All Mondial articles
Every article from the Citizens for Global Solutions and World Federalist Movement – Canada journal, alongside selected writing from allied organisations, searchable and cross-referenced by topic, issue and source.
Articles
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National Peacekeepers’ Day: Canada’s support for UN peace operations: Still a work in progress
World Federalist Movement – Canada · August 2018
Canada deploys 250 personnel to Mali as part of UN peacekeeping. The World Federalist Movement urges sustained commitment and expanded contributions.
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Update: UN Parliamentary Assembly Campaign
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
The European Parliament endorses a UN Parliamentary Assembly to enhance global governance. Ireland expresses openness to UNPA reforms for better UN effectiveness.
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Update: Peacekeeping and Canada
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Canada re-engages in UN peacekeeping with a new aviation task force in Mali. The deployment marks progress but raises questions about long-term commitment and efficiency.
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The UN’s Global Compact for Migration: An interview with Louise Arbour
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
UN migration envoy Louise Arbour says the non-binding Global Compact for Migration reflects wide agreement that migration has an overwhelmingly positive impact, and compares its path to the Rio-to-Paris climate process.
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UN2020 update: Toward a 75th anniversary of UN renewal and reform
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
The UN2020 Summit aims to renew multilateralism through a General Assembly-led process. A 2020 summit could address current crises in global governance and strengthen the UN’s role.
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The UN debates R2P – to what end?
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Atrocity prevention returned to formal General Assembly debate after nine years. Despite wider acceptance of the principle, the Secretary-General admitted the world still fails to prevent atrocities, and the doctrine is languishing.
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Tribute to Edith Fowke
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Edith Fowke, folklorist and activist, contributed to the World Federalist Movement - Canada. Her work bridged cultural preservation and political engagement.
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TakeAction for July 2018: Building international justice
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Canadian world federalists ask supporters to email Foreign Minister Freeland and join a 19 July webinar so that Canada, an early champion of the Court, comes under its new jurisdiction over the crime of aggression.
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Summer Reading for World Federalists
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Six new books on global governance are recommended, from a world parliament and UN sanctions to Tom Weiss on a world without the UN and Ronan Farrow on the militarization of US foreign policy.
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The Rome Statute at 20
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
A year of events marking twenty years since the Rome Statute opened in The Hague with a call for diagnosis, not self-congratulation. The Coalition for the International Criminal Court urged governments and civil society to strengthen support for the Court.
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The Rae Rohingya Report: R2P Missing in Inaction
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
A report on the Rohingya crisis for the Canadian government is sound on welcome and justice but silent on the Responsibility to Protect. The world watched ethnic cleansing, and a safe haven on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border deserves serious discussion.
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Practical Ideas for UN Reform
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Fairer funding, a revived Responsibility to Protect, a more representative Security Council, weighted voting and a standing peace service would renew the UN. Getting there takes a public movement, and the 75th anniversary in 2020 is a chance.
