| The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) had the honor to host the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, William J. Burns, for a discussion on the national security challenges and opportunities facing the United States, and his experiences and lessons learned during his career in the Foreign Service. FSI Director Michael McFaul will moderate the discussion and questions from the audience. Director Burns was officially sworn in as C.I.A. Director on March 19, 2021, making him the first career diplomat to serve as Director. Director Burns holds the highest rank in the Foreign Service—Career Ambassador—and is only the second serving career diplomat in history to become Deputy Secretary of State.
The Movement Coordinator took part in the event in an online format. |
For reference.
| Ambassador William Burns
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| Professor Michael McFaul, PhD
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| The mediation status of the Permanent Mediation Mission in Moscow, delegation to the Mission individuals who have no official relationship to the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation, acts as a safety mechanism and makes it impossible to cause reputational damage to the national authorities of the United States and Russia, regardless of the results achieved by the Mission. |
About initiative Bring Them Home Alive
On the 20th anniversary of the series of terrorist attacks in the United States, guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recalling the International Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant instruments; Recalling United Nations resolution 65/283 of 22 June 2011 on strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention, and resolution, which encourages and recognizes the critical part of the Good Offices of civil society actors active in mediation: The Global Citizens Movement initiates an unprecedented international humanitarian initiative in front of the American and Russian high parties regarding the formation of a Permanent Mediation Mission in Moscow to find solutions, allowing citizens of the United States of America deprived of liberty in the Russia and citizens of the Russian Federation deprived of the freedom in the United States to return home to their families to their homeland as part of the Bring Them Home Alive project.
In the context of the Movement’s commitment to Track Two Diplomacy as an effective tool for improving the effectiveness of efforts in the field of human rights protection, it is proposed to focus the dialogue on the Permanent Mediation Mission in Moscow, as an intermediary, with the Governments of interested parties to find solutions to the humanitarian problems faced by interested parties today, along the following lines:
Оptionally Noting the Ukrainian Government’s appeal to U.S. President Joe Biden for help, these are issues related to the fate of the citizens of Ukraine deprived of their liberty in the territory of Russia, Crimea, Donbas (ORDLO), and finding solutions to bring them home to their families.
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| About the category of persons whom, in our opinion, it is advisable to delegate to the interested parties involved in the implementation of the above-mentioned Initiative in the Permanent Mediation Mission in Moscow, participating in negotiations with the national authorities of the interested parties, as a third party:
a) Retired Ambassadors; * b) Foreign human rights defenders, civil society actors working to protect human and civil rights and freedoms. ** *Persons must have work experience on the territory of Russia and is not in official relations with the governments of the United States or Russia. ** Persons must have work experience on the territory of Russia, not be in official relations with the governments of the United States or Russia, speak the language of the host state, have a certain amount of knowledge about the mentality and traditions of the Russian population, and are not citizens (subjects) of the United States or Russia. It is also expected that representatives of the Movement (GCIM) initiating the formation of a Permanent Mediation Mission in Moscow, as foreign human rights defenders who meet the above criteria, will be part of the Mission. |
| On Certain Aspects of Professional Ethics in the Activities of the Permanent Mediation Mission in Moscow
On the basis that the greatest threat to human rights internationally is the use of human rights for political ends that have nothing to do with legal or moral considerations, the activities of the Permanent Mediation Mission in Moscow, its delegated members, are initially non-public. The dissemination and use of any information about the activities of the Mission and the issues under consideration, or the dissemination of this information in the public sphere or the media by persons delegated to the Mission, is inadmissible. Dissemination of any information about the activities of the Permanent Mediation Mission in Moscow and the issues under consideration in the public sphere or the media by a person authorized by the Mission is permitted only by mutual consent of the American and Russian high parties. |
Urge for interested parties and the international community to make the utmost effort to bring an end to the plight of detainees and help them to return to their families, to return home.
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Oct 28, 2021 | The Global Citizens appeals to Mr. Ambassador Burns for assistance and support
Oct 19, 2021 | The Global Citizens appeals to Dr. McFaul for assistance and support
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