March, 2005
Landmark report suggest overhauling Security Council, human-rights agency
For years, the United Nations has been bogged down over the question of what a terrorist is -- one person's terrorist is another's national resistance leader. Was Nelson Mandela a terrorist? Are the Tamil Tigers freedom fighters?
UN Conference attracts leading United Nations experts
Summary: Conference attracts leading United Nations experts to discuss future reforms. Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Wilfrid Laurier University and the Academic Council on the United Nations System sponsor a high-level conference following the recent UN secretary-general report
Au-dela de l'ALENA-Faire une communaute de Nord-Americains
Directeur de la recherche en planification stratégique au Centre pour l'innovation en gouvernance internationale et auteur de l'étude Vers un traité de l'Amérique du Nord - Élargir le cadre des relations trilatérales, qui sera publiée mardi par l'Institut de recherche en politiques publiques
Canadians watch circling hawks
Racking his brain to think of something positive to say about the nominations of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Paul Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank, Paul Heinbecker ventured: "At least it gets them out of government."
Annan proposes definition of terrorism
For years, the United Nations has been bogged down over the question of what a terrorist is -- one person's terrorist is another's national resistance leader. Was Nelson Mandela a terrorist? Are the Tamil Tigers freedom fighters?
Has the time come to replace NAFTA?
When Paul Martin meets with U.S. President George W. Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox in Texas on Wednesday, continental cooperation will undoubtedly be high on the agenda. The recent statement by the Task Force on the Future of North America, which calls fo specific institutional changes (among them a customs union and a continental security perimeter), has added to the public debate about how, if at all, North American institutions should evolve to meet the reality of deeper continental integration.
After Sept. 11th, development goals became a low priority
Five years ago, at the Millennium Summit of the United Nations, the world's leaders established a set of common goals -- admirable goals to make the world a better place. These goals were aimed at reducing poverty and hunger, ensuring universal primary education, improving the standard of living for women and children and reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria and other illnesses, all by 2015.
A man of action learns the virtue of patience
UNITED NATIONS -- Allan Rock never had much patience for process.