World Federalist Movement – Canada · September 2026
Eighteen of the 24 Chapter VII resolutions adopted in 2025 concerned Africa, which has no veto; the debate over African seats warrants a fresh look at the veto, and a Curb the Veto campaign is coming.
Citizens for Global Solutions · July 2026
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2026
World Federalist Movement – Canada · May 2026
Citizens for Global Solutions · February 2026
Young World Federalists · December 2025
Citizens for Global Solutions · November 2025
A network of civil society organizations launches Article 109 to push for a UN Charter Review. The campaign seeks to mobilize public opinion and national governments to address global crises through institutional reform.
World Federalist Movement – Canada · October 2025
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas offers hope for democracy. The deal highlights flaws in global institutions and the need for reform.
Citizens for Global Solutions · October 2025
With the Ukraine war splitting the great powers into two armed blocs, weapons and sanctions will not avert a wider war. An Article 109 review conference could build an enforceable, democratic UN, bringing the world the peace through law the EU brought Europe.
World Federalist Movement – Canada · September 2025
A young Ukrainian who escaped Russia’s war was stabbed to death in North Carolina, a reminder that war’s damage reaches far beyond battlefields. With 123 million people displaced, Security Council vetoes keep delaying protection, and reform is overdue.
World Federalist Movement – Canada · September 2025
Russian drones entering Polish airspace show how quickly the war in Ukraine can spill across borders, while a veto-paralysed Security Council stays silent. Canada should ask the International Court of Justice whether vetoes that shield aggressors are lawful.
World Federalist Movement – Canada · September 2025
A Gaza ceasefire demand, one also seeking the hostages’ release and open aid access, died to a US veto that defied the Security Council’s purpose of keeping peace. A Canadian campaign asks Canada to seek an ICJ advisory opinion on the veto’s limits.
World Federalist Movement · April 2025
A Security Council veto that blocks action against aggression or atrocities defies the purpose the Charter gives the Council. Canada should lead a coalition asking the International Court of Justice to rule such vetoes unlawful.
World Federalist Movement · November 2024
The United Nations faces growing criticism over its inaction on Ukraine. A new resolution aims to hold Security Council veto-wielding members accountable.
Citizens for Global Solutions · August 2024
Since 1945 the UN has ended wars, freed colonies and set human rights standards, yet great-power vetoes keep it from securing peace. Article 27(3), the Uniting for Peace procedure and wider backing for the World Court and ICC could loosen that grip.
Citizens for Global Solutions · June 2024
Vetoes, courts many nations refuse to recognise and a criminal court the largest powers avoid leave rules unenforced, which is how Israel and Russia defy them. Limiting the veto and strengthening the courts could end that impunity.
June 2024
A veto cast to shield genocide, war crimes or aggression may already break international law. A campaign asks Canada to have the General Assembly seek a World Court opinion that could strip such vetoes of force.
World Federalist Movement · April 2024
Abolishing the Security Council veto is possible from within the UN: Charter Article 109 allows a review conference that no veto can block. The Earth Constitution could then serve as the model for a democratic “new UN”, turning the General Assembly into a House of Nations.
