Shaping a Rules-Based International Order
Yet, the last few years have seen a weakening of multilateral efforts to tackle major global issues, from migration to climate change. While Agenda 2030 provides a globally-endorsed framework for sustainable development, an increasing number of political actors from countries large and small, in all regions, are calling for national-grown approaches rather than globally- or regionally-agreed solutions to a widening range of policy issues. With the multiplication of transnational phenomena that put a strain on democratic values, the weakening of the multilateral system heightens our concern for the preservation of an enabling global environment for democracy to take root, consolidate itself and deliver.
In the next strategy cycle, WLA-CdM will make it a strategic priority to promote and defend an enabling global environment for democracy, including by supporting the multilateral system as the guarantor of inclusive, consensus-based and sustainable policy responses to transnational challenges. The growing sense of urgency around global issues requiring coordinated policy action, such as climate change, calls for renewed multilateral collaboration. We will also foster dialogue with and among global powers to encourage their mutual understanding on critical global issues, particularly those affecting the possibility to advance democracy around the world. This will lead us to engage with countries who may not endorse the values and principles of democracy, yet exert a key influence on the global context that will allow democracy to flourish or perish in other parts of the world, and can be key partners in tackling transnational threats.
Projects
Dialogue between China and the World
Dialogue between China and the world encourages mutual understanding on critical global issues, particularly those affecting the state of the multilateral system as a contribution to enhanced international cooperation.
Multilateralism Must Deliver
The world is facing today a myriad of challenges in the midst of a rapidly changing reality.
Supporting UN and Regional Organisations
Fostering a renewed global governance system and more cooperation among countries requires a reform mindset that allows us to overcome current institutional constraints.
Multilateralism and Global Cooperation in action
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7 January, 2021
President Türk to speak on fulfiling the promise of the UN75 Declaration
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24 November, 2020
G20: Multilateralism must deliver with strong-willed action
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10 November, 2020
Call to Action: Multilateralism Must Deliver
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1 October, 2020
Policy Dialogue 2020: Multilateralism that Delivers
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22 September, 2020
UN General Assembly adopts landmark political declaration on the future of the UN system
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15 September, 2020
Club de Madrid endorses Declaration on the Commemoration of The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations
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14 September, 2020
UN75 is our best chance to create a new dynamic for global cooperation
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21 August, 2020
An ‘Expert’s Meeting’ sets focus on multilateralism and global cooperation in times of COVID-19 in the upcoming Imperial Springs International Forum 2020
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13 December, 2019
Club de Madrid Members exchange ideas for a renewed multilateral system at United Nations China
Last publications
Protecting and defending democracy is a shared responsibility. All democratic governments should be held accountable for their actions, as must civil society, political parties, the private sector and the media. We need a shared and clear strategy to advance democratic development in a context of uncertainty and fast-paced demands from a changing world.
View PDFOur Policy Dialogue 2020 produced the call to action ‘Multilateralism Must Deliver’ to craft a path that will lead us to an equitable, secure and sustainable system of global cooperation and renewed multilateral institutions, fit for purpose in the 21st century and resilient against future disasters.
View PDFPresident Danilo Türk and Member Jan Peter Balkenende contributed to the report “Fulfilling the UN75 Declaration’s Promise”, a collection of expert insight into revitalising the UN system
View PDFReport from the fifth roundtable of the “Fulfilling the UN75 Declaration’s Promise Expert Series” to meet two of the twelve commitments presented in the UN75 Declaration.
View PDFPolicy Dialogue 2020 ‘Multilateralism that Delivers’ Background Paper
View PDFPolicy Dialogue 2020 ‘Multilateralism that Delivers’ Background Paper
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