UN urged to consider citizen-led proposals 14 November 2019, United Nations/New York – Over 100 civil society groups united under the umbrella of ‘We the Peoples’ are calling on the United Nations (UN) ...
Last August 23 (2019), the Argentine Congress hosted a simulated session of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, in which around 60 students from the departments of Political Science and International ...
Global Call to Action. The year 2020 will mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. This provides a much-needed opportunity for system-wide stocktaking, strengthening and renewal. The pillars ...
In January 2019, EU member states submitted a paper to the UN Working Group on the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform, under the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), containing ...
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Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes: a democratic, inclusive approach to atrocity prevention
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... GAAMAC is regularly mentioned as a best practice and recognized as a key partner. For instance, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres recognizes GAAMAC as a valuable network in developing ...
... EU-CELAC States and the United Nations to address new solutions to the problem of drug trafficking and organized crime. Among these new solutions, the EuroLat Assembly supports the creation of a Latin ...
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European Lawmakers Call for a UN Parliamentary Assembly and a 2020 UN Reform Summit
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In a resolution adopted on 5 July 2018, the European Parliament called on the EU's governments to advocate "the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly" (UNPA) and to support a "UN 2020 ...
... willing to help extend that experiment to the world level. In other words, it will promote the democratization of the United Nations. The formation of a World Parliament can only be conceived of as a gradual ...
... and the European Movement; the support of the campaign in favor of the creation of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly¸ one of the most important federalist initiative that was developed during the ...
... to Prevention! It is in this regard, that in March 2013 the Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes (GAAMAC) emerged from the concerted efforts and commitment of the United Nations Member States and ...
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United Nations Charter Reform, the veto, and the unfulfilled promise of San Francisco
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The Security Council (SC) of the United Nations is the organ charged with maintaining “international peace and security” and, under international law, represents the ultimate authority in respect of conflict ...
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"A People's Assembly will emerge from the World Masses". An Appeal by the World Citizens
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... Davis, a voluntarily country-less activist who took refuge at the Trocadero in Paris, then a territory temporarily under the jurisdiction of the United Nations. On November 19, 1948, the two men ...
... All these years, Civil Society and like-minded member states have joined forces to raise-awareness and galvanize support for the norm and to mainstream the norm throughout the United Nations system, at ...
... launched an ambitious program to reform the United Nations, in order to strengthen, democratise and adapt the Organisation’s structure and working methods to the changed international context, marked by ...
... organizations and their decisions, this is no longer sufficient. A United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) for the first time would give popularly elected representatives a formal role at the ...
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Taking Stock of the progress towards pollution reduction - the Talanoa Dialogue
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... level. In this respect, one important step has been taken during the 23rd session of the Climate Change Conference of the United Nations which took place in Bonn, Germany in November, with the agreement ...
... is universal ratification of the Rome Statute. 2018 commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute, while a large majority of members states of the United Nations are also States Parties to the ...
... to transfer security sovereignty (Jan Tinbergen) to the United Nations. We are calling for an Open DEBATE! Support the SA9 Campaign! https://www.facebook.com/groups/159651651352655/ Note 1946: ...
Six current UN experts elected by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva have recently supported the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA). According to Maina Kiai from Kenya, ...
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“Elect the Council”: civil society campaign for the UN Security Council reform
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There is near unanimous consensus on the need for the United Nations Security Council to be reformed, but progress has so far been impossible due to power politics. After the 1965 enlargement of the ...