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Artwork by Germain Dufour
November 19, 2009
Chapter XIV Global Parliament governing institutions and bodies[ 
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Chapter 14.1 The institutional framework[ ]
Article 1: Global Parliament's Institutions and Bodies
Article 2: Structure of Global Parliament
Chapter 14.1 A) Global Parliament[ ]
Article 1: Global Parliament
Article 2: Composition of Global Parliament
Article 3: Global Law: legislation
Chapter 14.1 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives[ ]
Article 1: Composition
Article 2: Election
Article 3: One delegate per million people on the planet
Chapter 14.1 A.2 The House of Advisers[ ]
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
Chapter 14.1 A.3 The Federation[ ]
Article 1: The Federation
Article 2: The Federation Chair
Article 3: The Global Government of North America
Chapter 14.1 A.4 The Earth Executive Council[ ]
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.2 B) The Organs of Global Parliament[ ]
Chapter 14.2 B.1 Earth Executive Council[ ]
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Article 2: Formations of the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.2 B.2 Global Parliament Departments[ ]
Article 1: Departments of the Global Administration
Chapter 14.2 B.3 Global Civil Service Administration and Planning[ ]
Article 1: The Global Civil Service Administration and Planning (GCSAP)
Chapter 14.2 B.4 The Global Judiciary[ ]
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Article 2:
Chapter 14.2 B.5 Agency of Global Police[ ]
Article 1: The Global Police
Chapter 14.2 B.6 Global Community Ombudspersons Office[ ]
Article 1: Composition of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office
Chapter 14.2 B.7 Global Investment Bank[ ]
Article 1: Global Investment Bank
Chapter 14.2 B.8 The Court of Auditors[ ]
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
Chapter 14.2 B.9 Global Community Citizenship Office[ ]
Article 1: Global Community Citizenship Office
Chapter 14.2 B.10 Global Rights Office[ ]
Article 1: Global Rights Office
Chapter 14.2 B.11 Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)[ ]
Article 1: Global Community Assessment Centre
Chapter 14.2 B.12 Earth Security[ ]
Article 1: Earth Security
Chapter 14.2 B.13 Global Civil Society Council[ ]
Article 1: Global Civil Society Council
Chapter 14.2 B.14 Agency for Research, Planning and Development[ ]
Article 1: Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Chapter 14.2 B.15 Global Protection Agency (GPA)[ ]
Article 1: Global Protection Agency (GPA)
Chapter 14.3 Functions of Global Parliament[ ]
Article 1: Functions of Global Parliament
Chapter 14.3 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives[ ]
Chapter 14.3.1 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives[ ]
Article 1 to Article 8
Chapter 14.3.2 A.1 Voting[ ]
Article 1 to Article 19
Chapter 14.3 A.2 The House of Advisers[ ]
Chapter 14.3.1 A.2 Global Parliament's Advisory Bodies[ ]
Article 1: The House of Advisers
Chapter 14.3.2 A.2 The Committee of the Regions[ ]
Article 1 to Article 3
Chapter 14.3.3 A.2 The Economic and Social Committee[ ]
Article 1: The Economic and Social Committee
Article 2 to Article 4
Chapter 14.3.4 A.2 Provisions common to Global Parliament institutions, bodies and agencies[ ]
Article 1: Provisions common to Global Parliament institutions, bodies and agencies
Article 2 to Article 7
Chapter 14.3.5 A.2 Acts of the Earth Executive Council[ ]
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3.6 A.2 Global Parliament Advisory Board[ ]
Article 1: Federation Advisory Board
Chapter 14.3 A.3 The Federation[ ]
Chapter 14.3.1 A.3 The Federation[ ]
Article 1: The Federation
Chapter 14.3.2 A.3 Procedures of Global Parliament[ ]
Article 1: Procedures of Global Parliament
Chapter 14.3 B.1 Earth Executive Council[ ]
Chapter 14.3.1 B.1 Functions and Powers of the Earth Executive Council[ ]
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.2 B.1 Composition of the Earth Executive Council[ ]
Article 1: Composition of the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.3 B.1 The Global Council[ ]
Article 1: The Global Council
Chapter 14.3.4 B.1 The Cabinet Ministers[ ]
Article 1: The Cabinet Ministers
Chapter 14.3.5 B.1 Procedures of the Earth Executive Council[ ]
Article 1: Procedures of the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.6 B.1 Limitations on the Earth Executive Council[ ]
Article 1: Limitations on the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3 B.2 Global Parliament Departments[ ]
Chapter 14.3.1 B.2 Functions of Global Parliament Departments[ ]
Article 1: Functions of Global Parliament Departments
Chapter 14.3.2 B.2 Structure and Procedures of Global Parliament Departments[ ]
Article 1: Structure and Procedures of Global Parliament Departments
Chapter 14.3 B.3 Global Civil Service Administration and Planning[ ]
Chapter 14.3.1 B.3 The Global Civil Service Staff[ ]
Article 1: The Global Civil Service Staff
Chapter 14.3.2 B.3 The Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems[ ]
Article 1: The Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems
Chapter 14.3.3 B.3 The Global Financial Administration[ ]
Article 1: The Global Financial Administration
Chapter 14.3.4 B.3 Commission for Legislative Review[ ]
Article 1: Commission for Legislative Review
Chapter 14.3 B.4 The Global Judiciary[ ]
Chapter 14.3.1 B.4 The Global Judiciary[ ]
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Chapter 14.3.2 B.4 Forming a new nation[ ]
Article 1: Forming a new nation
Chapter 14.3.3 B.4 Application of Global Law[ ]
Article 1: Application of Global Law
Chapter 14.3.4 B.4 Legislative acts[ ]
Article 1: Legislative acts
Chapter 14.3.5 B.4 Composition of the Council of Global Judges[ ]
Article 1: Composition of the Council of Global Judges
Article 2: Responsibilities of the Global Judiciary
Article 3: The President of the Global Judiciary
Article 4: Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs
Article 5: The Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.3.6 B.4 Earth Court of Justice[ ]
Article 1: Earth Court of Justice
Article 2: Jurisdiction of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 3: Benches of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 4: Seats of the Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.3.7 B.4 Council of Global Judges[ ]
Article 1: The Council of Global Judges
Chapter 14.3.8 B.4 The Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice[ ]
Article 1: The Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.3.9 B.4 The Statute of the Earth Court of Justice[ ]
Article 1: The Statute of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 2 to Article 33
Chapter 14.3 B.5 Agency of Global Police[ ]
Chapter 14.3.1 B.5 Agency of Global Police[ ]
Article 1: The enforcement of global law and global legislation
Chapter 14.3.2 B.5 Global Community Justice Network[ ]
Article 1: The Global Community Justice Network
Chapter 14.3.3 B.5 The Means of Enforcement of Global Law[ ]
Article 1: Means of Enforcement of Global Law
Article 2:
Chapter 14.3 B.6 Global Community Ombudspersons[ ]
Article 1: The Global Community Ombudspersons Office
Chapter 14.3 B.7 The Global Investment Bank[ ]
Article 1 to Article 2
Chapter 14.3 B.8 The Court of Auditors[ ]
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
Article 2 to Article 3
Chapter 14.3 B.9 Global Community Citizenship Office[ ]
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.10 Global Rights Office[ ]
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.11 Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)[ ]
Article 1: The Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 2: Staff of the Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 3: GCAC has several objectives
Chapter 14.3 B.12 Earth Security[ ]
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.13 Global Civil Society Council[ ]
Chapter 14.3.1 B.13 Objectives of the Global Civil Society Council[ ]
Article 1: Objectives
Article 2:
Chapter 14.3 B.14 Agency for Research, Planning and Development[ ]
Article 1: The Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Chapter 14.3 B.15 Global Protection Agency (GPA)[ ]
Article 1: Global Protection Agency (GPA)
Chapter 14.4 Global Electoral and Administration Regions[ ]
Article 1: A) Global Electoral and Administrative Regions[ ]
B) Global Boundaries and Elections Administration[ ]
Chapter 14.5 Provisions concerning governing institutions and bodies[ ]
Chapter 14.5.1 Qualified majority[ ]
Article 1: Qualified majority
Chapter 14.5.2 Global Investment Bank[ ]
Article 2: The Global Investment Bank
Chapter 14.5.3 Global Parliament[ ]
Article 3: Global Parliament
Article 2 to Article 12
Chapter 14.5.4 The Federation[ ]
Article 1: The Federation
Chapter 14.5.5 The Earth Executive Council[ ]
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Article 2:
Article 3: Responsibilities incumbent upon the Global Judiciary
Article 4 to Article 6
Chapter 14.5.6 The Global Judiciary[ ]
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Article 4 to Article 6
Chapter 14.5.7 The Earth Court of Justice[ ]
Article 1: The Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.6 Global Parliament's financial provisions[ ]
Chapter 14.6.1 The multinational financial frameworks[ ]
Article 1: The multinational financial framework
Chapter 14.6.2 Global Parliament's Annual Budget[ ]
Article 1: Global Parliament's Annual Budget
Article 2 to Article 4
Chapter 14.6.3 Implementation of the Annual Budget[ ]
Article 1: Implementation of the Annual Budget
Article 2 to Article 3
Chapter 14.6.4 Common provisions and procedures[ ]
Article 1: Common provisions and procedures
Article 2 to Article 5
Chapter 14.7 Global Parliament measures against fraud[ ]
