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A
CONSTITUTION FOR THE FEDERATION OF EARTH
Article
17 - Ratification and Implementation
Sec.
A - Ratification of the World Constitution
This World
Constitution shall be submitted to the nations and people
of Earth for ratification by the following procedures:
- The
World Constitution shall be transmitted to the General Assembly
of the United Nations Organization and to each national
government on Earth, with the request that the World Constitution
be submitted to the national legislature of each nation
for p reliminary ratification and to the people of each
nation for final ratification by popular referendum.
- Preliminary
ratification by a national legislature shall be accomplished
by simple majority vote of the national legislature.
- Final
ratification by the people shall be accomplished by a simple
majority of votes cast in a popular referendum, provided
that a minimum of twenty-five percent of eligible voters
of age eighteen years and over have cast ballots within
the nation or country or within World Electoral and Administrative
Districts.
- In
the case of a nation without a national legislature, the
head of the national government shall be requested to give
preliminary ratification and to submit the World Constitution
for final ratification by popular referendum.
- In
the event that a national government, after six months,
fails to submit the World Constitution for ratification
as requested, then the global agency assuming responsibility
for the worldwide ratification campaign may proceed to conduct
a direct ref erendum for ratification of the World Constitution
by the people. Direct referendums may be organized on the
basis of entire nations or countries, or on the basis of
existing defined communities within nations.
- In
the event of a direct ratification referendum, final ratification
shall be accomplished by a majority of the votes cast whether
for an entire nation or for a World Electoral and Administrative
District, provided that ballots are cast by a minimum o
f twenty-five percent of eligible voters of the area who
are over eighteen years of age.
- For
ratification by existing communities within a nation, the
procedure shall be to request local communities, cities,
counties, states, provinces, cantons, prefectures, tribal
jurisdictions, or other defined political units within a
nation to ratify the World Constitution, and to submit the
World Constitution for a referendum vote by the citizens
of the community or political unit. Ratification may be
accomplished by proceeding in this way until all eligible
voters of age eighteen and above within t he nation or World
Electoral and Administrative District have had the opportunity
to vote, provided that ballots are cast by a minimum of
twenty-five percent of those eligible to vote.
- Prior
to the Full Operative Stage of World Government, as defined
under Section E of Article XVII, the universities, colleges
and scientific academies and institutes in any country may
ratify the World Constitution, thus qualifying them for
participat ion in the nomination of Members of the World
Parliament to the House of Counsellors.
- In
the case of those nations currently involved in serious
international disputes or where traditional enmities and
chronic disputes may exist among two or more nations, a
procedure for concurrent paired ratification shall be instituted
whereby the na tions which are parties to a current or chronic
international dispute or conflict may simultaneously ratify
the World Constitution. In such cases, the paired nations
shall be admitted into the Federation of Earth simultaneously,
with the obligation for e ach such nation to immediately
turn over all weapons of mass destruction to the World Government,
and to turn over the conflict or dispute for mandatory peaceful
settlement by the World Government.
- Each
nation or political unit which ratifies this World Constitution,
either by preliminary ratification or final ratification,
shall be bound never to use any armed forces or weapons
of mass destruction against another member or unit of the
Federatio n of Earth, regardless of how long it may take
to achieve full disarmament of all the nations and political
units which ratify this World Constitution.
- When
ratified, the Constitution for the Federation of Earth becomes
the supreme law of Earth. By the act of ratifying this Earth
Constitution, any provision in the Constitution or Legislation
of any country so ratifying, which is contrary to this Eart
h Constitution, is either repealed or amended to conform
with the Constitution for the Federation of Earth, effective
as soon as 25 countries have so ratified. The amendment
of National or State Constitutions to allow entry into World
Federation is not ne cessary prior to ratification of the
Constitution for the Federation of Earth.
Sec.
B - Stages of Implementation
- Implementation
of this World Constitution and the establishment of World
Government pursuant to the terms of this World Constitution,
may be accomplished in three stages, as follows, in addition
to the stage of a Provisional World Government as provid
ed under Article 19:
- First
Operative Stage of World Government.
- Second
Operative Stage of World Government.
- Full
Operative Stage of World Government.
- At
the beginning and during each stage, the World Parliament
and the World Executive together shall establish goals and
develop means for the progressive implementation of the
World Constitution, and for the implementation of legislation
enacted by th e World Parliament.
Sec.
