The Committee for a Democratic UN, or KDUN, is a nongovernmental organization based in Germany that "supports the development of international democracy and the strengthening of the United Nations"[1]. Specifically, it advocates world federalism, and the creation of a UN Standby-Force and United Nations Parliamentary Assembly. A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an organization which is not a part of a government. ... A world government is a hypothetical entity consisting of a single government with authority over an entire planet. ... The Standby High-Readiness Brigade (SHIRBRIG) is a Danish led initiative associated with the United Nations that aims to create a standing force ready for peacekeeping. ... A United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, or United Nations Peoples Assembly (UNPA), is a proposed addition to the United Nations System that eventually would allow for direct election of UN delegates by citizens of member states. ...

Its member organizations include:

• Equilibrism, Munich
• Society for Threatened Peoples, Göttingen
• Society for Future Models and System Criticism, Münster
• International Progress Organization, Vienna
• Terra One World Network, Stuttgart
• Vereinigung der Weltföderalisten der Schweiz, Bern

Its Advisory Council includes politicians from the German, Swiss and European Parliament. Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern). ... Göttingen ( ) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Town Hall in the Prinzipalmarkt Münster: the Prinzipalmarkt St Pauls Cathedral, Münster Münster is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Vienna (German: Wien ; Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian: Beč, Czech: Vídeň, Hungarian: Bécs, Greek: Βιέννη, Romanian: Viena, Romani: Bech or Vidnya, Russian: Вена, Slovak: Viedeň, Slovenian: Dunaj) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Stuttgart [], a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 (as of September 2005) in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ... Location within Switzerland The city of Bern, English traditionally Berne (Bernese German Bärn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna ), is the Bundesstadt (administrative capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after Zürich, Geneva and Basel). ...

External link

• Committee for a Democratic UN, English language site.