On November 4th, 2008, Americans will elect new leadership and a new direction for the United States. Help shape a new way forward -- share your thoughts, upload videos and tell the next president what to do on the first day in office to improve our standing in the world.
Climate change, terrorism, poverty, the spread of disease -- these are just some of the global challenges that we all face. On Day One is a platform for gathering and sharing your ideas about what the next president can do on the first day of his or her administration to help address the world's most pressing challenges.
On Day One is a project of the Better World Fund, which works to build a stronger relationship between the United States and the United Nations. Over the next year, we want you to be part of a global conversation about how international cooperation can be harnessed to address the world's most critical challenges, and how working together is more effective than going it alone in the world.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
On Day One
Thursday, March 27, 2008
U.S. reviewing safety of Glaxo, Bristol AIDS drugs
from AlertNet
U.S. health officials are reviewing the safety of AIDS drugs sold by GlaxoSmithKline Plc
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
US government sees overhaul of AIDS vaccine effort
from AlertNet
The U.S. government began a major overhaul of its effort to produce an AIDS vaccine on Tuesday, stressing a return to basic scientific research after the failure of a key clinical trial last year.
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Saturday, March 8, 2008
UN Faults US on Racism
from Human Rights Watch via AlertNet
The United States should immediately adopt UN recommendations to alleviate the widespread racial bias it found in the criminal justice system, Human Rights Watch said today. The UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination harshly criticized the US record on race after considering oral and written testimony submitted by the US government. In its conclusions issued today, the committee urged the US to rectify the "stark racial disparities" in criminal justice systems throughout the country.
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