The world is in turmoil and existential challenges to humankind, such as global warming, remain inadequately addressed
New Year’s Message from the President of Club de Madrid
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Advocacy letter on Article 17 of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)
Democracies worldwide are struggling in an era where digital transformation is shaping how we access and process information. Club de Madrid (CdM) is determined to support all efforts by EU Member States and European institutions to ensure the full respect and implementation of all European...
Eminent Persons Open Letter on the United Nations Summit of the Future
Open letter: To Heads of State and Government, United Nations Member States: Strengthening the United Nations: A Once in a Generation Opportunity Excellencies, As former Presidents, Prime Ministers, senior UN officials and ministers of government we believe that the institutional framework of...
More than 140 former heads of state and Nobel laureates call on candidates for German chancellor to waive intellectual property rules for COVID vaccines
Less than two per cent of adults are fully vaccinated in low-income countries compared to almost 50 per cent in high income countries.
Club de Madrid calls for an international treaty on global health
Provisions in the treaty should include incentives and deterrents to promote compliance, guarantee an effective early warning mechanism during outbreaks, and ensure the timely sharing of epidemiological data.
Club de Madrid joins appeal by nearly 400 Parliamentarians urging the EU to support a TRIPS waiver
Nearly 400 MEPs and National Parliamentarians have urged the EU to support an intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines
Former heads of state and Nobel laureates call on President Biden to waive intellectual property rules for COVID vaccines
More than 170 former heads of state and government and Nobel laureates, called on President Biden to support a waiver...
16 Members of Club de Madrid call for safeguarding democracy in the new EU tech rules
“With the DSA and the DMA, the EU has an opportunity to create the transparency and accountability frameworks needed...
Former Presidents, Prime Ministers, UN leaders and Government Ministers Call for a Strengthened United Nations System
Ahead of the September 21 High Level Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations, a group of prominent...
A call to postpone presidential elections of the Inter-American Development Bank
Several Members of Club de Madrid, all of them former Heads of State and Government sign a call to postpone the...
Members join Gordon Brown’s call for a G20 recovery plan
As fears of a second coronavirus wave grow and with the world in urgent need of stimulus, Members of Club de Madrid have joined Gordon Brown’s letter demanding an urgent G20 summit to address a health and economic recovery plan.
Uniting behind a people’s vaccine against COVID-19
Members of the Club de Madrid from all corners of the world have thrown their support to UNAID’s call for a people’s vaccine against COVID-19.