Global CooperationRight Candidate, Wrong Process
Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously reelected Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to a second term. The Secretary General certainly deserved reelection,...
Don Kraus
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Global Cooperation
Global CooperationUS – UN Update at UNA
Last week I spoke to members of the United Nations Association (UNA-USA) who were preparing to lobby their members of Congress. I...
United NationsKeeping the UN in Business
John Danforth, a former U.S. Ambassador to the UN (2004-05), and a Republican U.S. senator from Missouri (1976-94) just published an excellent...
Global CooperationThe Arab Spring and a Global 911
On March 17th the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution authorizing UN members "to take all necessary measures... to protect civilians...
Peace & DisarmamentNext Steps to Protect
On Monday, April 18, GlobalSolutions.org ran a full page advertisement in the New York Times that calls for three essential actions for...
The Senator and Libya
Last night I had a conversation with a Senator, who I consider a friend, about Libya. It was a private conversation so...
Obama on Libya
President Obama gave what I consider to be a great speech on Libya tonight. Here's an excellent quote: Sometimes, the course of...
Don Kraus Quoted in Gulf News Article
In an interview with Gulf News on Tuesday, I discussed the importance and need for a United Nations Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS)....
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...
Global CooperationDiplomacy in Action: the US, UNESCO & Civil Society
Recent events in the Middle East have shown that civil society can bring about big change in the world. The people of...
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 CooperationA New Start on Treaties
Getting two-thirds of the Senate to agree on anything is a daunting task. So it was no small feat when the Senate...