The One World Trust promotes education and research into changes required in global governance to achieve the eradication of poverty, injustice, environmental degradation and war. It develops recommendations on practical ways to make powerful organisations more accountable to the people they affect now and in the future, and how the rule of law can be applied to all. The Trust educates political leaders, decision makers and opinion-formers about the findings of our research.
Established in 1951 in support of the All-Party Group for World Government, the Trust continues to have a close relationship with the UK Parliament. The Trust also is an NGO with Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Read more about One World Trust: Governance, Funding, Transparency, Sphere of Activity, Accountability of Global Institutions, Parliamentary Oversight of Foreign Policy, Responsibility To Protect
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