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2006 Annual Review

UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION & BETTER WORLD FUND Working in Mile. Eastern Chad. July 2004

“In an interconnected world, our fates and futures are tied together. That's why we need to work with the , the world's platform for peace and progress.

The United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund were created to build bridges and foster partnerships that strengthen the UN and support its causes.”

—, Founder and Chairman TABLE OF CONTENTS

2 LEADERSHIP LETTER

4 AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR WORK 6 The UN Foundation & Better World Fund

11 2006 HIGHLIGHTS 12 Facilitating Partnerships with the UN 14 Involving the Public in the UN's Work 17 Fostering Creative Solutions to Global Challenges 18 Advocating for the UN

21 FINANCIALS 22 2006 Financial Report Building Bridges

When disaster strikes, the world turns to one organization for hope, help, leadership and coordination – the United Nations. When there is peace to keep between warring factions, the world asks the UN to mobilize peacekeepers and oversee the difficult return to stability and elections. When transboundary challenges, like global warming, are identified, the United Nations provides the platform for international cooperation.

The United Nations is the only organization capable of marshalling global solutions to the global problems that are at the forefront of the 21st century agenda.

The United Nations Foundation helps to link the UN’s work with others around the world, mobilizing the energy and expertise of business and non-governmental organizations to help the UN tackle issues like climate change, children’s health, peace and security and eradication.

We believe that catalyzing positive change on the critical issues facing the world requires engagement by all countries and all sectors. The UN provides the platform for cooperation amongst governments, while the UN Foundation helps bring the talents and expertise of individuals, corporations, and NGOs into the UN. Together we can help to prevent malaria, eradicate polio, confront climate change, respond to natural disasters and promote human rights.

With each passing day, our world becomes more interconnected. The fates and future of humanity are linked as never before. International cooperation through the United Nations is no longer a wishful dream, it is an urgent necessity.

The United Nations Foundation is honored to work with you and the United Nations to help foster a more peaceful, prosperous and just world.

Thank you for your commitment to a better world and for helping us help the UN make a real difference in our world.

Sincerely,

Ted Turner Timothy E. Wirth Founder and Chairman President

2 LEADERSHIP LETTER

SECTION 1

AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR WORK

6 The UN Foundation & Better World Fund

8 Our Relationship with the United Nations

9 Our Campaigns The UN Foundation & Better World Fund

OUR MISSION

The United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund were created in 1998 by entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner. The UN Foundation works to support and strengthen the United Nations. We build partnerships to help the UN address the world's most pressing problems and work to broaden support for the UN through advocacy and public outreach. The Better World Fund, the Foundation’s sister organization, coordinates advocacy and partnership efforts that advance UN causes.

OUR BOARD

Our work is governed by a distinguished Board of Directors spanning geographic and substantive backgrounds. We were proud that one of our founding Board members, , was awarded the 2006 . Professor Yunus and the , which he founded in 1976, were honored for their pioneering work on , and their inspirational work developing a business model that prioritizes poverty alleviation and human progress over profit.

We were also pleased to welcome Her Excellency, Queen Rania of , to the Board in 2006.

6 BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AS OF 12/31/2006

Ted Turner (USA) Her Majesty Queen Rania Chairman of the Board Al-Abdullah (Jordan) Chairman, Turner Enterprises Chair, Jordan River Foundation Founder, CNN

Gro Harlem Brundtland Ruth Cardoso (Brazil) (Norway) Chair, Comunidade Solidaria Director-General Emeritus, Former First Lady of Brazil World Health Organization Former Prime Minister, Norway

Graça Machel (Mozambique) N. R. Narayana Murthy () Chair, Foundation for Chairman and Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies Limited

Hisashi Owada () Emma Rothschild (UK) Judge, International Court of Director of the Centre for History Justice and Economics at King's College, University of Cambridge and Harvard University, and Professor of History at Harvard University

Nafis Sadik () Timothy E. Wirth (USA) Special Advisor to the President, UN Foundation UN Secretary-General and Better World Fund Former US Senator (Colorado)

Andrew Young (USA) Muhammad Yunus Chairman, Good Works () International Founder, Grameen Bank of Former US Ambassador to UN Bangladesh

Learn more about our Board of Directors at www.unfoundation.org/about/board.asp

7 OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED NATIONS

The United Nations Foundation and the Better World Fund are guided by the key priority of the UN: fostering international cooperation in service of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world. We are honored to work closely with the UN’s effective leaders, in the Secretariat and across the UN system. Our work supports these leaders and the priorities set by Member States.

