“A World Parliament” now published
The book by Andreas Bummel and Jo Leinen “A World Parliament: Governance and Democracy in the 21st Century” was published on 11 April 2018. Here’s a first review by Richard Falk.
Failure of the Security Council
In this blog post Andreas Bummel argues that the impotence of the Security Council in face of the violence in Syria underlines that the UN requires a “dramatic and thorough overhaul.”
Democratic Renewal
Andreas Bummel is one of the signatories of the Prague Appeal for Democratic Renewal that calls for a strengthening and defense of democracy worldwide. More on the appeal here.
General Assembly in Berlin
The speech of Andreas Bummel at the opening session of Milo Rau’s General Assembly on 11/03/2017 at Schaubühne theatre in Berlin is published here.
Pan-African Parliament
On October 11, 2017, Andreas Bummel spoke at the Pan-African Parliament to promote Africa’s involvement in the efforts for a UN Parliamentary Assembly. Here’s a report.
IPS News
Opinion piece for IPS News: Lawmakers in Europe Want the UN to Debate a Parliamentary Assembly. When Will Governments Follow?, July 20, 2017. Also published at Transcend.
UNPA Campaign
June/July 2017: Comments by Andreas Bummel on the European Parliament’s call for a UN debate on a UN Parliamentary Assembly, on UNA-Germany’s renewed support, at a workshop on the occasion of the G20 summit, and at an event at the parliament of the Netherlands.
IPS News
The UN Needs to Bring Parliamentarians on Board, opinion piece by Andreas Bummel for IPS News, April 28, 2017. Also published at The Wire and South-South News.
Democracy Without Borders
The World’s Citizens need to take back control – with a Global Parliament, blog post by Andreas Bummel, March 20, 2017, originally published at www.foederalist.eu and www.opendemocracy.net.
Great Transition Initiative
Toward Global Political Integration: Time for a World Parliamentary Assembly, piece written by Andreas Bummel for the Great Transition Initiative, August 2016, also published by OpenDemocracy, The World State Debate and The Federalist Debate.