Article 1 to Article 3
Chapter 14.8 The Trusteeship Council and Trusteeship System[ ]
Article 1 to Article 14
]Chapter 14.1 The institutional framework
]Article 1: Global Parliament's Institutions and Bodies
Article 2: Structure of Global Parliament
Chapter 14.1 A) Global Parliament
]Article 1: Global Parliament
Article 2: Composition of Global Parliament
Article 3: Global Law: legislation
Chapter 14.1 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives
]Article 1: Composition
Article 2: Election
Article 3: One delegate per million people on the planet
Chapter 14.1 A.2 The House of Advisers
]Article 1: The Court of Auditors
Chapter 14.1 A.3 The Federation
]Article 1: The Federation
Article 2: The Federation Chair
Article 3: The Global Government of North America
Chapter 14.1 A.4 The Earth Executive Council
]Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.2 B) The Organs of Global Parliament
]Chapter 14.2 B.1 Earth Executive Council
]Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Article 2: Formations of the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.2 B.2 Global Parliament Departments
]Article 1: Departments of the Global Administration
Chapter 14.2 B.3 Global Civil Service Administration and Planning
]Article 1: The Global Civil Service Administration and Planning (GCSAP)
Chapter 14.2 B.4 The Global Judiciary
]Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Article 2:
Chapter 14.2 B.5 Agency of Global Police
]Article 1: The Global Police
Chapter 14.2 B.6 Global Community Ombudspersons Office
]Article 1: Composition of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office
Chapter 14.2 B.7 Global Investment Bank
]Article 1: Global Investment Bank
Chapter 14.2 B.8 The Court of Auditors
]Article 1: The Court of Auditors
Chapter 14.2 B.9 Global Community Citizenship Office
]Article 1: Global Community Citizenship Office
Chapter 14.2 B.10 Global Rights Office
]Article 1: Global Rights Office
Chapter 14.2 B.11 Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
]Article 1: Global Community Assessment Centre
Chapter 14.2 B.12 Earth Security
]Article 1: Earth Security
Chapter 14.2 B.13 Global Civil Society Council
]Article 1: Global Civil Society Council
Chapter 14.2 B.14 Agency for Research, Planning and Development
]Article 1: Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Chapter 14.2 B.15 Global Protection Agency (GPA)
]Article 1: Global Protection Agency (GPA)
Chapter 14.3 Functions of Global Parliament
]Article 1: Functions of Global Parliament
Chapter 14.3 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives
]Chapter 14.3.1 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives
]Article 1 to Article 8
Chapter 14.3.2 A.1 Voting
]Article 1 to Article 19
Chapter 14.3 A.2 The House of Advisers
]Chapter 14.3.1 A.2 Global Parliament's Advisory Bodies
]Article 1: The House of Advisers
Chapter 14.3.2 A.2 The Committee of the Regions
]Article 1 to Article 3
Chapter 14.3.3 A.2 The Economic and Social Committee
]Article 1: The Economic and Social Committee
Article 2 to Article 4
Chapter 14.3.4 A.2 Provisions common to Global Parliament institutions, bodies and agencies
]Article 1: Provisions common to Global Parliament institutions, bodies and agencies
Article 2 to Article 7
Chapter 14.3.5 A.2 Acts of the Earth Executive Council
]Article 1:
Chapter 14.3.6 A.2 Global Parliament Advisory Board
]Article 1: Federation Advisory Board
Chapter 14.3 A.3 The Federation
]Chapter 14.3.1 A.3 The Federation
]Article 1: The Federation
Chapter 14.3.2 A.3 Procedures of Global Parliament
]Article 1: Procedures of Global Parliament
Chapter 14.3 B.1 Earth Executive Council
]Chapter 14.3.1 B.1 Functions and Powers of the Earth Executive Council
]Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.2 B.1 Composition of the Earth Executive Council
]Article 1: Composition of the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.3 B.1 The Global Council
]Article 1: The Global Council
Chapter 14.3.4 B.1 The Cabinet Ministers
]Article 1: The Cabinet Ministers
Chapter 14.3.5 B.1 Procedures of the Earth Executive Council
]Article 1: Procedures of the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.6 B.1 Limitations on the Earth Executive Council
]Article 1: Limitations on the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3 B.2 Global Parliament Departments
]Chapter 14.3.1 B.2 Functions of Global Parliament Departments
]Article 1: Functions of Global Parliament Departments
Chapter 14.3.2 B.2 Structure and Procedures of Global Parliament Departments
]Article 1: Structure and Procedures of Global Parliament Departments
Chapter 14.3 B.3 Global Civil Service Administration and Planning
]Chapter 14.3.1 B.3 The Global Civil Service Staff
]Article 1: The Global Civil Service Staff
Chapter 14.3.2 B.3 The Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems
]Article 1: The Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems
Chapter 14.3.3 B.3 The Global Financial Administration
]Article 1: The Global Financial Administration
Chapter 14.3.4 B.3 Commission for Legislative Review
]Article 1: Commission for Legislative Review
Chapter 14.3 B.4 The Global Judiciary
]Chapter 14.3.1 B.4 The Global Judiciary
]Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Chapter 14.3.2 B.4 Forming a new nation
]Article 1: Forming a new nation
Chapter 14.3.3 B.4 Application of Global Law
]Article 1: Application of Global Law
Chapter 14.3.4 B.4 Legislative acts
]Article 1: Legislative acts
Chapter 14.3.5 B.4 Composition of the Council of Global Judges
]Article 1: Composition of the Council of Global Judges
Article 2: Responsibilities of the Global Judiciary
Article 3: The President of the Global Judiciary
Article 4: Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs
Article 5: The Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.3.6 B.4 Earth Court of Justice
]Article 1: Earth Court of Justice
Article 2: Jurisdiction of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 3: Benches of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 4: Seats of the Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.3.7 B.4 Council of Global Judges
]Article 1: The Council of Global Judges
Chapter 14.3.8 B.4 The Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice
]Article 1: The Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.3.9 B.4 The Statute of the Earth Court of Justice
]Article 1: The Statute of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 2 to Article 33
Chapter 14.3 B.5 Agency of Global Police
]Chapter 14.3.1 B.5 Agency of Global Police
]Article 1: The enforcement of global law and global legislation
Chapter 14.3.2 B.5 Global Community Justice Network
]Article 1: The Global Community Justice Network
Chapter 14.3.3 B.5 The Means of Enforcement of Global Law
]Article 1: Means of Enforcement of Global Law
Article 2:
Chapter 14.3 B.6 Global Community Ombudspersons
]Article 1: The Global Community Ombudspersons Office
Chapter 14.3 B.7 The Global Investment Bank
]Article 1 to Article 2
Chapter 14.3 B.8 The Court of Auditors
]Article 1: The Court of Auditors
Article 2 to Article 3
Chapter 14.3 B.9 Global Community Citizenship Office
]Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.10 Global Rights Office
]Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.11 Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
]Article 1: The Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 2: Staff of the Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 3: GCAC has several objectives
Chapter 14.3 B.12 Earth Security
]Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.13 Global Civil Society Council
]Chapter 14.3.1 B.13 Objectives of the Global Civil Society Council
]Article 1: Objectives
Article 2:
Chapter 14.3 B.14 Agency for Research, Planning and Development
]Article 1: The Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Chapter 14.3 B.15 Global Protection Agency (GPA)
]Article 1: Global Protection Agency (GPA)
Chapter 14.4 Global Electoral and Administration Regions
]Article 1: A) Global Electoral and Administrative Regions
]B) Global Boundaries and Elections Administration
]Chapter 14.5 Provisions concerning governing institutions and bodies
]Chapter 14.5.1 Qualified majority
]Article 1: Qualified majority
Chapter 14.5.2 Global Investment Bank
]Article 2: The Global Investment Bank
Chapter 14.5.3 Global Parliament
]Article 3: Global Parliament
Article 2 to Article 12
Chapter 14.5.4 The Federation
]Article 1: The Federation
Chapter 14.5.5 The Earth Executive Council
]Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Article 2:
Article 3: Responsibilities incumbent upon the Global Judiciary
Article 4 to Article 6
Chapter 14.5.6 The Global Judiciary
]Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Article 4 to Article 6
Chapter 14.5.7 The Earth Court of Justice
]Article 1: The Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.6 Global Parliament's financial provisions
]Chapter 14.6.1 The multinational financial frameworks
]Article 1: The multinational financial framework
Chapter 14.6.2 Global Parliament's Annual Budget
]Article 1: Global Parliament's Annual Budget
Article 2 to Article 4
Chapter 14.6.3 Implementation of the Annual Budget
]Article 1: Implementation of the Annual Budget
Article 2 to Article 3
Chapter 14.6.4 Common provisions and procedures
]Article 1: Common provisions and procedures
Article 2 to Article 5
Chapter 14.7 Global Parliament measures against fraud
]Article 1 to Article 3
Chapter 14.8 The Trusteeship Council and Trusteeship System
]Article 1 to Article 14
3. Each Institution and Body shall act within the limits of the powers conferred
on them in this Constitution, and in conformity with the procedures and conditions
set out in it. The Institutions and Bodies shall practice full mutual cooperation.