To foster an effective, streamlined channel for collaboration with the UN, the United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP) was established as our strategic partner. UNFIP is a liaison between our work and that of the UN system and acts as a channel for our financial and other contributions to the UN system. Together, we work to foster new partnerships in support of UN causes.

OUR FOCUS AREAS

In consultation with UN partners, the Board of Directors has determined that our work should focus on the following priorities:

Children's Health Women & Population Our objective is to help the UN reduce We work to advance the internationally childhood mortality and disease by adopted goal of universal access to strengthening public health systems, and by reproductive healthcare by 2015, as eliminating or controlling infectious diseases established at the International Conference such as polio, measles and malaria. on Population and Development.

Biodiversity & Sustainable Energy & Climate Change Development To address the challenge of global climate In the interest of global biodiversity and change, we work with the United Nations, sustainable development, we work with the governments, NGOs, and the private sector UN to protect World Heritage sites and to to develop and implement sustainable, clean help surrounding communities develop energy solutions. sustainable livelihoods.

Technology for Development Peace, Security & Human Rights We develop and support initiatives that The UN was founded as a platform for harness information technology to augment collective security and global peace. We UN efforts to provide humanitarian support the UN's and post- relief, health data collection, and access to conflict reconstruction efforts. communications.

Telling the UN’s Story We help communicate the UN's value and accomplishments as the world's platform for peace, prosperity, and justice.

8 AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR WORK

OUR C AMPAIGNS

The UN Foundation and Better World Fund are engaged in a variety of campaigns designed to engage the public in the UN's work, build new coalitions in support of UN causes, leverage business expertise and involvement, and amplify the UN's impact and voice.

Key campaigns we supported in 2006 include:

Strengthening the relationship between the A nonpartisan alliance that seeks to bridge and the United Nations through the differences among business, labor, and advocacy, communications, and outreach. environmental groups and identify energy www.betterworldcampaign.org policy options with broad political support. www.energyfuturecoalition.org

A grassroots campaign to educate and engage A long-term partnership among leaders in travelers and supporters about the public health that supports the goal of importance of protecting World Heritage sites reducing global measles deaths globally 90% for current and future generations to enjoy. by 2010. www.friendsofworldheritage.org www.measlesinitiative.org

A grassroots campaign to save lives by raising A discussion series through which young funds for the purchase and distribution of people from around the world can participate anti-malarial bed nets for children in Africa. in a dialogue on important global issues. www.nothingbutnets.net www.thepeoplespeak.org

The largest public health initiative the world A partnership with members of the travel has ever known to ensure that no child will industry and UNESCO to support ever again know the crippling effects of polio. conservation, sustainable tourism, and local www.polioeradication.org economic development for communities in and around World Heritage sites. www.worldheritagealliance.org 9

UN FOUNDATION AT A GLANCE

SECTION 2

2006 HIGHLIGHTS

We support the work of the United Nations in the four ways outlined below. Following are some highlights of our work, and the work of our many partners, in 2006.

12 Facilitating Partnerships with the UN

14 Fostering Creative Solutions to Global Challenges

17 Advocating for the UN

18 Involving the Public in the UN's Work FACILITATING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE UN

The Measles Initiative

The UN Foundation is a founding partner of the Measles Initiative (www.measlesinitiative.org), which aims to reduce measles deaths globally by 90% by 2010 compared to 2000 estimates. The Measles Initiative includes key leaders in the international public health community including: the American Red Cross, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and the World Health Organization.

