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European Identity – Fact or Myth?
December 2018
This article examines the evolving nature of European identity, arguing that national and European values are constantly changing due to migration and globalization. It warns that current political trends, including rising nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiment, threaten international cooperation and the stability of the continent.
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UN2020: Landing pad or launch pad?
December 2018
After objections from some Non-Aligned states blocked an early mandate, the campaign for a UN 75th anniversary summit in 2020 needs a stand-alone General Assembly resolution, and growing civil society support may yet turn that summit into the start of lasting reform.
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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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Update: UN Parliamentary Assembly Campaign
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
The European Parliament endorses a UN Parliamentary Assembly to enhance global governance. Ireland expresses openness to UNPA reforms for better UN effectiveness.
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Update: Peacekeeping and Canada
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Canada re-engages in UN peacekeeping with a new aviation task force in Mali. The deployment marks progress but raises questions about long-term commitment and efficiency.
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UN2020 update: Toward a 75th anniversary of UN renewal and reform
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
The UN2020 Summit aims to renew multilateralism through a General Assembly-led process. A 2020 summit could address current crises in global governance and strengthen the UN’s role.
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The Rome Statute at 20
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
A year of events marking twenty years since the Rome Statute opened in The Hague with a call for diagnosis, not self-congratulation. The Coalition for the International Criminal Court urged governments and civil society to strengthen support for the Court.
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Practical Ideas for UN Reform
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Fairer funding, a revived Responsibility to Protect, a more representative Security Council, weighted voting and a standing peace service would renew the UN. Getting there takes a public movement, and the 75th anniversary in 2020 is a chance.
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European Federalism: objectives for the near future and collaboration with the WFM
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
National vetoes still hold the EU back from a fiscal union, a humane common asylum policy and a stronger defence. A constitutional convention could remove them, and European federalists should back a UN Parliamentary Assembly alongside world federalists.
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COPLA Update Regional governments agree to study proposed criminal court
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Regional justice and security ministers have agreed to study a criminal court against organized crime, in a region with about a third of the world’s murders but 9% of its people. Over 3,000 signatories and 40 institutions already back the proposal.
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Canada and peacekeeping
World Federalist Movement – Canada · June 2018
Canada deploys 250 peacekeepers to Mali amid questions about its UN mission commitment. The WFMC campaign calls for increased support of UN peace operations.
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UN2020: Preparing the UN2020 Summit
World Federalist Movement – Canada · May 2018
Core principles for renewing the UN system and a Call to Action are on offer from UN2020, a campaign run by CIVICUS, the Stimson Center, the Workable World Trust and WFM-IGP, as General Assembly co-chairs table a zero draft resolution.
