Putting it into practice

International Meeting on a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly

Contributed by: Andreas Bummel, Germany

In October 2013, the fifth international conference on a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly was held in the European Parliament in Brussels. In a final declaration, the participants from around thirty countries called on the United Nations and the international community to make democratic participation a key element of the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

The declaration expressed concern that “no adequate measures have been taken to address the democratic deficit of global governance in general and of the United Nations in particular.” The conference suggested that “a global democratic body of elected representatives” should be established “to bring global governance in the pursuit of post-2015 development goals” closer to the world’s citizens.

More information:

http://en.unpacampaign.org/news/722.php