YWP/1/DEC/1 · Adopted by two-thirds
The Founding Declaration of the Young World Parliament
For 178 · Against 21 · Abstentions 13
The Young World Parliament,
Recognising that the decisions of this century will be lived longest by those who are young today,
Convinced that experience and ambition are strongest when they meet in the same room, and that those who have governed and those who will govern owe one another candour,
Mindful that a deliberative body earns its authority only through the integrity of its procedures and the quality of its texts,
Affirming the purposes of United World Leaders: peace, international cooperation, and shared prosperity across nations,
- Constitutes the Young World Parliament as the standing deliberative body of Young United World Leaders, open to verified young leaders from every nation;
- Declares that the Parliament is independent of every government and every political party, that its Delegates sit in Regional Benches and not in factions, and that no Delegate speaks for a government;
- Resolves that every Division shall be recorded and published, that every Motion shall pass through open consultation before it reaches the floor, and that no text shall change after it is frozen;
- Invites the former Presidents and Prime Ministers of United World Leaders to serve as Senior Counsellors, offering written Counsel on the texts of the Parliament without vote;
- Commits each Delegate to the Affirmation: to speak with courtesy, to argue in good faith, to vote according to conscience, and to serve the common good of humanity;
- Requests that this Declaration be presented to the Board of United World Leaders at its next Summit.