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Human RightsThe Parliaments of the World’s Religions
The first time that many religious representatives met with each other was at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893. Three of the goals of this gathering were to show “what and how many important truths the various Religions hold and teach in common;” to discover “what light Religion has to throw on the great problems of the present age;” and “to bring the nations of the earth into a more friendly fellowship, in the hope of securing permanent international peace.”
NewsCitizens for Global Solutions (CGS) Welcomes Bruce Knotts as New President
Today, August 1, 2023, Citizens for Global Solutions (CGS) welcomes Bruce Knotts as its incoming President, succeeding Bob Flax, whom CGS congratulations...
United NationsHope Gives Rise to Hope: Proposal for a New Posture
We all aim to build a better world. Through positive, constructive language and examples, we encourage progress by inspiring each other and learning what is working. This, in itself, accelerates bringing that hopeful world into being.
NewsLetter from the Executive Director, July 2023: Reflections on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Rome Statute
Today, July 17, 2023, marks the 25th anniversary of the Rome Statute, the foundational treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
NewsCGS Welcomes Amb. David Scheffer to National Advisory Council; Announces New Staff Positions
CGS is honored to announce that Ambassador David J. Scheffer, Professor of Practice at Arizona State University and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, will join our National Advisory Council (NAC).
Peace & DisarmamentJ. Robert Oppenheimer’s Tragedy―and Ours
The July 21, 2023 theatrical release of the film Oppenheimer, focused on the life of a prominent American nuclear physicist, should help to remind us of how badly the development of modern weapons has played out for individuals and for all of humanity.
NewsIntergenerational Dialogue on How Global Governance Solutions Can Tackle Existential Threats
This Q&A panel discussion, co-hosted by Citizens for Global Solutions (CGS), Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament (PNND), Youth Fusion, and World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy (WFM-IGP), will consider how progress on environmental protection is hampered by armed conflict, nuclear threats, and the massive diversion of resources into weapons and war, and will invite collaborate strategizing on potential solutions.
Peace & DisarmamentTwo Ways That the Ukraine War Could Have Been Prevented and Might Still Be Ended
Perhaps the greatest tragedy of the immensely destructive Ukraine War lies in the fact that it could have been averted.
NewsCitizens for Global Solutions (CGS) to Hold Exploratory Advocacy Summit for CGS’s Action Network: Advocating Toward Tomorrow’s Governed World
The “Exploratory Summit” comes as CGS embarks on a new chapter, seeking innovative and ambitious solutions to current threats to inform advocacy by our Action Network.
Peace & DisarmamentHow Strengthened Global Governance Could Produce a Nuclear-Free World
It should come as no surprise that the world is currently facing an existential nuclear danger. In fact, it has been caught up in that danger since 1945, when atomic bombs were used to annihilate the populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
NewsCultural diversity for dialogue and development: CGS & YWF highlight critical components of an inclusive and sustainable future
The ability to practice and thrive in one’s culture is a universal, inalienable, and interdependent human right.
Global CooperationThe Time Has Come To Build A Viable Global System Of Collective Security
One of the inescapable features of human existence is that lessons we fail to learn repeat themselves over and over, usually with increasing ferocity until the lesson is learned.