Voices of support

Why a parliamentary voice at the UN matters.

The world needs … to establish an effective World Parliament – and elections to it based on population – which will represent the people, not their governments. … This new World Parliament would enact legislative policies in a democratic manner. Perhaps a bicameral legislature is the most feasible with both a Parliament of peoples and a General Assembly of nations.

Paul KurtzIn commemoration of Paul Kurtz (1925-2012). From the "Humanist Manifesto 2000: A Call for a New Planetary Humanism", drafted by Paul Kurtz, professor of philosophy, and signed by 130 personalities from over 30 countries, among them ten Nobel laureates | United States of America | 1999