now!
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Send a net. Save a life
Action Area: Nothing but Nets
It just takes $10 to send a bed net to protect a child in Africa from malaria. Create a fundraising team with friends and family!
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