FUSsa-talk Mailing List: 3rd Thursday Forum: A UN Parliamentary Assembly

[MADELINE SIMON (madeline-mpls]

A global movement, as yet little known in the US, exists to establish a UN 
Parliamentary Assembly. Here is your chance to learn more about it.

Peace,
Madeline
 
>From Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers (MAP) Actions:
 
THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM
Free and open to the public


Sponsor: Citizens for Global Solutions Minnesota Chapter


Location: Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, 
511 Groveland Avenue, Minneapolis, MN (at Lyndale & Hennepin). Park in church 
lot.

Thursday, January 21, 7:00 – 9:00 pm.

A WORLD PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY

Although its Charter begins with the words “WE THE PEOPLES,” the UN is an 
organization of states. It suffers from a profound democratic deficit and 
ignores Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which 
declares, “The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of 
government.” Recent years have witnessed a growing chorus of calls to 
democratize the UN by means of a UN Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA). Endorsers of 
this proposal include former UN Secretary General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali; the 
Parliaments of both the European Union and the African Union; both houses of 
the Argentine Congress; and more than 700 parliamentarians from more than 90 
countries (though none from the USA); This presentation will indicate what form 
a UNPA might take, how it might function, and how it might be established.

Presenter: JOSEPH SCHWARTZBERG. A prolific writer on issues of global 
governance, Joe is well along on a book to be entitled Designs for a Workable 
World. He is also a member of two think tanks and of the international Councils 
of the World Federalist Movement and the Campaign for a United Nations 
Parliamentary Assembly. He served 11 years as President of the Minnesota 
Chapter of the World Federalist Association and its successor organization, 
CGS, and is active in the Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers, the UNA, and 
several other peace and justice organizations. The University of Minnesota, 
where he taught for 36 years, selected him as its “Distinguished International 
Emeritus Professor” for the year 2009.