Journal of the World Federalist Movement in Canada
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December 2007
Towards a World Parliament (Fergus Watt); Pan-African Parliament Endorses UNPA; Change Afghanistan Mission; UN Welcomes Peacebuilding; Key Elements Missing for Afghanistan Peace (Christine Jacobs); Court Progress Continues 5 Years On (Fergus Watt); Landmine Treaty After 10 Years: A Precursor? (Robin Collins); UN Reform: Interview with John Trent; Standing UN Force's Time has Come?; African Union Structural Overview; Shock Therapy From Santiago to Baghdad (Donna Lindenberg); Global System Under "Tectonic" Stresses (Simon Rosenblum); WFM Congress Marks 60th Anniversary; Branch News.

July 2007
Campaign for UN Parliament Underway; UNPA Support Spans a Wide Spectrum; Citizens of the Earth Press for New UN Environment Body (Elizabeth Snell); UN Reform Update: Will the UN "Deliver as One"? (Fergus Watt); Will Anyone Rescue Darfur? [A Long Way to go on "Responsibility to Protect"] (Warren Allmand and Simon Rosenblum); Non-government Organizations Seen as the Catalyst in Modernizing United Nations (Morgan Steiker); War Crimes Trial Underway in Montreal (Jayne Stoyles); McGraw Puts Local Face on "Inconvenient Truth" (Michelle Lalonde); Leading Canadian Peace Activists -- Anatol Rapoport and Norman Alcock -- Were Pioneers (E.R.); Branch News; Council Works (Karen Hamilton); WFM Congress to Mark 60th Anniversary in Geneva, and Other News.

December 2006
UN indigenous peoples declaration put on hold (Warren Allmand); Picking new UN Secretary-General no simple chore, but new process is more transparent (Tony Fleming); UN Reform Update: Time to review mandates (William Pace); Role for civil society to play in ‘Peace Operations’; One World or None: valuable contribution; In memoriam – Law Expert Louis Sohn; Letters: On uniting democracies and Iran; Canada should not ‘cut and run’ on Kyoto (Désirée M. McGraw); ICC update: Peace versus justice in Uganda (Fergus Watt); World federalists gather in Vancouver for GMM; Grading globalization: trade up, but... (Simon Rosenblum); Ways of Giving: Gifts of stock or other securities; Canada’s response to Darfur: Are we failing to live up to our ‘responsibility to protect?’; Council Works: In My Spare Time (Karen Hamilton); Branch News.

June 2006
Can Canada Succeed in Afghanistan? (Seddiq Weera); Innovative Ideas Broach the Idea of Global Taxes (John W. Foster); Afghanistan Analysis: Canadian Strategy Making Matters Worse (Peggy Mason); Uniting the Democracies: Let's Imagine (Dieter Heinrich); A Perilous Persian Puzzle (Simon Rosenblum); UN Peace Service Long Overdue (Fergus Watt); Progress on World Summit Commitments; Council Works (Karen Hamilton); Branch News.

March 2006
WFMC Joins Vancouver World Peace Forum; UN Parliamentary Assembly Proposal Revived; ICC Update: When Rubber Hits the Road; Three UN Reforms: Mission Accomplished, Mission in Progress, Mission Impossible; Unacceptable Risk: Time to End Nuclear Launch on Warning; What's Next for the European Union; R2P Lite: When Push Comes to Shove; Sachs' Plan to End World Poverty; The "M Word(s); Branch News.

August 2005
Reforming the United Nations; Martin's L20: Powerful New Forum, or New Power Gang?; African Union Needs More Help on Darfur; WFM Presses NATO for Darfur Help; UN Ecosystem Report Points to Options; Voice of Women Video Hightlights Activist History; Building a Global Public Domain; Writing Constitutions in Geo-Political Hot Spots; Security Council Referral Challenges ICC; Bertell Bio a Book for this Hour; What's Behind Third World Debt?; Council Works and Branch News.

April 2005
African Union Struggles for Peace and Security; Darfur War Crimes Suspects May Face ICC Prosecution; Time for UN Reform? High-level Panel Report Serves Interests of Large Influential Nations of the North; 'Responsibility to Protect' an Emerging Norm; African Union Organizational Primer; Strong UN Response Needed on Darfur; UN Reform Report Weak on Peace Operations; Students Get on Board WFMC Youth Network; Montreal Meeting Hears WFMC President Speak; Chomsky Focuses on U.S. Global Intent (book review); Church Leaders Emphasize Need for UN; Council Works.

October 2004
Canada's 'Responsibility to Protect' in Sudan; UNICEF's Agnew on the Ground in Darfur; Highlights From WFMC National Meeting Seminar; UN Security Council Reform Proposed; On Reforming the UN Security Council; US Opposition to ICC Suffers Setback; Court Ends Culture of Impunity: Kirsch; The Shadow of Death: the Future of Chechnya; Dallaire Recounts UN Failures in Rwanda; EU Constitutional Agreement: Can it Survive the Ratification Process?; In Memoriam: Cec Muldrew.

