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The '''Binding Triad''' (or '''World Parliament''')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/westn/triad.html|title=The Binding Triad|website=www2.sunysuffolk.edu|access-date=2016-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826091809/http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/westn/triad.html|archive-date=2016-08-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a proposal to [[Amendments to the United Nations Charter|amend the United Nations Charter]] to allow the [[United Nations General Assembly]] to pass binding [[United Nations resolution|resolutions]] with the approval of a [[supermajority]] of members. For a resolution to be binding, it would require the support of nations:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.centerforunreform.org/?q=node/518|title=Alternative Voting Systems in International Organizations and the Binding Triad Proposal to Improve UN General Assembly Decision {{!}} CenterforUNReform|website=www.centerforunreform.org|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> | The '''Binding Triad''' (or '''World Parliament''')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/westn/triad.html|title=The Binding Triad|website=www2.sunysuffolk.edu|access-date=2016-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826091809/http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/westn/triad.html|archive-date=2016-08-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a proposal to [[Amendments to the United Nations Charter|amend the United Nations Charter]] to allow the [[United Nations General Assembly]] to pass binding [[United Nations resolution|resolutions]] with the approval of a [[supermajority]] of members. For a resolution to be binding, it would require the support of nations:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.centerforunreform.org/?q=node/518|title=Alternative Voting Systems in International Organizations and the Binding Triad Proposal to Improve UN General Assembly Decision {{!}} CenterforUNReform|website=www.centerforunreform.org|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> | ||
*Comprising a majority of members of the [[United Nations]]. | *Comprising a majority of members of the [[United Nations]]. | ||
*Whose combined contributions in dues comprise a majority of the U.N. budget. | *Whose combined contributions in [[United Nations dues|dues]] comprise a majority of the U.N. budget. | ||
*Whose combined populations comprise a majority of the world population. | *Whose combined populations comprise a majority of the world population. | ||
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== Limitations == | == Limitations == | ||
Two general decision limits are obtained. First, the U.N. would never make decisions about any nation's internal affairs, but only its international ones. Second, the U.N. would not have military forces of its own. Doubts would be referred to the U.N.'s World Court for resolution. Hudson also fields a few of the tough questions raised by his scheme. This ending, of course, invites viewers to their own questions about the scheme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://peacemagazine.org/archive/v06n1p30.htm|title=Peace Magazine v06n1p30: Binding Triad, Anyone?|website=peacemagazine.org|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> | Two general decision limits are obtained. First, the U.N. would never make decisions about any nation's internal affairs, but only its international ones. Second, the U.N. would not have military forces of its own. Doubts would be referred to the U.N.'s World Court for resolution. Hudson also fields a few of the tough questions raised by his scheme. This ending, of course, invites viewers to their own questions about the scheme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://peacemagazine.org/archive/v06n1p30.htm|title=Peace Magazine v06n1p30: Binding Triad, Anyone?|website=peacemagazine.org|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> | ||
The [[Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty]] has been ratified by ~{{percentage|175|193}} of UN members, constituting 51.8%<!--100-4.1-1.8-17.1-1.0-1.3-0.1-0.4-0.2-0.4-17.2-2.9-0.3-0.4-0.3-0.2-0.001-0.010-0.02-0.098-0.0444-0.3~=51.8266--> of the [[List of countries and dependencies by population|population]] and 50.08%<!--100-26.9493-18.6856-2.2858-0.5610-0.0278-0.0742-0.0010-0.0008-0.0001-0.2088-0.0228-0.0010-0.0002-1.0952-0.0018-0.0002-0.0001-0.0038~=50.0805; in 2021 it was 100−27.8908−3.0490−15.2195−0.4900−0.0372−0.0796−0.0007−0.0010−0.0001−0.0012−0.1668−0.0230−0.0006−1.0841−0.0022-0.0002-0.0001-0.0022~=51.9517--> of the [[United Nations dues]] as of 2024,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://undocs.org/en/A/76/296/Rev.1/Add.1 |title=Implementation of General Assembly resolutions 55/235 and 55/236: Report of the Secretary-General |date=28 December 2021 |publisher=[[United Nations General Assembly]] |access-date=24 February 2024}}</ref> demonstrating an example of an unenforceable decision despite meeting all three components of the binding triad. | |||
The [[United States embargo against Cuba]] has been deemed illegal under international law by a peak (in 2018) of ~{{percentage|191|193}} of UN members, constituting 95.6%<!--100-4.28-0.043-0.0022-0.0014-0.00074-0.00073~=95.67193--> of the population<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20181203034836/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population</ref> and 77.5% of the United Nations dues,<ref>{{UN doc |docid=ST/ADM/SER.B/973 |title=Assessment of Member States' advances to the Working Capital Fund for the biennium 2018-2019 and contributions to the United Nations regular budget for 2018 |access-date=13 December 2025}}</ref> but this is also unenforceable. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 05:39, 21 December 2025
Template:Short description Template:Refimprove The Binding Triad (or World Parliament)[1] is a proposal to amend the United Nations Charter to allow the United Nations General Assembly to pass binding resolutions with the approval of a supermajority of members. For a resolution to be binding, it would require the support of nations:[2]
- Comprising a majority of members of the United Nations.
- Whose combined contributions in dues comprise a majority of the U.N. budget.
- Whose combined populations comprise a majority of the world population.
The Binding Triad appeals to some world federalists because it could theoretically institute a world government with only one change to the U.N. Charter. However, further amendments would be needed to secure representative government. In addition, it is unclear what impact such a change would have on the role of the United Nations Security Council, which enacts and enforces its own resolutions.
Proposal
Richard Hudson (Executive Director, Center for War/Peace Studies, New York) argues that the U.N. can become a world parliament, making global decisions on wars. The key notion is the adoption of a new three-part decision-making rule by all U.N. members. The nations would accept as "binding" decisions those resolutions that carried two-thirds of the General Assembly (see above).[3]
Hudson held three weekend "mock U.N. sessions" where the participants are actually from the diplomatic corps of U.N. members. These conferences are "trials" on how the new decision-making might go in "real life".[3]
Limitations
Two general decision limits are obtained. First, the U.N. would never make decisions about any nation's internal affairs, but only its international ones. Second, the U.N. would not have military forces of its own. Doubts would be referred to the U.N.'s World Court for resolution. Hudson also fields a few of the tough questions raised by his scheme. This ending, of course, invites viewers to their own questions about the scheme.[4]
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See also
- Qualified majority vote - A similar system implemented in the European Union
References
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