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&he folloin" is the list of Issues that are covered in GIC as of '9 (arch 2)')*
2008 U.S. Presidential Election
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Abortion
Access to ealt! "are
Adoption by #ay and $esbian
Parents
Advertisin%
A&%!an War
A&%!anistan' Opium Production
A&rica' "limate "!an%e
A&rican (amine )elie&
A&rican Union
A%ribusiness
A%riculture and "limate "!an%e
A%riculture and *nternational +rade
Aid to ,evelopin% "ountries
A*,S Orp!ans
A*,S-*V
Air Pollution' +ransborder
Airline Security
Alco!ol Abuse
Al./aeda
Alternative and )ene0able Ener%y
Alternative 1edicine
Animal )i%!ts
Ant!ra2
Anti.+errorist $e%islation
Apart!eid' $in%erin% *ssues
Arab.*sraeli "on&lict
Arctic and Antarctic Polar *cecap
1eltin%
Arctic O0ners!ip
Art +!e&t and )estitution
Asia' "limate "!an%e
Assisted Suicide and Eut!anasia
Australia and 3e0 4ealand' "limate
"!an%e
Automobile Emissions
Avian 56ird7 (lu
Aviation Emissions and "ontrails
6al8an "on&licts' $in%erin% *ssues
6as9ue 3ationalism
6iodiversity
6io&uel *mpact on (ood Prices and
World un%er
6iolo%ical and "!emical Weapons
6lood ,iamonds
6ody *ma%e and Eatin% ,isorders
6olivarian Alliance &or t!e Americas
6ra:il' Ama:on )ain (orest
,estruction and )e&orestation
Policies
6urma 51yanmar7 )esponse to
"yclone 3ar%is
6urma 51yanmar7 Uprisin%s
6usiness Et!ics
"ancer
"apital Punis!ment
"arbon (ootprint
"ensors!ip
"ensors!ip o& t!e Press
"enters &or ,isease "ontrol
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"entral 6an8s
"!ec!nya' "on&licts 0it! )ussia
"!ernobyl 3uclear Po0er Plant
Accident
"!ild Abuse
"!ild $abor
"!ild Soldiers
"!ina' 2008 Olympic #ames
"!ina' "arbon ,io2ide Emissions
"!ina' "limate "!an%e and Ener%y
Policies
"!ina' One."!ild Policy
"limate "!an%e
"limate "!an%e *mpacts on
Abori%inal Peoples
"limate "!an%e' 1iti%ation
Strate%ies
"lonin%
"oastal Erosion
"on&lict in t!e "aucasus
"on%o' Post0ar umanitarian "risis
"onsumer Product Sa&ety
"onventional Weapons +ra&&ic8in%
"opyri%!t and *ntellectual Property
+!e&t
"oral )ee&s
"orporal Punis!ment
"ounterterrorism
"riminal ;ustice
"uba Post."astro
"ultural Arti&act )epatriation
"yberbullyin%
"yber0ar&are
"yprus "on&lict
,ar&ur
,ebt 6urden on ,evelopin% 3ations
,ecoloni:ation
,e&orestation
,enmar8' 1u!ammad "artoon
"ontroversy
,eserti&ication
,evelopin% "ountries and Education
,isability )i%!ts
,ivorce
,ru% +ra&&ic8in%
,ysentery
Eart!9ua8e in "!ile
Eart!9ua8e in aiti
East +imor "risis
Ebola and Ot!er emorr!a%ic (evers
Ecoterrorism
Ecotourism
El 3ino and $a 3ina
Elderly )i%!ts
Elections and Voters< )i%!ts
Emer%in% *n&ectious ,iseases
Emissions +radin%
Endan%ered Species and Wildli&e
"onservation
Ener%y E&&iciency
Environmental *ssues Protests
Et!nic "leansin%
Europe' "limate "!an%e
European Union E2pansion
E2traordinary )endition
E2treme Weat!er
(amily Plannin%
(amine and Starvation
(A)" 5)evolutionary Armed (orces
o& "olombia7 osta%e "risis
(emale #enital 1utilation
(ood Security
(orced Sterili:ation
(ormer Soviet )epublics< "!an%in%
)elations!ip 0it! )ussia
(ree Speec!
#.20 5#roup o& 207
#.== and "!ina
#ay> $esbian> and +rans%ender
)i%!ts
#enetic +estin% and Privacy *ssues
#enetically 1odi&ied (oods
#eneva "onventions
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#enocide
#lobal Economic "risis
#lobal Economic "risis' Accountin%
#lobal Economic "risis' Economics
#lobal Economic "risis' (inance
#lobal Economic "risis' #eneral
6usiness
#lobal Economic "risis'
*nternational 6usiness
#lobal Economic "risis' Small
6usiness and Entrepreneurs!ip
#lobal +ec!nolo%y *ssues
#lobal Warmin%
#lobali:ation
#lobali:ation and *n&ectious ,isease
#reen!ouse #ases
#uantanamo ,etention "enter
131 *n&luen:a 5S0ine (lu7
amas' )ole and *n&luence
and> (oot> and 1out! ,isease
andicapped "!ildren<s )i%!ts
ate "rimes
eadscarves' )eli%ious And Political
*ssues
eart ,isease
e:bolla!' )ole and *n&luence
olocaust' $in%erin% *ssues
omelessness
onor ?illin%s
uman )i%!ts
uman +ra&&ic8in%
un%er )elie&
urricane ?atrina
urricanes and +ropical "yclones
*dentity +!e&t
*mmi%rants and *mmi%ration
*ndia' "aste "on&lict
*ndi%enous Peoples< )i%!ts
*n&luen:a
*nter%overnmental Panel on "limate
"!an%e 5*P""7
*nternational Adoption
*nternational Atomic Ener%y A%ency
5*AEA7
*nternational Perspectives on U.S.
