Club de Madrid Articles

Democracy at a tipping point?

Democracy cannot be taken for granted. It has to be protected and supported by all means, at the domestic and international level, harnessing its capacity for self-correction and innovation. The world is facing complex global challenges that require agile and...

Two Club de Madrid Members are part of the UN High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism

The report proposes a Summit of the Future in 2023 to advance ideas for governance arrangements in certain areas that could be considered global public goods or global commons.

Club de Madrid promotes bills to eradicate ethnic discrimination in Peru

A law that promotes the identification of sites of memory of Afro-descendants and the cultural heritage of the Afro-Peruvian people.

Disinformation as a Weapon of War

Danilo Türk and Peter Loewen will participe in a roundtable to talk about the use of fake news and disinformation in times of war. It can be as harmful as a gun.

The immense legacy of Ricardo Lagos

Feb 5, 2024

We will never be able to thank Ricardo Lagos for what he has done for democracy and human rights. What we can defend is his legacy and the dignity of all human beings as Lagos did

New report highlights key opportunities for closer EU-LAC-US ties following Spain’s Council of the European Union Presidency

Dec 12, 2023

The report, issued jointly by Club de Madrid and the Atlantic Council, outlines steps to strengthen multilateralism and accelerate the green and digital transitions in Europe and the Americas

“We have all failed as a global community” – President Yushchenko (Ukraine) message on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Dec 10, 2023

“As you will understand, I cannot celebrate this anniversary because we see how the Declaration is violated day by day”

Zlatko Lagumdzija attends UN High Level Meeting on sustaining peace

May 3, 2018

Club de Madrid (CdM) Member Zlatko Lagumdzija recently traveled to New York as part of a Shared Societies Project...

Club de Madrid kicks off new initiative on Shared Societies and education

Apr 12, 2018

Its main outcome is expected to be a clear and strong Call to Action on Education for Shared Societies, seeking to mobilise political will to generate action in this context.

“Leaders can promote small projects that can change the lives of ordinary people”, says Club de Madrid in Shared Societies mission to World Bank and UN

Mar 27, 2018

The Fragility Forum, a gathering organized by the World Bank from 5th to 7th March, which considers how to support fragile states.

Laura Chinchilla, new Vice President of Club de Madrid

Mar 15, 2018

Former President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, has been appointed to be new Vice President of World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid (WLA – CdM).

Club de Madrid participates in conversation with UN Quaker Office on preventing violent conflicts

Mar 9, 2018

Launched in Washington D.C at the 2018 World Bank Fragility Forum, the report is the first joint study between the UN and the World Bank.

Four female world leaders call to action towards gender equaility on #IWD2018

Mar 9, 2018

Our President, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, (Latvia), and Members Joyce Banda (Malawi) and Kim Campbell (Canada) Helen Clark...

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga on Women’s Day: “Dear girls & women: follow fearlessly the path that each of you have chosen as your own!”

Mar 8, 2018

Message from Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga on the occasion of the Women's International Day On this 8 March, the official...

Club de Madrid Members Kok and Lagumdzija advocate for inclusive societies in London and Oxford

Mar 5, 2018

Wim Kok - former PM of the Netherlands - and Zlatko Lagumdzija- former PM of Bosnia and Herzegovina - recently led a...

Club de Madrid Members will discuss Sustainable Development, Conflict Prevention and Migration at the World Bank Fragility Forum and at the United Nations

Mar 1, 2018

Sustainable Development, Conflict Prevention and Migration are three global issues on which our members have much to...