All Mondial articles
Every article from the Citizens for Global Solutions and World Federalist Movement – Canada journal, searchable and cross-referenced by topic and issue.
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March 2021
COVID-44: A Letter from the Future
This letter from the future describes how the world's advanced global governance system successfully contained a deadly pandemic, COVID-44, in 2045. The author argues that a world federation, by eliminating war and funding global health, made rapid, effective epidemic response possible.
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March 2021
Using the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recession as catapults to a better global future
The COVID-19 pandemic and economic recession have highlighted that the world is an interconnected single organism, making global cooperation essential. To address global challenges, we urgently need an infrastructure of global governance, including a democratic world legislature.
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March 2021
Democracy, Representation, and Federation
The article examines the ideal of democratic legitimacy through elections, citing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It warns that this ideal faces significant global challenges, including financial influence, non-contested elections, and foreign interference.
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March 2021
Environmental Problems: Local, Worldwide, and Global
The article distinguishes between local, worldwide, and global environmental problems based on how they can be solved. It argues that global problems, like climate change, require global legislation and binding treaties, while worldwide issues are better handled by coordinating local measures.
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September 2021
The Glasgow Climate Conference: What lessons will we learn?
This article reviews the international legal and treaty context for the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. It discusses major issues facing delegates and underlying challenges in global climate governance.
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September 2021
World Federation And The Israel-Palestine Conflict
The author argues that the lack of global democracy and rule of law is the fundamental cause of the Israel-Palestine conflict. He posits that a world federation would protect all groups, allowing them to thrive as minorities rather than relying on national sovereignty.
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March 2021
ICC Update
The International Criminal Court is conducting eight preliminary examinations and thirteen active investigations, with cases spanning Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Darfur, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Georgia, Libya, and Uganda. Recent developments include the Bangladesh/Myanmar Rohingya investigation, the trial of Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz in Mali, and Paul Gicheru's surrender to the Court in November 2020.
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June 2019
Global Problems Need Global Solutions
Keith Best argues that climate change, cybersecurity, and ongoing conflict demonstrate that global problems require global solutions, and that a properly devolved federalist system, built on the rule of law, justice, and accountability, offers the most credible path forward. He points to the International Criminal Court and the growing campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly, already endorsed by more than 1,500 politicians from 122 countries, as concrete progress toward legitimate global governance.
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December 2018
Towards a UN World Citizens‘ Initiative
The article proposes establishing a UN World Citizens’ Initiative (UNWCI) to strengthen global democracy and citizen participation at the UN. This instrument would allow world citizens to launch initiatives, compelling UN bodies to put the item on their agenda for discussion and potential reform.
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December 2018
Neglected aspects of the United Nations Charter
This article discusses the need for an expert legal analysis of neglected provisions within the UN Charter. It proposes examining how member state practices affect the Charter's letter and spirit, assisting future reforms and policy formulation.
