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A
CONSTITUTION FOR THE FEDERATION OF EARTH
Article
7 - The World Administration
Sec.
A - Functions of the World Administration
- The
World Administration shall be organized to carry out the
detailed and continuous administration and implementation
of world legislation and world law.
- The
World Administration shall be under the direction of the
World Executive, and shall at all times be responsible to
the World Executive.
- The
World Administration shall be organized so as to give professional
continuity to the work of administration and implementation.
Sec.
B - Structure and Procedures of the World Administration
- The
World Administration shall be composed of professionally
organized departments and other agencies in all areas of
activity requiring continuity of administration and implementation
by the World Government.
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Each
Department or major agency of the World Administration
shall be headed by a Minister who shall be either a member
of the Executive Cabinet or a Vice President of the Presidium.
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Each
Department or major agency of the World Administration
shall have as chief of staff a Senior Administrator, who
shall assist the Minister and supervise the detailed work
of the Department or agency.
- Each
Senior Administrator shall be nominated by the Minister
of the particular Department or agency from among persons
in the senior lists of the World Civil Service Administration,
as soon as senior lists have been established by the World
Civil Serv ice Administration, and shall be confirmed by
the Presidium. Temporary qualified appointments shall be
made by the Ministers, with confirmation by the Presidium,
pending establishment of the senior lists.
- There shall be a Secretary General of the World Administration,
who shall be nominated by the Presidium and confirmed by
absolute majority vote of the entire Executive Cabinet.
- The
functions and responsibilities of the Secretary General
of the World Administration shall be to assist in coordinating
the work of the Senior Administrators of the several Departments
and agencies of the World Administration. The Secretary
General shall at all times be subject to the direction of
the Presidium, and shall be directly responsible to the
Presidium.
- The
employment of any Senior Administrator and of the Secretary
General may be terminated for cause by absolute majority
vote of both the Executive Cabinet and Presidium combined,
but not contrary to civil service rules which protect tenure
on grounds of competence.
- Each
Minister of a Department or agency of the World Administration,
being also a Member of the World Parliament, shall provide
continuous liaison between the particular Department or
agency and the World Parliament, shall respond at any time
to any q uestions or requests for information from the Parliament,
including committees of any House of the World Parliament.
- The
Presidium, in cooperation with the particular Ministers
in each case, shall be responsible for the original organization
of each of the Departments and major agencies of the World
Administration.
- The
assignment of legislative measures, constitutional provisions
and areas of world law to particular Departments and agencies
for administration and implementation shall be done by the
Presidium in consultation with the Executive Cabinet and
Secret ary General, unless specifically provided in legislation
passed by the World Parliament.
- The
Presidium, in consultation with the Executive Cabinet, may
propose the creation of other departments and agencies to
have ministerial status; and may propose the alteration,
combination or termination of existing Departments and agencies
of minist erial status as may seem necessary or desirable.
Any such creation, alteration, combination or termination
shall require a simple majority vote of approval of the
three houses of the World Parliament in joint session.
- The
World Parliament by absolute majority vote of the three
houses in joint session may specify the creation of new
departments or agencies of ministerial status in the World
Administration, or may direct the World Executive to alter,
combine, or term inate existing departments or agencies
of ministerial status.
- The
Presidium and the World Executive may not create, establish
or maintain any administrative or executive department or
agency for the purpose of circumventing control by the World
Parliament.
Sec.
C - Departments of the World Adminstration
Among
the Departments and agencies of the World Administration of
ministerial status, but not limited thereto and subject to
combinations and to changes in descriptive terminology, shall
be those listed under this Section. Each major area of administr
ation shall be headed by a Cabinet Minister and a Senior Administrator,
or by a Vice President and a Senior Administrator.
- Disarmament
and War Prevention.
- Population.
- Food
and Agriculture.
- Water
Supplies and Waterways.
- Health
and Nutrition.
- Education.
- Cultural
Diversity and the Arts.
- Habitat
and Settlements.
- Environment
and Ecology.
- World
Resources.
- Oceans
and Seabeds.
- Atmosphere
and Space.
- Energy.
- Science
and Technology.
- Genetic
Research and Engineering.
- Labor
and Income.
- Economic
and Social Development.
- Commerce
and Industry.
- Transportation
and Travel.
- Multi-National
Corporations.
- Communications
and Information.
- Human
Rights.
- Distributive
Justice.
- World
Service Corps.
- World
Territories, Capitals and Parks.
- Exterior
Relations.
- Democratic
Procedures.
- Revenue.
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