“As you will understand, I cannot celebrate this anniversary because we see how the Declaration is violated day by day”
Petrostates Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance
If COP28 is to be judged a success, the UAE, as the summit’s host, and other hydrocarbon producers should promise to dedicate some of the windfall oil and gas profits they earned last year to accelerating the green transition in the Global South. Doing so could encourage historic and current emitters to pay their fair share
The state of democracy in Latin America: Opportunities and challenges
With the aim of learning about the situation of democracy in Latin America and highlighting the opportunities for cooperation between CELAC-EU and the USA, a meeting will be held on 27 October, with the participation of Francisco Sagasti, President of Peru (2020-2021).
Club de Madrid mourns the loss of President Fidel V. Ramos
The retired general led the forces that put an end to the dictatorship of the late Ferdinand Marcos and then ensured the protection of democracy in his country and was one of the drafters of the Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Danilo Türk’s press conference in Geneva
Shared his reflections on the links between the war in Ukraine, multilateral peace and security mechanisms and the retreat of democracy.
Climate Proofing the Future: Adaptation, Decarbonisation, and Development
Club de Madrid Honorary Member and former UN Secretary-General (2007-2016) Ban Ki-moon will participate in a high-level dialogue on climate and development agendas with the Spanish Deputy Prime Minister for Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera.
Strengthening democracy for a more effective multilateralism
Club de Madrid President, Danilo Türk, participated in a panel discussion on the present and future of multilateralism
Emerging Tech & Geopolitical Challenges
Club de Madrid Members Esko Aho (Prime Minister of Finland, 1991-1995) and Zlatko Lagumdzija (Prime Minister of Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001-2002) participate in Ecosystems 2030 Summit in La Coruña (Spain)
Proposal for an International Anti-Corruption Court
Club de Madrid Member Hanna Suchocka (Prime Minister of Poland, 1992-1993) participates in the World Justice Forum, in The Hague, to explain why the world needs an International Anti-Corruption Court
40-plus former Presidents and Prime Ministers call for an International Anti-Corruption Court
Grand corruption has global dimensions and cannot be combatted by the affected countries alone.
Countering Authoritarianism: A conversation with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Club de Madrid Member Vaira Vike-Freiberga also participated in the Q&A session, while warning that she has suffered a boycott attempt to the digital broadcasting of the event in her country.
2022: How Club de Madrid is supporting Multilateralism
The recent appointment of two of our Members to the United Nations High-Level Advisory Board on Effective...