C - First Operative Stage of World Government
- The
first operative stage of World Government under this World
Constitution shall be implemented when the World Constitution
is ratified by a sufficient number of nations and/or people
to meet one or the other of the following conditions or
equivalent :
- Preliminary
or final ratification by a minimum of twenty-five nations,
each having a population of more than 100,000.
- Preliminary
or final ratification by a minimum of ten nations above
100,000 population, together with ratification by direct
referendum within a minimum of fifty additional World
Electoral and Administrative Districts.
- Ratification
by direct referendum within a minimum of 100 World Electoral
and Administrative Districts, even though no nation
as such has ratified.
- The
election of Members of the World Parliament to the House
of Peoples shall be conducted in all World Electoral and
Administrative Districts where ratification has been accomplished
by popular referendum.
- The
Election of Members of the World Parliament to the House
of Peoples may proceed concurrently with direct popular
referendums both prior to and after the First Operative
Stage of World Government is reached.
- The
appointment or election of Members of the World Parliament
to the House of Nations shall proceed in all nations where
preliminary ratification has been accomplished.
- One-fourth
of the Members of the World Parliament to the House of Counsellors
may be elected from nominees submitted by universities and
colleges which have ratified the World Constitution.
- The
World Presidium and the Executive Cabinet shall be elected
according to the provisions in article VI, except that in
the absence of a House of Counsellors, the nominations shall
be made by the members of the House of Peoples and of the
House of Na tions in joint session. Until this is accomplished,
the Presidium and Executive Cabinet of the Provisional World
Government as provided in Article 19, shall continue to
serve.
- When
composed, the Presidium for the first operative stage of
World Government shall assign or re-assign Ministerial posts
among Cabinet and Presidium members, and shall immediately
establish or confirm a World Disarmament Agency and a World
Economic and Development Organization.
- Those
nations which ratify this World Constitution and thereby
join the Federation of Earth, shall immediately transfer
all weapons of mass destruction as defined and designated
by the World Disarmament Agency to that Agency. (See Article
19, Sections A-2-d, B-6 and E-5). The World Disarmament
Agency shall immediately immobilize all such weapons and
shall proceed with dispatch to dismantle, convert to peacetime
use, re-cycle the materials thereof or otherwise destroy
all such weapons. During the fir st operative stage of World
Government, the ratifying nations may retain armed forces
equipped with weapons other than weapons of mass destruction
as defined and designated by the World Disarmament Agency.
- Concurrently
with the reduction or elimination of such weapons of mass
destruction and other military expenditures as can be accomplished
during the first operative stage of World Government, the
member nations of the Federation of Earth shall pay ann
ually to the Treasury of the World Government amounts equal
to one-half the amounts saved from their respective national
military budgets during the last year before joining the
Federation, and shall continue such payments until the full
operative stage o f World Government is reached. The World
Government shall use fifty percent of the funds thus received
to finance the work and projects of the World Economic Development
Organization.
- The
World Parliament and the World Executive shall continue
to develop the organs, departments, agencies and activities
originated under the Provisional World Government, with
such amendments as deemed necessary; and shall proceed to
establish and beg in the following organs, departments and
agencies of the World Government, if not already underway,
together with such other departments, and agencies as are
considered desirable and feasible during the first operative
stage of World Government:
- The
World Supreme Court;
- The
Enforcement System;
- The
World Ombudsmus;
- The
World Civil Service Administration;
- The
World Financial Administration;
- The
Agency for Research and Planning;
- The
Agency for Technological and Environmental Assessment;
- An
Emergency Earth Rescue Administration, concerned with
all aspects of climate change and related factors;
- An
Integrated Global Energy System, based on environmentally
safe sources;
- A
World University System, under the Department of Education;
- A
World Corporations Office, under the Department of Commerce
and Industry;
- The
World Service Corps;
- A
World Oceans and Seabeds Administration.
- At
the beginning of the first operative stage, the Presidium
in consultation with the Executive Cabinet shall formulate
and put forward a proposed program for solving the most
urgent world problems currently confronting humanity.
