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NewsU.N. General Assembly votes to create powerful new women’s agency
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to create a new women's agency. Supporters say it is a breakthrough for women's equality...
News12th Session of the Human Rights Council Opens
This morning the 12th session of the Human Rights Council opened in Geneva, Switzerland. It began with statements from three high-level dignitaries....
Global CooperationQuestionable Candidate for UNESCO’s Director General
The Washington Post recently published an article and an op-ed about the possibility of the Egyptian culture minister, Farouk Hosni, to become...
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...
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...
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,...
NewsCGS Mourns the Death of Senator Ted Kennedy
On Wednesday, August 26, 2009, the United States Senate lost its third longest serving member, Senator Edward Kennedy. President Barack Obama issued...
Why Empowering Women Really Matters
"There's a growing recognition among everyone from the World Bank to the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff to aid organizations like...
Human RightsGeneva Conventions turn 60!
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. In 1949, four treaties and three additional protocols were established as World War...
Obama Signs Disability Rights Convention
On Friday, July 24, 2009, President Obama will sign the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This is...
World Opinion of the U.S. in the Obama Era
A lecture on world opinion towards the United States in its transition to the Obama era was led by Steven Kull, director...