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Congress Cuts Anti-Terror, Development Funds to Key Allies Over ICC
Exemptions
The omnibus appropriations bill scheduled for final House approval today
contains a controversial amendment that will impose further sanctions on
countries that have ratified the International Criminal Court (ICC) treaty.
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Coalition of U.S. Organizations Urges UN Security Council to Impose Arms
Embargo on Sudan
A coalition of 17 U.S. organizations recently came together to write all 15
members of the United Nations Security Council urging them to use their upcoming
meeting in Nairobi on November 18-19 to adopt a Resolution that would protect
civilians, enforce a no-fly zone over the Darfur region, and impose a complete
arms embargo on Sudan.
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Citizens for Global Solutions Opposes Attorney General's Nomination
Citizens for Global Solutions is alarmed by President Bush’s selection of
White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft to the post of
Attorney General and urges the Senate to oppose his nomination. Gonzales'
position on prisoner detention undermines basic human rights.
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Karzai Elected President: What Next For Afghanistan?
“The work of the international community in Afghanistan is far from over,”
said Charles J. Brown, President & CEO of Citizens for Global Solutions.
“President Karzai’s election was a significant accomplishment, but Afghanistan
will not be a democracy until parliamentary elections are held.”
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Citizens for Global Solutions Condemns Sudanese Government Raids on Refugees
Today’s actions by Khartoum to send troops into three Internally Displaced
Person’s (IDPs) camps, encircling 160,000 IDPs and denying access to the camps
to aid agencies and UN workers, come at a time when the U.S., and possibly the
world’s, attention is focused on the U.S. Presidential election.
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World Federalist Institute Goes Live
Citizens for Global Solutions Launches Debate and Discussion Forum Devoted
to ‘Big Picture’ thinking about Global Institutions.
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- Genocide Declared: How America Can Help
Following Secretary of State Colin Powell’s declaration that genocide is
being committed in Darfur, Citizens for Global Solutions calls for the UN to
immediately authorize a Commission of Inquiry for Darfur and support a UN
Security Council referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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- Citizens for Global Solutions Elects Charles J. Brown as its New
President and CEO Charles Brown comes to Citizens for Global Solutions
with extensive leadership and policy experience in both the non-profit sector
and the United States Government.
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- U.S. Should Lead at the UN to Stop the Atrocities in Darfur
Citizens for Global Solutions urges the U.S. administration to continue to
stand by its strong position against the atrocities being committed in Darfur,
Sudan by calling on the United Nations to impose sanctions against the
Government of Sudan.
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- American Citizens Urge Immediate, Decisive Action in Darfur, Sudan
Citizens for Global Solutions’ activists will come together on the Sudan:
Day of Conscience, August 25th, to demand immediate and decisive action by the
U.S. and international community to stop the killing and destruction in Darfur.
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- African Union Keen To Expand Mission in Darfur
But Capacity Gap Holding Up Deployment Could Hold up Mission Success
The African Union (AU) announced plans to transform its monitoring mission
in Darfur to a fully-fledged peacekeeping mission, but AU forces need
transport and logistical support to ensure quick, effective deployment of the
monitoring mission which is still not up to full capacity
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- New Hope for Ugandan Conflict, The International Criminal Court
Launches Formal Investigation
The ICC announced the launch of a formal investigation into human
rights atrocities committed in Uganda, an ICC member country, since the
Court’s jurisdiction took effect on July 1, 2002.
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- House Votes to Cut Funds to Key Allies in International Court
The House of Representatives voted for an amendment in the foreign aid and
spending bill to impose further sanctions on countries that have ratified the
International Criminal Court treaty. Funds for economic support, including
some counter-terrorism funds, to US allies such as Ireland, South Africa, and
Jordan would be restricted by this amendment.
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- Statement on the US Decision not to Seek Renewal of Peacekeeper
Immunity Resolution in Security Council
The US dropped UN Resolution 1487 after opposition in the UN Security
Council displayed greater support for the International Criminal Court and
international law, over the US position.
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- U.S. Withdraws Demands for Peacekeeping Exemption
(June 23, 2004) Tthe U.S. withdrew today its request at the UN
Security Council to renew Resolution 1487. Resolution 1487 (2003), itself
a renewal of Resolution 1422 (2002), exempted from the ICC's jursidiction all
current and former officials and personnel from non-ICC countries (like the
U.S.) serving in UN missions. It expires June 30, 2004.
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- Opposition Over UN Resolution for Blanket Immunity Increases
Security Council members strongly opposed to U.S. attempt to push for a
renewal of Security Council resolution 1487, which will exempt UN peacekeepers
from International Criminal Court jurisdiction.
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- REPORT LAUNCHED: Citizens for Global Solutions' Report: In Uncharted
Waters: Seeking Justice Before the Atrocities Have Stopped,
The International Criminal Court
in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. cases (June 22, 2004)
Full Report PDF Format
- Statement on the Nomination of Former Senator John Danforth as
Ambassador to the United Nations Citizens for Global Solutions has strong
concerns about his record on several UN issues in Congress (June 4, 2004)
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- Special Court for Sierra Leone Rejects Taylor Bid for Immunity The
Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone rejected former Liberian
President Charles Taylor’s claim of sovereign immunity from prosecution by the
tribunal (June 1, 2004)
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- U.S. Seeks Renewal of Exemption for Peacekeepers
A Security Council Resolution granting UN peacekeepers immunity from the ICC
was once again introduced by the U.S., to be voted in an open debate on Friday
21 May, 2004 (May 20, 2004)
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- Advisory: Luncheon Panel: War Crimes in Uganda: Seeking Peace through
Accountability
Announcing panel on Capitol Hill with experts (May 10, 2004)
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- Global Leaders or Global Losers – How Did They Vote? Senate and
House Voting Record on International Issues Available in ‘Global Solutions
Rating Guide’ (April 16, 2004)
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- Irony Reaches New Heights, Serbia Aid Cuts Send Contradictory Messages
Serbia suffers from U.S. aid cuts for not granting U.S. nationals immunity
from the ICC as well as well as not cooperating with the ICTY (April 1, 2004)
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- “Remembering Rwanda” 10th Anniversary Commemoration Press Briefing
to Launch 100 Days of Events (March 5, 2004)
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- Former U.S. Federal Prosecutor to Lead
ICC Investigation - International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor Selects American to Head
Investigation into Atrocities in Uganda (January 30,2004)
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- Ugandan President Refers Case to
International Criminal Court - ICC Member States Use Court to Help End Ongoing Atrocities
(January 29, 2004)
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- New Name, New Year, New Solutions - Campaign for UN Reform and
World Federalist Association Join Hands to Build Support for a Multilateral
U.S. Foreign Policy (January 14, 2004)
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