© Andreas Bummel
A UN Parliamentary Assembly could be designed in more innovative ways than just as a copy of existing parliaments at the global scale. I conceive of it as a Cosmopolitan Congress that deals with all matters that concern humanity. In addition to elected representatives as core members it could also involve other international parliamentary networks as well as cities and local authorities, civil society, and representatives of indigenous peoples and nations.
Andreas Bummel, Co-founder and coordinator of the Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, 2013