Conference Speakers
Bill Pace, Executive Director
World Federalist Movement
Mr. Pace is a US citizen from the Rocky Mountain region of America.
Raised in Wyoming and educated in Colorado, Mr. Pace worked in an array of civil society sectors over the span of two decades including work as a human rights activist, teacher, environmentalist, peace-advocate, inner-city campaigner and opponent of unsustainable development. In 1987, Mr. Pace joined Amnesty International as a director of the "Human Rights Now!" campaign concert tour in support of the 40th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Since 1994, William R. Pace has served as the Executive Director of the World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy, a six decade old peace movement dedicated to promoting international democracy, global justice and the rule of law. Since 1995, Mr. Pace was asked to serve as the Convenor of the NGO Coalition for an International Criminal Court, an international network which has grown to comprise more than 2,000 organizations.
Mr. Pace served as the Secretary-General for the Hague Appeal for Peace civil society conference in 1999, a monumental gathering for peace in the capitol of the Netherlands. From 2002 through 2004, Mr. Pace also served as the President of the Center for United Nations Reform Education. Mr. Pace is a co-founder of numerous NGO networks and steering committees, including the NGO Steering Committee for the UN Commission on Sustainable Development; the Washington Coalition for Human Rights; the International NGO Task Group on Legal and Institutional Matters; the NGO Working Group on the Security Council; and the Responsibility to Protect-Engaging Civil Society initiative.