Citizens for Global Solutions consider United Nations reform at annual meeting in St. Louis

Secretariat, 14. November 2017

Conference looks at 75th anniversary of the UN in 2020 as opportunity for UN reform —This ...

Geneva International Centre for Justice recommends the creation of a UN Parliamentary Assembly

Secretariat, 30. October 2017

On the occasion of United Nations Day on October 24, 2017, the Geneva International Centre for ...

Need for "reinvention" of the UN highlighted at Global Forum of Young Diplomats

Secretariat, 30. October 2017

The need for a "reinvention" of the United Nations was the focus of a keynote ...

New think tank on the structure of the United Nations and global governance established

Secretariat, 30. June 2017
Earlier this year, a new think tank was established in Brussels that intends to provide research and policy recommendations concerning the Charter and structure of the United Nations. A focus of the Center for United Nations Constitutional Research (CUNCR) will be to identify and promote […]

Workshop on a UN Parliamentary Assembly held in the Dominican Republic

Secretariat, 11. May 2017
Last March 26, a workshop on a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) was held at the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. 54 Lawyers from the master’s program took part in the event and discussed an array of topics in relation to […]

Guidelines for a classroom exercise on a UN Parliamentary Assembly

Secretariat, 26. April 2017
The co-conveners of the World Government Research Network, Luis Cabrera and James Thompson, have prepared a simulation exercise on the issue of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) that may be of use for classroom teaching.The suggested exercise engages students in evidence-based debate on whether […]

Boutros-Ghali Observatory launched in Paris

Secretariat, 19. April 2017
Inaugurated at an event in Paris on March 31, the Boutros-Ghali Observatory is a new initiative promoted by the French, Canadian and Belgian governments which seeks to improve peacekeeping operations in Francophone countries. As many as 7 out of 16 United Nations peace operations are […]

Global Parliament of Mayors launched, attracts support

Secretariat, 1. March 2017
The Global Parliament of Mayors has recently welcomed in its ranks its new high-profile member, Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles. The GPM was founded last September 2016, based on the ideas outlined by political theorist Benjamin Barber in his 2013 book, “If Mayors Ruled […]

Prize competition for innovative models of global governance

Secretariat, 6. February 2017
The Global Challenges Foundation, founded in 2012 in Sweden, announced last November the launch of the ‘New Shape’ competition. The prize rewards the model of international governance which would address most efficiently urgent global threats such as “climate change, large-scale environmental degradation, violent conflict and […]

Ibrahim Gambari highlights need for a UN Parliamentary Network at Stanley Foundation conference

Secretariat, 4. November 2016
Each year the Stanley Foundation in Washington D.C. convenes its Strategy for Peace Conference on policy challenges in key global issue areas with experts from the public and private sectors.In the keynote address to this year's 57th conference from October 26-28, the co-chair of the […]
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