United Nations Foundation

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United Nations Foundation

ORGANIZATION

Founded 1997 by Ted Turner to spend his $1B bequest.

Board members as of October 2006: Ted Turner, Timothy E. Wirth, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Ruth Cardoso, Liang Dan, Graça Machel, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Hisashi Owada, Emma Rothschild, Nafis Sadik, Andrew Young, Muhammad Yunus.

Official Website:
http://www.unfoundation.org/

Founding Date:
1997

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Lester R. Brown Activist 28-Mar-1934 Earth Policy Institute

Charles B. Curtis Activist 27-Apr-1940 Nuclear Threat Initiative

Geoff Garin Business ? Pollster

Ted Turner Business 19-Nov-1938 Founder of Cable News Network

Timothy E. Wirth Politician 22-Sep-1939 US Senator from Colorado, 1987-93

Andrew Young Politician 12-Mar-1932 Mayor of Atlanta, 1982-90

Muhammad Yunus Business 28-Jun-1940 Banker to the Poor

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