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Global CooperationGangsters, Thugs, and Lunatics?
In a surprising speech during a meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) yesterday, Representative Dana Rohrbacher (R-CA) stated that the...
NewsPress Release: CGS Applauds Passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1970 Referring Libya to the ICC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GlobalSolutions.org applauds the passage of Resolution 1970 by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which condemns the recent attacks...
Gaddafi vs. the UN: How long can he last?
As the United Nations Security Council and Human Rights council meet today, Mommar Gaddafi continues to defy calls for him to step...
NewsThe President’s Budget Proposal: What Does It Mean For International Affairs Funding?
President Obama released his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2012 yesterday, launching the annual budgetary process in which the White House and...
NewsHouse Defeats Bill Which Would Have Harmed Funding for UN Peacekeeping
CGS is happy to report that the House of Representatives voted on February 9th to defeat H.R. 519, the ‘‘United Nations Tax...
United NationsRos-Lehtinen’s Gauntlet
As posted on the Huffington Post U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), the new Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has thrown...
Global CooperationThe United Nations: Change through Engagement
The first full committee meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) was titled “The United Nations: Urgent Problems that Need Congressional...
Global JusticeMoving forward or backwards on Aggression?
It seems like only yesterday that I was in Kampala watching representatives from nations around the world leading the International Criminal Court...
NewsICC Investigating North Korea for Potential War Crimes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Ocampo made a surprising announcement this morning at the United Nations. He announced that he has...
Global CooperationObama Visits India and talks UN Security Council Reform
In a recent visit to India, President Obama announced U.S. support for India taking a seat on the United Nations Security Council....
Global CooperationThe UN is 65 and Going Strong
Today we recognize the 65th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. The world has changed dramatically since October 24th, 1945...