Ambassador Mark Wallace to Testify Before Congress on United Nations Reform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 2, 2011 Contact: mailto:press@unitedagainstnucleariran.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 Ambassador Mark Wallace to Testify Before Congress on United Nations Reform Washington, DC - UANI President Ambassador Mark D. Wallace will offer testimony tomorrow, March 3, 2011, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs at a hearing on UN reform entitled "Reforming the United Nations - Lessons Learned." Ambassador Wallace has been invited as the lead witness based on his experience serving as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations for Management and Reform between 2006 - 2008. During his tenure at the United Nations, Ambassador Wallace launched the UN Transparency and Accountability Initiative, directed at reforming eight areas related to member states' access to UN financial documents, ethics, financial disclosure, oversight mechanisms, accounting standards and administrative overhead. Hearing details: SUBJECT: "Reforming the United Nations - Lessons Learned" DATE: Thursday, March 3 at 10:00 AM LOCATION: Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building Click here to read official details on the hearing Click here to watch a live webcast of the hearing # # # United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is a program of the American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, Inc., a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran should concern every American and be unacceptable to the community of nations. Since 1979 the Iranian regime, most recently under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's leadership, has demonstrated increasingly threatening behavior and rhetoric toward the US and the West. Iran continues to defy the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations in their attempts to monitor its nuclear activities. A number of Arab states have warned that Iran's development of nuclear weapons poses a threat to Middle East stability and could provoke a regional nuclear arms race. In short, the prospect of a nuclear armed Iran is a danger to world peace. United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is a non-partisan, broad-based coalition that is united in a commitment to prevent Iran from fulfilling its ambition to become a regional super-power possessing nuclear weapons. UANI is an issue-based coalition in which each coalition member will have its own interests as well as the collective goal of advancing an Iran free of nuclear weapons. The Objectives of United Against a Nuclear Iran Inform the public about the nature of the Iranian regime, including its desire and intent to possess nuclear weapons, as well as Iran's role as a state sponsor of global terrorism, and a major violator of human rights at home and abroad; Heighten awareness nationally and internationally about the danger that a nuclear armed Iran poses to the region and the world; Mobilize public support, utilize media outreach, and persuade our elected leaders to voice a robust and united American opposition to a nuclear Iran; Lay the groundwork for effective US policies in coordination with European and other allies; Persuade the regime in Tehran to desist from its quest for nuclear weapons, while striving not to punish the Iranian people, and; Promote efforts that focus on vigorous national and international, social, economic, political and diplomatic measures. UANI is led by an advisory board of outstanding national figures representing all sectors of our country.

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