Global People’s Assembly 2022
Andreas is quoted in this piece: “For me, the call for global democracy and a robust civic space is the key message of the people’s assembly.”
75 years Montreux Declaration
In this article Andreas reflects on the 1947 Montreux Declaration on federal world government. See also this YouTube recording.
Commemoration of June 4th
On June 4th, Andreas participated in a global online commemoration of the Tiananmen protests in China in 1989 and delivered a message of solidarity
In the media
On the question of the veto right in the UN Security Council, Andreas is quoted in this piece of The Financial Express in Bangladesh as well as here on UN reform in Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun
Liechtenstein Veto Initiative
Andreas is quoted in this piece at IPS, welcoming a UN initiative to strengthen the General Assembly’s role when a veto is cast. More commentary here following its adoption
2022 Winter Olympics
Andreas has joined a call for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics to protest Chinese human rights violations. Radio Free Asia and others reported.
Towards a global constitution
In this piece at GTI-Forum, tweeted here, Andreas argues that blueprints for a global constitution may serve as an inspiration but that a broad process is necessary. Picked up by Common Dreams here.
NGO access at the UN
Andreas is quoted in this IPS piece on the restriction of civil society access to the UN as well as in this later report on the same subject
Towards a Planetary Polity
Andreas has contributed a piece to the new book “Expanding Worldviews: Astrobiology, Big History and Cosmic Perspectives”. A pre-print version is available here.
International Anti-Corruption Court
Andreas is one of the signatories of a declaration calling for an International Anti-Corruption Court