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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Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security: What comes now (December 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · January 2018
Annual progress reports and a civil society advisory group answer long-standing demands, but uneven departmental plans and a loose Theory of Change leave a gap between Canada’s WPS pledges and delivery.
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Will Canada avoid embarrassment at international peacekeeping meeting?
World Federalist Movement – Canada · November 2017
Canada hosts a peacekeeping pledging conference while failing to fulfill its own military commitments. The event highlights tensions between national obligations and global governance aspirations.
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Important meeting for the ICC
World Federalist Movement – Canada · October 2017
Ratification of the Kampala amendments has passed the threshold, leaving a two-thirds vote of states parties to give the ICC power over aggression, while the Coalition presses for independent judges and more women on the bench.
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Canada and UN Peacekeeping – on track for a diplomatic train wreck?
World Federalist Movement – Canada · October 2017
Reports say no Canadian deployment will be announced before Vancouver’s peacekeeping conference; Walter Dorn asks whether a country seeking a Security Council seat can host a pledging meeting while reneging on its own pledges.
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TakeAction: What will Canada can do to help the Rohingya?
World Federalist Movement – Canada · September 2017
The Rohingya crisis in Myanmar highlights the need for global action. Canada and the international community must push for accountability and end violence through R2P mechanisms.
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More on peacekeeping
World Federalist Movement – Canada · September 2017
Ahead of the 2017 UN defence ministerial on peacekeeping in Vancouver, readers are pointed to a podcast on what became of Canada’s mission and a free book arguing the UN must move past old doctrine.
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Donald Trump leads on UN “reform”
World Federalist Movement – Canada · September 2017
Cutting overlap, tightening oversight and recruiting better staff top the US-drafted UN reform text, which comes as Washington’s cuts have pushed annual peace operations funding down from $7.9 billion to $7.3 billion.
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Yemen: The current situation
World Federalist Movement – Canada · August 2017
Yemen faces famine and a cholera outbreak as aid efforts struggle. UN officials urge support for NGOs and a peace solution.
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UNPA campaign update
World Federalist Movement – Canada · August 2017
Fifty-four Canadian MPs and Senators have endorsed the UNPA appeal, yet Canada has not formally backed a parliamentary assembly, though Commons foreign affairs committees have twice recommended it.
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National Peacekeeping Day and Canada’s delayed commitments
World Federalist Movement – Canada · August 2017
Allies are raising support for UN operations while Canada, which pledged 600 troops, 150 police and $450 million after the 2016 London meeting, has yet to deliver, ahead of hosting a Vancouver pledging conference.
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Current events at the International Criminal Court
World Federalist Movement – Canada · August 2017
International Justice Day marks the adoption of the Rome Statute as a reminder of the fight against impunity; the Coalition for the International Criminal Court marked it with a #WarAfterWar video.
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Yemen: Effective Humanitarian Aid Depends on a Peace Accord (June 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
Yemen faces a severe food crisis as humanitarian aid struggles without peace. A political settlement is essential to end Saudi aggression and enable aid.
