ChristineMarie
November 8th, 2007, 08:26 PM
10/25/2007: Pan-African Parliament calls for UN Parliamentary Assembly
The eighth session of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) convened in Midrand, South Africa, adopted a resolution calling for the establishment of a Parliamentary Assembly at the United Nations this Wednesday. According to the resolution the PAP considers to “take the initiative to achieve the establishment of a consultative United Nations Parliamentary Assembly within the UN system”. “The UN is an important advocate for democracy in the world. To maintain its credibility the UN itself, however, has to become more democratic. A UNPA would be a means to achieve this”, Mokshanand Dowarkasing, legislator from Mauritius who introduced the motion, said.
Press release
07/12/2007: Canada: Foreign Affairs Committee recommends UN Parliamentary Assembly
In a report adopted on 9 June 2007, the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development under chairman Kevin Sorenson recommends that “the Parliament of Canada should give favourable consideration to the establishment of a United Nations ParliamentaryAssembly” (UNPA). The Committee thus reiterates after more than 10 years its support for a UNPA formulated in a different report in 1993. The new report of June includes a total of 28 recommendations which cover Canada’s contribution to development of democracy in the world. The Committee met with a wide range of experts, in Canada and various other countries, before drafting its report. Among the NGOs given the opportunity to give testimony was the World Federalist Movement-Canada which participates actively in the UNPA-Campaign. The report was tabled on 11 July.
Committee Report
05/18/2007: Boutros-Ghali: Democratization at global level needed
In a message addressed to the Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali stressed the necessity to establish democratic participation of citizens at the global level. Boutros-Ghali is among the initial signatories of the Campaign’s appeal for a UN Parliamentary Assembly. In the past weeks the proposal was presented to the public in ten countries on five continents. Meanwhile the Campaign’s call for Parliamentary Assembly at the global level is endorsed by 398 Members of Parliament, 57 Non-Governmental Organizations and further 620 individuals from more than 100 countries.
Media release
04/23/2007: Campaign launch: Political leaders and civil society activists call for UNPA
Several hundred political leaders, among them 378 MPs from 70 countries, have joined to call for the establishment of a Parliamentary Assembly at the United Nations (UNPA). The joint appeal states that, in an age of globalization, citizens need to be vested with a stronger voice in global affairs. The call is the core of an international campaign which is being launched through a series of events in more than ten countries.
Media release
03/22/2007: UNPA Campaign Website launched
Today the website of the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) has been launched in English, German and Spanish. In time for the official start of the Campaign in more than one dozen countries all over the world on 23 April, it is planned to implement further languages. On the website it is possible to endorse the UNPA appeal, the Campaign's core document.
www.unpacampaign.org
02/12/2007: Probe into UN activities confirms need for parliamentary body
Reacting to UN-Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s order for a system wide external inquiry into the activities of UN funds and programmes, the Committee for a Democratic UN has reiterated its call for a UN Parliamentary Assembly. The pending probe into UN activities once again confirms the need for a standing independent body able to scrutinize UN operations and to verify allegations such as those now in the air, says the Committee. U.S. officials had alleged that the UNDP's North Korea operation had been run in violation of UN rules for years.
Press release
01/10/2007: Two proposals towards global democracy
In this article Fernando Iglesias, professor at the Universidad de Lomas de Zamora in Argentina and author of several books on the topic of international democracy argues that the time is ripe for the development of a Global Democracy Forum and the creation of a global multi-stakeholder coalition advocating the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly.
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12/13/2006: European Parliament Working Group discusses UN Parliament proposal
On Wednesday the EU-UN Working Group of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament dealt with the issue of the establishment a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA). On the invitation of the group's chairman, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, MEP, the chairman of the Committee for a Democratic UN (KDUN) presented the proposal in Strasbourg. During the discussion, Miguel Angel Martínez, MEP and President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) from 1997-1999, and currently Honorary President of the Union, stressed that the IPU should be the starting point to create a UNPA. However, Martínez admitted that "certain change" at the IPU would be necessary. KDUN also promotes the option of a UNPA as additional institution. The European Parliament has repeatedly supported the establishment of a UNPA, last time in a resolution of June 2005
http://www.uno-komitee.de/en/index.php
The eighth session of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) convened in Midrand, South Africa, adopted a resolution calling for the establishment of a Parliamentary Assembly at the United Nations this Wednesday. According to the resolution the PAP considers to “take the initiative to achieve the establishment of a consultative United Nations Parliamentary Assembly within the UN system”. “The UN is an important advocate for democracy in the world. To maintain its credibility the UN itself, however, has to become more democratic. A UNPA would be a means to achieve this”, Mokshanand Dowarkasing, legislator from Mauritius who introduced the motion, said.
