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António Guterres: The Next UN Secretary-General

Monique Cuillerier pdf available Over the last couple of years, the 1 for 7 Billion campaign, with the support of organizations and individuals from all over the globe, has led...

Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly

pdf available In Canada and internationally, the campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) continues to make steady progress. In Canada, the number of parliamentarians in the current parliament...

Sustainable Common Security

H Peter Langille pdf available Disintegration is spreading. Overlapping crises are accelerating. In many parts of the world people feel deep insecurity. In the search for solutions, idealism may be...

Canada’s return to UN Peace Operations

Walter Dorn Sylvain Pâquet pdf available In his election eve victory speech, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared something that stoked the imagination of idealists everywhere: “Canada is back.” The...

International Criminal Court Update: The Annual Meeting of the Assembly of States Parties

The Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court held their annual meeting from November 16th to 24th. Ahead of the session, WFMC organized a meeting between members of...

Getting involved with world federalism

Do you want to learn more about world federalism or support the campaigns of WFMC? Here are some ideas: Toronto Branch Efforts to re-establish a branch in Toronto have been...

Canada and the International Criminal Court

As member states of the International Criminal Court prepare to gather later this month (Nov 16 – 24) in The Hague, the news that three among them — all from...

Congratulations to two outstanding World Federalists

In September, Erna Paris, recipient of the 2012 WFM – Canada World Peace Award, was appointed to the Order of Canada. Paris is an award-winning journalist and author, as well...

Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly – HELP WANTED!

In Canada’s last Parliament, 72 MPs and Senators supported the international appeal calling for establishment of a Parliamentary Assembly at the United Nations. Following the election, and turnover in the...

Women, peace and security updates

1) Roundtable on 1325 National Action Plans: Lessons from the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden National Action Plans (NAPs) can be key tools in the implementation of the Women, Peace and...

A ban on nuclear weapons

Member organizations (including WFM – Canada) of the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons met October 24 and 25 in Ottawa. Many participants had just returned from the United Nations...

The Next UN Secretary-General

Earlier this month, Antonio Guterres was elected as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations, beginning January 1st, 2017. In a statement after it became clear that Guterres woudl be...

International Criminal Court navigates stormy waters

WFM – Canada has organized a consultation (October 31) for Canadian civil society representatives and Government of Canada officials, ahead of the 2016 meeting of the ICC Assembly of States...

Has your MP endorsed the Appeal for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly?

Globalization, information technologies and the need for improvements to global governance across a range of issues have made the system of international organizations based on sovereign nation-states outdated. How can...

Women's Inclusion in Peace Processes

On Tuesday, September 20th, the Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada (WPSN-C) hosted a brown-bag lunch discussion with Dr. Thania Paffenholz, director of the Inclusive Peace and Transition Initiative...

Senate continues study related to Defence Policy Review

This week, the Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence continued their study of issues related to the government’s Defence Policy Review that they began in the spring. On...