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European Parliament calls for Parliamentary Chamber at the UN
The European Parliament (EP) has passed a resolution that calls for the creation of a new body at the UN -- a Parliamentary Assembly that would gradually transition from a citizens' watchdog to...
Global Day of Action on Military Spending , Tues. April 12
The Global Day of Action on Military Spending falls on Tuesday April 12, a time when people on all continents will join together to focus public, political, and media attention on the costs of military spending... UN Peacekeeping needs Canada's help
On Peacekeepers' Day in Canada (August 9) "Now is the time for Canada to start re-engaging in UN peacekeeping," says Fergus Watt, Executive Director of the World Federalist Movement-Canada. "The... International Criminal Court: Breakthrough on Crime of Aggression
In a historic development, states parties to the treaty for an International Criminal Court (ICC) recently incorporated the crime of aggression in the mandate of the Court. Review Conference 2010 ... UBC Ecologist William Rees on Sustainability, Political Activism
At a public meeting April 15 entitled "Is Humanity Inherently Unsustainable", Dr. William Rees of UBC's School of Community and Regional Planning stated that humanity's survival depends on an 80% reduction in...
created by Larry Kazdan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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423 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment
UN General Assembly Plans Rio +20 in 2012: Environmental Clout?
For the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio, the UN General Assembly is organizing a three-day conference known as Rio + 20 Themes will include a green...
created by Larry Kazdan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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1673 views | 14 recommendations | 2 comments
UN to Replace UNIFEM with Higher Profile, Better-Funded Agency
On March 8 International Women's Day, we can celebrate women's progress in achieving greater social, economic and political equality, even while recognizing how much more work is yet to be done. Women are...
created by Larry Kazdan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Canadian Lloyd Axworthy Heads Global World Federalist Movement
Lloyd Axworthy, former Canadian Foreign Minister (1996-2000), has been elected International President of the World Federalist Movement – Institute for Global Policy (WFM). Headquartered in New York, the WFM is...
created by Larry Kazdan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Raphael Lemkin: Named, Criminalized Genocide- UN Convention 1952
It made no sense to Raphael Lemkin, a young Polish Jew studying law, that while the assassination in 1921 of a former interior minister complicit in organizing mass slaughter of Armenians was a criminal act, the...
created by Larry Kazdan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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246 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
UN Day Oct. 24: Creating an Empowered UN Parliamentary Assembly
What if a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) could be created that would begin the transformation of the UN from a deliberative forum into a global community? Since 2007, an international appeal...
created by Larry Kazdan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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270 views | 26 recommendations | 7 comments
September 21 International Day of Peace: History of Canada's Role
The contributions of Canada and its citizens to international peace and justice have been numerous, yet many Canadians and international citizens may be unaware of the specifics behind our reputation as a...
created by Larry Kazdan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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319 views | 12 recommendations | 0 comments
Latin-American Parliament Calls for UN Parliamentary Assembly
The Latin-American Parliament (Parlatino) has passed a resolution calling for the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly(UNPA) to strengthen "the effectiveness, transparency, representativeness,...
created by Larry Kazdan | 3 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Argentina First Nation to Call for a UN Parliamentary Assembly
On November 5th, the Senate of the Republic of Argentina became the first national parliament to adopt a resolution unconditionally calling for the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA),...
created by Larry Kazdan | 3 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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519 MPs from 80 Countries Call for an Elected UN World Parliament
Little more than a year after its launch, an international campaign to bring democracy to the United Nations has achieved a landmark. “Over 500 members of parliament from over 80 countries have now joined the international Campaign for the Establishment of a United...
created by Larry Kazdan | 3 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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424 views | 15 recommendations | 2 comments
Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada: Elect a UN World Parliament
Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May has joined with Green Party delegates from around the world to pass a resolution calling for "the establishment of a UN Parliamentary Assembly" to reduce the...
created by Larry Kazdan | 4 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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188 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