Article 2: Structure of Global Parliament
Chapter 14.1 A) Global Parliament
Article 1: Global Parliament
Article 2: Composition of Global Parliament
Article 3: Global Law: legislation
Article 1: Global Parliament
1. Global Parliament shall enact legislation, and exercise the budgetary function, as well as functions of political control and consultation as laid down in the Constitution. Global Parliament shall elect the President of Global Parliament .
2. Global Parliament shall be elected by direct universal suffrage of all the Global Community citizens in free and secret ballot for a term of five years. Representation of the Global Community citizens shall be of one Elected Representative per million people. Sufficiently in advance of the Parliamentary elections, the Global Parliament shall adopt by unanimity, on the basis of a proposal from Global Parliament and with its consent, a decision establishing the composition of Global Parliament, respecting the principles set out above.
3. Global Parliament shall elect its President and its officers from among its members.
3. Global Parliament shall create, alter, abolish or consolidate the departments, commissions, offices, agencies and other parts of the several organs of Global Parliament, subject to the specific provisions of this Constitution. The Global Parliament shall, jointly with the Earth Executive Council, enact legislation, and exercise the budgetary function, as well as functions of political control and consultation as laid down in the Constitution. Global Parliament shall elect the President of Global Parliament.
Article 2: Composition of Global Parliament
Article 2: Structure of Global Parliament
a) Global Parliament shall be organized as the federation of all nations including all Peoples of the Global Community, and encompassing all oceans, seas and lands of Earth, inclusive of non-self governing territories, together with the surrounding atmosphere.The organizational structure shall be as shown on the following figure.
b) Global Parliament shall be non-military and shall be democratic in its own structure, with ultimate sovereignty residing in all Peoples of the Global Community.
c) The authority and powers granted to Global Parliament shall be limited to those defined in this Constitution for the federation of all nations, 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 Global Parliament to protect universal global rights as defined in this Global Parliament Constitution.
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Chapter 14.1 A) Global Parliament
Article 1: Global Parliament
Article 2: Composition of Global Parliament
Article 3: Global Law: legislation
Article 1: Global Parliament
1. Global Parliament shall enact legislation, and exercise the budgetary function, as well as functions of political control and consultation as laid down in the Constitution. Global Parliament shall elect the President of Global Parliament .
2. Global Parliament shall be elected by direct universal suffrage of all the Global Community citizens in free and secret ballot for a term of five years. Representation of the Global Community citizens shall be of one Elected Representative per million people. Sufficiently in advance of the Parliamentary elections, the Global Parliament shall adopt by unanimity, on the basis of a proposal from Global Parliament and with its consent, a decision establishing the composition of Global Parliament, respecting the principles set out above.
3. Global Parliament shall elect its President and its officers from among its members.
3. Global Parliament shall create, alter, abolish or consolidate the departments, commissions, offices, agencies and other parts of the several organs of Global Parliament, subject to the specific provisions of this Constitution. The Global Parliament shall, jointly with the Earth Executive Council, enact legislation, and exercise the budgetary function, as well as functions of political control and consultation as laid down in the Constitution. Global Parliament shall elect the President of Global Parliament.
Article 2: Composition of Global Parliament
1. Global Parliament shall be composed
of four bodies, designated as follows:
Global Parliament
3. The House of Elected Representatives, the House of Advisers, the Earth Executive Council, and the Federation together are Global Parliament. The Peoples of the Global Community elect, nominate or appoint their representatives to Global Parliament.
The House of Elected Representatives shall be elected by direct universal suffrage of all the Global Community citizens in free and secret ballot for a term of five years. Representation of the Global Community citizens shall be of one Elected Representative per million people.
Global Parliament shall enact legislation, and exercise the budgetary function, as well as functions of political control and consultation as laid down in Global Parliament Constitution.
Global Parliament shall elect its President and its officers from among its members.
Article 3: Global Law: legislation
The Global Community has researched and developed Global Law
which includes Global Rights, Statutes, Codes, Standards, Bills and other Legislation.
Global Parliament shall approve Global Law.
Global Law consists of 69 codes, covering various subject areas, this Constitution, Bills and Statutes. Information presented reflects laws currently in effect. All Codes have been updated to include Statutes of year 2005. The Global Parliament's Constitution and the Global Citizens Rights, Responsibility and Accountability Act
are important parts of Global Law and shall also be approved by Global Parliament.
We call upon the national governments and legislatures of the world to ratify Global Parliament's Constitution and elect delegates to the House of the Federation.
The Global Community will do everything possible to give trade the proper guidance for humanity. Trade will become a global co-operation between all nations. The global crisis and the kind of behaviour that happened in the Middle East and in many other parts of the world will not be allowed again. That is Global Parliament’s commitment to the Global Community to make government and global citizens responsible and accountable. This commitment was defined in sections 11 to 14 of the Global Citizens Rights, Responsibility and Accountability Act.
This WWW site is maintained by the Legislative Counsel of Global Parliament, pursuant to Global Parliament Global Law, its legislation.
Global Parliament Global Law consists of 69 codes, covering various subject areas, the Global Parliament Constitution
, Bills and
Statutes. Information presented reflects laws currently in effect. All Global Parliament Codes have been updated
to include Statutes of year 2005.
Chapter 14.1 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives
Article 1: Composition
Article 2: Election
Article 3: One delegate per million people on the planet
Chapter 14.1 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives
Article 1: Composition
The House of Elected Representatives shall be composed of the Peoples delegates directly elected in proportion to population from the Global Electoral and Administrative Districts, as defined in Articles of Chapters 14.4 and 23.2.
Article 2: Election
1. Peoples delegates shall be elected by universal adult suffrage, open to all persons of age 18 and above.
2. One Peoples delegate shall be elected from each Global Electoral and Administrative District to serve a five year term in the House of Elected Representatives. Peoples delegates may be elected to serve successive terms without limit. Each peoples delegate shall have one vote.
