January 9, 2020
A New Year’s Gift: An Alternative to War in the Middle East
The U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani on January 3 in Baghdad, Iraq has raised tensions to a…
January 4, 2020
Americans Are Ready for a Different Approach to Nuclear Weapons
Although today’s public protests against nuclear weapons can’t compare to the major antinuclear upheavals of past decades, there are clear…
December 21, 2019
Observations of CGS from a Contest Winner
I am an international student at Webster University pursuing my Master’s Degree in International Relations and Project Management. I first…
December 10, 2019
71st Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Right to Know our Rights and the Right to Have our Rights Respected: 71st Anniversary of the Universal Declaration…
November 27, 2019
Reimagining Your United Nations through Model UN (MUN)
Last September we mourned the loss of Joe Schwartzberg, author of “Transforming the United Nations System: Designs for a Workable…
November 22, 2019
Campaign for a UN World Citizens Initiative
Civil society groups launch global campaign for a World Citizens’ Initiative Over 100 civil society groups united under the umbrella…
November 19, 2019
A message from Executive Director Bob Flax, Ph.D.
I’m delighted to serve as Executive Director for this remarkable organization. Since 1947, Citizens for Global Solutions (CGS) and its…
November 15, 2019
The Importance of Gambia Invoking Genocide Convention Against Myanmar
Some news about efforts to protect human rights in the world community should be attracting more attention. On November 11,…
October 19, 2019
Global Week of Action for a World Parliament
October 19-27, 2019 is the Global Week of Action for a World Parliament. All CGS supporters are encouraged to participate…
October 8, 2019
Lord Boyd Orr: A World Citizen’s Focus on Food
There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population lack the necessities…
September 25, 2019
The Two Internationalisms
In recent years, internationalism―cooperation among nations for promotion of the common good―has acquired a bad reputation. Of course, internationalism has…