The Commission Report launch has generated, thus far, over 430 media-related stories (print, TV, and radio) in 30 countries and 9 languages across 6 continent. Click here for Outreach Events. Click here for Earlier Consultations & Public Events.
What op-ed writers (including the Commissioners) are saying:
The Role of Women is Imperative for Peace
Ibrahim Gambari and Haifa Al Kaylani in Gulf Times
From ‘dystopia’ to ‘Ourtopia’: charting a future for global governance
Dr. Rama Mani in Chatham House journal International Affairs
‘Any carbon emissions deal in Paris is only a first step’
Yoriko Kawaguchi, Shyam Saran and Erna Witoelar in South China Morning Post
‘Für eine Reform der Weltorganisation’
Ibrahim Gambari in Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft
‘At 70, the United Nations needs to move with the times’
Madeleine Albright and Ibrahim Gambari in The Guardian
‘How Landmines Paved a Way for UN Reform’
Lloyd Axworthy in The Boston Globe
‘STEP BY STEP: ANDREAS BUMMEL ON THE CAMPAIGN FOR A UN PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY’
Andreas Bummel on World Government Research Network
‘The UN, Syria and a crisis in confidence’
Erna Paris in The Globe and Mail
‘How to democratise the UN‘
Jo Leinen and Andreas Bummel in The News International.
World losing battle against terror, climate change & cyber attacks: Albright
Secretary Albright and Professor Gambari in USA Today.
‘Aligning Justice and Security Interventions to Revamp the U.N.’
Stimson Center President Ellen Laipson in World Politics Review.
‘A Call for Just Security’
Don Kraus in The World Post.
‘An Aging United Nations in 2015. But How About a New United Nations in 2020?’
Tad Daley in The World Post.
A Better Selection Process Could Result in a Strong UN Secretary-General
Dr. Richard Ponzio, Commentary in The Hague Institute for Global Justice
Will We Learn this Time?
Chuck Woolery in GlobalPolicy.com
Beyond Paris: Completing the new model of climate goverance
Dr. Richard Ponzio, William Durch, Commentary in The Stimson Center
Beyond UN 70: Sustaining Momentum for Peacekeeping & Peacebuilding Reform
Dr. Richard Ponzio, in United Nations University
What Civil Society Organizations are saying:
‘Global Commission recommends a parliamentary body to overcome UN’s democratic deficit’
Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly
Summary of the Report
International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect
‘Washington, DC Launch of the Report of the Commission’
United Nations Association of the USA
What print media is saying:
‘Nigerians Must Partner Buhari To Tackling Insecurity, Injustice – Osinbajo’
Naija247 News
‘Osinbajo: Security, Justice, Sustainable Govt a Collective Duty’
This Day Live
‘Report Says UN Not Equipped to Tackle Today’s Challenges’
The New York Times.
‘Top diplomats’ report builds case for change at the UN’
Yahoo News.
‘UN Panel Lays Out Vision of “Just Security‘
Inter Press Service
‘Un comité experto pide la reforma de la ONU ante “las amenazas actuales”’
El Pais Internacional
‘UNSC needs expansion to reflect global realities: report’
Tribune India
‘Top diplomats look to rescind UN Security Council veto’
The Times of Israel
Africa: UN Reform Urged by Veteran Diplomats
All Africa reprint of the Deutsche Welle article.
What TV and radio stations are saying:
‘UN Reform needed to combat world crises’ (video)
MSNBC (USA): Andrea Mitchell Reports
“Former Foreign Ministers Suggest Ways for How U.N. Can Improve’ (audio)
National Public Radio (USA)
‘World Insight’ featuring The Hague Institute President Dr. Abiodun Williams (video)
CCTV NEWS (CCTV America)
Public Outreach Events – Presentations of the Commission Report
Date: 3 December: Commission Report public event with Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Ambassador Makita Shimokawa, and UN University Rector Dr. David Malone at UN University, Tokyo
Date: 30 November-11 December: Discussion of Commission Report recommendations at COP 21 side events with Ms. Erna Witoelar and Commission project team staff in Paris
Date: 6 November: Presentation of aspects of the Commission Report a Political Science Ph.D. Alumni Conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Date: 6 November: Presentation of the Commission Report to annual meeting of the World Federalist Movement Council in New York
Date: 5 November: Presentation of the Commission Report by Ms. Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani at the Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard University in Cambridge
Date: 3 November: Presentation of the Commission Report by Dr. Lloyd Axworthy at a meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Science held at West Point
Date: 30 October: Keynote presentation of the Commission Report to the Model United Nations International School of The Hague
Date: 28 October: Presentation of the Commission Report by Stimson Distinguished Fellow and President Emeritus Ellen Laipson at the Asian Forum on Global Governance, New Delhi
Date: 14 October: Presentation of the Commission Report to the annual meeting of Citizens for Global Solutions, Washington, D.C.
