Denmark and the UN house

During our tour in Denmark we were graced with the honor of meeting with one of the UN representatives, Pasi Rajala. Rajala is one of the representatives of the UN peacemaking efforts. We met with him briefly and he told us some of the ways that the United Nations actually works. Although we did get a pretty good over view of the UN and what it does in Denmark, some specific examples that he mentioned that they work with are: human resources and "suggestions" for many parts of the third world countries striving to become more sustainable themselves. They work with many NGO's and non profit orginizations as well in order to get more volunteers and workers out in the feild. We also learned that Denmark (Copenhagen persicly) was to be the host of a new meeting soon that was to focus on green energy somewhat like the "Kyoto Protocal" confrence. One of the main thing that our meeting seemed to suggest was the fact of getting each person active in some sort of a cause. We, as students or recent grads, all have the oppritunity to make this world the way we want, it is just the actions that are needed to put forth the motion in making the world a better place for everyone in and of itself. It was interesting to get to think in a new way politicaly on this trip and by visiting this place, I think we all were more influenced to think about what we can actually be capable in our own lives as far as forming the future. It was a real eye opener... and who knows, maybe one day one of us will be working at this orginization in Scandinavia helping the world one step at a time.!




ERika Strom