Citizenship: AVAAZ campaigns

As major new challenges like climate change and escalating religious conflict threaten our common future, people from around the world are coming together to take global politics into their own hands. Avaaz is a community of global citizens who take action on the major issues facing the world today. The aim is to ensure that the views and values of the world’s people - and not just political elites and unaccountable corporations - shape global decisions.

Avaaz.org members wish to take action for a more just and peaceful world and a vision of globalization with a human face. "Avaaz.org is where it's all coming together – one place where people can join forces across borders to demand progress on peace, poverty, global warming, human rights, and other burning problems."

"In our inter-connected world, the actions of political leaders and corporations are having a profound impact on all of us. To match the power and reach of global leaders and borderless corporations, Avaaz.org members are building a powerful movement of citizens without borders. As citizens without borders, we might not have the resources of governments, corporations or the media, but working together we can bring together millions of people around the world and make global public opinion really count on major global issues like poverty, climate change, human rights and global security."

The name 'avaaz' means "Voice" or "Song" in several languages including Hindi, Urdu, Farsi, Nepalese, Dari, Turkish, and Bosnian.

Right now Avaaz.org is doing one campaign to promote real peace talks in the middle east. It will soon be seven long and devastating years since the top Israeli, Palestinian, and international leaders sat down together to talk peace. But this week that tide could turn - when President Abbas and Prime Minister Olmert meet with US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice in Jerusalem. Read more here.

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Another campaign focuses on a climate wake up call. It proposes to make a petition to World Leaders: "Climate change is the greatest threat facing our world today - and we are almost out of time to stop it.You must tackle this problem now, decisively and together. Start working toward a new global agreement this year. Set binding global targets for emissions to avert catastrophic climate change. Take bold action immediately - and we will join our efforts with yours. "

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