-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- A CONSTITUTION FOR THE FEDERATION OF EARTH ARTICLE I Broad Functions of the Federation of Earth The board functions of the Federation of Earth shall be; 1. To prevent war, secure disarmament, and resolve territorial and other disputes which endanger peace and human rights. 2. To protect universal human rights, including life, liberty, security, democracy, and equal opportunities in life. 3. To obtain for all people on earth the conditions required for equitable economic and social development and for diminishing social differences. 4. To regulate world trade, communications, transportation, currency, standards, use of world resources, and other global and international processes. 5. To protect the environment and the ecological fabric of life from all sources of damage, apd to control technological innovations whose effects transcend national boundaries, for the purpose of keeping Earth a safe, healthy and happy home for humanity. 6. To devise and implement solutions to all problems which are beyond the capacity of national governments, or which are now or may become of global or international concern or consequence. ARTICLE II Basic Structure of the World Federation and World Government 1. The Federation of Earth shall be organized as a universal federation, to include all nations and all people, and to encompass all oceans, seas and lands of Earth, inclusive of non~self governing territories, together with the surrounding atmosphere. 2. The World Government for the Federation of Earth shall be non-military and shall be democratic in its own structure, with ultimate sovereignty residing in all the people who live on Earth. 3. The authority and powers granted to the World Government shall be limited to those defined in this Constitution for the Federation of Earth, applicable to problems and affairs which transcend national boundaries, leaving to national governments jurisdiction over the internal affairs of the respective nations but consistent with the authority of the World Government to protect universal human rights as defined in this World Constitution. 4. The basic direct electoral and administrative units of the World Government shall be World Electoral and Administrative Districts. A total of not more than 1000 World Electoral and Administrative Districts shall be defined, and shall be nearly equal in population, within the limits of plus or minus ten percent. 5. Contiguous World Electoral and Administrative Districts shall be combined as may be appropriate to compose a total of twenty World Electoral and Administrative Regions for the following purposes, but not limited thereto: for the election or appointment of certain world government officials; for administrative purposes; for composing various organs of the world government as enumerated in Article IV; fot the functioning of the Judiciary, the Enforcement System, and the Ombudsmus, as well as for the functioning of any other organ or agency of the World Government. 6. The World Electoral and Administrative Regions may be composed of a variable number of World Electoral and Administrative Districts, taking into consideration geographic, cultural, ecological and other factors as well as population. 7. Conuguous World Electoral and Administrative Regions shall be grouped together in pairs to compose Magna-Regions. 8. The boundaries for World Electoral and Administrative Regions shall not cross the boundaries of the World Electoral and Administrative Districts, and shall be common insofar as feasible for the various administrative departments and for the several organs and agencies of the World Government. Boundaries for the World Electoral and Administrative Districts as well as for the Regions need not conform to existing national boundaries, but shall conform as far as practicable. 9. The World Electoral and Administrative Regions shall be grouped to compose at least five Continental Divisions of the Earth, for the election or appointment of certain world government officials, and for certain aspects of the composition and functioning of the several organs and agencies of the World Government as specified hereinafter. The boundaries of Continental Divisions shalt not cross existing national boundaries as far as practicable. Continental Divisions may be composed of a variable number of World Electoral and Administrative Regions. ARTICLE III Organs of the World Government The organs of the World Government shall be: 1. The World Parliament. 2. The World Executive. 3. The World Administration. 4. The Integrative Complex. 5. The World Judiciary. 6. The Enforcement System. 7. The World Ombudsmus. ARTICLE IV Grant of Specific Powers to the World Government The powers of the World government to be exercised through its several organs and agencies shall comprise the following: 1. Prevent wars and armed conflicts among the nations, regions, districts, parts and peoples of the Earth. 2. Supervise disarmament and prevent re-armament; prohibit and eliminate the design, testing, manufacture, sale, purchase, use and possession of weapons of mass destruction, and prohibit or regulate all lethal weapons which the World Parliament may decide, 3. Prohibit incitement to war, and discrimination against or defamation of conscientious objectors. 4. Provide the means for peaceful and just resolution of disputes and conflicts among or between nations, peoples, and/or other components within the Federation of Earth. 5. Supervise boundary settlements and conduct plebiscites as needed. 6. Define the boundaries for the districts, regions and divisions which are established for electoral, admnistrative, judicial and other purposes of the World Government. 7. Define and regulate procedures for the nomination and election of the members of each House of the World Parliament, and for the nomination, election, appointment and employment of all World Government officials and personnel. 8. Codify world laws, including the body of international law developed prior to adoption of the world constitution, but not inconsistent therewith, and which is approved by the World Parliament. 9. Establish universal standards for weights, measurements, accounting and records. 10. Provide assistance in the event of large scale calamities, including drouth, famine, pestilence, flood, earthquake, hdrricane, ecological disruptions and other disasters. More coming.... <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. 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