May 2004
ICC Strictly Judicial, Not Political; Internet: The Next Generation of Global Governance?; One World Federalist Remember Sir Peter Ustinov; WFMC Represented at Arms Control Consultation; Impasse on the EU Constitution; Two Controversial Matters Referred to ICC; Is Tide Turning for World Democracies?; Bombs Away: New Danger of Nuclear Proliferation; Better Late Than Never (Canada Finally Ratifies UN Convention on the Law of the Sea).

December 2003
Water Looms as Major Global Issue; Israel-Palestinian conflict: Naivety or a Touch of Sense in Accord?; Avoiding the "F" Word. What's in a Name?; Citizens for Global Solutions: A Partnership, for Better or Worse; Canadian Role in Responsibility to Protect?; Is the World Becoming More Democratic?; Axworthy Book a World Tour; Will Criminal Court Deter Corporate Crimes?; Geoff Edge was a Dedicated, Competent Leader ; Panel to Study the Future of United Nations.

August 2003
Shaping a world information society; Touching the hem of history; Canada to host UN think-tank; Getting on with the "responsibility to protect"; What's next for the UN -- US "exceptionalism" a challenge; UN in uneasy peace with US; Weapons of mass deception; International Criminal Court up and running; Council notes; Branch news.

May 2003
Interview with Hon. David Anderson: Global institutions needed to sustain planet; Them is Us: all are part of global community; EU reform developments intensify; ‘Policekeeping’ critical to rebuilding Iraq; Building the future through accountability; Hope for WTO Parliamentary Assembly fading?; International Criminal Court pushes ahead despite United States opposition; HIV/AIDS devastating Africa; Was Iraq war necessary; Branch News; How EU power is shared.

January 2003
World Federalists and a Possible War on Iraq; Romeo Dallaire: Is Classic Warfare Obsolete?; Is World Order Just a Dream?; Options for Parliamentary Dimensions for the World Trade Organization; Trading Promises After Doha; Canada Resists U.S. Pressure on the International Criminal Court

September 2002
U.S. Plans for Iraq not Just a War; Johannesburg -- an Opportunity Lost; Reforms Underway for European Union; On Enhancing Rapid Deployment; Action Necessary on Iraq's Weapons; A Rejoinder to Sylvia Ostry on the WTO; Stiglitz Book Good but What About the World Bank?; Genocides of the 20th Century Detailed; ICC Advances Despite U.S. Opposition; Federal System Set Up for Africa; WFM Meets in London; Council and Branch Updates

November 2001
Freedom from Fear is Fundamental, Axworthy Peace Award speech; Respect for World Federalist Values Emerging, Iona Campagnola excerpts; Justice Most Important Gift to Afghans, Graham Day; The Future of World Federation, Peter Bailey; ICC Seen as Urgent After Sept. 11 Attacks, Fergus Watt; WTO Parliament: Who'll Be in Charge?, Fergus Watt; NGOs and WTO: Struggle for Transparency, Chantal Blouin; Poverty Reduction Needed Most, Gerry Helleiner; Kyoto Breakthrough or Status Quo? Neither!, Lois Wilson; African Union: Confident Step Towards Regional Democracy or Weak Response to Globalization?, Akouété Akakpo-Vidah; A Peek into Environmental Politics, Simon Rosenblum; Reflecting on Global Governance, Karen Hamilton

July 2001
Urgent Action Needed on AIDS, Flora Macdonald; WFC Celebrates its 50th; Bridging the Commitment-Capability Gap, Peter Langille; What's Security Got to Do With It?, Robin Collins; Canada Needs to Commit to Carbon Cuts, Lois Wilson; WTO Parliamentary Assembly Debated, Fergus Watt; Parliamentary Fig-Leaf Too Small for WTO? Nicola Bullard; WF Principles Needed More Than Ever, Warren Allmand; Bush Taking Giant Steps Backards, Simon Rosenblum

April 2001
New WFC President an NGO Advocate; WFC Joins Growing Opposition to NMD; Missile Defence Goes on the Offence, Simon Rosenblum; Kyoto: Failure at the Hague, Then...Bushwhacked, Lois Wilson and Simon Rosenblum; On a Parliament for the WTO, Erika Mann; Bosley Brings WTO-PA Ideas to Europe; "Political Difficulty" a Hurdle for "Tobin Tax", Carol Greene; International Criminal Court Inches Toward Reality, Fergus Watt; US to UN: Cheque's in the Mail; Memory Can Play Tricks With the Mind, Simon Rosenblum; The Battle of Nice: Expanding the EU, Donna Lindenberg; Big Picture on Globalization Not Pretty, Elizabeth Snell