3. A candidate for election to serve as a peoples delegate must be at least 21 years of age, a resident for at least one year of the electoral district from which the candidate is seeking election, and shall take a pledge of service to humanity.
Article 3: One delegate per million people on the planet
4. On average, there will be elected to the House of Elected representatives one delegate per million people on the planet. The total number of delegates is about 7000 delegates.
Chapter 14.1 A.2 The House of Advisers
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
Chapter 14.1 A.2 The House of Advisers
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
a) The Court of Auditors
b) Global Parliament 's advisory bodies
Article 1: The Federation
Article 2: The Federation Chair
Article 3: The Global Government of North America
Chapter 14.1 A.3 The Federation
Article 1: The Federation
[ GCEG 
]
[ The Federation Global Law 
]
[ The Fedceration Constitution ]
[ Federation Advisory Board ]
[ Activities of the Global Community 
]
[ Member Nations ]
[ Portal of the Global Community of North America 
]
As a replacement to the United Nations, we have formed the Global Parliament with 9 or more Global Governments (GGs) and an enforceable, non-military democratic Federation Constitution for all. Governing bodies consist of four chambers making Global Parliament:
The power of Global Parliament was de-centralized to give each GG a better chance to find the right solutions to global issues. It can act faster and be more effective and efficient in the context of the Global Community, this great, wide, wonderful world made of all these diverse global communities within each Nation.The Global Community becomes thus more fluid and dynamic. A global symbiotical relationship is created between Nations and Global Parliament for the good of all groups participating in the relationship and for the good of humanity, all life on Earth. The relationship allows a global equitable and peaceful development. This is the basic concept that is allowing us to group willing Member Nations from different parts of the world. A typical example is the Global Government of North America (GGNA).
Member Nations of these global governments have not yet been selected. Each Nation Government needs to go through the process of a referendum asking people if they wish to be a part of a Global Government, and which is it they wish to be part of. For instance, Canada may wish to be part of the Global Government of South America. A referendum in Canada would determine the Global Government the people of Canada wish to belong to. The Federation does not force anyone to belong in any specific Global Government.
Article 2: The Federation Chair
1. The Federation shall elect its President, by qualified majority, for a term of two and a half years, renewable once. In the event of an impediment or serious misconduct, the Federation can end his or her mandate according to the same procedure.
2. The President of the Federation:
3. The President of the Federation may not hold a national mandate.
Article 3: The Global Government of North America
As we have shown in this Federation Constitution,
the Global Community is defined as being all
that exits or occurs at any location at any time between the Ozone layer above
and the core of the planet below. This is an important concept and particularly useful in the context of the Global Governments Federation.
A community is not about a piece of land you acquired by force or otherwise.
One could think of a typical community of a million people that does not have to be bounded by a geographical or political border. It can be a million people living in many
different locations all over the world. The Global Community is thus more fluid and dynamic. We need to let go the archaic ways of seeing a community as the street
where I live and contained by a border. Many conflicts and wars will be avoided by seeing ourselves as people with a heart, a mind and a Soul, and as part of a community
with the same. The Global Community is this great, wide, wonderful world made of all these diverse global communities.
A global symbiotical relationship between two or more nations, or between two or more global communities, can have trade as the major aspect of the relationship or it can have as many other aspects as agreed by the people involved. The fundamental criteria is that a relationship is created for the good of all groups participating in the relationship and for the good of humanity, all life on Earth. The relationship allows a global equitable and peaceful development.
This is the basic concept that is allowing us to group Member Nations from different parts of the world. For example, the Global Government of North America can be made of willing Member Nations such as Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Territories, and including the North Pole region.
GGNA Table of Contents
GGNA proposals.
As an example, let us have a look at what should be the Global Government of North America (GGNA).
Global Parliament
A.1 The House of Elected Representatives to represent the Global Community directly and equally;2. All members of Global Parliament, regardless of body, shall be designated as Members of Global Parliament.
A.2 The House of Advisers, with particular functions to represent the highest good and best interests of humanity as a whole; and
A.3 The Federation of Global Governments to represent the nations of the world;
A.4 The Earth Executive Council.
3. The House of Elected Representatives, the House of Advisers, the Earth Executive Council, and the Federation together are Global Parliament. The Peoples of the Global Community elect, nominate or appoint their representatives to Global Parliament.
The House of Elected Representatives shall be elected by direct universal suffrage of all the Global Community citizens in free and secret ballot for a term of five years. Representation of the Global Community citizens shall be of one Elected Representative per million people.
Global Parliament shall enact legislation, and exercise the budgetary function, as well as functions of political control and consultation as laid down in Global Parliament Constitution.
Global Parliament shall elect its President and its officers from among its members.
Article 3: Global Law: legislation
The Global Community has researched and developed Global Law
which includes Global Rights, Statutes, Codes, Standards, Bills and other Legislation.
Global Parliament shall approve Global Law. Global Law consists of 69 codes, covering various subject areas, this Constitution, Bills and Statutes. Information presented reflects laws currently in effect. All Codes have been updated to include Statutes of year 2005. The Global Parliament's Constitution and the Global Citizens Rights, Responsibility and Accountability Act
are important parts of Global Law and shall also be approved by Global Parliament.
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Chapter 14.1 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives
Article 1: Composition
Article 2: Election
Article 3: One delegate per million people on the planet
Chapter 14.1 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives
Article 1: Composition
The House of Elected Representatives shall be composed of the Peoples delegates directly elected in proportion to population from the Global Electoral and Administrative Districts, as defined in Articles of Chapters 14.4 and 23.2.
Article 2: Election
1. Peoples delegates shall be elected by universal adult suffrage, open to all persons of age 18 and above.
2. One Peoples delegate shall be elected from each Global Electoral and Administrative District to serve a five year term in the House of Elected Representatives. Peoples delegates may be elected to serve successive terms without limit. Each peoples delegate shall have one vote.
3. A candidate for election to serve as a peoples delegate must be at least 21 years of age, a resident for at least one year of the electoral district from which the candidate is seeking election, and shall take a pledge of service to humanity.
Article 3: One delegate per million people on the planet
4. On average, there will be elected to the House of Elected representatives one delegate per million people on the planet. The total number of delegates is about 7000 delegates.
Chapter 14.1 A.2 The House of Advisers
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
Chapter 14.1 A.2 The House of Advisers
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
a) The Court of Auditors
1. The Court of Auditors is the Institution which shall carry out the audit.
2. It shall examine the accounts of all Global Parliament revenue and expenditure, and shall ensure good financial management.
3. It shall consist of one national of each Member Nation. In the performance of their duties, its members shall be completely independent.
b) Global Parliament 's advisory bodies
1. Global Parliament, the Earth Executive Council and the Global Judiciary shall be assisted by a Committee of the Regions and an Economic and Social Committee, exercising advisory functions.
2. The Committee of the Regions shall consist of representatives of regional and local bodies who either hold a regional or local authority electoral mandate or are politically accountable to an elected assembly.
3. The Economic and Social Committee shall consist of representatives of organisations of employers, of the employed, and of others representative of civil society, notably in socio-economic, civic, professional and cultural areas.
4. Members of the Committee of the Regions and the Economic and Social Committee must not be bound by any mandatory instructions. They shall be completely independent, in the performance of their duties, in Global Parliament's general interest.
5. Rules governing the composition of these Committees, the designation of their members, their powers and their operations, are set out in other Articles. The rules governing their composition shall be reviewed at regular intervals by the Earth Executive Council, on the basis of a Global Judiciary proposal, in the light of economic, social and demographic developments within Global Parliament.
