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Opinion pieces reflect the views of their authors, not necessarily Citizens for Global Solutions.
Is the UN Still Relevant?
For the last two and a half days I have been attending the Social Good Summit at the 92nd Street Y in...
NewsCitizens for Global Solutions in the News: CEO Don Kraus Quoted in “U.S. Republicans Call for Major Cuts to U.N.”
Last Friday, Citizens for Global Solutions CEO Don Kraus was quoted in an article by Jim Lobe from Inter Press Service on...
NewsCitizens for Global Solutions Quoted in “U.N. Security Council Fiddles While Syria Burns”
Citizens for Global Solutions CEO Don Kraus was quoted in an article by Thalif Deen of Inter Press Service on the lack...
United NationsCritiques on Ros-Lehtinen Bill Continue to Roll In
David Shorr, a program officer at the Stanley Foundation and co-editor of Bridging the Foreign Policy Divide project, wrote a blog on...
United NationsA New Threat to the UN from the House of Representatives
August is usually a quiet time in Washington, but not this year for those who advocate in support of the United Nations....
Global CooperationRep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Hijacks Pro-Israel Support for Extreme Anti-U.N. Bill
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced an extreme bill, H.R. 2829, that holds U.N. funding, as...
NewsUnited Nations Watch Sends Letter to U.N. Human Rights Council President on Syria with Citizens for Global Solutions Signature
The U.N. Human Rights Council has agreed to hold an emergency session on Syria, after United Nations Watch, along with a coalition...
Global CooperationGambling with Our Foreign Policy Is a Losing Bet
Great nations should pay their bills. But in the last two weeks, House Republicans on two important panels voted on party lines...
Rep. Gerry Connolly Writes Editorial in The Hill on U.N. Funding
Today in The Hill, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) wrote about the importance of fully funding our dues to the United Nations and...
Protecting Funding for UN and Peacekeeping Operations
Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will be in the first stages of determining our contribution to the United Nations and to...
29,000 Signatures Delivered to the White House Calling for More U.N. Engagement in Libya
Earlier today, GlobalSolutions.org delivered a petition containing 29,000 signatures to the White House calling for the Obama Administration to "work through the...