Program Areas

Program Areas

Global Governance

 We need to promote the democratization of globalization, before globalization destroys the foundations of national and international democracy. The establishment of a Parliamentary Assembly at the United Nations has become an indispensable step to achieve democratic control of globalization. — former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros Ghali

We advocate global institutions that are democratic and effective

We consider parliamentary representation of the world’s population at the global scale an essential part of democracy.

As a first step towards a world parliament, a consultative UN Parliamentary Assembly should be created. We coordinate the campaign that is working on this goal.

Democracy Without Borders supports efforts towards strengthening trust between governments and improving global collaboration on global challenges such as climate change.

We want the United Nations to be an inclusive, democratic, representative and effective organization that provides adequate ways of participation to civil society and other major stakeholders.

We support changes that enable the UN to fulfill its mandate in the best interest of humanity. We endorse a process of stocktaking, reform and transformation that eventually leads to a review of the UN’s charter and a world organization fit for the 21st century and beyond.

"We The Peoples" campaign

DWB together with CIVICUS and Democracy International is convenor of the “We The Peoples” campaign for inclusive global governance, a common platform to promote a UN Parliamentary Assembly, a UN World Citizens’ Initiative and a High-Level UN Civil Society Envoy.

Campaign for a UNPA

DWB is running the Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly and supports the Week of Action for a World Parliament.

Collaborations

DWB is collaborating with groups across the world in this program area. We are a member of the Coalition for the UN We Need, co-sponsoring organization of MEGA: Mobilizing an Earth Governance Alliance and support the Coalition for UN Charter Reform.

Endorsements

DWB endorses the creation of an International Anti-Corruption Court and the UNMute initiative for expanding civic space at the United Nations.

News and developments in this program area

The future must wait: little outcome on global participation at UN Summit
The long-anticipated UN Summit of the Future, originally proposed for the previous year, was held in New York on 22-23 September 2024. It was promoted by the UN as a
Andreas Bummel | 08.11.2024
Campaign calls for first female UN chief and open selection process
In the margins of the UN’s Summit of the Future, the “1 for 8 Billion” campaign on 20 September 2024 launched a new policy platform, demanding that after 80 years
DWB | 05.11.2024
Global Citizens’ Assembly to broaden engagement in climate policy
A comprehensive effort to engage citizens worldwide on the occasion of the 30th UN Climate Change Conference in November 2025 in Brazil, also referred to as COP30, was announced last
DWB | 29.10.2024
Revision of UN Charter discussed in New York, draft proposal presented
On the occasion of the Summit of the Future in New York, voices were raised in favor of a revision of the United Nations Charter. The organization’s founding document has
DWB | 24.09.2024