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United Nations Parliamentary Assembly
(UNPA) A collection of background resources: Democratize the UN! - overview UN Parliamentary Assembly in a Nutshell (PowerPoint Presentation)
Official website of the Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly "Steps to Planethood: The Politics of Global Citizenship" This is an excellent overview with comprehensive links: A United Nations Parliamentary Assembly,
or United Nations People's Assembly (UNPA), is a proposed addition to
the United Nations System that eventually would allow for direct
election of UN delegates by citizens of member states. Proposals for a
UNPA date back to the UN's formation in 1945, but largely stagnated
until the 1990s. They have recently gained traction amidst increasing
globalization, as national parliamentarians and citizens groups seek to
counter the growing influence of unelected international bureaucracies.
Parliamentary
Assemblies
An international
parliamentary assembly is a consultative
body attached to an international organization. It
is composed of parliamentarians appointed or
elected by the national parliaments of the organization’s member
states. Examples of existing parliamentary
assemblies are
listed and described briefly. As yet no
parliamentary
assembly exists on the global level. KDUN was founded in February
2004. Its
main project is to mobilize support for the establishment of a
Parliamentary Assembly at the United Nations.
FAQ regarding the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly http://www.uno-komitee.de/en/projects/unpa/faq.php?id=rem KDUN flyer Kdun pdf flyer Reader on Second Assembly and Parliamentary Proposals: Does the UN Have a "Democracy Gap”? (2003) Edited by Saul H.
Mendlovitz and Barbara Walker
Book, 150 pages Includes analyses and proposals by noted authors to improve democratic procedures at the United Nations. Contributing authors are; Richard Falk & Andrew Strauss; Senator Dougles Roche; Jeffrey Laurenti; Robert C. Johansen; Joseph E. Schwartzberg; George Monbiot; Dieter Heinrich; and Lucio Levi Complete book available on-line at http://www.uno-komitee.de/en/documents/unpa-reader-2003.pdf Taking Democracy Global by Andrew Strauss Andrew
Strauss makes the point that
a PA is unlikely to come into existence via civil sociaty initiatives
alone, and that the support of some like-minded governments would be
essential. This accords with the way the Landmines Treaty and the ICC
came into existence.
http://www.federalunion.org.uk/world/takingdemocracyglobal.shtml How to Democratize the United Nations by Hanspeter Bigler In his article "How to
democratise the
United Nations,
Hanspeter Bigler points out that multinational support is definitely
within
the realm of the possible.
The European Parliament adopted a resolution supporting the call for the establishment of a UN parliamentary assembly in June 2005. In addition, in Bern, an open letter was presented to Secretary General, Kofi Annan. With their signature, 108 members of parliament, among them the majority of the Swiss National Council, support the idea of the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA). Bigler also mentions parliamentary initiative regarding the UNPA taking place in France, Belgium, Spain, Denmark, India and Mexico. http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-UN/legitimacy_2830.jsp), Citizens for
a
United Nations Peoples' Assembly This group is in the midst
of a major Open Letter campaign. In June 2005, they
hand-delivered an Open Letter with accompanying signatures to UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan requesting that a high level panel be
convened toward establishing a Peoples' Parliamentary Assembly within
the United Nations organization.
On July 15th Kofi
Annan replied that the UN treats the views of civil society seriously
and the request would need the support of the people. We are now actively
pursuing this initiative and ask that people and organizations endorse
this Open Letter. PLEASE TAKE TIME NOW
and visit www.EmpowerTheUN.org
(Open Letter) to add your voice to this campaign!
Campaign For A More Democratic United Nations (CAMDUN) CAMDUN was established in 1989 as
a
project of the International Network For A UN Second Assembly (INFUSA),
which was formed in 1983.
http://www.camdun-online.gn.apc.org/ E-Parliament Welcome to the e-Parliament
The e-Parliament is the first world institution whose members are elected by the people. It links democratic members of parliament and congress into a global forum, combining meetings and electronic communication. Organizations, companies, journalists and individual citizens are all invited to participate. You don't need advanced computer skills. Take your place at the tablehttp://www.e-parl.net:7001/eparliament/welcome.do
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