The German United Nations Association (DGVN) supports the call for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly. In a document adopted by its General Assembly on December 3, 2005, in Bonn, the UNA "requests the German Bundestag and the federal government to thoroughly examine the establishment of […]
At the occassion of the opening of the 60th UN General Assembly in New York on September 13, 2005, Members of the European Parliament in Brussels have called for democratizing the world organization. At a press conference the parliamentarians called for the establishment of a […]
In Perugia, Italy, more than 200 representatives of people's movements, trade unions, national and international networks, local authorities, universities and research centres gathered to discuss the reform of the United Nations. The final resolution includes the call to establish a parliamentary assembly composed of representatives […]
150 Speakers of parliament, gathered in New York on the eve of the High-Level Meeting of Heads of State and Government, adopted a Declaration in which they take stock of action effected by parliaments since their first Conference in 2000, examine how they can provide […]
In a declaration adopted by its General Assembly on June, 30, the United Nations Association of Switzerland has supported the proposal of more than 100 members of the Swiss National Council in an open letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to establish a United […]
The German Parliament believes "it is necessary to create a parliamentary dimension of the United Nations system", as stated in a resolution of June 16. As institutional form a Parliamentary Assembly could be suitable. Contrary to the Committee for a Democratic UN the resolution assumes […]
In a paper published on the occassion of the Second South Summit in Doha from June 12 to 16, 2005, the South Centre, an intergovernmental think tank of 48 countries, supports a stronger inclusion of the people into the United Nations: "A more inclusive participation […]
In a resolution on UN reform the European Parliament (EP) called for the democratization of the world organization through a Parliamentary Assembly. The new assembly "would increase the democratic profile and internal democratic process" of the United Nations. The EU countries could resume a leading […]
In a position paper on the reform of the United Nations the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches supports the proposal to establish a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly. The position paper has been adopted by the Council in April 2005 and released mid-May. The federation represents […]
By adopting a resolution in Sofia, the 53rd Congress of the Liberal International (LI) has backed the proposal to establish a Parliamentary Assembly at the United Nations. The resolution of the LI Congress has been welcomed by the non-partisan "Committee for a Democratic UN" (KDUN) […]
