just to show the airy fairy stargazing "lofteaze-tipflopsical" resolutioning and 'prebumbling' is in vogue and coming at one from all sides I give you another example. http://upf.org/thefed.htm Unified Planetary Assembly funny thing I just found out: the fuckers didn't even sustain their efforts very far past the preamble; most links are empty or skeletal at best, here's another bit though (last update a year ago): United Citizens Advocates Global Virtual Assembly One might think that another effort to support the development of a peoples assembly would seem redundant, but the UPF is working closely with any effort that supports world peace. On November 7-9, 1997, the UPF contributed its research and experience to the World Peace movement by organising a United Peoples Advocates and Global Virtual Assembly Conference in Chicago IL, USA. This conference has helped to unify and distill the various movements that support the creation of peoples assemblies. While the United Nations itself seems too weak to bring about rapid change in terms of the elimination of global problems, there are movements toward creating a Citizens (Peoples) Assembly that will strengthen the existence of a viable globally governing empowerment and help pressure nation-states to fulfil their commitments, obligations, and responsibilities to a better future. Any and all forms of peoples assemblies must be truly representative and legitimately empowered by those involved. Not only is empowerment an issue, but funding is a valid concern and would not come substantially from the UN because of its already tight budget. Some of the funding might come from NGOs and the large metropolitan cities of the world as well as from national governments and international corporations. Because new sources of revenue are needed to boost the UN, these sources could also contribute to a peoples assembly that would exist as a parallel to the UN general assembly, but not 100% within the UN's walls. Although not entirely direct outgrowths of the present day UN, peoples assemblies might be a combination of efforts inside and outside of the UN, both physically and virtually. The main argument for a Citizens Assembly would be to accelerate the transition from a world of competition to one of cooperation. Although, logically, a peoples assembly would be the result of NGO involvement with both the UN and the world's largest metropolitan cities, it must also be the result of ideas and opinions of all the Earth's people. This is exactly why a viable peoples assembly must not only include efforts both in and out of the UN, but also include both a virtual as well as physical presence in the form of a Global Virtual Assembly. The UPF began to facilitate a GVA's existence with the cooperation of those on the world.gov mailing list when an election for a board to coordinate a virtual peoples assembly protocol was held. Ultimately, everyone would be able to input into the structure and function of a viable Citizens Assembly. This Conference represented the first step toward a viable Unified Planetary Assembly, in whatever form it will eventually take. The next step, which will be represented by a second conference next year, is to promote the idea of an Advisory Council as a viable "Third House". A meeting of the Chicagoland (Calumet) Citizens Peoples Assembly is being planned for November 1998. Of course, these ideas are open to debate by anyone who wishes to contribute. In addition to the UPF, there are a number of NGOs working toward viable peoples assemblies including CAMDUN, Earth Council, Earth Action, and ACGC. The concept of a peoples assembly has been variously referred to as a "Global Peoples Assembly", a "UN Peoples Assembly", a "UN Citizens Assembly", a "United Peoples Assembly", and a "Peoples Advocates Council". We must help to create a viable Citizens Assembly by definition that would exist as a direct outgrowth of the people on this planet. It would seem very logical for such a movement to include efforts that support both an evolution of the UN and a revolution of the people. Why can we not marry these two efforts to facilitate a viable overarching peoples assembly movement? With the increasing involvement of NGOs in the UN, one could say that a prototype of a Citizens Assembly already exists through its structure, yet it cannot be described as a truly democratically elected entity. It is for this reason that we must go beyond the present model to include any and all opinions. The time has come for the voices of all the Earth's peoples to be heard. It is our hope that the information gathered from this Peace Conference will help facilitate the eventual existence of a viable peoples assembly, with both physical and virtual components, by distilling and combining the findings of all the efforts that support a Citizens Assembly, in whatever final form it will take. Freedoms, Rights,and Responsibilities Council Economic Equity and Development Council Weaponry and Armed Forces Council Global Institutions and International Relations Council Technological Applications Council Environmental Conservation Council Anti-Violence Council encore: an even more emaciated and skeletal effort in this direction is: 514 The Peoples' Virtual Assembly -- Status of Pilot Projec <!-- --> Peoples' Virtual Assembly Status of Pilot Project The initial board has been selected by the GRASSROOTS W http://www.ionet.net/~dwaddell/status.html (Lycos) it points to a listserv which is not to be found (upon my first try): http://www.webcom.com/worldgov HotBot - Search smarter. http://www.hotbot.com ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use."
