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Glossary term

World parliament

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A proposed assembly of delegated or elected representatives of the world's peoples. The best-known proposal is a UN Parliamentary Assembly, not yet established.

In more detail

Cosmopolitan democrats such as Held and Archibugi propose a global parliamentary assembly as one layer of democratic governance, not as a world government. The 2007 appeal for a UN Parliamentary Assembly envisaged a consultative body first of national parliamentarians, later possibly directly elected. The European Parliament, elected directly since 1979, is a regional parallel.