Originally published on the CGS blog on May 1, 2009.
A House of Representatives Resolution (H.RES.363) was introduced on April 23 by Lynn Woolsey of California. The resolution calls for a “smart security platform for the 21st century,” and its ideas and suggestions run parallel to the goals and ideas of Citizens for Global Solutions.
The resolution calls for:
1. Strengthening international institutions by working with the UN and other international institutions.
2. Adhering to, supporting, and strengthening existing and future nonproliferation treaties and, more importantly, for the US to set an example for the rest of the world by taking the lead on renouncing nuclear weapons tests and the development of new weapons.
3. Addressing the root causes of violent conflict in the world by integrating peace-building and conflict prevention into US development programs and engaging the international community in post-conflict reconstruction and political transition processes.
4. Greater investment in long-term sustainable and renewable energy sources to confront the threat of global warming.
5. Pursuing to the fullest extent alternatives to war through early warning systems, human rights monitoring, and multilateral rapid response mechanisms
These guidelines for a new US security platform are the ideas that Citizens for Global Solutions has presented for so long. These are the ideas that will strengthen the global community and allow us to work together to resolve and defeat global crises, from war and nuclear proliferation to energy and climate change.
