Andreas Bummel is co-founder and director of the Committee for a Democratic United Nations (KDUN), a non-partisan and non-governmental group located in Berlin, and a Council member of the World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy (WFM-IGP) in New York. Since 2007, he has been coordinating the international Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly.
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Published in: HomeTo overcome planetary challenges, we must establish a world parliamentOnly a world parliament can provide the democratic legitimacy and the planetary perspective required for developing global laws.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The world’s citizens need to take back control – with a Global ParliamentThe Brexit vote is an anomaly and an irrational response. We can democratise international organisations - rather than leave them.
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Published in: openSecurityThe failure of the UN: rebuilding from the ruinsNavi Pillay offered a scathing indictment of the UN Security Council's failures to address global crises, most notably in Syria. But the paralysed state of the UN may finally offer the chance to address its inherently undemocratic structure.
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Published in: HomeWhy we need a UN ParliamentIt isn't less democracy that will allow for more effective global governance. More democracy is urgently needed