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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Welcome,
Citizens for Global Solutions President & CEO, Charles J. Brown
On Monday, November 13, Citizens for Global Solutions President
& CEO , Charles J. Brown, delivered welcome remarks. His speech
entitled, "A Cease-Fire for America...and the World," offered a
5-point plan designed to move from partisanship in politics to
partnership.
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"Stabilizing
Fragile States: Toward a More Comprehensive National Security
Strategy"
This panel focused on the
characteristics of fragile states, the frequency of conflict in
so-called "fragile states", the need to engage on fragile states
for humanitarian and national security reasons, and some of the
ways the international community can engage.
Panelists: Cheryl Morden, International Fund for Agricultural
Development, North American Liaison Office, Washington office;
Will Davis, United Nations Information Center; Nicole Deller,
World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy; Per Wam,
World Bank's Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit
Moderated by: Asma Lateef, Citizens for Global Solutions
"Looking Ahead:
Is a Long-Term, Visionary U.S. Foreign Policy Possible?"
United Nations Foundation
Senior Advisor Gillian Sorensen began a dynamic group discussion in
which she presented her vision of changes in U.N. structure that
might be possible in the future, and what changes in U.S.
foreign policy would be necessary to make them happen.
"Global
Health Issues: A Path to a Bipartisan U.S. Foreign Policy?"
Global Health Council's President and CEO, Nil's Daulaire,
gave a keynote address focusing on closing the global health
gap. Mr. Daulaire illustrated this gap by dividing the world
into fifths, from those with the longest potential lifespan to
those with the shortest. He went on to say that this gap is
caused by a lack of access to the most basic healthcare
services, something the western world can and should provide not
only because it is the right thing to do, but because doing so
will help make this world a more stable, more secure place in
which to live.
"Striking the Green Bargain:
21st Century Energy Solutions for an Interconnected World"
This plenary session presented a broad range of energy
issues, with a specific focus on Citizens for Global Solutions’
advocacy efforts on energy for the coming year. Panelists
discussed the impact of energy on climate, security and
development, while emphasizing the need for the U.S. to engage
with other nations and international institutions to address
these linked challenges.
Panelists: Vito Stagliano, National Commission on Energy Policy;
Neil Brown, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Christopher
Flavin, Worldwatch Institute.
Moderated by: Rebecca Brown, Citizens for Global Solutions
Special
Address by Yale University Law School Dean, Harold Hongju Koh:
"Can the United States Reclaim the Moral High Ground?"
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here to read full transcript.
(More
pictures coming soon!)
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