Article 1: The Federation
Article 2: The Federation Chair
Article 3: The Global Government of North America
Chapter 14.1 A.3 The Federation
Article 1: The Federation
] ] ] ] ] ] ]As a replacement to the United Nations, we have formed the Global Parliament with 9 or more Global Governments (GGs) and an enforceable, non-military democratic Federation Constitution for all. Governing bodies consist of four chambers making Global Parliament:
1. House of Elected Representatives
2. House of Advisers,
3. the Earth Executive Council, and
4. the Federation of Global Governments
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Global Governments We can do better united as a Global Government : a new world to build, and a future to share and protect together. |
The power of Global Parliament was de-centralized to give each GG a better chance to find the right solutions to global issues. It can act faster and be more effective and efficient in the context of the Global Community, this great, wide, wonderful world made of all these diverse global communities within each Nation.The Global Community becomes thus more fluid and dynamic. A global symbiotical relationship is created between Nations and Global Parliament for the good of all groups participating in the relationship and for the good of humanity, all life on Earth. The relationship allows a global equitable and peaceful development. This is the basic concept that is allowing us to group willing Member Nations from different parts of the world. A typical example is the Global Government of North America (GGNA).
Member Nations of these global governments have not yet been selected. Each Nation Government needs to go through the process of a referendum asking people if they wish to be a part of a Global Government, and which is it they wish to be part of. For instance, Canada may wish to be part of the Global Government of South America. A referendum in Canada would determine the Global Government the people of Canada wish to belong to. The Federation does not force anyone to belong in any specific Global Government.
1. Global Parliament shall provide the Federation with the necessary impetus for its development, and shall define its general political directions and priorities. It does not exercise legislative functions.
2. The Federation shall consist of the Heads of Nations or Governments of Member Nations, together with its President. Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs shall take part in its work.
3. The Federation shall meet quarterly, convened by its President. When the agenda so requires, its members may decide to be assisted by a minister. When the situation so requires, the President shall convene a special meeting of the Federation.
4. Except where the Constitution provides otherwise, decisions of the Federation shall be taken by consensus.
Article 2: The Federation Chair
1. The Federation shall elect its President, by qualified majority, for a term of two and a half years, renewable once. In the event of an impediment or serious misconduct, the Federation can end his or her mandate according to the same procedure.
2. The President of the Federation:
– shall chair it and drive forward its work,The President of the Federation shall at his or her level and in that capacity ensure the external representation of the Federation on issues concerning its global security policy, without prejudice to the responsibilities of the Federation Minister of Global Affairs.
– shall ensure its proper preparation and continuity
– shall endeavour to facilitate cohesion and consensus within the Federation,
– shall present a report to Global Parliament after each of its meetings.
3. The President of the Federation may not hold a national mandate.
Article 3: The Global Government of North America
As we have shown in this Federation Constitution,
the Global Community is defined as being all
that exits or occurs at any location at any time between the Ozone layer above
and the core of the planet below. This is an important concept and particularly useful in the context of the Global Governments Federation.
A community is not about a piece of land you acquired by force or otherwise.
One could think of a typical community of a million people that does not have to be bounded by a geographical or political border. It can be a million people living in many
different locations all over the world. The Global Community is thus more fluid and dynamic. We need to let go the archaic ways of seeing a community as the street
where I live and contained by a border. Many conflicts and wars will be avoided by seeing ourselves as people with a heart, a mind and a Soul, and as part of a community
with the same. The Global Community is this great, wide, wonderful world made of all these diverse global communities.A global symbiotical relationship between two or more nations, or between two or more global communities, can have trade as the major aspect of the relationship or it can have as many other aspects as agreed by the people involved. The fundamental criteria is that a relationship is created for the good of all groups participating in the relationship and for the good of humanity, all life on Earth. The relationship allows a global equitable and peaceful development.
This is the basic concept that is allowing us to group Member Nations from different parts of the world. For example, the Global Government of North America can be made of willing Member Nations such as Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Territories, and including the North Pole region.
GGNA Table of Contents
a. GGNA proposals
b. Canada wants a veto power
c. GGNA principles
GGNA proposals.
As an example, let us have a look at what should be the Global Government of North America (GGNA).
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Very few people in North America have paid much attention to the Global Government of North America (GGNA). 
This is no criticism, because the people of Mexico, Canada, Great Britain, North Pole Region, and of the United States are only now waking up to the true nature of
the GGNA despite the best efforts of our political leaders to keep it from them.
So, why should you bother?
You should start bothering because the GGNA is very good news for you now and a little further down the track. I should start by emphasizing that I speak to you as a good global citizen, with clients and business friends in most countries of the world. We, global citizens, have kept our love for the real GGNA, the GGNA of separate democracies, each with its glorious culture and history. What we fear and dislike intensely are the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), which are very different things. It is when you put the inverted commas, or quotes, around the word NAFTA that the trouble starts. To justify what I am saying I fear we have to look at the basic history and the raison d'être of NAFTA. How far NAFTA has already got and where it will certainly go if we dont wake up and stop it.
The fundamental idea behind NAFTA was born after the FTA, an economic agreement between the U.S. and Canada, but only came to fruition after the United States and Mexico made all sorts of special economic arrangements. This fundamental idea was that nation-states were better off with no other needs than the best economics, and that at the expenses of the values and institutions people from each member state respected most. Those nation-states must therefore be emasculated and diluted into a new form of super-national organization called NAFTA - run, not by elected national politicians reflecting the desires of the peoples, but by a commission of wise technocrats, USA technocrats in most parts running the show.
This leads me to the key piece of the NAFTA propaganda: the claim that the USA, Canada and Mexico have kept healthy the economics of the North American continent since its creation, and that it is essential to maintain it in future. This is the big deception, which plays at the almost unconscious level. It is a warm, mystic conviction that NAFTA, with all its faults, must be inevitably good because it brings good economics. But, today, even that is questionable.
Those who promote this myth do not tolerate any rational examination of history or the facts. Indeed, they accuse those of us who query the divinity of NAFTA of being rabid nationalists, xenophobes, little Canadians, and worse. You start to be guilty of all this as soon as you dare to point out that the economy alone is not all that matters, and that, what is more important is the protection of the global life-support systems and the primordial human rights which include security. Also important are the cultural and social aspects, as well as our Canadian value systems.
Indeed, if you stand back and scratch your head a bit and take a calm look at NAFTA, you will see it is a well-tried model for destruction, not good economics. It contains three of the most important ingredients for conflict. First, it is a top-down amalgamation of different peoples put together without their informed consent, and such arrangements usually end in conflict. Whistle-blowers have been silenced since its creation, and there is no internal auditors. Third, NAFTA is institutionally undemocratic, as I shall show. Let me say here that America alone and unilaterally has invaded Iraq without the consent of Canada and Mexico and, therefore, such an action has endangered the entire North American continent, its economy, the security of its people is at risks, and peace is threatened and replaced by fear. Americans are economically bankrupted and yet they spend astronomical amounts of money with defence because of a threat they created abroad. Now that tells Canadians and the people of Mexico that economics are affected by the U.S. foreign policies, and we should have a say in those policies. Everything is connected: economics, foreign policies, social aspects, the environment, everything. The only valid agreement the U.S., Mexico and Canada should have together is the GGNA.
History has one other important lesson for us here, which is that, on the whole, democracies do not provoke war, and indeed it is hard to think of a genuine democracy which has declared war on another. So, we NAFTA-skeptics believe that a free trade association between the democracies of North America, linked through the GGNA, is much less likely to end in tears than is the emerging, undemocratic mega state that is NAFTA (and the FTAA).
Let me explain a little of how NAFTA (the FTAA is very much similar) functions and show why it is so innately undemocratic. In other words, what sort of animal are you dealing with? How bad is it now?
Even in Canada, very few people realize what huge areas of our national life have already been handed over to control by NAFTA. Put simply, these include: everything to do with a single market -in other words, all of our industry and commerce - all of our social and labor policy, our environment, agriculture, fish, and foreign aid. Even security and the Canadian forces are being handed over to the U.S. technocrates.
What do I mean by control from the U.S. technocrates? Well, in all those areas of our national life which used to be entirely controlled by the Canadian Parliament, our government or House of Commons can be outvoted in the NAFTA meetings of member states. That is a system known as "you have no democratic rights, just money to lose". If our government agrees, or is outvoted in any new ruling in those areas, then Parliament, being the House of Commons, must put it into Canadian law. If they dont, the country faces unlimited economic fines.