Thanks to the Measles Initiative, the number of global measles deaths has decreased significantly (60%)The Measles from 873,000Initiative in 1999 to 345,000 in 2005. To continue this progress, in 2006 the Measles Initiative supported campaigns in the largest number of countries ever. Initial campaign efforts inThe 20 World African Heritage countries Alliance were expanded into four Asian countries, Bangladesh, , , andThe Maldives,Coalition forwith Adolescent an overall Girls: goal of vaccinating over 120 million children by 2010.

To facilitate these large-scale measles campaigns in the coming years, the UN Foundation requested funding on behalf of the Measles Initiative from the International Finance Facility for Immunization (IFFIm), an innovative health financing mechanism designed to help provide predictable funding flows for global immunization programs. The IFFIm has pledged $139 million in funding for the Measles Initiative through the UN Foundation over two years, which will allow the UN Foundation and its partners to expand measles prevention efforts to all six WHO regions and reach the goal of a 90% reduction in measles mortality by 2010.

In line with our priority for strengthening public health systems, many of the upcoming campaigns will include the delivery of other critical health services, including oral polio and other vaccinations, vitamin A, long-lasting, insecticide-treated nets (LLINs), and a deworming medication.

PARTNERS

Global measles deaths have fallen by 60% since 1999, thanks to country-wide immunization campaigns supported by the Measles Initiative. In 2006, the Initiative supported country-wide vaccinations in 24 nations, reaching tens of millions of children. 12 FACILITATING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE UN

The World Heritage Alliance

Tourism is an important economic force, but can also pose real challenges to the livelihoods of local populations and the integrity of our natural and cultural resources. Since its inception, the UN Foundation has worked to promote sustainable development in and around UNESCO World Heritage sites, which represent some of the world's great natural treasures. In November 2005, that work was strengthened through initiation of a partnership with Expedia, Inc. — the world's leading online travel agency — to foster sustainable travel around key World Heritage sites.

Under the umbrella of the World Heritage Alliance (www.worldheritagealliance.org), the partnership is working to: • Engage tourism companies in following sustainable business practices; • Educate travelers on responsible tourism in and around World Heritage sites; and • Support local community tourism initiatives at World Heritage sites, as an important means of site conservation and sustainable development.

In 2006, the Alliance made major progress in The Alliance added 15 new engaging the travel industry to promote members in 2006, including sustainable tourism. Using Mexico as a pilot Club Med, Fairmont Hotels region, the Alliance developed and held training & Resorts, and Marriott. seminars to promote sustainable tourism and Membership requires the community-based enterprises among Expedia's suppliers and industry partners. To date, more adoption of sustainable tourism than 500 participants from 137 hotels have been principles. trained.

The UN Foundation and Expedia also recruited 15 new companies as members of the World Heritage Alliance in 2006. New members include: Club Med, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, and Marriott. Membership requires the adoption of sustainable tourism principles that encourage sustainable business practices, community tourism development, and World Heritage site conservation. The Alliance also strengthens communities around World Heritage sites by providing support for community-based tourism in the form of seed capital, technical and business training, and assistance with market access.

The Alliance's efforts have significantly increased awareness of the value of World Heritage among travelers. More than 500,000 people have visited the World Heritage-related content on Expedia's Web site, and an estimated 10 million have been exposed to more than 5,700 stories generated in the press. The Alliance also distributed a National Geographic brochure on sustainable tourism and World Heritage conservation to guests at various hotels and tourist centers.

PARTNERS

13 FOSTERING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Technology Partnership

Our partnership with the Vodafone Group Foundation (VGF) continues to leverage Vodafone's core strengths – its mobile technology, global infrastructure, and capacity for mass consumer outreach – to help the UN address the world's toughest challenges more effectively and efficiently.

