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Cities, Provinces and Nations have elected representatives who are accountable to citizen voters.

VOTING. Cities, Provinces and Nations have elected representatives who are accountable to citizen voters. Why aren’t we allowed a vote at the United Nations ?. THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT.

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Cities, Provinces and Nations have elected representatives who are accountable to citizen voters.

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  1. VOTING Cities, Provinces and Nations have elected representatives who are accountable to citizen voters. Why aren’t we allowed a vote at the United Nations?

  2. THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 492 million citizens in Europe now have a Parliament. 785 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are directly elected, and they caucus along party, not national, lines.

  3. A UN Parliament would be a symbolic breakthrough. Members of a World Parliament would represent citizens – not nation states nor unaccountable bureaucracies. We have many common problems – the environment, wars, poverty, disease –that a Parliament could help solve co-operatively for the benefit of all.

  4. THE WATCHDOG Even if it started as an advisory body (a pre-Parliament or Parliamentary Assembly), there would be someone at the UN watching out for your interests, and solely accountable to you.

  5. CAN BE CREATED BY TREATY OR ARTICLE 22 There are plans for creating a Parliamentary Assembly at the UN that would not need the approval of the Security Council and hence would not be subject to veto. It can be established if enough people pressure their governments.

  6. STARTWITH ELECTORAL COLLEGES As a reasonable method to start, and taking a cue from the way Americans elect their Presidents, national parliaments might act as ‘electoral colleges’ and second some of their own MPs to the U.N. Parliamentary Assembly. This would only be a transitional step until the Assembly matures and direct elections could be held around the world. This is how the European Parliament evolved.

  7. An International Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly has begun. Our job is to mobilize Canadian support. Will you help? Sign up to receive more detailed information and check out the Campaign website. Then ask your MP to endorse this proposal. Be a global citizen suffragette. Demand your right to vote!

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