Global Democracy
All articles in Global Democracy
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Let’s Think About How to Build a More Peaceful World
Citizens for Global Solutions · August 2024
Since 1945 the UN has ended wars, freed colonies and set human rights standards, yet great-power vetoes keep it from securing peace. Article 27(3), the Uniting for Peace procedure and wider backing for the World Court and ICC could loosen that grip.
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The Earth Constitution Could Transform the UN General Assembly and the UN Itself
World Federalist Movement · April 2024
Abolishing the Security Council veto is possible from within the UN: Charter Article 109 allows a review conference that no veto can block. The Earth Constitution could then serve as the model for a democratic “new UN”, turning the General Assembly into a House of Nations.
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A Global Community of Shared Future: A Critique of Beijing’s Vision for Global Order
World Federalist Movement · March 2024
China’s vision for global order emphasizes consultation and sovereign equality. World federalists must critique its lack of global citizenship and transference of authority.
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International Poll: Public Supports a World Parliament and World Law
December 2023
Clear majorities in Kenya, India and most of the 15 countries polled want an elected world parliament able to pass binding global law. Support fell below half only in Poland, Britain and the US, so the obstacle lies with governments, not voters.
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Democracy has to be global
World Federalist Movement · October 2023
Finance, migration, artificial intelligence and climate change now outrun national borders, so national democracies cannot survive among warring states. Global problems need global solutions, and those solutions must be democratic, built on democratic global institutions.
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The Time Has Come To Build A Viable Global System Of Collective Security
Citizens for Global Solutions · May 2023
The Syrian conflict’s global repercussions highlight the need for a collective security system. The Ukraine war has triggered food, energy, and inflation crises worldwide.
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International Survey: Citizens Want a Stronger and More Democratic UN
March 2023
A survey across six countries found widespread public support for increasing or maintaining UN authority and making its structures more representative of global citizens. Respondents also showed support for making decisions on major environmental and economic matters binding, and preferred a second chamber with directly elected representatives.
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Will Canada Champion Global Democracy?
World Federalist Movement – Canada · February 2023
Canada should champion a UN Parliamentary Assembly. The Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly has deep Canadian roots.
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Time for a UN Spring
World Federalist Movement – Canada · February 2023
The World Federalist Movement - Canada proposes rescinding UN Security Council powers. A resolution passed at its AGM calls for the General Assembly to assume peace and security responsibilities.
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A Quantum Leap In Human Sovereignty
World Federalist Movement – Canada · February 2023
The article calls for a World Parliament to represent global citizens as a unified human family. It argues that current nation-state systems fail to address global challenges like climate change and nuclear warfare.
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Will there ever be world government? A reply.
World Federalist Movement · December 2022
A democratic world federation is both desirable and probably decades away, with one estimate running from 50 to 400 years. Only democracies should form its core, following the path Europeans took from a coal and steel community toward federation.
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Peaceful coexistence and constitutional moment
World Federalist Movement · August 2022
Great powers will talk as equals only when a crisis forces them to, and the collapse of the biosphere may be that crisis. A truce among them could open the way to an IMF issuing its own currency, an Earth Constitution and a refounded UN.