Date: 13 October: Presentation of the Commission Report by Ms. Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani at Regents University in London
Date: 3 October: Presentation of Commission Report as part of Leiden University’s “Global Challenges: Peace & Justice” Lecture Series, Leiden
Date: 10 July: Presentation on the Commission’s Climate Governance recommendations at The International Scientific Conference “Our Common Future under Climate Change” in Paris
Date: 22 June 2015: Keynote address by Professor Ibrahim Gambari on the Commission Report at the UN Global Compact Business for Peace Annual Event at United Nations Headquarters in New York
Date: 19 June 2015: Presentation of the Commission Report at “The ASEAN in Global Governance Roundtable” in The Hague
Date: 16 June 2015: Global Launch of the Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance Report with Secretary Madeleine Albright and Professor Ibrahim Gambari at the Peace Palace in The Hague
Date: 11 and 13 June 2015: Pre-Global Launch Events on the Commission Report at the Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the UN System in The Hague
Earlier Consultations & Public Events
Second United Nations Member States Consultation
Date: 02 April 2015, New York, USA
Experts Consultation
Date: 25 February 2015, New York, USA
United Nations Member States Consultation
Date: 24 February 2015, New York, USA
Discussion with Scholars at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association
Date: 20 February 2015, New Orleans, USA
Expert Consultation, “Fragile States and the Fault Lines of Global Security and Justice”
Date: 6-8 February 2015, Munich, Germany
Expert Consultation, “Global Climate Governance, Human Security and Justice”
Date: 9 December 2014, Lima, Peru
High-level Dialogue on “Security, Justice, and the Future of Global Governance”
Date: 21 November 2014, Washington, D.C., USA
Discussion with the Council of the World Federalist Movement
Date: 10 November 2014, The Hague, The Netherlands
Expert Consultation, “The Road to Lima: Climate Governance, Adaptation and Technological Responses”
Date: 6 November 2014, The Hague, The Netherlands
Expert Consultation, “Cyber Security, Justice, and Governance”
Date: 18 October 2014, New Delhi, India
Business Community Consultation during The Hague Conference on Business and Human Security
Date: 2 September 2014, The Hague, The Netherlands
Pathfinder Consultation with Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) Summer Fellows and the International Peace and Security Institute (IPSI) Hague Symposium Participants
Date: 18 July 2014, The Hague, The Netherlands
Earlier Consultations
Youth E-Consult: Engaging the Minds of tomorrow with the global governance challenges of today
Date: 23 March – 20 April 2015
Global Economic Governance and Averting Financial Crises
Date: 24 March – 5 May 2015
Justice and Security in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Environments
Date: 2 February – 20 March 2015
Global Climate Governance: The Intersection of Human Security and Justice
Date: 12 January – 13 February 2015
Expert E-Consultation on Cyber Security, Justice, and Governance
Date: 3 November – 3 December 2014
Public Events
Inaugural Launch of the Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance Final Report
Event Date: 16 June 2015
Invitation to the Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance: Pre-Report Launch Event
Event Date: 11 June 2015
Global Justice Congress: Problems and Solutions in a Changing World
Event Date: 8 May 2015
Presentation to graduate students of the Institute for Social Studies, Erasmus University
Date: 12 December 2014, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Public Lecture at Leiden University
Date: 30 October 2014, Leiden, the Netherlands
Presentation and Discussion at the European University Institute
Date: 21 November 2014, Florence, Italy
Global Economic Governance and its Importance for Security and Justice with Commissioner Professor José Antonio Ocampo
Date: 20 November 2014, Washington, D.C., USA
Public Lecture at the Inaugural Annual Meeting of the United Nations Business for Peace (B4P) Platform
Date: 29-30 September 2014, Istanbul, Turkey
Presentation and discussion with members of the Dutch United Nations Students Association
Date: 16 September 2014, The Hague, the Netherlands
Presentation on “Security, Justice & Global Governance: New Issues, New Institutions,” Folke Bernadotte Academy Working Group on Conflict Prevention, Annual Workshop at the Embassy of Sweden
Date: 26-27 August 2014, Washington, D.C., USA
Public Lecture at the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Date: 8 July 2014, Beppu, Japan