- The
World Parliament shall proceed to work upon solutions to
world problems. The World Parliament and the World Executive
working together shall institute through the several organs,
departments and agencies of the World Government whatever
means sha ll seem appropriate and feasible to accomplish
the implementation and enforcement of world legislation,
world law and the World Constitution; and in particular
shall take certain decisive actions for the welfare of all
people on Earth, applicable througho ut the world, including
but not limited to the following:
- Expedite
the organization and work of an Emergency Earth Rescue
Administration, concerned with all aspects of climate
change and climate crises;
- Expedite
the new finance, credit and monetary system, to serve
human needs;
- Expedite
an integrated global energy system, utilizing solar
energy, hydrogen energy, and other safe and sustainable
sources of energy;
- Push
forward a global program for agricultural production
to achieve maximum sustained yield under conditions
which are ecologically sound;
- Establish
conditions for free trade within the Federation of Earth;
- Call
for and find ways to implement a moratorium on nuclear
energy projects until all problems are solved concerning
safety, disposal of toxic wastes and the dangers of
use or diversion of materials for the production of
nuclear weapons;
- Outlaw
and find ways to completely terminate the production
of nuclear weapons and all weapons of mass destruction;
- Push
forward programs to assure adequate and non-polluted
water supplies and clean air supplies for everybody
on Earth;
- Push
forward a global program to conserve and re-cycle the
resources of Earth.
- Develop
an accetable program to bring population growth under
control, especially by raising standards of living.
Sec.
D - Second Operative Stage of World Government
- The
second operative stage of World Government shall be implemented
when fifty percent or more of the nations of Earth have
given either preliminary or final ratification to this World
Constitution, provided that fifty percent of the total population
of Earth is included either within the ratifying nations
or within the ratifying nations together with additional
World Electoral and Administrative Districts where people
have ratified the World Constitution by direct referendum.
- The
election and appointment of Members of the World Parliament
to the several Houses of the World Parliament shall proceed
in the same manner as specified for the first operative
stage in Section C-2,3,4 and 5 of Article 17.
- The
terms of office of the Members of the World Parliament elected
or appointed for the first operative stage of World Government,
shall be extended into the second operative stage unless
they have already served five year terms, in which case
new ele ctions or appointments shall be arranged. The terms
of holdover Members of the World Parliament into the second
operative stage shall be adjusted to run concurrently with
the terms of those who are newly elected at the beginning
of the second operative st age.
- The
World Presidium and the Executive Cabinet shall be re-constituted
or reconfirmed, as needed, at the beginning of the second
operative stage of World Government.
- The
World Parliament and the World Executive shall continue
to develop the organs, departments, agencies and activities
which are already underway from the first operative stage
of World Government, with such amendments as deemed necessary;
and shall proceed to establish and develop all other organs
and major departments and agencies of the World Government
to the extent deemed feasible during the second operative
stage.
- All
nations joining the Federation of Earth to compose the second
operative stage of World Government, shall immediately transfer
all weapons of mass destruction and all other military weapons
and equipment to the World Disarmament Agency, which shall
immediately immobilize such weapons and equipment and shall
proceed forthwith to dismantle, convert to peacetime uses,
recycle the materials thereof, or otherwise destroy such
weapons and equipment. During the second operative stage,
all armed forces an d para-military forces of the nations
which have joined the Federation of Earth shall be completely
disarmed and either disbanded or converted on a voluntary
basis into elements of the non-military World Service Corps.
- Concurrently
with the reduction or elimination of such weapons, equipment
and other military expenditures as can be accomplished during
the second operative stage of World Government, the member
nations of the Federation of Earth shall pay annually to
the Treasury of the World Government amounts equal to one-half
of the amounts saved from their national military budgets
during the last year before joining the Federation and shall
continue such payments until the full operative stage of
World Governmen t is reached. The World Government shall
use fifty percent of the funds thus received to finance
the work and projects of the World Economic Development
Organization.
- Upon
formation of the Executive Cabinet for the second operative
stage, the Presidium shall issue an invitation to the General
Assembly of the United Nations Organization and to each
of the specialized agencies of the United Nations, as well
as to oth er useful international agencies, to transfer
personnel, facilities, equipment, resources and allegiance
to the Federation of Earth and to the World Government thereof.
The agencies and functions of the United Nations Organization
and of its specialized agencies and of other international
agencies which may be thus transferred, shall be reconstituted
as needed and integrated into the several organs, departments,
offices and agencies of the World Government.
- Near
the beginning of the second operative stage, the Presidium
in consultation with the Executive cabinet, shall formulate
and put forward a proposed program for solving the most
urgent world problems currently confronting the people of
Earth.
- The
World Parliament shall proceed with legislation necessary
for implementing a complete program for solving the current
urgent world problems.
