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The CFR started a program in 2008 to last for 5 years called “International Institutions and Global Governance: World Order in the 21st Century” which aims in setting up global institutions in different levels to foster a global governance, in order to tackle different trans-national problems.
- Countering Transnational Threats, including terrorism, proliferation of WMD, and infectious disease
- Protecting the Environment and Promoting Energy Security
- Managing the Global Economy
- Preventing and Responding to Violent Conflict
In August 2009, the Obama Administration urged cooperation with UN to tackle the same points covered by CFR plan’s. “The Obama administration will work with the United Nations to fight terrorism and other major world challenges…like nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea, the global financial crisis, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, pandemics and global warming.”