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TakeAction for July 2018: Building international justice
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Canadian world federalists ask supporters to email Foreign Minister Freeland and join a 19 July webinar so that Canada, an early champion of the Court, comes under its new jurisdiction over the crime of aggression.
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Summer Reading for World Federalists
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Six new books on global governance are recommended, from a world parliament and UN sanctions to Tom Weiss on a world without the UN and Ronan Farrow on the militarization of US foreign policy.
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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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Canada and the situation in Mali
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Canada’s role in Mali’s conflict highlights global governance challenges. The article explores peacekeeping, regional security, and international interests in a complex crisis.
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TakeAction: Building the Responsibility to Protect
World Federalist Movement – Canada · May 2018
The Rohingya crisis highlights the need for R2P implementation. Canada advocates for stronger international action on Myanmar’s ethnic cleansing.
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Canada’s newly released Strategy to Respond to the Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh
World Federalist Movement – Canada · May 2018
Ottawa’s Rohingya strategy commits $300 million over three years, but Canada’s world federalists question whether engaging the Myanmar government will help and regret that the Responsibility to Protect is left out entirely.
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UN HRC Expert calls for Parliamentary Assembly
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2018
Alfred de Zayas calls for a World Parliamentary Assembly to address democracy deficits. The proposal gains global support from over 1,500 parliamentarians.
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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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New book about the United Nations
World Federalist Movement – Canada · February 2018
A new book launches in Ottawa exploring UN reform and future directions. The work examines the UN’s evolution and potential for innovation in global governance.
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World Federalist Reading (December 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · January 2018
Four books explore UN reform, global peace through law, federalism as a political theory, and war crimes prosecution. The selections highlight key themes in global governance and world federalism.
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Update: The Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (December 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · January 2018
Endorsements for a UN Parliamentary Assembly passed 1,500 legislators in 2017, with fresh backing from the Pan-African Parliament, the European Parliament and others. The UN’s 75th anniversary in 2020 is seen as the moment to put it on the agenda.
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Our planet needs a strong government (December 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · January 2018
Summits like the G20 and COP21 achieve little because they rest on the sovereign will of states with no enforcement. Only a UN turned into a true world government, with real power and armed forces, and no Security Council veto, can protect the planet.