One major challenge facing the UN and many national and provincial health systems is the use of paper-and-pen systems to collect health data, which can have high error rates and lead to unacceptable delays and costs. The VGF-UNF partnership is addressing this challenge in Africa by collaborating with WHO and national health ministries to build digital health surveillance systems. In June 2006, we launched a major program to provide training and mobile data devices to health surveillance officers in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Zambia. Equipped with epidemiological surveillance software and new training, health professionals can better gather data on the ground to support the fight against measles, malaria, HIV/AIDS, and other deadly diseases.

WHO and local ministries believe that the new systems will result in more effective and efficient In June 2006, we launched a public health efforts. Following this three-country major program to provide rollout, we will create new digital health surveillance training and mobile computing systems in 20 other African countries, and have devices to health surveillance begun work in South America. officers in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Based on the success and promise of this initiative, and Zambia. three leading technology companies – Google, Palm, and Salesforce – have contributed to this effort by making tools and technologies available that will strengthen the new digital systems.

The partnership is also working to make effective telecommunications tools available to support UN emergency response missions. In 2006, we created a program to help Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF), a humanitarian NGO, deploy rapid response telecommunications teams that join UN missions worldwide within 48 hours of an emergency. These teams of experts are among the first to arrive areas after natural disasters and humanitarian crises, and quickly establish emergency telecommunication centers. Relief workers rely on these centers for the assessment, logistics, and coordination needed to save lives.

With UN Foundation funding, TSF teams supported four UN missions in 2006: a flood relief mission in Suriname; an earthquake relief mission in Indonesia; a refugee relief mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and a recovery mission in Southern Lebanon. A profile of the Vodafone-UN Foundation funded deployment to Indonesia appeared in the July 17, 2006, edition of Business Week.

To learn more, visit www.unfoundation.org/vodafone.

PARTNERS

14 FOSTERING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES CHILDREN’S HEALTH Polio Eradication Campaign

In February of 2006, Egypt and Niger were removed from the list of polio-endemic countries - bringing the number of endemic countries to an all-time low of four, and bringing us a few steps closer to a polio-free world. Polio eradication has been a longstanding priority for the UN Foundation. The Foundation is a major supporter of the Global Polio Eradication Partnership, a UN-led coalition that has protected over two billion children from polio.

One way the Foundation supports the Partnership is by facilitating vaccine "buy-downs," an innovative financing mechanism that UNF pioneered along with the World Bank, Rotary International, and the Gates Foundation. Through buy-downs, funding from private sources enables the World Bank to convert low-interest loans to polio-endemic countries into grants, which the countries use to purchase oral polio vaccine. Using this approach, the Foundation has helped finance buy-downs that have unlocked over $100 million in Nigeria and Pakistan.

In 2006, the UN Foundation helped support a buy-down that will make available much-needed funding for eradication efforts in Pakistan. The Foundation secured a $9 million grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, which in turn will leverage at least $25 million in funding from the World Bank to purchase oral polio vaccine for Pakistan.

Funding, while a critical element in eradicating polio, must be complemented by new strategies to reach children and increase awareness among families of the danger of polio cases. To that end, the UN Foundation and Google initiated a partnership in 2006, along with UNICEF and the World Health Organization, to seek new ideas and creative approaches particularly in India, that will hasten a polio-free world.

The UN Foundation is a proud to be a part of the international effort to make eradicate polio and for all. With leadership from key UN agencies, the plan for achieving this goal is in place: the critical missing ingredient is resources. The majority of children vulnerable to polio transmission are living in Muslim areas, whose leaders can play a special role in mobilizing the necessary resources for polio eradication. The UN Foundation is working closely with members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to identify leadership opportunities and encourage financial support for polio eradication. To learn more, visit www.unfoundation.org/polio.

The number of polio-endemic countries is at an all-time low. The Foundation’s efforts are helping bring additional resources and voices to bear in eradicating the disease from the remaining four countries, and the world. 15 FOSTERING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES

International Biofuels Initiative Biofuels have the potential to alleviate poverty, create sustainable rural development opportunities, reduce reliance on imported oil, and increase access to modern energy services worldwide. In 2006, the UN Foundation's International Biofuels Initiative was launched to promote the sustainable production and use of biofuels in developing countries, under conditions that can attract foreign and domestic investment.

