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The United Nations as a Values-based Community
June 2019
Non-binding UN declarations matter, because drafting such texts is how the world builds a shared moral language. Naming and shaming gives them force, and an elected, more representative General Assembly would make that conversation more legitimate.
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CNAP Update: First progress report and and an ambassador for women, peace and security
World Federalist Movement – Canada · January 2019
Progress on Canada’s second women, peace and security action plan is reported more thoughtfully than before, but objectives are rated without any stated method or targets. A promised ambassador for the file is welcome, though her duties remain unclear.
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Anthropocene by Edward Burtynsky
December 2018
Burtynsky’s photographs, a film premiering at Sundance in 2019 and museum shows in Toronto, Ottawa and Bologna carry a single project on humanity’s mark on the planet.
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The Responsibility to Protect: From Promise to Practice by Bellamy and Luck
December 2018
Alex Bellamy and Edward Luck examine the decade-long gap between international endorsement of the Responsibility to Protect principle and its repeated failures in cases such as Syria and Libya in The Responsibility to Protect: From Promise to Practice. Bellamy, director of the Asia Pacific Centre for R2P, and Luck, former UN Special Adviser on R2P, recommend combining short-term emergency policies with longer-term structural reforms to close that gap.
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Supranational Political Economy by Guido Montani
December 2018
In Supranational Political Economy, Guido Montani argues that a supranational governance framework modeled on European integration can rebalance politics and economics from Bretton Woods-era disorder through contemporary ecological and globalization crises. The book contends that a supranational world order allows global capitalism, inequality, and ecological challenges to be governed rather than left to uncoordinated nation-states.
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A Tribute: Joseph E. Schwartzberg, 1928 to 2018
December 2018
This tribute honors Joseph E. Schwartzberg, a distinguished intellectual activist and leader in the World Federalist Movement. The article recounts his tireless dedication to global governance, detailing his passion for improving international systems.
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COPLA Update
December 2018
Argentina’s president has taken the case for a regional criminal court against organized crime to the UN General Assembly, and lawmakers from eight countries signed a declaration backing it. Making it state policy that outlasts any one government is the next test.
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Remembering Kofi Annan
World Federalist Movement – Canada · August 2018
Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General, is remembered for his UN reforms and advocacy for global governance. His legacy includes peacekeeping, Responsibility to Protect, and nuclear disarmament efforts.
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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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Remembering Nita Dunn
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2018
Nita Dunn outlived doctors’ early estimates and often chose her own treatment; her family is holding no public service and asks friends to give to the World Federalist Foundation or share a good meal.
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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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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.
