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Peace Prospects in the Biden Era, Featuring Douglas Roche
Did you miss our event last week? Peace Prospects in the Biden Era was an online discussion held Thursday, April 1st, 2021, with Douglas Roche, former Senator and longtime Canadian peace advocate, launched his book, Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era. The conversation was moderated by WFMC Executive Director Fergus Watt, and also included […]
Peace Prospects in the Biden Era: Online discussion featuring Douglas Roche
April 1, 2021 at 6:30 EDT Register here Douglas Roche, former Senator and longtime Canadian peace advocate, launches his new book, Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era, with an online discussion with WFMC Executive Director Fergus Watt. The session also includes Peggy Mason, president of the Rideau Institute and former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament, and Tamara […]
Better Climate Governance Matters!
April 19, 2021 at 9am EDT The conference, Better Climate Governance Matters: Supporting global climate action by improving the effectiveness of UNFCCC meetings, will be held on Zoom. This conference provides a forum for negotiators, non-national actors and the UNFCCC secretariat to develop and exchange ideas about how the UNFCCC meetings can be shaped to […]
Save the date! WFMC World Peace Award
This year’s WFM – Canada World Peace Award presentation will take place April 28 2021, beginning at 6:30 pm EST. This year’s award recipient is Canadian General (Ret.) John de Chastelain. From 1997 to 2011 Gen. de Chastelain led the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning, the organization that led the disarmament and demobilization of parties […]
Mondial coming soon!
The Spring 2021 issue of Mondial is coming soon! The electronic version will be distributed early next week and the print version will be in the mail shortly. Articles include:Introducing Sandra Coyle, WFM – IGP’s new Executive DirectorBroad consultations planned for the S-G’s follow up to UN75 DeclarationWFMC President Walter Dorn appears before Senate Committee […]
Elizabeth May to headline WFMC Toronto event
On May 18, 7:00 pm EDT, Elizabeth May, former leader of the Green Party of Canada will be the guest speaker at an online event hosted by the Toronto Branch of WFM – Canada.She will address the topic, “A Global Climate Accountability Act: What would it look like?”
It is spring and time to renew your membership in WFMC
Supporting WFMC as a member means supporting the development of democratic institutions to assure a peaceful, just and ecologically sustainable world. As a member you: Join a network of like-minded people that are also working towards a more equitable, just and peaceful worldAccess exclusive content including the print version of WFMC’s biannual Mondial publicationHave influence […]
Remembering Ian Waddell
Long-time World Federalist, and member of the WFMC Board of Directors, Ian Waddell died on March 15th.From 1979 to 1993, Waddell served as an NDP Member of Parliament from British Columbia. He was a BC MLA from 1996 to 2001, spending much of that time as a member of cabinet.Waddell produced the 2015 documentary The […]
TakeAction for March 2021: Building human rights
This year, you can attend the NGO CSW Forum Each year, the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York (NGO CSW/NY) organizes the civil society side of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The NGO CSW Forum runs parallel to the official session taking place at the UN Headquarters and provides […]
Better Climate Governance: Improving the effectiveness of climate change negotiations
WFMC is a partner in the Better Climate Governance project, which seeks to improve the effectiveness of negotiations in addressing climate change and fulfilling the goals of the Paris Agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Countries need to increase their ambitions in line with the Paris Agreement. This can be aided by a conducive framework of formal […]
WFMC President Dr Walter Dorn at the Senate foreign affairs committee
On December 16th, WFMC President Dr Walter Dorn appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade to speak on the topic of Bill S-2, An Act to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act.While the transcription of Dr Dorn’s testimony is not yet available, a video recording is available (beginning at 10:57).
Next steps as 2020, the 75th anniversary year of the United Nations, comes to an end . . . .
With the end of 2020, it is time to announce a new name for the campaign. Beginning in the new year, the UN2020 Campaign will become the Coalition for the UN We Need.On December 16th, more than thirty partner organizations and networks came together for an initial look at the outcome of the strategic planning process […]
The search for a new prosecutor for the International Criminal Court
The election process for the next Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is scheduled to take place at the nineteenth session of the Assembly of States Parties in December 2020. At the end of June, a short-list of candidates was released. The four candidates are Morris A. Anyah (Nigeria), Fergal Gaynor (Ireland), Susan Okalany (Uganda), and Richard Roy (Canada).The shortlist of relatively unknown candidates […]
The United States formally begins the process to withdraw from the World Health Organization
Following an earlier announcement, US President Donald Trump has notified the US Congress and the United Nations of the United States’ intention to formally withdraw from the World Health Organization. The withdrawal will be effective as of July 6, 2021, although Trump’s Democractic challenger in this November’s US election, Joe Biden, has said that the withdrawal would not […]
Trump’s Middle East “Peace Plan”
On 28 January, US President Donald Trump announced his plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The plan calls for the incorporation of existing Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley, and East Jerusalem into the state of Israel, and for Jerusalem to become the undivided capital of Israel. Soon after, the agreement […]
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