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Issues		January 2010 OUR VISION, OUR MISSION THE QUEST FOR GLOBAL POLITICAL EQUITY IN THE 21st CENTURY by Claude Buettner, President, Minnesota Chapter, CGS NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE AN EFFECT by Ronald J. Glossop, President, St. Louis Chapter, CGS AVAAZ CGS MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION by Dennis Dillon, Treasurer, MN Chapter, CGS November 2009 OUR VISION, OUR MISSION A BINATIONAL COMMISSION WITH RUSSIA by Claude Buettner, President, Minnesota Chapter, CGS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE Slightly edited excerpts from a blog posted by Dick Bernard THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM PROGRESS IN PROMOTING UN REFORM by Joe Schwartzberg WORLD SAVVY September 2009 OUR VISION, OUR MISSION PRIORITIZING ISSUES FOR THE COMING YEAR by Claude Buettner, President, Minnesota Chapter, CGS THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM WORLD PEACE THROUGH EDUCATION (BEST BOOKS AND GROUPS) KENNEDY AND THE SAD STATE OF OUR MEDIA by Louise Pardee and Joe Schwartzberg WANT TO HELP? May 2009 OUR VISION, OUR MISSION GOING MAINSTREAM WITH GLOBAL THINKING by Claude Buettner, President, Minnesota Chapter, CGS THE TIDE IS TURNING by Joe Schwartzberg, CGS Board Member THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM CGS ANNUAL MEETING INVITAION, Keynote Speaker: Dean J. BRIAN ATWOOD CANDIDATES FOR OFFICERS AND BOARD OF CGS, MN CHAPTER “WORLD AFFAIRS CHALLENGE,” A COMPETITION ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER by Gail Hughes, CGS Board DESIGNS FOR A WORKABLE WORLD by Joe Schwartzberg, CGS Board Member CITIZENS FOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS NEEDS YOUR MEMBERSHIP March 2009 OUR VISION, OUR MISSION ATOMS FOR PEACE NEEDS RETHINKING by Claude Buettner, President, Minnesota Chapter, CGS MY FIRST MODEL UNITED NATIONS EXPERIENCE by Sutton Higgins ODDS AND ENDS THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM WANT TO HELP? January 2009 OUR VISION, OUR MISSION HELPING TO BUILD THE FUTURE THROUGH THE PARTNERS PROGRAM by Claude Buettner, President, Minnesota Chapter, CGS THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM ODDS AND ENDS A UNITED NATIONS PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY? by Joe Schwartzberg, CGS Board Member WANT TO HELP? November 2008 OUR VISION, OUR MISSION SHIFTING TO A NEW EQUILIBRIUM by Claude Buettner, President, Minnesota Chapter, CGS THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM ALFRED AEPPLI GRASSROOTS SOLUTIONS NEEDED FOR GLOBAL PROBLEMS by James W. Nelson WFM SUPPORTS PROPOSAL FOR FINANCIAL DIALOGUE September 2008 OUR VISION, OUR MISSION CELEBRATE CONSENSUS BUILDING by Claude Buettner, President, Minnesota Chapter, CGS THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM THE WEEK THAT WAS by Joe Schwartzberg SUPPORT CGS-ENDORSED CANDIDATES May 2008 OUR VISION, OUR MISSION OVER THE HORIZON by Claude Buettner, President, Minnesota Chapter, CGS THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM IRAQ WHAT TO Do? by Joe Schwartzberg ANNUAL MEETING THURSDAY JUNE 12, 2008 March 2008 OUR VISION, OUR MISSION ROOT CAUSE,CORRECTIVE ACTION by Claude Buettner, President, Minnesota Chapter, CGS THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM THE UN AS ELECTION MONITOR by Joe Schwartzberg RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP January 2008 OUR VISION, OUR MISSION REFRAMING GLOBAL DEMOCRACY by Claude Buettner, President, Minnesota Chapter, CGS THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM WEIGHTED VOTING AND SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM 2008, A YEAR OF GREAT OPPORTUNITY by Joe Schwartzberg BOUTROS-GHALI: DEMOCRATIZATION AT GLOBAL LEVEL NEEDED THANK YOU DICK BERNARD November 2007 OUR VISION, OUR MISSION A NEW COMMUNICATIONS REVOLUTION by Claude Buettner, President, Minnesota Chapter, CGS THIRD THURSDAY (not this time) GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM 2007 ANNUAL NATIONAL MEETING A GREAT SUCCESS INACTION IS COMPLICITY September 2007 OUR VISION, OUR MISSION BUILDING INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES by Claude Buettner, President, Minnesota Chapter, CGS THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM MARTHA PLATT TURNS 100! CGSers Help Launch New Radio Show: "Truth to Tell" CGS 2007 ANNUAL MEETING PROGRESS REPORT ON UN REFORM by Joe Schwartzberg WORKS TO BE DISTRIBUTED AT NATIONAL MEETING May 2007 PROSPECTS FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE by Joe Schwartzberg, President, CGS Minnesota Chapter ENERGY WORKSHOP THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM REVIEW OF PREVIOUS THIRD THURSDAY FORUMS, 2006-2007 THE MINNESOTA MILLENNIUM INITIATIVE (MMI) by Bharat Parekh, Incoming Board Member CGS MN ANNUAL MEETING INVITATION MEETING RESERVATION FORM AND BALLOT CANDIDATES FOR OFFICERS AND BOARD OF CGS, MN CHAPTER WANNA GET INVOLVED? March 2007 [PDF 40kB] UNIVERSAL REGIONAL REPRESENTATION