ICA General Assembly, Cancun

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Communities around the world are waiting for co-operatives to connect with them and fight for equality.

Rochdale has been declared as the world capital of co-operatives.

Delegates from the International Co-operative Alliance have backed a pledge towards environmental sustainability through the use of timber.

The support for a Co-operative Institute for the Promotion of Peace and Social Cohesion has been approved by the General Assembly.

A motion to amend the Seventh Co-operative Principle has been referred back to the ICA board.

An Extraordinary General Assembly is set to be convened by the International Co-operative Alliance next year.

General Assembly delegates have voted for two new board members.

Mutuals are to be allowed membership of the International Co-operative Alliance.

Mexico President Felipe Calderón has pledged his country's support to the co-operative business model and to celebrate the International Year of Co-operatives.

You can't help but conclude that the co-operative sector is on a roll. Here in Cancun, Mexico, there are well over two thousand representatives from co-ops around the world and the mood is upbeat, hopeful and optimistic.

The social media guru who co-engineered the campaign which saw Barack Obama elected has praised the stories.coop digital campaign in the lead up to the UN International Year of Cooperatives.  

The Global 300 report, which provides the only concrete, global overview of the big end of the co-operative sector, must be re-worked, according to European co-operative expert, Gianluca Salvatori.

An opportunity for co-operatives to tell their story each day thoroughout the International Year has gone live online.

The International Year of Co-operatives heralds a new age where capital is not only invested to make a financial profit but to profit human lives through positive social outcomes, said Colin Heavyside, Australasian co-operative movement identity.  

What does a Barack Obama campaign strategist have to do with the International Year of Co-operatives?  He can talk to co-operators about the importance of using social media to promote co-ops and the International Year. That’s why the ICA invited Sam Graham-Felsen, who masterminded Obama’

The International Co-operative Alliance has officially launched the International Year of Co-operatives in Mexico.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has congratulated the co-operative movement for its contribution to the global common good. 

Secretary General of Co-operatives UK, Ed Mayo, is in Cancun to encourage other countries to take part in an initiative to host a joint launch of the International Year.

Thousands of co-operators from around the world are starting to arrive in Mexico for a major international meeting in the run up to the International Year of Co-operatives.

One of the key people involved in Barack Obama's election as the United States President will address delegates on Thursday.

Closing the conference will be an expert who will discuss his use of media to help enact change throughout the world.