The World Alliance to Transform the United Nations (
WATUN)
was created to encourage the United Nations to organize and
hold an
Article 109 UN Charter Review Conference to determine
what must be done to uphold and fulfill the mandates and obligations
of the UN Charter and the international commitments and agreements
that the Member States so often make.
In 2000 the Heads of State agreed in the Millennium Declaration that they would "
Spare no effort to: Eliminate poverty, end war, abolish hunger, and provide all peoples with their basic human rights." But this has not been done to date.
Article 28 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says
that "
everyone is entitled to an international
and social order sufficient to provide and ensure these very
same rights." WATUN thus calls on the UN Member
States to organize and hold a UN Charter Review Conference
in order to take the steps needed to achieve these goals;
to create a much more effective system of global governance;
and a binding and enforceable global rule of law.
You will find many ideas, proposals, and campaigns described
on this website that would go a long ways towards solving
our common global problems and improving life for several
billion people on planet earth. Thank you for your interest
and support. If you would like to do more tosupport our organizing
efforts or to join
WATUN, please visit our
How to
Participate page.
Thank you,
WATUN Executive Committee
Rob Wheeler, Chair
Shahriar Sharei, First Vice Chair
Benton Musslewhite, Second Vice Chair
Francisco Plancarte, Executive Director
Reynaldo Vela Coreño, Secretary
Quisia Gonzalez, Secretary
Cesar Gayoso, Treasurer
