American World Parliament proposal 1905
Formal proposal of the American IPU Group to study the question of setting up a world parliament of 1905
Reference: Lange, Christian L., Union interparlementaire: Résolutions des Conférences et Décisions principales du Conseil, 2nd ed. (Brussels: Misch & Thron, 1911), 93-4.
Comment: This formal proposal of the American IPU Group of 1905, informally uttered already in 1904, was debated by a study commission set up for that purpose. Yet, the quarrel over the question of timing, the confusion over a clear distinction between governmental and parliamentary tasks and organs at the international level, and the contended question of whether such a role of world parliament should be assigned to the Union itself lead to the quasi-abandonment of the idea and a shift towards promoting a governmental organization of the world rather than insisting on some popular representation.
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