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The Global Citizen: U.S Engagement
The new American Engagement Caucus will officially launch tomorrow, Thursday January 21, 2010 at 10:00 am in the Rayburn House Office Building Room 2200. The Caucus was formed to foster the development of strategies in which to engage other nations. In an increasingly globalized world, the United States cannot expect to unilaterally tackle the many challenges present today, such as terrorism and climate change. The Caucus will analyze potential multilateral approaches to global issues, working to engage both formal governmental institutions and international organizations. One of the primary objectives of the body is to review the role the United States currently plays in regional and international institutions such as the European Union and the United Nations.
Next Tuesday, November 17th, marks the 8th annual meeting of the Assembly of States Parties for the ICC. Agenda items include planning for the 2010 Review Conference, electing judges and preparing the budget. It would be great if the United States would be able to attend as an observer the Assembly of States Parties and the 2010 Review Conference.
The United States has named three Strategic Objectives for Sudan:
Citizens for Global Solutions applauds the formation of the American Engagement Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. The mission of the caucus will be "to bring together Members to sustain and advocate for U.S. engagement to tackle global challenges like terrorism and nuclear weapons; climate change and poverty; genocide and disease." The Caucus believes that, "our security, our economic future, and safeguarding the world's environment all depend on international cooperation. Working cooperatively with other nations and through the U.N.
I was pleased by President Obama's 'aw-shucks' comments on winning the Nobel Peace Prize, saying:
Congratulations, President Obama!
This morning's announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize is an honor and well-deserved.
Multilateralism is again the focal point for American foreign policy, in a way that has not been seen in a number of decades. The new U.S. engagement is manifesting itself in both word and deed. President Obama's whirl-wind tour of multilateralism is a refreshing sight. President Obama started his tour with a speech to the U.N.'s Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's Climate Change Summit. In his remarks, as he repeated in his address to the General Assembly, he stated that the U.S. is ready to address global problems on the global stage. He recognized that, while the U.S.
Yesterday the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Susan Rice, delivered a strong and promising speech on the U.S.'s position towards the United Nations and global cooperation. Many of her statements reflected progress on issues that we at Citizens for Global Solutions have been working hard to further.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at the University of Nairobi in Kenya today and expressed the United States support of the International Criminal Court. Secretary Clinton was asked by a student how the U.S. expected Kenya to allow the ICC to come into their country when the U.S. is not a member itself.
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