Press release
07/12/2007: Canada: Foreign Affairs Committee recommends UN Parliamentary Assembly
In a report adopted on 9 June 2007, the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development under chairman Kevin Sorenson recommends that “the Parliament of Canada should give favourable consideration to the establishment of a United Nations ParliamentaryAssembly” (UNPA). The Committee thus reiterates after more than 10 years its support for a UNPA formulated in a different report in 1993. The new report of June includes a total of 28 recommendations which cover Canada’s contribution to development of democracy in the world. The Committee met with a wide range of experts, in Canada and various other countries, before drafting its report. Among the NGOs given the opportunity to give testimony was the World Federalist Movement-Canada which participates actively in the UNPA-Campaign. The report was tabled on 11 July.
Committee Report
05/18/2007: Boutros-Ghali: Democratization at global level needed
In a message addressed to the Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali stressed the necessity to establish democratic participation of citizens at the global level. Boutros-Ghali is among the initial signatories of the Campaign’s appeal for a UN Parliamentary Assembly. In the past weeks the proposal was presented to the public in ten countries on five continents. Meanwhile the Campaign’s call for Parliamentary Assembly at the global level is endorsed by 398 Members of Parliament, 57 Non-Governmental Organizations and further 620 individuals from more than 100 countries.
Media release
04/23/2007: Campaign launch: Political leaders and civil society activists call for UNPA
Several hundred political leaders, among them 378 MPs from 70 countries, have joined to call for the establishment of a Parliamentary Assembly at the United Nations (UNPA). The joint appeal states that, in an age of globalization, citizens need to be vested with a stronger voice in global affairs. The call is the core of an international campaign which is being launched through a series of events in more than ten countries.
Media release
03/22/2007: UNPA Campaign Website launched
Today the website of the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) has been launched in English, German and Spanish. In time for the official start of the Campaign in more than one dozen countries all over the world on 23 April, it is planned to implement further languages. On the website it is possible to endorse the UNPA appeal, the Campaign's core document.
www.unpacampaign.org
02/12/2007: Probe into UN activities confirms need for parliamentary body
Reacting to UN-Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s order for a system wide external inquiry into the activities of UN funds and programmes, the Committee for a Democratic UN has reiterated its call for a UN Parliamentary Assembly. The pending probe into UN activities once again confirms the need for a standing independent body able to scrutinize UN operations and to verify allegations such as those now in the air, says the Committee. U.S. officials had alleged that the UNDP's North Korea operation had been run in violation of UN rules for years.
Press release
01/10/2007: Two proposals towards global democracy
In this article Fernando Iglesias, professor at the Universidad de Lomas de Zamora in Argentina and author of several books on the topic of international democracy argues that the time is ripe for the development of a Global Democracy Forum and the creation of a global multi-stakeholder coalition advocating the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly.
Read article
12/13/2006: European Parliament Working Group discusses UN Parliament proposal
On Wednesday the EU-UN Working Group of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament dealt with the issue of the establishment a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA). On the invitation of the group's chairman, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, MEP, the chairman of the Committee for a Democratic UN (KDUN) presented the proposal in Strasbourg. During the discussion, Miguel Angel Martínez, MEP and President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) from 1997-1999, and currently Honorary President of the Union, stressed that the IPU should be the starting point to create a UNPA. However, Martínez admitted that "certain change" at the IPU would be necessary. KDUN also promotes the option of a UNPA as additional institution. The European Parliament has repeatedly supported the establishment of a UNPA, last time in a resolution of June 2005
http://www.uno-komitee.de/en/index.php