CURRENT ISSUES
UN Reform:
• WFMC Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly
• UN World Summit on Development and UN Reform: Commentary by John Trent and Fergus Watt [pdf] [also in word doc format]
• Short version [pdf][doc] Summit Backgrounder: [pdf][doc]
• Canada Should Support UN Reform Effort, March 2005: press release
• Time for UN Reform?, remarks by Fergus Watt, January 2005, [doc format]
• WFMC welcomes High Level Panel Report, Dec 2004: statement
• Reforming the UN to Address Responsibility to Protect: Experts Seminar Papers, May 2004
Responsibility to Protect:
• Prospects for an International R2P Coalition, Consultation Final Report, March 2008
• Reforming the UN to Address Responsibility to Protect: Experts Seminar Papers, May 2004
United Nations Peacekeeping and UN Emergency Peace Operations:
• "Renewing Partnerships for the Prevention of Armed Conflict", by Peter Langille:
[Full paper in pdf] [Figure1 in pdf] [Executive summary]
• "Towards a Rapid Reaction Capability for the UN: Taking Stock", by David Beal:
[Full paper] [pdf version]
• Canada Should Provide Troops for UN Force in Congo, May 2003
Sudan Crisis:
• WFM to NATO on Cooperation with AU in Sudan: Open Letter
• Canada Should Support Strong UN Response to Darfur Crimes: Press Release
• Canada Should Support Strong UN Response to Darfur Crimes, January 26, 2005: statement
• Sudan Crisis Action Alert
• Urgent Response Needed to Reverse Famine and Genocide Threat in Sudan, June 6, 2004: news release
International Criminal Court:
• Canada Should Oppose U.S. Efforts Seeking Immunity from ICC, May 20: news release
• The International Criminal Court:The contribution it can make to world order, its current status and the wider challenges it faces: Presentation by Phillipe Kirsch, President of the ICC to WFM-C, May 2004, Montreal (pdf file)
• Canada Defies U.S. Pressure to Undermine ICC, November 2002 Statement
• Progress Despite U.S. Opposition, October 2002: UPDATE
• International Criminal Court gets off the ground despite U.S. opposition, August 2002 commentary.
• The International Criminal Court (ICC), a success for Canadian diplomacy, news release June 2002
• La Cour pénale internationale (CPI), un succès pour la diplomatie canadienne, verra le jour le 1er juillet
• Canada Should Oppose U.S. Efforts Seeking Immunity from International Criminal Court:
• news release, June 2002;
• news release, July 2002
• What's next for the International Criminal Court?
• L’avenir de la Cour pénale internationale
• Open Letter to Members of the UN Security Council:
• Regarding U.S. Anti-ICC Peacekeeping Operations Resolutions, June 2002
• World Federalists Mark 60th Ratification of ICC Treaty, April 11 press release
• Answers to Questions about the ICC
• Global Criminal Court About to Become a Reality, April 5 media advisory and contact list
• Canadian Organizations Help Build Global Court, press release
• NGOs Welcome Canada's Ratification of ICC Treaty, press release
• Humanitarian and Legal Aspects of the Response to September 11 Terrorism
• An Independent and Effective ICC, WFC statement, October 1998
5th International Conference on New or Restored Democracies:
• Outcome Documents, Plan of Action, Speaking Notes
World Trade Organization Parliamentary Assembly:
• Parliamentary Conference on the WTO Geneva, February, 2003
• The Doha Development Agenda and Beyond: A WTO Symposium,
• Geneva, April 29 – May 1, 2002 [pdf version]
• WFC presentation to the Conference on "Trade, Development and Democracy: The need for reform of the WTO", April 2001
Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change:
• Do or Die, Protecting the Climate a Priority: briefing paper
• Kyoto Protocol Action Alert
• NGO letter to the Prime Minister: The Environment as a Priority/L'environnement comme priorité
• Kyoto Plus Petition video
Iraq Intervention:
• WFC and a Possible War on Iraq: January 30 Statement
• Process and Outcomes Surrounding UN Security Council Resolution 1441: WFC commentary
• Iraq Forum Report: Alternatives to War (CPCC and CSDS) (pdf file)
[Alternatives to War with Iraq: Report from a November 18 public forum
sponsored by the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee and the
Centre for Security and Defence Studies, Carleton University]
• UN Resolution on Iraq Sharpens Debate in Canada: November 8, 2002
• Canadian Involvement in Iraq: Where to Draw the Line: WFMC commentary
Nuclear Weapons:
• Nuclear Disarmament Seminar on Restoring Canada's Policies: Seminar Report [PDF]
• Request for meetings [endorsement]
• Nuclear Weapons Non-proliferation Treaty: Action Alert, March 2005
• Network Appeal [english/français]
• Canada Should Oppose Proposed Pentagon Nuclear Strategy: 2002 statement
Other Issues:
• (SCFAIT) Standing Committee Study of Canada's International Policy Statement:
November 17, 005 WFMC Contribution •[pdf]•[doc]
• WFM-C Foreign Policy Brief, April 30, 2003
• WFC Contribution to Defence Update Consultations (pdf file)
• Elisabeth Mann Borgese,1918-2002, a tribute
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