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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The Women, Peace and Security Agenda – Canada prepares to renew its National Action Plan (June 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
Monique Cuillerier describes how Canadian civil society compared other countries’ women, peace and security plans, found disappointing consultation, funding and diaspora involvement, and shaped a two-day Ottawa consultation around those lessons.
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Update: The Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (June 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
A decade after launch, UNPA campaigners say opposing a UN assembly of elected representatives has grown hard, pointing to the European Parliament and other regional bodies as precedent.
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UN: Wrecking ball or transformation? (June 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
John E Trent argues that Trump’s hostility could break the UN’s reform logjam, and that Canada should lead a “UN Plus” effort with civil society while US dues fall from 22 per cent of the budget to 10 or 15.
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UN 2020: Will this be a Happy Birthday? (June 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
Major powers blocked reform at the UN’s 50th anniversary; at the 60th, the Peacebuilding Commission and the Responsibility to Protect followed. UN2020 campaigners want a reform process ready for the 75th.
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The Transnational Criminal Law in the Americas conference and further updates on the COPLA campaign (June 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
Florencia Gor describes a draft statute for a lean regional court whose judges and prosecutors are nominated and paid for by their states, with experts urging that forfeited assets help cover running costs.
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Remembering Warren Allmand (June 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
Warren Allmand, lifelong World Federalist, passed away in 2016. His legacy includes advocacy for global governance reform and human rights.
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Redeeming Globalization? (June 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
Larry Brown highlights global wealth inequality at a policy alternatives brunch. World Federalists argue global challenges demand global solutions.
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Preventing and addressing armed conflict: The role of women in the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
Women’s inclusion in peacebuilding and peacekeeping is critical for sustainable peace. Peace agreements with civil society and women are 50% more likely to succeed.
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Lloyd Axworthy meets Secretary-General Guterres (June 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
Four former foreign ministers pressed Guterres on refugees. Axworthy reports a Secretary-General who wants the UN to lead on prevention and to spread the Syrian burden beyond Jordan and Lebanon.
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July 17 is International Justice Day
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
Canadians are asked to share the #WarAfterWar video from the Coalition for the International Criminal Court and to email their MP and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in support of international justice.
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Inter-community problem-solving for trust building: Subsidiarity in practice (June 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
Scott Cooper recalls helping a remote Northwest Territories community press for a high school that was eventually built, and argues that Canada needs non-partisan consultations, like a UN forum on Indigenous issues, to support such local problem-solvers.
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ICC Update (June 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
The International Criminal Court continues its work in multiple conflict zones. Key cases in Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, and Sudan remain active with ongoing trials and warrants.
