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United NationsThe UN Leadership Team and the Non-Aligned Movement
There is currently an active discussion among UN delegations in New York concerning how the next UN Secretary-General will be appointed in...
Global CooperationSDGs Highlight Agenda for Historic 70th UN General Assembly
In the last few weeks, the world’s attention has been riveted on the crises in China and the upheaval in the emerging...
Climate JusticeParis Carbonomics
In December of this year, 196 nations will meet in Paris to close a global deal to address climate change. With less...
Global JusticeMigration-Refugee Exodus: A Worldwide Challenge
During the summer of 2015, the international community has become increasingly concerned with the causes behind the mass exodus of people from...
Global CooperationA Miracle?
There are those who think the U.S. suffers from prejudice against Obama, competition between political parties, bullies who have the ability to...
United NationsNeeded: A UN Parliamentary Assembly
The United Nations suffers from a severe democratic deficit. Despite the opening words of its Charter, "We the peoples," ordinary people--the citizens...
Human RightsThe Continuing Humanitarian Crisis in ISIS-held Areas
In an August 25, 2014 statement, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned the “appalling, widespread, and systematic deprivation of human...
Global JusticeIt Takes Two (Genders)
Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) recently introduced the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Act of 2015...
Climate JusticeOpen Letter #8 To My Grandson Jake
Letters to Jake Series, Letter #8 Dear Jake, I am writing this letter in the car as Papa and I drive home...
Global CooperationIran: The Deal is More than the Deal
The P5+1 Iran Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is vital for reducing the risk of nuclear militarization and for allowing Iran to...
Human RightsWomen, Peace, and Security
As Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND) points out, The ultimate goals of peace and security are more attainable when women are...