Club de Madrid endorses Declaration on the Commemoration of The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations
15 September, 2020
‘The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism’.
Prime Minister Touré calls for a balanced approach to rebuilding global system to respond to pandemics
14 September, 2020
PM Touré made these remarks at the Global Summit of the UNITE Global Parliamentarians Network to End Infectious Diseases held on 8 September
UN75 is our best chance to create a new dynamic for global cooperation
14 September, 2020
Multilateralism is the best means we know to solve challenges together, ensuring an equal participation of all in world affairs. Contribute to UN75 and help us come up with multilateralism 2.0
An ‘Expert’s Meeting’ sets focus on multilateralism and global cooperation in times of COVID-19 in the upcoming Imperial Springs International Forum 2020
21 August, 2020
A selected group of experts, Chinese and from the rest of the world, discussed the challenges posed by COVID-19
A call to postpone presidential elections of the Inter-American Development Bank
18 August, 2020
Some Members of Club de Madrid, all of them former Heads of State and Government from member states of the Inter-American Development Bank, sign a call to postpone the Bank’s presidential election scheduled for 12 September 2020. See the list of signatories and read the full letter below.
Statement by the Board of Directors of Club de Madrid on Belarus
17 August, 2020
The situation following the 9 August presidential election in Belarus gives rise to serious concern.
Gordon Brown, Dalia Grybauskaite, Ivo Josipovic, Jean Claude Juncker and Tabaré Vázquez become Members of Club de Madrid
11 August, 2020
New Members bring experience in crisis management, public health, and democratic transitions
Our statement for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2020
9 August, 2020
This is also a moment where the learning and traditions of indigenous cultures are critical for the resilience – a term which means ‘springing back’ – of the rest of the world.
Live Session: Digital Technologies, Elections and Democracy in times of COVID-19
31 July, 2020
Politics has now caught up with digitalization, but policy is still lagging behind. How can we improve electoral governance in the COVID-19 era? How can we hold electoral processes in the COVID-19 era while maintaining political and electoral rights? Join us in this Online AIWS Roundtable and Club de Madrid Live Session in collaboration with the Boston Global Forum.
Member Mkapa, a resourceful political reformer, dies in Dar es Salaam
24 July, 2020
The former President of Tanzania cracked down on corruption and reformed the country’s economy by fostering its transition from socialism to a free-market system. He was very active in Club de Madrid’s activities in Africa and in our many Policy Dialogues held around the world.
Live Session: Movilidad en tiempos de crisis – La pandemia del COVID-19 como oportunidad para repensar las migraciones en América Latina
23 July, 2020
Club de Madrid y el Instituto Nacional de Migración de República Dominicana analizarán el impacto del COVID-19 en los flujos migratorios de América Latina para obtener recomendaciones de políticas migratorias. Regístrese para esta sesión online.
Members join online summit to commemorate Nelson Mandela
20 July, 2020
President of Club de Madrid, Danilo Türk, and Members Joyce Banda and Zlatko Lagumdzija discuss the legacy of Nelson Mandela at Mandela Bridges World E-Summit 2020.
Live Session: An Inclusive, Global Strategy to #LeaveNoOneBehind during and after COVID-19
6 July, 2020
We must #LeaveNoOneBehind during and after the COVID-19 crisis. For this, Agenda2030 is our vaccine against social exclusion. Join our online Live Session at the UN High-Level Political Forum.
Jan Peter Balkenende: Against the current for the Common Good
1 July, 2020
Interview with Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2002-2010) and Member of Club de Madrid. This interview has been published in Dutch and in a slightly different version in Christen-Democratische Verkenningen, Quarterly Magazine of Wetenschappelijk Instituut voor het CDA, Summer edition, July 2020
Club de Madrid’s 2019 Annual Report
29 June, 2020
Our Annual Report has just been released. Fresh from the oven!
Seventy-five years later
26 June, 2020
To commemorate that the UN Charter was signed 75 years ago, President of Club de Madrid writes an op-ed piece on the future of multilateralism.
