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Gbagbo Captured
After months of bloody conflict in Côte D'Ivoire following the hotly contested 2010 election, former president and tyrant, Laurent Gbagbo has finally...
NewsCôte D’Ivoire: International Engagement (Part 2)
The United Nations and the international community have been actively involved in the ongoing conflict in Côte D'Ivoire during the past decade....
NewsIvory Coast: The Crisis You’re Not Hearing About
While the world’s attention is focused, and understandably so, on the events unfolding in Libya, another conflict and brewing humanitarian crisis has...
Don Kraus Quoted in Gulf News Article
In an interview with Gulf News on Tuesday, I discussed the importance and need for a United Nations Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS)....
NewsICC Launches Investigation Into Libya’s Attacks on its Civilians
Good news: the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced this week that he will launch an investigation into recent attacks...
NewsPress Release: CGS Applauds Passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1970 Referring Libya to the ICC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GlobalSolutions.org applauds the passage of Resolution 1970 by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which condemns the recent attacks...
House Passes Budget Which Deeply Cuts International Affairs Funding
With time running out before a temporary federal funding measure expires on March 4th, the House of Representatives last week passed H.R....
NewsThe President’s Budget Proposal: What Does It Mean For International Affairs Funding?
President Obama released his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2012 yesterday, launching the annual budgetary process in which the White House and...
NewsHouse Defeats Bill Which Would Have Harmed Funding for UN Peacekeeping
CGS is happy to report that the House of Representatives voted on February 9th to defeat H.R. 519, the ‘‘United Nations Tax...
CGS Joins Human Rights Call on Egypt
CGS has joined a cross-regional group of civil society organizations urging the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to call an urgent special...
NewsSouthern Sudan Concludes Their First Vote for Independence
Last week saw the conclusion of an historic event for Sudan. The wrap-up of southern Sudan's week-long independence referendum process-in which nearly...