Posts Tagged ‘ Non-governmental organization ’

Campaign for a more accountable and democratic UN

October 17, 2010
By Stephen
Campaign for a more accountable and democratic UN

Image via Wikipedia After my posts on the UN Security Council Elections I received an interesting email on a “Campaign for a more accountable and democratic UN”. They are campaigning for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA). The appeal is quite interesting. A United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) for the first time would give citizen representatives, not only states, a direct and influential role in global policy. The assembly would not replace existing UN bodies but...

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Copenhagen – Some thoughts

September 23, 2009
By Stephen
Copenhagen – Some thoughts

God Morgen ud Kobenhavn! Good Morning form Copenhagen!!! So today is the day I leave Copenhagen from the Think about it #2 launch event. It has been a great few days where I have learned an awful lot and made new friends. There are 92 bloggers form 40 countries re[resenting every continent in the world at the event and I am really looking forward to the blogging. Yesterday was really interesting. We visited the Dyssekilde eco-village outside Copenhagen and...

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