So our Canadian Parliament has already become rubber stamps in all those areas of our national life. Our foreign trade relations are in an even worse category: the commission of the NAFTA bureaucracy self-negotiates those on our behalf. And so in this area, NAFTA already has its own legal personality.
So to go back to where we are now, in addition, laws affecting our justice and home affairs and our foreign and defence policies must also be rubber-stamped by the Canadian Parliament if they have not been agreed by our government and all the other member states governments in NAFTA (and similarly in the FTAA). In other words, our government cannot veto new rulings in NAFTA in these areas, and it has to enact them. This all means that NAFTA technocrates actually govern Canada, not the Canadian House of Commons. If Parliament were to reject a new NAFTA ruling in these areas, we would be subject to unlimited fines as we would be in breach of our treaty obligations, which is, of course, a rather more horrifying prospect for our foreign office and political classes in their diplomatic cocktail parties and so on. A fine, after all, is paid by the taxpayer.
No rulings in NAFTA has ever been overturned by the Canadian Parliament. NAFTA technocrates act as a higher Court, the highest court in North America - superior to all our national courts including the Supreme Court of Canada - in the area which ceded NAFTA, and it must find in favor of the ever-closer economic union of the peoples of North America, ordained the treaties, and it is guilty of much judicial activism in order to do so.
There are four other features of this NAFTA system which are worth emphasizing, all of them innately undemocratic. First, the unelected bureaucracy - the commission has the monopoly to propose all new rulings and change our Canadian laws. This reflects the basic idea behind NAFTA which I have mentioned. The nation-states, the democracies of North America, must be emasculated and diluted into this new super national economic body we called NAFTA and run by the commission of wise technocrats. Second, the commission's legal proposals are then negotiated in secret by the shadowy committee of permanent representatives, or bureaucrats, from the national capital states. The U.S. have already established themselves as being by far the ruling majority technocrates of this body. Decisions are taken in NAFTA, again by secret vote. National parliaments are precluded from knowing how their bureaucrats and ministers negotiate and vote. The commission then executes all NAFTA rulings, supported when necessary by the so-called court. The technocrates pretend that democracy is maintained. But the point remains that the Canadian Parliament itself is excluded from the process. We can and do debate some rulings, but we have to pass them exactly as agreed in NAFTA.
A third features of this frightening new system enshrined in the treaties is that once an area of national life has been ceded to control from NAFTA it can never be returned to national parliaments.
The fourth feature I would mention is that no changes can be made to the treaties unless they are agreed unanimously by NAFTA technocrates. So the return of powers to national parliament by renegotiation is no realistic. The only way out is the doorway.
Canada's membership with NAFTA is also very expensive financially. The government of Canada steadfastly refuses to carry out a cost-benefit analysis because it does not want the result to be made public. So the GGNA has made private studies, which produce a cautious estimate at the cost to the taxpayer and the economy of around six billion per annum, or 2 percent of GDP. Two new studies are on the way which will take this estimate considerably higher.
It is also worth saying that the whole of the North American continent will continue in steady and irreversible demographic and therefore economic decline over the next fifty years. Add to this the unemployment and decay caused by globalisation and you have to ask why the Canadian political establishment wants to stay on the Titanic.
NAFTA spells out the final extinction of Canadian sovereignty and the sovereignty of the democracy of Mexico. Its worst feature is that it grants its own legal personality superior to that of Canada and Mexico. There is no longer even the pretense that NAFTA is an arrangement between sovereign nations, and that the U.S. technocrates are the majority. Soon we will see a NAFTA flag and an anthem.
NAFTA will eventually take over most of the rest of the powers which we have retained in Canada so far, including defence and security.
When will Canadians ever held a referendum to reject NAFTA? Canadians have been kept in such ignorance and history shows that we have accepted it all somewhat like frogs in warm water being heated from underneath. We could not react fast enough to reject NAFTA even though it is destroying all of what makes us Canadians.
The Canadian Supreme Court should start to take note of NAFTA rulings, and I submit that is not agreeable to our democracy.
I feel I must also at least touch on the moral dimension of NAFTA and also of the FTAA. I need hardly say that it is fundamentally secular, irreligious, even atheistic. The convention which was drawing up the agreement refused the supplication of the pope himself, that the agreement should contain at least some reference to our Judeo-Christian heritage.
We Canadian-skeptics love the real Canada, but we see NAFTA and the FTAA as a bad idea. It is a bad idea like slavery, communism, high-rise flats. I need to tell the damage which ideas can do when they become generally accepted and turn out to be wrong. I remember the story of the young, white Russian officer who wrote home to his fiancée in 1918 from the front against the Bolsheviks. Oh, my darling, he said. Please do not worry. In a few weeks I shall be home with you in Moscow, and we shall be married. These people are not very well armed, and their ideas are even worse. Well, three days later he was killed, so he was not entirely right about their arms, but he did turn out to be right about the ideas which inspired Soviet Communism. It is just that it took seventy years and fifty million lives to prove him so.
Let us hope NAFTA and the FTAA dont end up as quite such a dangerous idea as that. With any luck, it will start to decay from within. If we have the energy to understand it, to expose it, and to fight it. We can do that together. We can make things better. Let us build a democratic GGNA, a true democracy for all Peoples of North America.
GGNA proposals.
This is no criticism, because the people of Mexico, Canada, Great Britain, North Pole Region, and of the United States are only now waking up to the true nature of
the GGNA despite the best efforts of our political leaders to keep it from them. So, why should you bother?
You should start bothering because the GGNA is very good news for you now and a little further down the track. I should start by emphasizing that I speak to you as a good global citizen, with clients and business friends in most countries of the world. We, global citizens, have kept our love for the real GGNA, the GGNA of separate democracies, each with its glorious culture and history. What we fear and dislike intensely are the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), which are very different things. It is when you put the inverted commas, or quotes, around the word NAFTA that the trouble starts. To justify what I am saying I fear we have to look at the basic history and the raison d'être of NAFTA. How far NAFTA has already got and where it will certainly go if we dont wake up and stop it.
The fundamental idea behind NAFTA was born after the FTA, an economic agreement between the U.S. and Canada, but only came to fruition after the United States and Mexico made all sorts of special economic arrangements. This fundamental idea was that nation-states were better off with no other needs than the best economics, and that at the expenses of the values and institutions people from each member state respected most. Those nation-states must therefore be emasculated and diluted into a new form of super-national organization called NAFTA - run, not by elected national politicians reflecting the desires of the peoples, but by a commission of wise technocrats, USA technocrats in most parts running the show.
This leads me to the key piece of the NAFTA propaganda: the claim that the USA, Canada and Mexico have kept healthy the economics of the North American continent since its creation, and that it is essential to maintain it in future. This is the big deception, which plays at the almost unconscious level. It is a warm, mystic conviction that NAFTA, with all its faults, must be inevitably good because it brings good economics. But, today, even that is questionable.
Those who promote this myth do not tolerate any rational examination of history or the facts. Indeed, they accuse those of us who query the divinity of NAFTA of being rabid nationalists, xenophobes, little Canadians, and worse. You start to be guilty of all this as soon as you dare to point out that the economy alone is not all that matters, and that, what is more important is the protection of the global life-support systems and the primordial human rights which include security. Also important are the cultural and social aspects, as well as our Canadian value systems.
Indeed, if you stand back and scratch your head a bit and take a calm look at NAFTA, you will see it is a well-tried model for destruction, not good economics. It contains three of the most important ingredients for conflict. First, it is a top-down amalgamation of different peoples put together without their informed consent, and such arrangements usually end in conflict. Whistle-blowers have been silenced since its creation, and there is no internal auditors. Third, NAFTA is institutionally undemocratic, as I shall show. Let me say here that America alone and unilaterally has invaded Iraq without the consent of Canada and Mexico and, therefore, such an action has endangered the entire North American continent, its economy, the security of its people is at risks, and peace is threatened and replaced by fear. Americans are economically bankrupted and yet they spend astronomical amounts of money with defence because of a threat they created abroad. Now that tells Canadians and the people of Mexico that economics are affected by the U.S. foreign policies, and we should have a say in those policies. Everything is connected: economics, foreign policies, social aspects, the environment, everything. The only valid agreement the U.S., Mexico and Canada should have together is the GGNA.
