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NewsIranian offer for nuclear talks receives poor reception in Washington
In responding to Iran's recent offer for talks concerning international nuclear non-proliferation, the State Department has said that the offer fails to...
NewsHuman Rights Abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Two reports were released by the United Nations on September 7, 2009 regarding human rights abuses, and possible war crimes in the...
Climate JusticeBipartisan Group: U.S. Security requires urgent action on climate change
The Partnership for a New America, a bipartisan group of 32 former secretaries of State, national security advisers, senators, military leaders and...
NewsBush Administration sought to soften treaty on ‘forced disappearances’
According to documents recently declassified by the U.S. State Department, the Bush administration had tried to soften the draft language of an...
Global JusticeInternational Criminal Courts Investigates War Crimes
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo, announced today that in the next three years he plans to open...
NewsExecutive Office of the President signals interest in ratifying Law of the Sea Treaty
This weekend, the Executive Office of the President sent its first signal of support for US ratification of the Law of the...
NewsICC’s President Song Comes to Washington
It was a pleasure today to meet Sang-Hyun Song, the new President of the International Criminal Court who was on his first...
The United States and Global Cooperation
Chuck Hagel, a former Republican Senator, published an op-ed in the Washington Post that reflects many of the ideals that GlobalSolutions.org is...
Obama to chair disarmament meeting at United Nations Security Council
To aid the cause of nuclear disarmament, U.S. President Barack Obama will chair a United Nations Security Council meeting on September 24th....
NewsThe Third World Climate Conference Opens
Today was the start of the Third World Climate Conference (WCC-3) in Geneva. The main theme of this conference is climate change...
Human RightsHalf the Sky
In a monumental effort to raise the status of women, Nicholas Kristof and his wife Sheryl WuDunn have authored a book titled,...