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==== United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) ====
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[[File:Uno unpalogo.svg|thumb|Emblem of the [[United Nations Parliamentary Assembly]] ]]
A [[United Nations Parliamentary Assembly]] (UNPA) is a proposed addition to the [[United Nations System]] that would allow for participation of member nations' legislators and, eventually, [[direct election]] of UN parliament members by citizens worldwide. The idea of a world parliament was raised at the founding of the [[League of Nations]] in the 1920s and again following the end of World War II in 1945, but remained dormant throughout the [[Cold War]].<ref>See a detailed history in: Jo Leinen/Andreas Bummel, [https://www.democracywithoutborders.org/world-parliament-book/ A World Parliament: Governance and Democracy in the 21st Century], Democracy Without Borders, 2018</ref>

In the 1990s and 2000s, the rise of global trade and the power of world organizations that govern it led to calls for a [[International parliament|parliamentary assembly]] to scrutinize their activity. The [[Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly]] was formed in 2007 by [[Democracy Without Borders]] to coordinate pro-UNPA efforts, which as of January 2019 has received the support of over 1,500 [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]] from over 100 countries worldwide, in addition to numerous non-governmental organizations, [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] and [[Right Livelihood Award|Right Livelihood]] laureates and heads or former heads of state or government and foreign ministers.<ref>[https://en.unpacampaign.org/supporters/ unpacampaign.org], Supporters, accessed January 2, 2019</ref>