Club de Madrid Articles

Extremism and violence hit Tunisia, France and Kuwait.

Months after the attack against the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and the Bardo Museum that shocked the world, Tunisia and France returns to undergo more than just a terrorist attack, an attempt at intimidation and coercion to a whole society, to democratic values,...

Club de Madrid Member, Jorge Sampaio, Laureate of the Nelson Mandela Prize 2015

Club de Madrid Member Jorge Sampaio has been chosen by the United Nations committee as one of the two laureates of the Nelson Mandela Prize for the first ever time. The prize, an honorary award presented once every five years as a tribute to the outstanding...

‘Sharing the burden-Sharing the benefits’, Club de Madrid call to the Addis Ababa Financing for Development Summit

SHARING THE BURDEN – SHARING THE BENEFITS An open letter to the Financing for Development Summit 22 June 2015 The Members of the Club de Madrid have followed the Post-2015 Agenda process and the parallel Financing for Development process with keen interest. As has...

2015 Global Peace Index

The highlights of the report show five key factors and changes in the world: · Since last year, 81 countries have become more peaceful, while 78 have deteriorated. · Many countries in Europe, the world’s most peaceful region, have reached historically high...

Vike-Freiberga explains Club de Madrid’s ‘Shared Vision of a Shared Society’ at the Hufftington Post

Feb 7, 2017

The organization's President, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, penned an essay in the Huffington Post in response, which doubled down on the values that Shared Societies embodies: “when everyone is involved and encouraged, they become an asset to society and a contributor to the common good,...

Zapatero advocates for a humane approach to the issue of migration in Dominican Republic

Feb 3, 2017

The activity addressed a forum on migration and social inclusion alongside, inter alia, the Minister of Interior and Police, Carlos Amarante Baret and the Dominican Ambassador to Haiti, Dr. Ruben Sillié. President Rodríguez Zapatero shared his expertise and his personal experience overseeing the...

Four CdM Members, two of them Nobel Laureates, to speak about peace in Bogotá

Feb 1, 2017

Oscar Arias and José Ramos-Horta have something in common: they are both Members of the Club de Madrid and Nobel Peace Laureates. They were laureates in 1987 and 1996 respectively for their contributions to achieving peace. “We believe that justice and peace can only thrive together, never...

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