The first “Review on World Governance” was published on 2 December. Drafted by a group of experts of the Commission of the Episcopates of the European Community ( COMECE), it assesses the efforts made in 2002 to improve world governance, from the success of the World Health Organization in its efforts to stem Sars to the failure of the world trade negotiations at Cancun. The document also contains recommendations for the future. Some recent projects aimed at managing the social, economic and environmental consequences of globalization are reviewed in the light of the recommendations contained in the report “World governance: our responsibility to ensure that globalization becomes an opportunity for everyone”, submitted by the group of experts chaired by Michel Camdessus to the bishops of COMECE in October 2001. “Some improvement has been achieved in the direction of a fairer system of world governance comment the experts but much still remains to be done”. Education, healthcare, cooperation in development and climate change are the main issues examined by the “Review”, which is based on the principle according to which “the international institutions, states, regions, multinationals, non-governmental organizations, churches and religious communities are all equally responsible for the promotion of better world governance”.
