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UN2020: Two steps forward …
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2019
A consensus resolution already fixes a Leaders Summit on 21 September 2020, a youth plenary and an outcome document for the UN’s 75th, and Secretary-General Guterres is staking the anniversary on repairing multilateralism.
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Fernando Iglesias highlights Japan Congress
June 2019
Brexit, trade frictions and abandoned arms agreements have put multilateralism in retreat, so federalists must press for a UN Parliamentary Assembly and a Latin American court against organised crime. Twenty-first century technology cannot be governed by nineteenth century institutions.
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Bill Pace Farewell Q&A
June 2019
Bill Pace, outgoing Executive Director of the World Federalist Movement, reflects in a farewell interview on 25 years leading an organization that grew from a small Amsterdam office into a network of over 2,500 member organizations in more than 150 countries. He calls the creation of the International Criminal Court the movement’s most significant milestone and names former ICC President Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi and Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz among his most inspiring collaborators.
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Union of European Federalists Focuses on Elections
June 2019
The Union of European Federalists releases a 2019 manifesto calling for European Refoundation, proposing a Eurozone Budget and Treasury, a Banking Union, an Unemployment Insurance Scheme, and a European Bank for Climate to counter nationalist and anti-democratic forces threatening EU structures. The manifesto argues that while European markets have integrated, convergence of member state economies remains incomplete and requires further institutional development.
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COPLA Update
June 2019
The COPLA campaign, launched by Argentine NGO Democracia Global, advocates for a Latin American and Caribbean Criminal Court to prosecute transnational organized crime leaders and confiscate their assets, drawing on the Palermo Convention as its legal basis. The initiative has secured resolutions from Argentina’s Congress, support from the Mercosur Parliament, and endorsements from President Mauricio Macri and Vice President Gabriela Michetti at the UN General Assembly.
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“Modalities resolution” highlights UN2020 campaign
June 2019
The UN General Assembly’s adoption of resolution A/RES/73/299 sets the organizational framework for the UN’s 75th anniversary in 2020, establishing a Leaders Summit, a political declaration, and a Secretary-General-led global dialogue under the theme ‘The future we want, the United Nations we need.’ The World Federalist Movement-convened UN2020 Initiative shaped the resolution, though civil society groups secured a more limited role than they sought after opposition from Russia, China, and members of the Non-Aligned group.
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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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“Modalities” … and how political process shapes outcomes
World Federalist Movement – Canada · May 2019
The UN commemorates its 75th anniversary with a leaders summit on multilateralism. Civil society pushes for reform while China and Russia advocate reaffirmation of the Charter.
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The 2019 CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report
World Federalist Movement – Canada · April 2019
The 2019 CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report highlights the crisis of global compassion and the power of collective action. It calls for a better form of multilateralism and international democratic reform.
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UN2020: Intergovernmental process gets a re-boot
World Federalist Movement – Canada · January 2019
President Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garcés calls UN revitalization her first priority and will name co-facilitators for the 75th anniversary summit, while UN2020 shifts its campaigning to national capitals and regional forums.
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International Relations Theory and World View
World Federalist Movement – Canada · January 2019
Foreign Affairs elevates ‘Tech World’ and ‘Warming World’ as autonomous IR approaches. The journal’s anthology highlights emerging challenges in technology and climate change.
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A new vehicle for Progressive Multilateralism
December 2018
Germany’s foreign minister has proposed an alliance of middle powers to defend international rules as the United States retreats from them. A coalition of equals could steady the world order better than any single hegemon, if it avoids open confrontation with Washington.
