Say NO to United Nations' abolishment of Traditional Chinese in 2008

Current Chinese government is pushing United Nation to abolish the traditional Chinese, which is widely used by people in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and overseas Chinese communities. The purpose is to make a UNIFIED Chinese. I'm not sure if it's a good direction to go. Simply I just don't think that UN should endorse this attempt - a form of Chinese culture hegemony towards other Chinese cultural regions in the world.

You can find further details (incl the petition button) in the following link:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/say-no-to-united-nations-abolishment-of-traditional-chinese-in-2008.html


I have signed the petition myself and left my personal comment is as follows:
Keeping the traditional Chinese is one of the best ways to preserve the 2 thousand years old Chinese culture. As a Chinese culture admirer, I cannot imagine to abolish the traditional Chinese characters. Also I wonder how people would be able to read the old Chinese documents without learning traditional Chinese. Which is an actual embarrassment in China, as her young generation cannot understand the cultural heritage...