"Strategies to Strengthen the United Nations by Increasing Democratic Representation"

Hearing facilitated by Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA)

House of Representatives of the Netherlands, The Hague, 15 May 2017

Panelists, from left: Dr. David Donat Cattin (Italy), Secretary-General, Parliamentarians for Global Action (GPA); Hon Charles Santiago (Malaysia), Chair, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights; Dr. Hans Köchler (Austria), President of the International Progress Organization; Ambassador Anda Filip (Romania), Director of External Relations, Interparliamentary Union (IPU); Ms. Frederika Schweighoferova (Slovakia), Programme Officer, International Law and Human Rights Programme, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA); Mr. Andreas Bummel (Germany), Global Coordinator, United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) Campaign; Prof. Dr. N. J. Schrijver (Netherlands), Member of the Dutch Senate. 

Prof. Dr. Hans Köchler (Austria), President of the International Progress Organization, second from right, delivers statement on
 "Citizen and State in the UN System: Democracy and Realpolitik among Sovereign States."

Right: Ambassador Anda Filip (Romania), Director of External Relations, Interparliamentary Union (IPU); left: Dr. David Donat Cattin (Italy), Secretary-General, Parliamentarians for Global Action (GPA); second from left: Hon Charles Santiago (Malaysia), Chair, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights.