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Speech:GLOBAL DEMOCRATIC REALPOLITIK AND U.N. REFORM |
Location: 890 Camino Pescadero (The Gamma Phi Beta house)
Time:
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM11/02/09
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Is the current democratic deficit of the international system the simple
result of some previous mismanagement? If so, could it be corrected without
overcoming national/international parameters of global governance or is it
rather an intrinsic dimension of every nation-state-centered structure? In
this case, can the democratic deficit of the existing world system be
solved without shifting the governance paradigm towards a more democratic
one? Is the United Nations a useless tool destined for the dust bin of
history or, in spite of its democratic deficits, can the UN play a relevant
role in the democratization of the global order?
Fernando A. Iglesias is a founding member and Executive Secretary of Global
Democracy, a movement that supports the creation of a Global Parliament and
the Union of South America. He is currently a National Deputy member of the
Argentinean parliament and a member of the core team of the Coalition for a
World Parliament. He is also a writer and journalist who specializes in the
political dimensions of globalization. Currently he works as a free-lance
correspondent inBuenos Aires for Sky TV and RAI3 (Italy). He won the TEA
Award in 2002 and is an author of several books such as Globalizar la
Democracia: Por un Parlamento Mundial (“Globalizing Democracy: Appeal for a
World Parliament”).
contact: 949-357-9023
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