On September 3, the European Network on Debt and Development (eurodad) issued a report on the United Nations Tax Convention negotiations which took place in New York in early August. To read more of the analysis of what happened, and what needs to happen, read the report HERE.
The screening of the film The Veto has been postponed by the organizers from the original September 21 date. When a new date is confirmed, we will post a notice.
Writing in The Conversation on August 31, 2026, Adam Muller, Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Manitoba and G78 Board member, published an article entitled: The UN says Israel is targeting Palestinian children. Here’s why the ‘bias’ defence doesn’t hold up. Professor Muller reports on a United Nations commission that earlier this year collected… Continue Reading Adam Muller: The UN reports that Israel is killing Palestinian children; Israel’s “bias defence” doesn’t hold up
The University of Ottawa’s Common Law Section is hosting a screening of the film The Veto, “a documentary examining the veto power of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and the consequences of its use in the face of the gravest international crimes.” “Following the film, there will be an inter-active panel discussion with Tim… Continue Reading The UN Security Council Veto: The Damage It Causes and Prospects for Change-See the Film The Veto on September 21
Join the Group of 78 – either virtually or in person- for our 2026 Annual Policy Conference October 9 & 10, at the University of Ottawa as we strive to design a new architecture for peace in our dangerous world. There is no blueprint for peace in the world now taking shape. Perhaps it’s time we drew one. What’s at stake:Militaries. Arms… Continue Reading Reinventing the Architecture for Peace Conference Registration now open
Thursday, September 17, 2026 1:00 PM ET Join the Group of 78 on Thursday, September 17 at 1:00 PM ET and two expert panelists as they discuss the UN Tax Convention which will require a substantial reform of the international tax rules. This process marks a pivotal moment in efforts to reform the global tax system, aiming to make… Continue Reading Toward a Fairer Global Economy: the Crucial Role of International Tax Reform Webinar
Former Prime Minister of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson and her fellow Elders—Graça Machel, Helen Clark and Hina Jilani—returned from a recent fact-finding mission to the West Bank, Israel, Lebanon and Jordan with grave concerns. “I arrived at a clear conclusion,” Mary Robinson writes: “the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aims… Continue Reading “Palestine is disappearing”: Mary Robinson and The Elders
A part of the 10th Anniversary Interfaith Awareness Week, this webinar, put on by the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation (IAMC), featured Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D., Jonathan Granoff, J.D., The RT. Rev. William E. Swing, Monica Willard, Fumi Johns Stewart, Dorothy Maver, Colleen Moore, and Issac S. Thomas. The 32rd annual ringing of the Nagasaki Peace Bell in… Continue Reading Nagasaki, Nuclear Prayer Day and Interfaith Action Webinar now live
The Group of 78 joins peace and disarmament organizations across our country to honour the excellence and sacrifice Canadian peacekeepers. Sunday, August 9, 2026 was National Peacekeepers Day. As Walter Dorn, Professor at Royal Military College and Canadian Forces College, wrote recently: “It’s a day when we can honour those who served in peace operations, particularly those who… Continue Reading Honouring Canada’s Peacekeepers: The world needs more peacekeeping and less warfighting! – Walter Dorn
Writing in The Hill Times on August 7, 2026, Jenna Sapiano, John Packer, Marie-Joëlle Zahar and Meredith Preston-McGhie argue that Canada should lead an international effort to reinvest in peacemaking. Military budgets are skyrocketing. “Yet at precisely the moment when the need for peacemaking is greatest,” the authors write, “the number of negotiated peace agreements is falling. Peace… Continue Reading “A Perilous Decline in Global Leadership”: Canada Should Step Up to Increase International Funding for Peacemaking