AS A BASIS FOR SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM by Joe Schwartzberg, President, CGS Minnesota Chapter IS "FREE TRADE" THE ONLY POSSIBILITY IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY? by William McGaughey, CGS Minnesota Board Member THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM A CALL FOR OPEN DISCUSSION OF THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE January 2007 HAPPY NEW YEAR MEMO TO BAN KI-MOON: TRUE UN REFORM by Joe Schwartzberg, President, CGS Minnesota Chapter CINDY SHEEHAN EVENT THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM ODDS & ENDS November 2006 [PDF 50kB] DECISIONS, DECISIONS, DECISIONS by Joe Schwartzberg, President, CGS Minnesota Chapter CANDIDATES ENDORSED BY NATIONAL ORGANIZATION Important Coming Events WHY WE MERIT AND NEED YOUR SUPPORT SELECTED WORKS BY JOSEPH SCHWARTZBERG RELATING TO UN REFORM September 2006 JUSTICE AS THE KEY TO PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST by Joe Schwartzberg, President, CGS Minnesota Chapter A GLOBAL PARLIAMENT? ANNUAL MEETING A BIG SUCCESS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM Lebanon, Sudan: Who You Gonna Call? By Don Kraus QUOTE by Richard Nixon May 2006 STEPS ON THE PATH TO GLOBAL JUSTICE by Joe Schwartzberg, President, CGS Minnesota Chapter HOW DO OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS SCORE ON KEY GLOBAL ISSUES? WANT NEWS OF COMING EVENTS? A MESSAGE OF DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THE US AND THE MIDDLE EAST CGS MN ANNUAL MEETING INVITATION (incl. MEETING RESERVATION FORM, BALLOT, CANDIDATES LIST) THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM Thanks to OUTGOING and CONTINUING BOARD MEMBERS QUOTES by Felix Frankfurter and Theodore Roosevelt March 2006 PROBLEMS, RESPONSES AND SOLUTIONS by Joe Schwartzberg, President, CGS Minnesota Chapter GLOBAL WARMING ACTION ALERT A UNITED NATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE ACADEMY TWO GREAT GLOBAL CITIZENS Eyewitness to Global Warming: Public Forums with Will Steger THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM A TIME FOR ACTION ON IRAQ, JOIN THE DEMONSTRATION ON MARCH 18 January 2006 AN ALTERNATIVE AGENDA by Joe Schwartzberg, President, CGS Minnesota Chapter A FAIR TRADE LIGHTHOUSE IN HONG KONG By Patricia Jurewicz THE YEAR 2005 IN REVIEW POSITION STATEMENTS OF THE MINNESOTA ALLIANCE OF PEACEMAKERS WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP? THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM Book Review: SAVING CHRISTIANITY FROM EMPIRE by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, reviewed by Louise Pardee QUOTES by Clyde Prestowitz and Marcus Borg November 2005 SENSATIONAL SANTA FE by Joe Schwartzberg, President, CGS Minnesota Chapter ABOUT CGS WANT NEWS OF COMING EVENTS? TWO GREAT GLOBAL CITIZENS PLEASE HELP EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM SIXTY YEARS OF THE UNITED NATIONS by Jay Shahidi QUOTES by Thomas Paine and Socrates September 2005 A TIME FOR NEW BEGINNINGS by Joe Schwartzberg, President, CGS Minnesota Chapter THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORA NOTICES OTHER COMING EVENTS QUOTES by Paul Streeten and by the House of Commons of Canada External Affairs Committee Summer 2005 WHO AND WHAT WE ARE by Joe Schwartzberg, President, CGS Minnesota Chapter BALLOT AND ANNUAL MEETING INVITATION THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM: GENOCIDE, 2005: WHAT IS HAPPENING IN DARFUR? POPE JOHN PAUL II AS A HUMANE GLOBAL THINKER (two quotes) Spring 2005 WEIRD PRIORITIES AND "SOFT THREATS" by Joe Schwartzberg, President, CGS Minnesota Chapter "RESOLVED: THE UNITED STATES SHOULD WITHDRAW FROM THE U.N." by Bill McGaughey, CGS-MN Board CALENDAR CGS-MN PRESIDENT JOE SCHWARTZBERG NOMINATED FOR MAJOR AWARD by Michael Andregg, Justice and Peace Studies Program, University of St. Thomas Winter 2004 A BAD YEAR AND THE JOB AHEAD by Joe Schwartzberg, President, CGS Minnesota Chapter KOFI ANNAN: IS HE 'HISTORY'? Editors comment by Dick Bernard JOE SCHWARTZBERG PRINCIPAL SPEAKER AT CONFERENCE ON WEIGHTED VOTING AT UNITED NATIONS PEACE ONE DAY (film) Fall 2004 FORCE OR LAW? President's column by Joe Schwartzberg A POST-ELECTION MESSAGE FROM CHARLES J. BROWN, President & CEO, Citizens for Global Solutions FOUR CGS MEMBER COMMENTS ABOUT NOVEMBER 2 Earth to Mars: CHOOSING A FLAG TO UNITE A PLANET by Tad Daley September 2004 TWO HEROES President's column by Joe Schwartzberg REMEMBERING A VISION OF THE UNITED NATIONS by Dick Bernard, editor FORGING AHEAD ON UN REFORM The Newsletter of the Minnesota Chapter of CGS is published in January, March, May, September and November of each year. Member submissions are encouraged and should be sent to Joe Schwartzberg by E-mail at schwa004 at umn.edu (replace at with @) or by post at 5492 Bald Eagle Blvd. E., Whie Bear Lake, MN 55110. You may call Joe at 651-429-9562 (H) or 612-625-55787 (O) if you'd like to discuss a submission.
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