By Rumbidzai Maweni Research Associate, Citizens for Global Solutions On Monday, July 14th 2008, Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir became the first national leader to be indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC's chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, filed exactly ten charges against the Sudanese leader, three counts of genocide, five of crimes against humanity,...

Daria Kirilenko July 28, 2008   Mission The Security Council is an organ of the United Nations the mission of which is to maintain international peace and security. Over the years it has taken a greater part in assisting peaceful settlements ...

Daria Kirilenko July 28, 2008   The Security Council is frozen in time. Members of the General Assembly have long become discontented with unfair representation, inefficiency due to the veto, and the lack of transparency within this body of the United Nations. The Security Council vests all the power in the five victors of World War II though these countries are no longer the leading f...

WASHINGTON, Jun 19 (OneWorld) - The next U.S. president must work with -- not around -- the United Nations if international stability is to be maintained, says Citizens for Global Solutions (CGS) in its latest analysis of the likely policy prescriptions of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. CGS analyst Josh Rovenger looked at the candidates' policy statements and record t...

(This is the fifth in a series of papers analyzing the global and foreign policy views of the “presumptive presidential nominees” and how each candidate may govern as our nation’s next president.) The end of World War II signified a transition from one era in international politics to another, far bloodier one. Since that time, the number of new conflicts throughout the world has steadily ...

(This is the fourth in a series of papers analyzing the global and foreign policy views of the presumptive presidential nominees and how each candidate may govern as our nation’s next president.)   At the beginning of his quest to become president, then-governor George W. Bush wrote, “The world seeks America’s leadership, looks for leadership from a country whose values are freedom and jus...

(This is the third in a series of papers analyzing the global and foreign policy views of the presumptive presidential nominees and how each candidate may govern as our nation’s next president.) In terms of foreign policy, the Republican Party has generally been known for its pragmatism. Realism was the theory guiding Richard Nixon’s détente with China, Ronald Reagan’s policies that end...

United Nations Emergency Peace Service: One Step Towards Effective Genocide Prevention (Click here to download a PDF version of this report) This paper focuses on the necessity of a standing, international peacekeeping service and recommends that it is in the interests of the United States to support – both financially and dipl...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently urged the international community to build the foundations for peace in Somalia by supporting U.N. political efforts and deploying a new multinational force. Endorsing an integrated approach capable of addressing the political, humanitarian, developmental, and security concerns, the Secretary-General acknowledged the need to create an environment in which ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this month the United Nations met with its top donor nations in order to fulfill a request for $1.1 billion in additional funding over the next two years, largely to meet the Bush administration’s demand for a more ambitious role for the UN around the world, especially in Afghanistan and Iraq. The United States currently pays for 22 percent of the U.N. administrativ...