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Invitation to PPI‘s Standing Committee on UN Bureaucratic Activities (SCUBA)

We’d like to invite you to the meeting of PPI‘s Standing Committee on UN Bureaucratic Activities to be conducted online:   Wednesday September 30th 14:00 – 15:00 UTC (16:00-17:00 CEST). https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v   As you know, PPI was admitted as an observer to the United Nations Council on Economic and Social Matters (ECOSOC) which gives us the opportunity to visit (almost all) UN meetings and to submit short verbal or written statements.   We are also allowed 2+5 UN ground passes at UN headquarters in Geneva, New York and Vienna, as well as additional guest passes for you our esteemed members who wish to attend events on our behalf. While on-site …

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PPI Public Statement on the COVID-19 Crisis

Pirate Parties International wishes for all of its members, non-members and citizens of the world to remain safe and healthy. We present this statement as one of both hope and concern for everyone to get through the current COVID-19 crisis. In these months we face a dire situation on our planet. Around the world, while a dangerous pandemic continues to spread, many people are losing their lives while others are increasingly required to stay indoors with very limited if any physical social interaction. This isolation takes a toll on all of us, on how we function on a day to day basis, as well as on our mental health and …

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The Prague Think Twice Conference, April 24-26

The title of this year’s Think Twice Conference is Ante Portas (near future technologies and their implications). Below you will find information about speaking at the event, as well as basic information about attending the conference. Think Twice is an international conference organized by Pirate Parties International, Pirate Party of Czechia and MEP Markéta Gregorová of parliamentary group Greens/ EFA. There will be no admission fee for this year’s Think Twice Conference. However, people can support the conference with voluntary donations. The event is entirely non-profit. Registration will take place on site. The conference will offer space for up to 200 participants to meet over the course of two days …

General Assembly News

A Review of the 2019 PPI General Assembly

The PPI 2019 GA has officially ended, but it appears that we will have another GA in the near future. We want to take this opportunity to share a review of the GA. We resolved some issues, didn’t resolve others, and proposed new solutions. We thank everyone for coming to the event. It was a great turnout. We succeeded in our first ever all-online GA, which is an accomplishment in itself. =REVIEW OF THE 2019 PPI= Day One Complete Minutes of Day One: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Minutes_2019_12_07 Complete Minutes of Day Two: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Minutes_2019_12_08 Tally of countries present Austria Catalonia Germany Israel Italy France Czech Norway Netherlands Brazil Luxembourg Greece Russia arrived late but …

Activism

Stop the Violence in Chile!

Stop the Violence in Chile! The Pirate Party of Chile (PPCL) is calling on other Pirate parties to intercede with their governments to demand an end to violence against citizens and the state of emergency from the government of President Sebastián Piñera in Chile. They ask us to be attentive to what is happening and to help spread the news as it emerges. Please communicate this situation with your government representatives. Please encourage human rights organizations to observe the events taking place in Chile. For months different social sectors have been repressed, such as Mapuche communities (one of the native nations of Chile and Argentina), and also schoolchildren, with riot …

ECOSOC News

Speech at the 2019 UN ECOSOC High-Level Segment

On July 19, 2019 Pirates gathered again in New York City for the UN Sustainable Development Program and High Level Political Forum Pirate Parties International was chosen as one of 34 NGOs whose statements were approved to be made in front of the entire ECOSOC council. Dr. Ohad Shem Tov presented the following speech on behalf of PPI at the ECOSOC High-Level Segment. Watch a video of his speech from the event as broadcast live on the official UN TV channel: Pirates were guests of the UN Trusteeship Council and able to make acquaintances with numerous NGOs and leading governmental and UN officials. In doing so, they were able to …

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Speech at The United Nations Commission for Social Development

On February 19th, 2019 Dr. Ohad Bar Siman-Tov presented the following speech at the 57th UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD57) at UN Headquarters in New York. Over the course of February 11th to 21st several PPI representatives from around the world converged on New York for the event, including Mr. Raymond Johansen, Ms. Bailey Lamon, Mr. Ladislav Koubek, and Dr. Ohad Shem Tov. The following are some of their pictures from the event. The official publication of PPI’s full statement is available here: //undocs.org/E/CN.5/2019/NGO/34 A copy of the text of the statement:   PPI is working to make a vocal presence at the UN by speaking at high level …

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Pirates at the UNOG

This past week Pirate representatives Alex Kohler and Pat Mächler visited the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) at the United Nations Office At Geneva (UNOG). PPI has an amazing opportunity as a recognized member of the UN Economic and Social Affairs Committee (ECOSOC) to host and attend UN events in NY, Geneva, and around the world. We are working to make a difference by sending representatives to events who will voice our opinions and network with policy makers. Pirates are a global phenomenon and making a difference on a global scale. Pat and Alex graciously volunteered to travel long distance to Geneva and serve as representatives of our organization at …

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Israel Elections on April 9th. Pirates breaking the threshold!

The Pirate Party of Israel is participating in national elections, which will take place on April 9th, and they don’t stand a chance. However, this does not keep them from promoting change in society, and they are running a fierce campaign suggesting a way to break past barriers between the public and policy makers and overturn the system. Democracy in Israel is taking a turn for the worse. The main political parties are trying to crush the small parties that represent minorities and consolidate their own power by raising the threshold to be elected to the Knesset (parliament) from 1 (1%) in 1988 to 2 (2%) in 2003 to an …

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CEEP Signing in Luxembourg

On Saturday February 9 2019, Pirate representatives from over ten European countries met in Luxembourg to once again, after five years, sign the Common European Election Programme for the upcoming European Parliament election, which will take place this May. The Pirates are confident that we shall largely increase our representation from the current brilliant but only one MEP from Germany, Julia Reda. The most likely countries to send their Pirate representatives to the European Parliament after this election are Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Germany, while multiple other Pirate Parties across the Old Continent remain hopeful they might get in as well.   The PPI expresses its undying support in this …

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