International Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly

International Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly

The Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly is a global network of more than 100 non-governmental organizations and 450 parliamentarians from more than 100 countries devoted to establishing a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly.

2007 appeal

The policy of the Campaign is based on the "Appeal for the Establishment of a Parliamentary Assembly at the United Nations" which was presented at launch events in over ten countries during April and May 2007. The list of initial signatories of the appeal included 552 persons, among them hundreds of parliamentarians and further distinguished individuals such as Nobel Prize laureates, Right Livelihood Award laureates, civil society leaders, two former prime ministers, several former foreign ministers and former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. At a meeting in November 2007 the Campaign reiterated its policy as formulated in the appeal. In the meantime the appeal has been signed by a total of around 1,500 people.

The Campaign's Steering Committee consists of the NGOs Committee for a Democratic UN, Society for Threatened Peoples International, World Federalist Movement-IGP and 2020*Vision Ltd. Legally the Campaign is a project of the Committee for a Democratic UN. The Committee also runs the Campaign Secretariat.

Although the CEUNPA's early literature seemed to emphasize indirect election of the UNPA as a necessary first step, in November 2007, the organization noted that some countries could choose direct election of delegates even in the first stage of the body's existence.http://www.unpacampaign.org/documents/en/POLICY1107.pdf] Similarly, early CEUNPA statements stressed the UNPA's oversight role over the UN and its bodies, but the November 2007 statement clarified that the UNPA could also oversee the Bretton Woods institutions.

References

External links

* [http://www.unpacampaign.org/ Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly] .
* [http://en.unpacampaign.org/appeal Appeal for the Establishment of a Parliamentary Assembly at the UN] .


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • United Nations Parliamentary Assembly — United Nations Parliamentary Assembly …   Wikipedia

  • International Network for a United Nations Second Assembly — The International Network for a United Nations Second Assembly, or INFUSA, is an organization devoted to the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly. According to Citizens for a United Nations People s Assembly, In 1982, during… …   Wikipedia

  • Committee for a Democratic UN — The Committee for a Democratic UN, or KDUN (for its German name Komitee für eine demokratische UNO ), is a nongovernmental organization based in Berlin and founded in 2003[1] that advocates the democratization and strengthening of the United… …   Wikipedia

  • United Nations — For other uses, see United Nations (disambiguation). UN redirects here. For other uses, see UN (disambiguation). United Nations الأمم المتحدة 联合国 Organisation des Nations unies …   Wikipedia

  • United Nations — 1. an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945. Abbr.: UN Cf. General… …   Universalium

  • Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights — Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights …   Wikipedia

  • United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …   Universalium

  • Democratic mundialization — Mundialization is the name of one of the movements aiming at democratic globalization. Democratic globalization is the concept of an institutional system of global democracy that would give world citizens a say in world organizations. This would …   Wikipedia

  • World government — United States of Earth redirects here. For the government in the television show Futurama, see Politics in Futurama. World empire and World State redirect here. For the computer game, see World Empire. For the World State in Brave New World, see… …   Wikipedia

  • The United States of America —     The United States of America     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America     BOUNDARIES AND AREA     On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”