No More Energy Independence
Now that I'm done gloating (for now) about the New York Giants Super Bowl triumph, I can pay more attention to important...
Citizens for Global Solutions
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CGS is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-partisan organization for more than 75 years and has brought together a diverse collective of individuals and organizations with a common goal of a unified world predicated upon peace, mutual understanding, human rights, and the rule of law.
Sudan Opens Fire on UNAMID
Oops! Sudan acknowledged Thursday that its troops shot at a United Nations convoy in Darfur, reversing an initial denial, but it in...
Specter Calls for U.N. Investigation into Bhutto’s Death (sort of)
GlobalSolutions.org is already on the record calling for the Security Council to sponsor a special investigation into the death of Benazir Bhutto....
Success in Bali
As of this writing, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change talks in Bali have not yet produced a final agreement. That's...
Torture is Torture, Right?
I am not a lawyer and I didn't even sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but how could President Bush...
Bombers Kill Dozens in Algiers
Details are still emerging from Algiers where two bombs left dozens killed in and around the local United Nations offices. The death...
Support Grows For UN Rapid Response Force
While logistical and political roadblocks have slowed down efforts to deploy peacekeeping force to Darfur, support is growing for a new tool...
Get Peacekeeping Right
"Should the anticipated discussions fail to clear the path to the deployment of an effective force, the international community will be confronted...
Broad Group of NGOs Urge Congressional Support for Peacekeeping
WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 50 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) urged Members of Congress today to co-sponsor H. Res. 213, the resolution calling...
Foreign Relations Committee Overwhelmingly Approves Law of the Sea; Coleman Flips and Flops
I just got back from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee business meeting on the Law of the Sea. The final vote was...
SFRC Passes Vital International Treaty
Washington, D.C. -- Citizens for Global Solutions commends the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) for its overwhelming passage of The U.N. Convention...
Correction – Biden Got it Right
I'd like to make a correction on my post this morning "Using U.N. Day to Sink the Law of the Sea". In...