November 2000
Climate Change Response Inadequate, Elizabeth Dowdeswell; WF a "First-class" NGO, Lois Wilson; Toward Preventing Deadly Conflict, Geoffrey Pearson and Peter Langille; Federalism an "Opportunity for Humanity", James Christie; "Human Security" Axworthy Legacy, Simon Rosenblum and Fergus Watt; UN Financial Woes Continue, US Owes Most; European Union as Case Study, David Blackwell; Water Wars or Water Treaties, David B. Brooks; Transforming the Global Financial System, Carol Greene; Tough Questions and Consequences, Howard Pawley; Noble Goals! Now Some Action?, Simon Rosenblum; What Did Millenium Summit Do?, Fergus Watt; WFC Active in ICC Ratification; Climate Change -- Things You Can Do

July 2000
Environment Still Not a Priority, Maurice Strong; End Veto, Says NGO Forum; Rocky Road Ahead for ICC?, Louise Arbour; Parliamentary Assembly for the WTO?, Fergus Watt; China in WTO will Bring Changes, Donna Lindenberg; US Pressure on ICC Pays Off, Fergus Watt; No Nukes? -- In Your Dreams, Simon Rosenblum; War of a Different Kind in Kosovo, Simon Rosenblum; Bank Rules at Odds with Covenant, Lois Wilson; Flora Macdonald to Lead World Feds; What Can We Do About Climate Change?

April 2000
Care Needed on East Timor, Donna Lindenberg; Many Reasons to Attend GMM; Towards More Effective UN Peace Operations, Peter Langille; Montreal Biosafety Accord a Difficult Challenge, Urs Thomas and Donna Lindenberg; Sudan and the International Community, Lois Wilson; Does the WTO Need a Parliamentary Assembly? A Survey of Post-Seattle Talk and Developments, Fergus Watt; Russian Remilitarization Raises Concerns, Simon Rosenblum; Millenium Forum a Milestone forf NGOs, Fergus Watt; Déjà-vu All Over Again on ICC, Fergus Watt; Food for Federalist Thought, Mary June Pettyfer

January 2000
NGOs a Key to New Democracy, Peter Ustinov; Time to Raise Voice, Stephen Lewis; Conference Focuses on NGO Role, Alan Clarke; WTO Meets Non-corporate World in Seattle, Caspar Davis and Philip Symons; The World Changed in Seattle, Urs Thomas and Fergus Watt; Sleepless After Seattle: What Next for WTO?, Simon Rosenblum; Rural Life, Quality of Life on the Line, Caspar Davis; Millenium Forum for World for NGOs; UN Can Keep the Car but Can't Buy Gas, Don Kraus; UN Security Council Agrees on Progressively Lifting Sanctions in Return for New Inspections Regime, Simon Rosenblum; What a Difference a Decade Can Make, Bev Delong and Fergus Watt; Commonwealth Declines of ICC Support, Fergus Watt; NATO to Review Nuclear Weapons Policy; Long Road to Implement Cairo Commitments, Lois Wilson; Resolving the Sovereignty Dilemma, Gwynne Dyer; Federalism Making Strides Internationally, Allan E. Blakeney

October 1999
Is World Ready for New Trade Talks?, Fergus Watt; Observations of a UN Electoral Officer, Walter Dorn; UN Reform? Not Anytime Soon, But...; Time to Reclaim the United Nations, Mary June Pettyfer; Progress on International Criminal Court, Fergus Watt; GMOs a Perplexing Issue for WTO, Urs Thomas; New WTO Trade Negotiations Likely but Many Issues Still Left to Resolve; "Canada and the Future of the WTO", Simon Rosenblum; Coming Again to a Military Theatre Near You, Simon Rosenblum; Globalization Here to Stay -- A Review, Jim Bohlen; WFM Meeting on Historic Island, Karen Hamilton 

June 1999
Welcome to Our "Mondial"; Kosovo -- A Case for Trusteeship, Graham Day; World Feds Make Progess, But..., Elizabeth Snell; Commons Supports Tobin Tax; Kovovo Action Morally Justified, Ed Broadbent; When Intervention Doesn't Equal Protection, Ernie Regehr; No Way to Fight a War, Simon Rosenblum; Bombing Not Humanitarian, Hanna Newcombe; NATO to Review Policy on Nuclear Weapons; For Peace and Justice in the 21st Century, Fergus Watt; Wilson Speaks Out on Extradition, Lois Wilson; Toward Global Democracy, Simon Rosenblum; Active Spring for Canadian Network for an International Criminal Court; On the Need for Functional Federalism, Ed Schreyer; Havel Speaks on UN, Kosovo, Vaclav Havel

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