International Ethical, Scientific and Political Collegium, also called Collegium International, is a high-level group created in 2002.

Origin

The International Ethical, Political and Scientific Collegium is committed, according to its founders, "to respond intelligently and forcefully to the decisive challenges facing humankind". An appeal[1] calling for the Collegium's establishment was made public in February 2002 in New York and its membership was officially presented on April 2, 2003 in Brussels before the European Parliament.

Collegium members and associate members, signatories of the Appeal, are scientists, philosophers and present and former Heads of State and Government.

Composition

Co-created by Michel Rocard, a former Prime Minister of France, Milan Kučan, who at the time of the Collegium's founding served as President of the Republic of Slovenia, and Stéphane Hessel, french diplomat, the group's members[2] include:

The film-producer Sacha Goldman serves as the Collegium's Secretary General.

Open letters, public meetings, conferences, etc.

Notes

  1. ↑ Appeal 2002 Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Collegium International list of Members Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ The Nation, September 16 2004 accessed on March 18, 2007
  4. ↑ FIFDH Programme for March 17, accessed March 18, 2007 Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Appeal for a Responsible and United Global Governance". www.collegium-international.org. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
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