GENEVA COVENANT OF MUTUAL OBLIGATION: Global Call for One Million Signatures

By On August 19, 2025 · Leave a Comment

On August 12, 2025—UN International Youth Day—the Global Challenges Forum (GCF) Foundation introduced the Geneva Covenant of Mutual Obligation, a generational commitment.

The Covenant seeks one million signatures worldwide—from youth, educators, technologists, artists, faith leaders, policymakers, and global …

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Global Challenges Forum Granted UN ECOSOC Consultative Status

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Geneva, August 2025 — The Global Challenges Forum Foundation (GCF) is honored to announce that it has been granted Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). This recognition affirms GCF’s mission to advance innovative frameworks …

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Building Global Resilience: A Geneva Vision for the World – Honoring Ambassador Theodor Winkler

By On April 3, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Geneva, April 2025 – The Global Challenges Forum Foundation is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of Building Global Resilience: A Call to Action, a bold new book rooted in the values and legacy of International Geneva. The official …

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Expanding Global Resilience: A Vision for the Future

By On March 10, 2025 · Leave a Comment

In an era of global uncertainty, resilience is more than a necessity—it is a movement. Building Global Resilience: A Call to Action and its companion facilitation guide, Empowering Change, are the work of Dr. Walter Christman, Chairman and Founding …

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Global Challenges Forum and Middlebury Institute Sign Cooperation Agreement to Advance Global Resilience and Youth Leadership in India

By On March 6, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Geneva / Delhi – March 2025

The Global Challenges Forum (GCF) Foundation is pleased to announce the signing of a formal cooperation agreement with the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in Monterey, California. The agreement was officially signed by …

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The Geneva Accord: Empowering Israeli and Palestinian Youth to Lead a Binational Confederation for Peace

By On October 22, 2024 · Leave a Comment

On the United Nations International Day for Peace, celebrated on September 21, 2024, the Global Challenges Forum (GCF) Foundation issued The Geneva Proclamation. In line with Geneva’s long-standing role as a center for diplomacy and conflict resolution, this proclamation …

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Global Challenges Forum Foundation enters a new era

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The Global Challenges Forum Foundation has launched a new model of global partnerships for the future. Seizing the moment for new thinking, creating action models to chart the pathway ahead, and addressing emerging 21st-century global challenges, the Foundation will work

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Global Challenges Forum Foundation (GCF) India launched in Delhi

By On June 30, 2022 · Leave a Comment

On 18 May 2022, the Global Challenges Forum Foundation (GCF) India was successfully launched in New Delhi at the Constitution Club of India, in an event co-organized by the GCF and Maadhiam International Council for Conflict Resolution. Dr Walter Christman, …

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National Webinar on UNSDGs and All India Youth Leadership Summit

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The GCF organized the National Webinar on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG) and All India Youth Leadership Summit on 1st October 2021 to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s 152nd Birth Anniversary. The events highlighted GCF’s partnership with the United Nations …

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GCF’s Chairman, Dr. Walter Christman, featured in the Jordan News

By On May 24, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Walter Christman, GCF’s Chairman and Co-founder, has been featured in an article of the Jordanian newspaper Jordan News. Based on the pillars of the GCF Foundation, Dr. Chirstman discussed the importance of partnerships within the contexts of tolerance, resilience, …

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