In a resolution adopted on last Friday, 10 November 2006, at its 38th Plenary Assembly the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) in Buenos Aires "supports the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly". WFUNA is a global non-governmental network of hundreds of thousands […]
At a high-level "Cafe Crossfire" organized by Friends of Europe in Brussels, former UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar stressed that the reform of the United Nations can not be reduced to the question of Security Council reform. Economic and social questions are just as […]
In a compilation now published, the Committee for a Democratic UN (KDUN) has collected more than 30 of the most common questions being posed regarding the proposal to establish a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA). This collection follows the publication and distribution of KDUN's strategy […]
At a meeting with the Commission on Foreign Affairs of the Swiss National Council on Monday in New York, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has welcomed the idea of a Parliamentary Assembly at the UN (UNPA). According to media reports, however, Annan also referred to difficulties […]
For the fourth time since December 2005, representatives of the Committee for a Democratic UN, the Society for Threatened Peoples Switzerland and 2020*Vision Ltd. met to discuss the design of an international campaign for the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA). At the […]
During a visit to South Africa the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee for a Democratic UN (KDUN), Claudia Kissling, met with parliamentarians from the two South African chambers. MPs from the governing ANC as well as from the opposition parties DA, ID and the UDM joined […]
In a statement submitted for the day of general discussion during the 43rd session of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on 15 September 2006, the child-managed non-governmental organization ”Young General Assembly” called for support of the proposal to establish a […]
On May 22 local representatives of the Committee for a Democratic U.N. were given the opportunity to present the proposal to establish a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Tanzanian Parliament. KDUN assistant Geline Fuko stressed the need […]
On the day of the official opening of the Fifth Ordinary Session of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) on May 2, PAP President Hon. Dr. Gertrude Mongella welcomed the Africa-representative of the Committee for a Democratic UN (KDUN) in Midrand, South Africa. In attendance of Ugandan […]
In a resolution adopted on 23 January 2006 in Strasbourg, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has invited the UN General Assembly „to setting up a UN parliamentary assembly, based on national delegations, with consultative functions for the General Assembly“.