- The
World Parliament and the World Executive working together
shall develop through the several organs, departments and
agencies of the World Government whatever means shall seem
appropriate and feasible to implement legislation for solving
world prob lems; and in particular shall take certain decisive
actions for the welfare of all people on Earth, including
but not limited to the following:
- Declaring
all oceans, seas and canals having supra-national character
(but not including inland seas traditionally belonging
to particular nations) from twenty kilometers offshore,
and all the seabeds thereof, to be under the ownership
of the Federati on of Earth as the common heritage of
humanity, and subject to the control and management
of the World Government.
- Declare
the polar caps and surrounding polar areas, including
the continent of Antartica but not areas which are traditionally
a part of particular nations, to be world territory
owned by the Federation of Earth as the common heritage
of humanity, and subject to control and management by
the World Government.
- Outlaw
the possession, stockpiling, sale and use of all nuclear
weapons, all weapons of mass destruction, and all other
military weapons and equipment.
- Establish
an ever-normal grainery and food supply system for the
people of Earth.
- Develop
and carry forward insofar as feasible all actions defined
under Sec. C-10 and C-12 of the First Operative Stage.
Sec.
E - Full Operative Stage of World Government
- The
full operative stage of World Government shall be implemented
when this World Constitution is given either preliminary
or final ratification by meeting either condition (a) or
(b):
- Ratification
by eighty percent or more of the nations of Earth comprising
at least ninety percent of the population of Earth;
or
- Ratification
which includes ninety percent of Earth's total population,
either within ratifying nations or within ratifying
nations together with additional World Electoral and
Administrative Districts where ratification by direct
referendum has been accomplished, as provided in Article
17, Section A.
- When
the full operative stage of World Government is reached,
the following conditions shall be implemented:
- Elections
for Members of the House of Peoples shall be conducted
in all World Electoral and Administrative Districts
where elections have not already taken place; and Members
of the House of Nations shall be elected or appointed
by the national legisl atures or national governments
in all nations where this has not already been accomplished.
- The
terms of office for Members of the House of Peoples
and of the House of Nations serving during the second
operative stage, shall be continued into the full operative
stage, except for those who have already served five
years, in which case electio ns shall be held or appointments
made as required.
- The
terms of office for all holdover Members of the House
of Peoples and of the House of Nations who have served
less than five years, shall be adjusted to run concurrently
with those Members of the World Parliament whose terms
are beginning with the full operative stage.
- The
second 100 Members of the House of Counsellors shall
be elected according to the procedure specified in Section
E of Article 5. The terms of office for holdover Members
of the House of Counsellors shall run five more years
after the beginning of the full operative stage, while
those beginning their terms with the full operative
stage shall serve ten years.
- The
Presidium and the Executive Cabinet shall be reconstituted
in accordance with the provisions of Article 6.
- All
organs of the World Government shall be made fully operative,
and shall be fully developed for the effective administration
and implementation of world legislation, world law and
the provisions of this World Constitution.
- All
nations which have not already done so shall immediately
transfer all military weapons and equipment to the World
Disarmament Agency, which shall immediately immobilize
all such weapons and shall proceed forthwith to dismantle,
convert to peaceful usage, recycle the materials thereof,
or otherwise to destroy such weapons and equipment.
- All
armies and military forces of every kind shall be completely
disarmed, and either disbanded or converted and integrated
on a voluntary basis into the non-military World Service
Corps.
- All
viable agencies of the United Nations Organization and
other viable international agencies established among
national governments, together with their personnel,
facilities and resources, shall be transferred to the
World Government and reconstitu ted and integrated as
may be useful into the organs, departments, offices,
institutes, commissions, bureaus and agencies of the
World Government.
- The
World Parliament and the World Executive shall continue
to develop the activities and projects which are already
underway from the second operative stage of World Government,
with such amendments as deemed necessary; and shall
proceed with a compl ete and full scale program to solve
world problems and serve the welfare of all people on
Earth, in accordance with the provisions of this World
Constitution.
Sec.
F - Costs of Ratification
The work
and costs of private Citizens of Earth for the achievement
of a ratified Constitution for the Federation of Earth, are
recognized as legitimate costs for the establishment of constitutional
world government by which present and future generations will
benefit, and shall be repaid double the original amount by
the World Financial Administration of the World Government
when it becomes operational after 25 countries have ratified
this Constitution for the Federation of Earth. Repayment specifically
includes contributions to the World Government Funding Corporation
and other costs and expenses recognized by standardsd and
procedures to be established by the World Financial Administration.
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