As I noted in my article ‘World Parliament not now’ from 18 October, the desire for the rapid realisation of a Parliamentary Assembly at the United Nations seems to have been frozen among its supporters. As none of the demands of the ‘We The Peoples’ coalition were mentioned in the ‘Pact for the Future’ adopted by the UN General Assembly, it can be assumed that all of this will now be on ice for the unforeseeable future
The ‘Civil society letter to UN Member States on inclusive and accountable global governance’ did not bring the desired result either. Perhaps there are some states that agree with this. But that is a small minority. The well-intentioned attempt to support the open letter with a petition failed miserably. Even AVAAZ, ‘The world's largest and most effective online campaigning community for change’ with over 69 million members worldwide, had just 1157 signatures after two months. Perhaps one more signature is added every day. This result documents all too clearly how little interest there is in the democratisation of the United Nations among the general public. The campaign simply lacks people. The photo of the empty meeting room fits like a lid on a bucket.
Even if existing or newly forming coalitions try to squeeze something in their favour out of the meagre UN Pact for the Future, their efforts will be no more than another race on the hamster wheel of the pretended co-determination of civil society in the UN system. But a possible alternative path is already emerging. More on this in my latest Substack article
Democracy ist not a law of nature - by Richard Maxheim