Confronting the Crisis of Global Governance
Report of the Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance
June 2015 :: 158 pages
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From the Preface
…This Report targets international policymakers and a concerned global public. The project’s
main partner institutions, The Hague Institute for Global Justice and the Stimson Center, are
committed to tracking progress toward implementation of the Commission’s reform agenda and to encouraging broad-based coalitions of international actors to rally support, including for far-sighted and potentially controversial proposals. The Report and follow-on activities are complemented by background papers elaborating on particular themes addressed in the Report (and found on the Commission’s website), which will be compiled into a companion volume.

The Report has four parts:
:: Part I presents its underlying conceptual framework, defines key terms, and highlights the growing range of nonstate, substate, and regional actors that increasingly influence and participate in key elements of global governance.
:: Part II delves into the three substantive focus areas—state fragility and violent conflict, climate and people, and the hyperconnected global economy—noting challenges and opportunities and offering recommendations to fill gaps in policy or practice using innovative approaches to critical emerging issues.
:: Part III turns to the reform of existing global governance institutions. It draws on the needs and problems identified in Part II and how they might be better addressed. Part III also examines how new forms of collaboration with and among nonstate, substate, and regional actors may produce better governance results for all concerned.
:: Part IV turns to questions of follow-on work and the building of coalitions and partnerships to advocate for the implementation of the Report’s recommendations. Simply presenting the Commission’s proposals to world leaders and informed communities worldwide is not enough. They must be taken up in practice. The Report therefore concludes with a call to action to mobilize support and implement the recommended reform program on or before the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations…

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Press Release
NY, DC & Berlin launches of the Commission Report
July 17, 2015 – The Hague
On Tuesday, July 14 in the Trusteeship Council Chamber of the United Nations, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright keynoted the New York launch of the report of the Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance, followed by a response by Mr. Steve Lamony, Senior Advisor for UN, AU and Africa Situations, Coalition for the International Criminal Court. Chaired by the Permanent Representative of The Netherlands to the United Nations, Ambassador Karel van Oosterom, the session began with opening remarks by UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, Ambassador Nikola Dimitrov, Distinguished Fellow at The Hague Institute, and Ms. Ellen Laipson, President of the Stimson Center.

In his opening remarks, Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson spoke about the importance of the report’s focus on both conflict prevention and post-conflict peacebuilding. In particular, he highlighted the attention given in Confronting the Crisis of Global Governance to functioning institutions and good governance, arguing that they are key for addressing the critical 21st century challenges, such as fragile states, climate change, and governing the world’s interconnected economy.

Eliasson lent support to the Commission’s call for a World Conference on Global Institutions in 2020, expressing his hope to the over 200-strong audience, which included many diplomats, civil society representatives, and UN system staff, that the conference would ideally happen before 2020 – ensuring that the UN could move into the next decade with a concrete vision and roadmap for reform…