The case for creating a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) rests on two widely accepted truths. The first is the proposition that democratic governance is a good thing. Most people would agree with that. Indeed, the ...
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A few days ago we reported on the International Conference of Chief Justices of the World that was organized for the 13th time by City Montessori School in Lucknow, India. At the closing session of the ...
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Judges and legal experts from over 60 countries deliberated on more democratic and more effective global governance — The establishment of a world parliament was a main subject endorsed at the 13th "International Conference of Chief Justices ...
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Jueces y expertos legales de más de 60 países deliberaron sobre una gobernanza global más democrática y más eficaz — El establecimiento de un parlamento mundial fue el tema principal aprobado en la 13ª "Conferencia Internacional de ...
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The first sitting U.S. parliamentarian to endorse the establishment of a UN Parliamentary Assembly easily secured re-election in U.S. elections last month. Senator Benjamin Cardin of Maryland has served in the U.S. legislature since 1987, first ...
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Following a similar statement at the UN General Assembly's Third Committee in New York earlier this month (here's our report), the UN's Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order, Alfred ...
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There are many remarkable sound bites on the need and the importance of a UN Parliamentary Assembly, a world parliament, and global democracy. We've collected around one hundred of them so far in this document. ...
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This Monday, the 18th UN Climate Change Conference started in Doha, Qatar. On this occasion, I've interviewed Frank Biermann, one of the world's leading experts on global environmental governance. Frank is a professor of political ...
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In mid-November I attended the presentation on a UN Parliamentary Assembly at the Swedish forum for Human Rights in Göteborg. There, I was lucky enough to get five minutes to chat to Petter Ölmunger, the national co-ordinator of ...
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Seminar on "The right to have influence in a global society" features proposal for a UN Parliamentary Assembly — The international Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly was present at the annual Swedish Forum for Human Rights ...
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