Events on global democracy in South Africa
In November Andreas attended the World Movement for Democracy’s assembly in Johannesburg and two additional events which marked the launch of a South African chapter of Democracy Without Borders
UN Summit: the future must wait
In this article Andreas comments on the results of the September 2024 UN Summit of the Future in the field of participation and transforming global governance
A “Second Charter” for the UN
On the occasion of the UN’s Summit of the Future, the draft of a “Second Charter” for the UN was presented. Andreas is a member of the study group. He also co-authored this recent opinion piece.
People’s Pact and Future Summit
Andreas is quoted in this report on the People’s Pact for the Future and in this IPS report on the upcoming UN Summit of the Future
United Nations Summit of the Future
Andreas will participate in the UN’s Summit of the Future on 22-23 September 2024 in New York as a delegate of Democracy Without Borders.
2nd expanded & updated edition
In August 2024, a second expanded and updated edition of Andreas’ book “A World Parliament: Governance and Democracy in the 21st Century” was published. Learn more about it here.
Community of Democracies
Andreas Bummel presented the proposed mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on Democracy at the Governing Council of the Community of Democracies in Warsaw
Interview from the future
The German newspaper TAZ travelled into the future and spoke with Andreas about the creation of a world parliament. See here.
Parliamentarians for Global Action
Andreas Bummel kicked off the dialogue at a meeting of the UN Committee of Parliamentarians for Global Action in New York
Nairobi UN conference
Andreas Bummel was a member of the Experts Sub-Committee of the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi convened in May and spoke at the event