Creation of world parliament "in full harmony with papal doctrine"

I tend to be impressed by RC publications on social and political matters and I think that this is significant. Read more here: Study: Creation of a world parliament "in full harmony with papal doctrine" | Campaign for a UN Parliament. And here's the short skinny: "'it is possible to derive from catholic social doctrine the creation of a democratic world legislative which, in particular, has the task to exercise oversight over the executive world authority.'"
I've joined the campaign because I think that we need to have democratic accountability for world-power exercising bodies like the World Bank and the WTO.

Pan-African Parliament calls for UN Parliamentary Assembly

Adding their voice to that of the EU parliament: "the PAP considers to “take the initiative to achieve the establishment of a consultative United Nations Parliamentary Assembly within the UN system”. “The UN is an important advocate for democracy in the world. To maintain its credibility the UN itself, however, has to become more democratic. A UNPA would be a means to achieve this”,"
THey make a good point about democratic credibility ...
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Imagine if our leaders were chosen on World Bank lines?

Illustrating neatly my reasons for supporting the campaign to democratise global instutions, there is this piece in today's Guardian.

"Imagine for a moment what the UK would look like if the written constitution that Gordon Brown thinks we need were based on the structures of the IMF and the World Bank.
Instead of being elected, every prime minister would be personally appointed by the leader of Surrey county council and the chancellor of the exchequer by the heads of London borough councils. Parliament would meet for two days twice a year, and MPs would only read out prepared statements, allowing no time for discussion. MPs' votes would be weighted according to their constituencies' incomes, so that rich areas accounting for 15% of the population would have 60% of the votes. The MP for Surrey would alone have twice as many votes as the MPs for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Northern England combined - enough to veto any constitutional change."

And there's more ...
Any way, David Woodward of NEF concludes the article thusly:

start by pushing for: the abolition of the principle of "economically weighted" voting that currently gives over half the votes to just seven countries - the G7; a transparent decision-making process; and an open and democratic system for the selection of the bank president and the IMF's managing director. Maybe then we could begin to develop a global governance system capable of meeting the global challenges of the 21st century.

A modest proposal but one that a supporter of UNPA could nod to.
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White House promises to replace Wolfowitz quickly

"The White House said yesterday that it would work quickly to name a replacement for Paul Wolfowitz, who stepped down as president of the World Bank after a bitter and protracted dispute dividing European governments and America."
But it shouldn't be up to the USA; there should be a global democratic process. The principle of 'no taxation without representation' applies here. Okay not 'taxation' in this case but 'financial regulation'. Join the UN campaign for a democratic UN.

Democratization at global level neededCampaign for U.N. Parliamentary Assembly launched | Campaign for a UN Parliament

"Boutros-Ghali argues. 'We need to promote the democratization of globalization, before globalization destroys the foundations of national and international democracy.' According to Boutros-Ghali, the establishment of a Parliamentary Assembly at the United Nations 'has become an indispensable step to achieve democratic control of globalization.'"
Remember, we already have global institutions like the World Bank and the WTC making decisions that affect the lives of billions, but they are not democratically accountable, least of all to those who are worst affected by their decisions. This is a campaign to bring about the democratisation of global institutions.
Boutros-Ghali: Democratization at global level needed
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