Club de Madrid Articles

Global Leaders Unite to Champion Global Public Investment to Tackle Common Global Challenges

As the world prepares for the upcoming Fourth Financing for Development Conference in Sevilla, Spain (30th June to 4th July), a coalition of global leaders from governments and civil society has come together to advance progress on global public investment – a bold...

Club de Madrid Members rebuke “narrow unilateralism” and call for nations to urgently join forces to combat inequality

40 former Heads of State and Government are calling for “a new economic coalition of the willing” to urgently tackle inequality and “remake our world in response” to “era-defining disruption”. In a joint letter released ahead of the Fourth International Conference on...

Former UN Leaders and Club de Madrid Members Unite in Urgent Call to Defend the UN Charter on its 80th Anniversary

Former heads of state and government of the Club of Madrid join the solemn appeal of 299 former UN officials to urge governments, parliaments and citizens around the world to urgently reclaim the purpose, principles and values ​​of the UN Charter, which has been massacred like never before, just as we prepare to celebrate its 80th anniversary on June 26.

The Voice and Value of Democracy

The Voice and Value of Democracy

The Global Democracy Coalition has initiated a project spearheaded by Club de Madrid aimed at transforming the prevailing narrative and countering recent negative perceptions of democracy

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The immense legacy of Ricardo Lagos

The immense legacy of Ricardo Lagos

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

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Petrostates Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance

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

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