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World Federalist Listening
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2019
The World Federalist Movement - Canada highlights key podcasts on global governance. These programs cover international affairs, UN operations, and human rights issues.
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Introducing Dr Tawanda Hondora
June 2019
Major powers that use the Security Council for their own ends are feeding wars from Yemen to Libya. Civil society, working in national capitals and enlisting business and young people, must defend the ICC and push to reform global institutions.
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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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In Memoriam: Takeshi Akune
June 2019
Takeshi Akune’s most recent campaign, a petition against land reclamation at Henoko, Okinawa, drew over 210,000 signatures, including that of Queen guitarist Brian May.
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Global Problems Need Global Solutions
June 2019
Climate change and cyber security cannot be left to states acting alone. A federal order that keeps decisions as low as possible and holds power to account is the credible answer, and the International Criminal Court and the push for a UN parliament show it taking shape.
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In Memoriam: John Sutter
June 2019
John Sutter, who died in March 2019 at age 93, spent decades after a career in the U.S. Foreign Service and The Asia Foundation promoting democratic international institutions through the World Federalist Association, Democratic World Federalists, and the World Federalist Movement. He was the driving force behind world federalist newsletters in Northern California and a key organizer of the 1995 WFM World Congress in San Francisco, held to mark the 50th anniversary of the UN Charter.
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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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My Friend Harris Wofford Jr. 1926-2019: Prophet of a United States of the World
June 2019
Long before the Senate and the Kennedy White House, a teenage Harris Wofford founded a movement that spread to 367 campuses and helped create the organization now called Citizens for Global Solutions. He kept faith with a world republic all his life.
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Update on Canada, Mali, and UN Peacekeeping
World Federalist Movement – Canada · January 2019
Canada’s peacekeeping role is shrinking: police numbers hit a thirteen-year low, Walter Dorn says, while the government promises weekly air support for UN missions in Africa without a date.
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UN adopts historic pacts on Refugees and on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
World Federalist Movement – Canada · January 2019
Though not legally binding, the migration compact, backed by 152 states with five against, sets four aims from better governance to migrants’ contribution to development, and Louise Arbour calls it a framework built on fact, not myth.
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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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Donald Trump, foreign policy, and UNEPS
World Federalist Movement – Canada · January 2019
Donald Trump’s withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan highlights security resource gaps. The article calls for a UN Emergency Peace Service to enhance global peace efforts.