History has one other important lesson for us here, which is that, on the whole, democracies do not provoke war, and indeed it is hard to think of a genuine democracy which has declared war on another. So, we NAFTA-skeptics believe that a free trade association between the democracies of North America, linked through the GGNA, is much less likely to end in tears than is the emerging, undemocratic mega state that is NAFTA (and the FTAA).
Let me explain a little of how NAFTA (the FTAA is very much similar) functions and show why it is so innately undemocratic. In other words, what sort of animal are you dealing with? How bad is it now?
Even in Canada, very few people realize what huge areas of our national life have already been handed over to control by NAFTA. Put simply, these include: everything to do with a single market -in other words, all of our industry and commerce - all of our social and labor policy, our environment, agriculture, fish, and foreign aid. Even security and the Canadian forces are being handed over to the U.S. technocrates.
What do I mean by control from the U.S. technocrates? Well, in all those areas of our national life which used to be entirely controlled by the Canadian Parliament, our government or House of Commons can be outvoted in the NAFTA meetings of member states. That is a system known as "you have no democratic rights, just money to lose". If our government agrees, or is outvoted in any new ruling in those areas, then Parliament, being the House of Commons, must put it into Canadian law. If they dont, the country faces unlimited economic fines.
So our Canadian Parliament has already become rubber stamps in all those areas of our national life. Our foreign trade relations are in an even worse category: the commission of the NAFTA bureaucracy self-negotiates those on our behalf. And so in this area, NAFTA already has its own legal personality.
So to go back to where we are now, in addition, laws affecting our justice and home affairs and our foreign and defence policies must also be rubber-stamped by the Canadian Parliament if they have not been agreed by our government and all the other member states governments in NAFTA (and similarly in the FTAA). In other words, our government cannot veto new rulings in NAFTA in these areas, and it has to enact them. This all means that NAFTA technocrates actually govern Canada, not the Canadian House of Commons. If Parliament were to reject a new NAFTA ruling in these areas, we would be subject to unlimited fines as we would be in breach of our treaty obligations, which is, of course, a rather more horrifying prospect for our foreign office and political classes in their diplomatic cocktail parties and so on. A fine, after all, is paid by the taxpayer.
No rulings in NAFTA has ever been overturned by the Canadian Parliament. NAFTA technocrates act as a higher Court, the highest court in North America - superior to all our national courts including the Supreme Court of Canada - in the area which ceded NAFTA, and it must find in favor of the ever-closer economic union of the peoples of North America, ordained the treaties, and it is guilty of much judicial activism in order to do so.
There are four other features of this NAFTA system which are worth emphasizing, all of them innately undemocratic. First, the unelected bureaucracy - the commission has the monopoly to propose all new rulings and change our Canadian laws. This reflects the basic idea behind NAFTA which I have mentioned. The nation-states, the democracies of North America, must be emasculated and diluted into this new super national economic body we called NAFTA and run by the commission of wise technocrats. Second, the commission's legal proposals are then negotiated in secret by the shadowy committee of permanent representatives, or bureaucrats, from the national capital states. The U.S. have already established themselves as being by far the ruling majority technocrates of this body. Decisions are taken in NAFTA, again by secret vote. National parliaments are precluded from knowing how their bureaucrats and ministers negotiate and vote. The commission then executes all NAFTA rulings, supported when necessary by the so-called court. The technocrates pretend that democracy is maintained. But the point remains that the Canadian Parliament itself is excluded from the process. We can and do debate some rulings, but we have to pass them exactly as agreed in NAFTA.
A third features of this frightening new system enshrined in the treaties is that once an area of national life has been ceded to control from NAFTA it can never be returned to national parliaments.
The fourth feature I would mention is that no changes can be made to the treaties unless they are agreed unanimously by NAFTA technocrates. So the return of powers to national parliament by renegotiation is no realistic. The only way out is the doorway.
Canada's membership with NAFTA is also very expensive financially. The government of Canada steadfastly refuses to carry out a cost-benefit analysis because it does not want the result to be made public. So the GGNA has made private studies, which produce a cautious estimate at the cost to the taxpayer and the economy of around six billion per annum, or 2 percent of GDP. Two new studies are on the way which will take this estimate considerably higher.
It is also worth saying that the whole of the North American continent will continue in steady and irreversible demographic and therefore economic decline over the next fifty years. Add to this the unemployment and decay caused by globalisation and you have to ask why the Canadian political establishment wants to stay on the Titanic.
NAFTA spells out the final extinction of Canadian sovereignty and the sovereignty of the democracy of Mexico. Its worst feature is that it grants its own legal personality superior to that of Canada and Mexico. There is no longer even the pretense that NAFTA is an arrangement between sovereign nations, and that the U.S. technocrates are the majority. Soon we will see a NAFTA flag and an anthem.
NAFTA will eventually take over most of the rest of the powers which we have retained in Canada so far, including defence and security.
When will Canadians ever held a referendum to reject NAFTA? Canadians have been kept in such ignorance and history shows that we have accepted it all somewhat like frogs in warm water being heated from underneath. We could not react fast enough to reject NAFTA even though it is destroying all of what makes us Canadians.
The Canadian Supreme Court should start to take note of NAFTA rulings, and I submit that is not agreeable to our democracy.
I feel I must also at least touch on the moral dimension of NAFTA and also of the FTAA. I need hardly say that it is fundamentally secular, irreligious, even atheistic. The convention which was drawing up the agreement refused the supplication of the pope himself, that the agreement should contain at least some reference to our Judeo-Christian heritage.
We Canadian-skeptics love the real Canada, but we see NAFTA and the FTAA as a bad idea. It is a bad idea like slavery, communism, high-rise flats. I need to tell the damage which ideas can do when they become generally accepted and turn out to be wrong. I remember the story of the young, white Russian officer who wrote home to his fiancée in 1918 from the front against the Bolsheviks. Oh, my darling, he said. Please do not worry. In a few weeks I shall be home with you in Moscow, and we shall be married. These people are not very well armed, and their ideas are even worse. Well, three days later he was killed, so he was not entirely right about their arms, but he did turn out to be right about the ideas which inspired Soviet Communism. It is just that it took seventy years and fifty million lives to prove him so.
Let us hope NAFTA and the FTAA dont end up as quite such a dangerous idea as that. With any luck, it will start to decay from within. If we have the energy to understand it, to expose it, and to fight it. We can do that together. We can make things better. Let us build a democratic GGNA, a true democracy for all Peoples of North America.
GGNA proposals.
The Global Government of North America (GGNA) proposes:
a) A common economic zone through the elimination of remaining tariff and nontariff barriers to trade among Member Nations of the GGNA. Member Nations must also expand cooperation on trade-related areas, including border and transportation infrastructure; a concerted effort to reduce the many regulatory gaps and inconsistencies that hamper the flow of trade in Member Nations; and coordinated investment in North America’s human capital, both through education and training, and through improved labor mobility within the continent.
b) An economic space that provides new opportunities for individuals in all Member Nations: adopting a common approach to regulation, increasing labor mobility, and enhancing support for education programs.
c) Establishing a Seamless North American Market for Trade. With tariff barriers virtually eliminated, the time has come to take a more comprehensive approach to strengthening the economic prospects for citizens in all Member Nations. The first step is to encourage convergence in the most-favored-nation tariff rates each partner charges on imports from outside the GGNA. Next, the governments should reduce the remaining nontariff barriers to the flow of goods and services, and address problems arising from charges of price discrimination and subsidization by competitors within the GGNA. Finally, they should coordinate their approach to unfair trade practices by foreign suppliers to the North American market. The ultimate goal should be to create a seamless market for suppliers and consumers throughout North America.
d) Adopting a common external tariff. We recommend that Member Nations harmonize external tariffs on a sector-by-sector basis, to the lowest prevailing rate consistent with multilateral obligations. The effort should begin with goods on which current tariff rates are closest and then proceed to close larger gaps, with the goal of adopting a common external tariff, thus eliminating the need for rules of origin and further facilitating integration and better use of scarce resources.
