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NewsUPDATE: S. 1067: LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 passes House Committee on Foreign Affairs
A step in the right direction! On April 28, 2010, the members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs voted by voice...
NewsPresidents Obama and Medvedev Sign Historic New START
President Obama signed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) alongside Russian President Dmitri Medvedev in Prague early Thursday morning, which proposes...
NewsU.S. & Russia reach agreement for New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
After more than eight months of talks between the U.S. and Russia, negotiators have reached agreement on the terms of the New...
NewsBangladesh becomes an ICC State Party!
Bangladesh ratified the Rome Statute today, becoming the 111th State to do so. The Rome Statute was adopted by the international community...
NewsWorld Water Day
Did you know that today is World Water Day? The UN General Assembly designated the first World Water Day in 1993, and...
NewsObama and Medvedev Discuss Arms Treaty
On Saturday, President Obama and Russian President Medvedev spoke for 30 minutes by telephone about "START" (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty of 1991...
NewsICC Postpones Bemba Trial
The International Criminal Court (ICC) trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo was due to start on April 27, however, the ICC announced that...
NewsSuccess! Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe Confirmed!
Yesterday afternoon Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe was confirmed as the first ever United States Ambassador to the Council. We want to thank Citizens...
NewsICC Prosecutor Names 20 People Involved in Instigating the Kenyan Post-Election Violence
ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo today named 20 people that he alleges are most responsible for the deadly post-election violence which swept Kenya...
NewsKaradzic Trial Resumes
On March 1, 2010 the trial of Radovan Karadzic, former Bosnian Serb politician, resumed at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former...
NewsHuman Rights Council Meetings Start Today
(March 1, 2010) Today is the first day of the 13th session of the Human Rights Council. Navi Pillay, United Nations High...