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The Other Threat to Our Species

pdf available by Bill Pearce While we are reminded daily of the challenges humanity faces coming to terms with global warming, we seem to have lost sight of the other...

Canada and UN Peacekeeping Update

pdf available In both the Liberal platform during the recent federal election and in the more recent speech from the throne, the current government committed rather vaguely to “renew Canada’s...

UN2020: Get Involved Now!

pdf available by Nancy Dunlavy An update on UN2020 and the United Nations’ UN75 campaign appears on page 12 of this Mondial issue. So … how can individuals, WFMC branches,...

Branch News

pdf available Ottawa A small group is working to reconstitute the Ottawa branch. If you are interested in helping to plan or participate in occasional meetings, please contact the National...

Women, peace and security update: Appointment of an Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security

pdf available by Monique Cuillerier In June 2019, the federal government appointed Jacqueline O’Neill as Canada’s first Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security. Liberal Member of Parliament Borys Wrzesnewskyj had...

After the Canadian Federal Election: What next for foreign policy?

pdf available by Monique Cuillerier Now that the Canadian federal election is over and a minority Liberal government is in place, what can we expect to happen next in Canadian...

70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions

pdf available by René Wadlow August 12, 2019 marked the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Geneva Conventions. The 1949 Geneva Conventions, and the 1977 Protocols Additional are central...

The search for world citizens’ representation at a global level: the Model United Nations Parliamentary Assembly

pdf available by Emilia Ismael and Clara Subirachs During the month of August 2019, an Argentinian NGO, Democracia Global, carried out a Model Parliamentary Assembly of the United Nations, the...

Accountability and justice for the Rohingya

pdf available by Kate MacSweeney On 11 November 2019, the Gambia formally submitted its case at the International Court of Justice against the government of Myanmar for failing in its...

UN2020 Update (December 2019)

pdf available by Fergus Watt The UN2020 Campaign is dedicated to using the 75th anniversary of the United Nations in 2020 as an opportunity to take stock and strengthen the...

Update on the Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly and the World Citizens' Initiative

pdf available In early November, Andreas Bummel, Executive Director, Democracy Without Borders, held a meeting in New York for governments and civil society organizations to discuss the UNPA and the...

World Federalist Reading

pdf available The Crime of Aggression: The Quest for Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents, and Autocrats Noah Weisbord Princeton University Press, 2019 Released earlier this year, Noah...

Prioritizing Prevention on the Ground and Internationally with the RtoP

pdf available by Marijke Kremin The Annual Secretary-General’s report on the Responsibility to Protect, entitled “Lessons Learned for Prevention,” set the stage for the International Coalition for the Responsibility to...

Ventotene International Seminar: 36th edition

pdf available by Eric Rosenzweig This September, I had the pleasure of being one of WFM’s five scholars chosen to attend this year’s Ventotene International Seminar, a conference on European...

ICC Update

pdf available by Monique Cuillerier The International Criminal Court is currently engaged in ten preliminary examinations, and has eleven situations under investigation. Preliminary examinations are currently being conducted in Afghanistan,...

Proposal: A Comprehensive Approach to a Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone

pdf available by Tadashi Inuzuka There have been various, detailed proposals since the end of the Cold War for a NEA-NWFZ (Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone). At present, the three-plus-three...