The unofficial launch took place at the World Trade Organization's Public Forum in September 2006, when Ted Turner urged delegates to seek greenhouse gas emissions reductions and help achieve the Millennium Development Goals by improving access to energy, energy services, and energy markets.

In his speech, Turner said, "Farmers have always grown crops for food and fiber. Today, farmers can grow crops for food, fuel and fiber. The global demand for biofuels is huge and rising." He also pointed out that biofuels can also solve the bitter dispute that scuttled the so-called Doha round of trade liberalization talks by providing wealthy countries a means of keeping their farmers in business, instead of subsidizing products like cotton, sugar beets, sugar cane and rice, which can be grown more cheaply in developing countries.

The Initiative is supported by the UN Foundation and is being undertaken in partnership with five UN agencies: the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN Development Program, the UN Environment Program, and the UN Industrial Development Organization. Working together, the Initiative has begun working to: • Build the capacity of developing countries to produce biofuels and provide this energy resource to growing markets worldwide; • Address market access and market entry issues related to trade in biofuels; • Develop national strategies and frameworks for the promotion and production of biofuels to achieve sustainable development and encourage replication elsewhere; and, • Advance sustainable development by meeting the energy needs of developing countries. To learn more, visit www.unfoundation.org/biofuels.

Biofuels have the potential to transform some of our energy challenges into opportunities. The International Biofuels Initiative is working to help developing countries take advantage of their renewable energy resources. 16 ADVOCATING FOR THE UN

The Better World Campaign

The Better World Campaign (BWC) (www.betterworldcampaign.org), a project of the Better World Fund, works closely with Congress and the United Nations to encourage public understanding of the UN's role and progress in addressing global issues of peace and development.

Monitoring, advancing, and communicating about UN reform was a top priority in 2006. In April, disagreement among Member states over UN reform threatened to freeze the UN's budget and potentially curtail UN operations. In response, BWC launched "Resolve the Crisis: Don't Shut Down the UN," a campaign to raise awareness on the June budget cap and stalled reforms at the UN, and encourage all governments to work together to ensure that UN operations were not interrupted by political disagreements.

The cornerstone of the campaign was a Web site, www.dontshutdowntheun.org, which featured an In a few short weeks, BWC was online petition urging world leaders to reach a able to mobilize more than compromise on budget and reform issues. In a few 12,000 individuals representing short weeks, BWC was able to mobilize more than 146 nations to sign the petition. 12,000 individuals representing 146 nations, to sign the petition. This progress and advocacy from the Better World Campaign and many others helped persuade UN Member States to back down from budgetary brinksmanship and reach a negotiated solution on reform and UN funding.

And progress was made on the UN reform agenda. UN Member States agreed to: fully operationalize an ethics office at the UN; adopt internationally recognized accounting standards; hire a Chief Information Technology Officer; implement a new Information Technology system to better account for resources; and, produce one unified annual report for the organization.

Another priority in 2006 was drawing attention to the dramatic growth in several vital UN activities. The number of UN peacekeepers deployed worldwide, for example, grew 100% since October 2004. BWC helped advocate successfully for a $129 million increase from Congress for UN peacekeeping, and also educated Members of Congress and others about new initiatives such as the UN Democracy Fund, created at the urging of President Bush to fund projects that build and strengthen democracies around the globe.

PARTNERS

17 INVOLVING THE PUBLIC IN THE UN'S WORK

The People Speak

For the fourth year in a row, the UN Foundation spearheaded The People Speak (TPS) (www.thepeoplespeak.org), which has emerged as a vehicle for engaging young people on the benefits of international cooperation. The 2006 TPS season resulted in more than 10,000 in- person events in over 60 countries, conducted in cooperation with partners including Americans for Informed Democracy, the International Debate and Association, the League of Women Voters, the National Forensic League, Religions for Peace, and the United Nations Association of the United States of America.

