Call to Action: Multilateralism Must Deliver
10 November, 2020
Club de Madrid held its 2020 Policy Dialogue co-organised with Bertelsmann Stiftung ‘Multilateralism that Delivers’ in October 2020. Heads of State and Government, all Members of WLA-CdM, joined experts and other representatives from governments, academia, think tanks and institutions to propose recommendations that give a new life to multilateralism and global cooperation in our era. Here’s the resulting Call To Action.
Club de Madrid President and Vice-president articulate a vision for building Shared Societies through transforming our democracies and the multilateral framework
21 October, 2020
Liam Byrne, a UK MP, invited Club de Madrid Members to contribute with a chapter to a book for the IMF and World Bank Global Parliamentary network.
Club de Madrid Members announce principles on equity during global crises
6 October, 2020
We need a targeted focus to Leave No One Behind during the COVID-19 pandemic
Policy Dialogue 2020: Multilateralism that Delivers
1 October, 2020
At a time when trust in multilateral institutions is running low and national-grown solutions are on the rise, we look at ways of breathing new life into multilateralism.
UN General Assembly adopts landmark political declaration on the future of the UN system
22 September, 2020
The United Nations celebrates its 75th Anniversary with a declaration that is posed to drive action on the future of multilateralism and global cooperation
Former Presidents, Prime Ministers, UN leaders and Government Ministers Call for a Strengthened United Nations System
18 September, 2020
Read the full open letter below
Club de Madrid celebrates International Democracy Day 2020
15 September, 2020
To learn more about how we bring about change, see our strategy below.
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.