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Global CooperationWhat Does The UN General Assembly Do When It’s Not UN Week?
As delegates have been meeting for the 68th plenary sessions and General Debate (“UN Week”) at the UN General Assembly this week,...
Peace & DisarmamentWhat Obama Could Have Said, and Almost Did
Presidents almost never say most of what you want them to. President Obama's speech at the UN General Assembly was no exception....
Human RightsInternational Day of Peace: A Day to Reflect
With news media saturated with war coverage and updates on a possible intervention in Syria in recent weeks, Saturday's International Day of...
Global JusticeThe Latest Failure in Corporate Accountability
The world's worst garment factory disaster occurred this past April in Bangladesh when the Rana Plaza collapsed, killing 1,132 workers and injuring...
Global CooperationNuclear Non-Proliferation is Step One, Nuclear Elimination is Step Two
With the intense media attention that Syrian chemical weapons have generated for the last month, now is the time to consider other...
Global JusticeA Peacekeeping Mission with Teeth
The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or MONUSCO, has been conducting peacekeeping operations in the unstable countries since...
Climate JusticeExtreme Weather: Further Evidence of Climate Change
New research reveals a connection between extreme weather and climate change. A report published by the American Meteorological Society found that human-caused...
Global CooperationHow Silicon Valley is Bringing Internet to the Rest of the World
Not Quite the World Wide Web: a three-part series about the importance of full access to the internet for all Imagine a...
Statement on U.S. Policy Toward Syria
Citizens for Global Solutions Supports the International Rule of Law and Cautions Against Unauthorized Use of Force Citizens for Global Solutions supports...
Global Cooperation“Give peace a chance,” but first let us sell missiles and assault rifles
The Syria question continues to dominate both domestic American politics and international affairs. The biggest opponent to U.S. involvement is Vladimir Putin...
Global CooperationA New World for a New Millennium: What Can You Envision?
I don't remember when or how, but one day it dawned on me what our world would be like if we had...