Don Kraus

Executive Vice President of Citizens for Global Solutions

Don Kraus is the Executive Vice President of Citizens for Global Solutions, based in Washington, D.C. His lecture, followed by a question and answer period, will address how the UN needs to adapt to changing international challenges. From Iraq, to the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, efforts such as the establishment of the International Criminal Court and the Global Peace Operations Initiative are transforming the way the United Nations and the United States engage the world.

Previous to the strategic alliance between the Campaign for UN Reform and the World Federalist Association to form Citizens for Global Solutions, Don was Executive Director of the Campaign for UN Reform (CUNR) and its affiliated political action committee, CUNR PAC. Don also serves as the president of the Center for UN Reform Education, a UN reform think tank. Additionally, he currently co-chairs the Partnership for Effective Peace Operations (PEP), an NGO working group.

Don compiles the Global Solution Rating Guide, a bi-annual assessment of congressional voting records. He served as the editor of CUNR’s newsletter, The UN Reformer and has been quoted in the NY Times, the Washington Times, the Boston Globe, and been interviewed on the Public Radio International show, The World, and many other publications.