Entitled “Pulling Together: The Multilateral System and Its Future,” this is the final report of the Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM), an ambitious two-year project conducted by IPI. The report identifies how the UN-based multilateral system can be made more “fit for purpose” for twenty-first century challenges. It comes as a new secretary-general prepares to […]
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Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Australia, explained to an audience at IPI why, in his view, the UN is so fundamental to global stability on August 30, 2016.We must not take the existence of the UN for granted, he said. “The UN matters as a function of global order, but also […]
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The United Nations is now seventy years old, but the world of seventy years ago was a vastly different place than the world of today. This raises the question: Does the UN remain “fit for purpose” to meet the current needs of the international community? And if not, what can be done in practical terms […]
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On Friday, February 26th the Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM) hosted its 14th retreat on Empowering Global Youth. Click here to view the event video on YouTube>> The aim of the ICM’s retreat on Empowering Global Youth is to review how global challenges facing young people have been portrayed and analyzed within multilateral circles and […]
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On November 18th, The Independent Commission on Multilateralism hosted its third Public Consultation on its Discussion Paper on “Terrorism including issues related to Ideology, Identity Politics, and Organized Crime.”Click here to view the event video on YouTube>>Threats posed by terrorism and violent extremism continue to metastasize, stemming from a constellation of fault lines and imbalances caused […]
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On November 18th, the Independent Commission on Multilateralism hosted its second Public Consultation on its Discussion Paper on “Social Inclusion, Political Participation, and Effective Governance in Challenging Environments.”Click here to view the event video on YouTube>>Governance systems globally are facing a growing crisis of legitimacy vis-à-vis their constituents at state and multilateral levels. Local challenges […]
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On November 4th, the Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM) hosted its first Public Consultation focusing on the findings and recommendations of the Women, Peace, And Security Discussion Paper, and providing an opportunity to reflect on the recent fifteenth anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.Click here to view the event video on YouTube>>Advancing the women, peace, and […]
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Despite emerging from the ashes of a world war, the forbearers of the United Nations “managed to push through the cynicism barrier, and 70 years later, so must we,” Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and Chair of IPI’s Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM). Mr Rudd said this in a statement he delivered to […]
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On February 26th, Chair Kevin Rudd and Secretary-General Hardeep Puri briefed delegates from the UN’s African Group about the ICM and its work. This was the last of a series of briefings which the Commission held during the month of February to inform UN regional groups about its vision for an effective multilateral system.“The system […]
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“Peace can and should be quantified,“ said Steve Killelea, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Institute for Economics and Peace while speaking at IPI’s Vienna office on February 24th. Mr. Killelea stressed the need for focusing on positive peace rather than just the absence of conflict (negative peace), and outlined ways of defining and measuring peacefulness. […]
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At the start of every month, the Global Observatory posts a list of key upcoming meetings and events that have implications for global affairs.SEPTEMBER 2-13: UNCCD COP 14, New DelhiThe Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 14) will hold its fourteenth meeting to promote awareness and reversal…
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