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Global CooperationWorld Interfaith Harmony Week : Steps Toward A Harmony Renaissance
The Association of World Citizens, a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the United Nations, cooperates fully with the World Interfaith Harmony...
Global JusticeThe Debate on Banning Trump
The United Kingdom has been one of America’s closest allies for over 200 years. Yet the British Parliament recently engaged in a...
Global JusticeUN Calls for Summit Forum on Refugees and Migrants
Last month I suggested that a UN-led conference would be necessary to confront the growing refugee and migrant crisis. Now I am...
Climate JusticeDear Obama, Thank You for Banning Coal Leasing on Public Lands
It was a Thursday night. I was overwhelmed by midterm papers and exhausted from the afternoon's track workout. But rather than spending...
Global CooperationRobert M. Hutchins: Building on Earlier Foundations
Much of our current work for a more just and peaceful world builds on the thinking and efforts of earlier foundations. The...
Global CooperationCatholic Social Doctrine and World Parliament
The following is the introduction to an updated paper by Dr. Maja Brauer and Mr. Andreas Bummel with the German-based Committee for...
Global JusticeBook on Immunity from Atrocity Crimes: A UN Favorite
On December 31st the UN Library announced via Twitter that its most popular book of 2015 was Immunity of Heads of State...
Global JusticeArms Control: The Missing Component in the Conversation about Terrorism
We can’t have it both ways. We can’t be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of...
Global CooperationNorth Korea’s Nuclear Test
North Korea claims to have completed a successful test of a hydrogen bomb on Wednesday, January 6th. This test (North Korea’s first...
Global JusticeWill We Learn this Time?
Hunger and starvation are in the news again, this time in Syria. They shouldn’t be. For decades, the world has produced more...
Global JusticeGlobal Responses to Human Trafficking
It is truly frightening to think that there are more slaves in the world today than ever before in history. Exploiting human...
Global JusticeSlavery in the Seams
When most people think of human trafficking, they think of sexual slavery. This is understandable, given the public awareness campaigns, films, and...