By Bill Pearce The United Nations Declaration of the Rights on Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was adopted by the UN General Assembly on September 13th 2007 with 144 states in favour...
By Monique Cuillerier 2020 was the twentieth anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, the first Security Council resolution to specifically address women, peace and security. It was also...
By Fergus Watt On September 10, UN Secretary-General António Guterres released his much anticipated “Our Common Agenda” (OCA) report, providing recommendations for more networked and inclusive multilateralism to build a...
After a one-year delay due to the pandemic, the World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy (WFM-IGP) conducted its first online Congress from July 14-17. It was attended by 39 delegates...
By Monique Cuillerier The International Criminal Court is currently engaged in seven preliminary examinations and has fifteen situations under investigation. Preliminary examinations are currently being conducted in Bolivia, Colombia, Guinea,...
By Eston McKeague Eston McKeague is the President of the Young World Federalists I got involved with the Young World Federalists (YWF) in August 2020. By proxy, I got involved...
By Fergus Wattwith files from Earth Negotiations Bulletin, There are few more important events on the international calendar this year than the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference – formally...
Youth climate change activists pen an open letter to world leaders calling on them to “face up to the climate emergency” Approximately 1.8 million people have signed the viral open...
Erica Wilson, BA, MGA The WFM-Canada welcomes Erica as our new Director of Media and Communications. In 2020, she graduated from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy,...
October 21st to 28th 2021 is the Week for World Parliament! The WFM-Canada believes in reforming systems of global governance to better respond to global crises like climate change and...
BETTER CLIMATE GOVERNANCE: HOW TO IMPROVE CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS
With the retirement of the dedicated, visionary and long-serving Fergus Watt, and his moving to further work on the Coalition for the UN We Need project, the World Federalist Movement...
A federal election has been called for September 20th. During federal campaigns, WFMC surveys the federal political parties about their positions on specific areas of interest to World Federalists. The...
An open letter on support for women human rights defenders and LGBTQ rights defenders in Afghanistan was organized earlier this month by the Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada....
The Economics of Kindness: A Ten-Year Transition to a New Ecological Civilization September 15 20217pm EDT As part of a series of World Federalist discussions on better global governance, Toronto...
Last Monday, August 9th, was National Peacekeepers Day. Each year, WFMC marks the day with the release of an update of our Canada and UN Peacekeeping fact sheet. The fact...