TPS events ranged from town halls to A new TPS Web site increases videoconferences to leadership retreats addressing and extends participation by issues from our energy crisis to ending global young people through poverty. At one event in South Carolina, nearly 700 interactive and participatory people came out to see a movie about energy functions including blogs, conservation and alternative energy, and then contests, forums, photo sharing, discussed ways to address energy and climate change issues. At another event, youth leaders participated in a two-day malaria advocacy training session, where they were briefed by experts on the disease and what they could do about it.

The People Speak also launched in 2006 a new web presence that encourages participation by young people through multimedia features including blogs, contests, forums, photo sharing, podcasts, and videos. These tools have helped transform the series into a year long discussion of international affairs. For example, participants in the series were able to ask questions of 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus, and watch his videotaped responses on the TPS Web site. In another instance, high school students from Washington, DC interviewed refugees from Darfur, and produced podcasts and videos to share on the TPS Web site.

PARTNERS

With more than 10,000 events in over 60 countries, and an ongoing exchange of ideas on its Web site, TPS was a truly global discussion series. Participants discussed issues ranging from to global health and climate change. 18 INVOLVING THE PUBLIC IN THE UN'S WORK

Nothing But Nets

The most cost-effective and simple approach to prevent malaria is through the use of long- lasting insecticide- treated bed nets, which can reduce malaria transmission by 30 percent when used appropriately. It costs $10 to buy and distribute a bed net and to educate recipients on its use. Despite the effectiveness of bednets in preventing transmission, according to the 2005 World Health Organization's World Malaria Report, only three percent of children under five sleep under a bed net in Africa.

In 2006, the UN Foundation launched a broad-based advocacy and fundraising campaign, Nothing But Nets (www.nothingbutnets.net), to encourage the public to support the distribution of bed nets during measles campaigns. Inspired by an article written by Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly, the campaign includes major corporate donors and raised – in just eight months – over $2.5 million from over 20,000 individual donors.

Working with the National Basketball Association, the People of the United Methodist Church, Sports Illustrated and VH-1, the campaign has stimulated many creative fundraising efforts by schools, sports associations, businesses, and churches.

In November 2006, Rick Reilly and representatives of the campaign traveled to Nigeria to visit with families who had received the first shipment of more than 150,000 long-lasting insecticide- treated nets. The nets sent to Nigeria were the first of many that will be shipped to Africa through Nothing But Nets.

Bed net distributions are organized and implemented by the Measles Initiative, a UN-led initiative that aims to reduce global measles mortality 90% by 2010. Measles Initiative founding partners include the American Red Cross, United Nations Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization, and UNICEF.

PARTNERS

Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly, whose article helped launch the campaign, delivers a bed net and talks with a family in Ebeju Lekki, Lagos State, Nigeria.

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SECTION 3 FINANCIALS

The UN Foundation and Better World Fund take seriously the trust our chairman, donors, and partners place in us, and we work hard to earn that trust each day with careful and ethical financial stewardship. That work begins by ensuring that our dollars go where they make a difference: in 2006, more than 97 cents of every dollar went directly to support UN programs and causes.

Program Services: 97.1% Fundraising: 1.5% Management & General Overhead: 1.4%

The UN Foundation adheres to a comprehensive set of good policies, including: board compensation and travel, code of ethics; conflict of interest; financial best practices; partnerships and donations; and whistleblower protection. For a complete list of our audited financial statements from 1999 through 2006, please visit http://www.unfoundation.org/about/financial_info.asp

These efforts have led to eight consecutive years of clean financial audits, and to having been awarded four stars – the highest possible rating – by Charity Navigator, an independent charity evaluator. Join Us

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The UN Foundation is rated a four-star charity by Charity Navigator — the leading evaluator of non-profits. In 2006, more than 97 cents of every dollar that the UN Foundation raised and spent went directly to support UN programs and causes.

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