*n&luence and Policy
*nternet and #lobali:ation
*nternet "ontrol and Security
*ran "ivil "risis
*ran 3uclear Pro%ram
*ranian )evolution' $in%erin% *ssues
*ra9 War
*ra9' Private Security "ontractors
*slam' Sunni and S!iite ,isputes
*slamop!obia
*sraeli.Palestinian "on&lict
?enya' Post.Election Violence and
)esolution
?osovo *ndependence
?urdis! "on&licts
?yoto Protocol
$andmines
$ebanon' Political *nstability and
"on&lict 0it! Syria
$iteracy
1edecins Sans (rontieres 5,octors
0it!out 6orders7
1ad "o0 ,isease
1adrasa Sc!ools
1alaria
1ale "ircumcision
1arine +o2ins
1arria%e
1aternal and *n&ant 1ortality
1edical *solation and /uarantine
1edical +estin%
1ental ealt!
1issile ,e&ense Systems
1)SA 51et!icillin.)esistant
Stap!ylococcus Aureus7
3A(+A 53ort! American (ree +rade
A%reement7
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3arcotics ,ecriminali:ation and
$e%ali:ation
3A+O E2pansion
3atural ,isasters' *nternational
)emediation
3eo.3a:is
3#Os 53on%overnmental
Or%ani:ations7
3ort! America' "limate "!an%e
3ort! and Sout! ?orean "on&lict
3ort! ?orea' (amine and
*nternational Aid
3ort! ?orea' 3uclear And 1issile
Pro%rams
3ort!ern *reland' Peace Accords
3uclear Ener%y
3uclear Proli&eration
Obama Administration
Obesity
Oil Prices
Or%an ,onation and +ransplantation
Or%anisation &or Economic "o.
operation and ,evelopment 5OE",7
O:one $ayer ,epletion
Pa8istan and *ndia "on&lict
Pa8istan.A&%!anistan "on&lict over
6order )e%ion
Palestinian State!ood
Pandemic Preparedness
Parasitic ,isease
P!armaceutical Supply to
,evelopin% 3ations
Piracy At Sea
Polio
Population *ssues
Poverty
Privacy $a0s
Privacy )i%!ts
Public ealt! and *n&ectious ,isease
)ecyclin%
)e&u%ees
)eli%ious (reedom
)eli%ious (undamentalism
)estrictions on Women
)omani People
)ussia<s )ene0ed Po0er and
*n&luence
)ussia.#eor%ia "on&lict
)0anda #enocide
Same.se2 1arria%e
Sanitation
SA)S 5Severe Acute )espiratory
Syndrome7
Sea $evel )ise
Se2ually +ransmitted ,iseases
Small *slands' "limate "!an%e
Smallpo2 Eradication and Stora%e
Sout! America' "limate "!an%e
Space E2ploration
Sports and ,ru% Use
Sports and )acism
Sri $an8an "ivil War
Stem "ell )esearc!
Street "!ildren
Suicide 6ombers
Sustainability
+ai0an' "on&licts 0it! "!ina
+aliban )esur%ence in A&%!anistan
and Pa8istan
+eens and +ec!nolo%y
+errorism
+ibet' "on&licts 0it! "!ina
+obacco ealt! a:ards
+orture and *nterro%ation +ec!ni9ues
+rade Protectionism
+uberculosis
U.S. ,epartment o& omeland
Security
U.S. 1ort%a%e "risis
Ui%!ur "on&lict in "!ina
U3 "limate "!an%e "on&erences
Unemployment and ;oblessness
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United 3ations Environment
Pro%ramme 5U3EP7
United 3ations 1illennium #oals
United 3ations Security "ouncil
United States' "limate Policy
United States.1e2ico 6order *ssues
Vaccines
Vene:uela<s u%o "!ave:<s
*n&luence in t!e Americas
Violence a%ainst Women
Viral ,isease
War "rimes
Water Pollution
Water )i%!ts
Waterborne ,isease
Wealt! ,ivide
W!alin%
Wild&ires
Women and Poverty
Women in t!e 1ilitary
Women<s Property )i%!ts
Women<s )i%!ts
Women> 1inorities> and *n&ectious
,isease
Wor8ers< )i%!ts and $abor Unions
World 6an8
World "ourt and *nternational $a0
World ealt! Or%ani:ation
World +rade Or%ani:ation 5W+O7
@ello0 (ever
4oonosis
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