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Speech by Qin Hui at the closing session of the Lille Assembly, December 10, 2001.

Proposal for a World Parliament for the Twenty-first Century
Monthly Summary 5 (March 10 - April 7, 2003): Generating a Movement for World Democracy and a World Parliament. Some strategies

There is general agreement on the serious shortcomings affecting international relations. As global unity becomes manifest, awareness of the vulnerability of humankind rises. This situation has produced numerous contributions and initiatives emanating from all the horizons. Between the excessive pretension of universality and a complete lack of communication, the authors of this discussion paper have chosen to propose a process of dialogue and mutual enrichment.

Security, as an essential concern for the organisation of human and societies, is an essential question that must be thought over, in order to progressively set out a world governance.

Transverse workgroup lauch project.

The WTO (World Trade Organization) negotiations in Seattle were a failure resulting from the development of transnational civil society and of the Internet.

This document presents a summary of the several aspects of the political control exercised on living beings at different levels, from the local to the global level.

The IRED organized a meeting in Ghana in November 1998 on the subject of the strengthening of the popular economy. This text is one of the contributions of a speaker at the meeting.

From Lima to Quebec: Total transformations, mobilization confirmation of, a new phase to conquered.

Statement to the Parliamentarians and Local Elected Officials round table at the Dialogues for the Earth conference organized by the International Green Cross and the Earth Council in Lyons (France) from February 21 to 23, 2002

This paper argues that we are at a dangerous junction in human history where the institutions and mechanisms that we have set up to govern Planet Earth are in danger of collapsing. This threat is all the more disconcerting because we live in an era of unparalleled affluence and prosperity. What is missing is an updated global governance system to harness the great promise afforded by globalisation and technological change.

This Proposals Paper is a summary of the work by the workshop "From the WTO's Setback in Seattle... to the Conditions for Global Governance.

Information and proposals letter sent out by the "International trade" Workgroup of the Alliance for a responsible, plural and united world. Outcome of from the 2003 WTO negotiations. Publication from the Global Citizen Initiative (CGI).

The author, in this article, askes questions on the following themes and proposes action : What are the tacit parameters considered in the intervention decision-making process ? What are the possibilities of action ? What could be possible definitions of international responsibility ?

The purpose of this paper is to propose some themes to be debated about the future effects, problems, and perspectives of the recent experiences centered around issues of international law (the International Tribunals for Rwanda and former Yugoslavia and the "Pinochet" and "Milosevic" cases, among others). It deals with themes of concern for international organizations, associations, non governmental organizations, institutions and local groups that fight for the dissemination, defense, and entrenchment of those rights. Particular emphasis is placed on the sphere of civil and political rights within the framework of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). In this paper questions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights have not been taken into account, although we refer to them on various occasions.

Even if we only consider the numbers, the World Social Forum is an unquestionable success. The number of participants and delegates increased spectacularly between the first and the second WSF. Francisco Whitaker analyzes the reasons for this success and the stakes for the future of the WSF.

Report of the various points approached around human rights during the international meeting which was held in Santiago in Chile, from the 15 to November 18, 2001: Human rights and the new challenges of the 21st century.

Discussion paper presented by Mr. Kobsak Chutikul, MP (Thailand). The objective of the present paper is to stimulate and advance the debate on an inter-parliamentary process for the WTO by taking stock of events and arguments and providing an overview of available options. This exercise seems to be all the more necessary in view of preparations for the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO to be held in Geneva in February 2003.

Provisional summary of the Forum for the Cross-evaluation of Proposals for a Responsible, Plural and United World.

The current system of governance is no longer adapted to the challenges of tomorrow's world. Its architecture must be based on a new vision of the world and on universally acknowledged principles so that its legitimacy is accepted by all.

Starting by acknowledging the irreversibility of the economic globalisation phenomenon, this document (a summary of the 61-page document "From the failure of the WTO at Seattle … to the conditions for global governance") proposes a re-definition of the roles and functions of the WTO and gives propositions of action for both actors of the civil society and to the governments of countries' members.

In recognition of the "deeply entrenched political and economic interests behind the WTO's agenda" which lead to its failure to respond to the needs of developing country members, the paper proposes a way forward: strategies for change to shift the power dynamics within the institution. (Article in full, from the journal INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND SOCIETY, No 2-2005, available on the website: http://www.fes.de/ipg/)

Requisite for a world welfare and a civic globalisation of fundamental goods and knowledge ; requisite against the economy overwhelming the realm of politics in the natural and cultural management of the humanity.

The Respolis platform (Platform for Responsibility in Politics) launched a campaign at the time of the Catalan Parliament elections in November 2006, and a second one in two big Catalan cities for the municipal elections in two big Catalan cities, in May 2007.

This is a proposal to set up a high-level task force, the “Club of Athens” to investigate alternative scenarios for better global governance in the twenty-first century. The Club would include former heads of governments, business leaders, academics and representatives of civil society. It would have a limited life span of three years and a clear agenda: to propose ways and means to better manage what is proving to be one of the most difficult challenges of our times Globalisation – in order to humanize and democratize the process and make its benefits available to all.

Created in 1996, l'Observatoire de la Finance (the Finance Observatory) seeks to make financial circles more aware of the search for the common good, that is research of conciliation between what is good for the community and what is good for people.

The Proposal Paper of the workshop on the World Parliament, resulting from the debate of the first phase of the electronic forum (2002 October - 2003 April)

To the eve of the Summit of Seattle, a big part of the civil society worries about to know if all activities and the natural resources will be submitted to the laws of the profit.

This document is the discussion paper on the topic discussed at the first of the 4 "Tables of Dialogue and Controversy" at the WSF 2003, the structure of globalization and the possible and appropriate forms of a democratic governance of the world.