e) Reviewing those sectors of NAFTA that were excluded or those aspects that have not been fully implemented. Each of the three countries decided to exclude unilaterally certain sectors and issues from NAFTA. Some of these remain sensitive issues; others may be ripe for review. In addition, several elements have not been implemented in the way that all had anticipated. Some changes—for example, the negotiation of a sanitary agreement to promote agricultural trade, or expanding the NAFTA services agreement to include cabotage—would be useful but also difficult. We recommend a high-level review to examine all of these issues and make recommendations on how to make the coverage of NAFTA more comprehensive.
f) Establishing a permanent tribunal for GGNA dispute resolution. The Earth Court of Justice will develop and administer the program. The current NAFTA dispute-resolution process is founded on ad hoc panels that are not capable of building institutional memory or establishing precedent, may be subject to conflicts of interest, and are appointed by authorities who may have an incentive to delay a given proceeding. As demonstrated by the efficiency of the World Trade Organization (WTO) appeal process, a permanent tribunal would likely encourage faster, more consistent, and more predictable resolution of disputes. In addition, there is a need to review the workings of NAFTA’s dispute settlement mechanism to make it more efficient, transparent, and effective.
g) Establishing a joint approach to unfair trade practices. The use of countervailing and anti-dumping duties by one Member Nation country against another has generated considerable ill will, though there has been a steady decline in the use of these trade remedies; there have been few new cases in the industrial sectors, with the most difficult cases now limited to resource and agricultural trade. The time has come to adopt a unified approach to deal with the internal and the external challenge of unfair trade practices, beginning with phased suspensions in sectors of laws governing unfair trade practices.
h) Establishing a common competition commission. Once Member Nations have concluded the resource accord described above and phased in the suspension of antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings for all sectors, they should also establish a common commission — a continental anti-trust agency — to address harmful subsidy practices, to promote healthy competition, and to protect against predatory pricing. At the same time, they should develop shared standards for identifying and responding collectively to unfair trade practices by parties outsidethe GGNA.
i) Adopting a common approach to regulation. Significant regulatory differences continue to divide the North American economic space, and as other barriers to trade, such as tariffs, fall worldwide, regulatory efficiency is becoming increasingly important as a source of competitive advantage. Canada, the United States, and Mexico each have developed rules to protect their environment and the well-being of their citizens. All three share the same broad objectives, but their actual rules have evolved largely in isolation. In many cases, the result is what has been labeled “the tyranny of small differences,” one that imposes large economic costs even when regulatory goals, processes, standards, and outcomes are quite similar.
The most obvious costs of unnecessary regulatory differences are borne by businesses and consumers. Rules that fragment the North American market reduce economies of scale and discourage specialization, competition, and innovation. Harmonization of regulation, in effect, creates a bigger market, one that would lead to more competitive exports and lower consumer prices across North America. In addition to raising compliance costs for businesses and their customers, fragmented regulation increases the administrative costs to governments and taxpayers. Regulators in Canada and Mexico each must try to achieve the same results as their counterparts in the United States and yet must do so with only a fraction of the resources. Furthermore, because much of the resulting administrative work is carried out at border points, regulatory differences are particularly damaging in their impact on border delays and congestion, as the volume of trade within North America exceeds the capacity of its border infrastructure.
Regulatory differences can have a negative impact on the very environmental and health outcomes the regulations themselves are supposed to encourage. Unnecessary delays in the approval for sale and distribution of innovative products can prevent timely access to new pharmaceuticals or medical technology that might save lives, or to new fertilizers or chemicals that could help industrial plants and farmers do a better job of protecting the environment.
A collaborative approach to regulatory reform could help all Member Nations expand economic opportunity within North America while strengthening the protection of the environment, health and safety, and other shared objectives of regulatory policy. While each country must retain its right to impose and maintain unique regulations consonant with its national priorities and income level, the three countries should make a concerted effort to encourage regulatory convergence.
j) Making transportation more efficient. The efficiency of the transportation network is critical to making North America a more competitive place to invest and to produce, and in spreading the benefits of economic growth to all corners of the continent. Among other regulatory reforms, governments should consider the benefits of allowing North American transportation firms unlimited access to each others’ territory, including provision for full cabotage (trade between two points within a country, for example, a Canadian trucker hauling freight from Chicago to Los Angeles or an American airline carrying passengers between Mexico City and Vancouver) for airlines and surface carriers.
k) Adopting the “tested once” approach for biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. The cost and quality of health care is a critical issue in all three countries. Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals play a vital role in providing new treatments that improve health outcomes and often reduce costs as well, but they face huge costs in developing and then winning regulatory approval for new products. Preliminary research suggests that regulatory cooperation in the areas of human and veterinary drugs, medical devices, pest control, and chemicals would raise the value of sales in these sectors by more than 10 percent, profits by 8 percent, and the rate of return on new products by an average of 4.8 percent. Two possible approaches to reducing the regulatory burden while maintaining rigorous standards to protect health and safety would be to adopt a “tested once” principle by which a product tested in one country would meet the standards set by another, or to establish a North America testing center with personnel from each country.
l) Integrating protection of food, health, and the environment. The North American market for agricultural and food products is highly integrated, and the intense disruption of this market by just two cases of mad cow disease demonstrates the need to ensure that regulatory processes are as integrated as their relevant markets. Greater North American cooperation also is essential in providing effective responses to threats to human and animal health and to the environment.
m) Increasing Labor Mobility among Member Nations. People are GGNA’s greatest asset. Goods and services cross borders easily; ensuring the legal transit of workers has been more difficult. Experience with the NAFTA visa system suggests that its procedures need to be simplified, and such visas should be made available to a wider range of occupations and to additional categories of individuals such as students, professors, bona fide frequent visitors, and retirees.
To make the most of the impressive pool of skill and talent within the GGNA, Member Nations should look beyond the NAFTA visa system. The large volume of undocumented migrants from Mexico within the United States is an urgent matter for those two countries to address. A long-term goal should be to create a “North American preference”—new rules that would make it much easier for employees to move and for employers to recruit across national boundaries within the continent. This would enhance North American competitiveness, increase productivity, contribute to Mexico’s development, and address one of the main outstanding issues on the Mexican-U.S. bilateral agenda.
Canada and the United States should consider eliminating restrictions on labor mobility altogether and work toward solutions that in the long run could enable the extension of full labor mobility to Mexico as well.
n) Expanding temporary migrant worker programs. Canada and the United States should expand programs for temporary labor migration from Mexico. For instance, Canada’s successful model for managing seasonal migration in the agricultural sector should be expanded to other sectors where Canadian producers face a shortage of workers and Mexico may have a surplus of workers with appropriate skills. Canadian and U.S. retirees living in Mexico should be granted working permits in certain fields, for instance as English teachers.
o) Implementing the Social Security Totalization Agreement negotiated between the United States and Mexico. This agreement would recognize payroll contributions to each other’s systems, thus preventing double taxation.
p) Creating a “GGNA preference.” Member Nations should agree on streamlined immigration and labor mobility rules that enable citizens of all Member Nations to work with far fewer restrictions than immigrants from other countries. This new system should be both broader and simpler than the current system of NAFTA visas. Special immigration status should be given to teachers, faculty, and students in the region.
Moving to full labor mobility between Canada and the United States. To make companies based in North America as competitive as possible in the global economy, Canada and the United States should consider eliminating all remaining barriers to the ability of their citizens to live and work in the other country. This free flow of people would offer an important advantage to employers in both countries by giving them rapid access to a larger pool of skilled labor, and would enhance the well-being of individuals in both countries by enabling them to move quickly to where their skills are needed. In the long term, the two countries should work to extend this policy to Mexico as well, though doing so will not be practical until wage differentials between Mexico and its two North American neighbors have diminished considerably.
Reinforcing an approach of mutual recognition of professional standards and degrees. Professional associations in each of Member Nations make decisions on the standards to accept professionals from other countries. But despite the fact that NAFTA already encourages the mutual recognition of professional degrees, little has actually been done. Member Nations should devote more resources to leading and create incentives that would encourage, the professional associations of each of the three countries in developing shared standards that would facilitate short-term professional labor mobility within the GGNA.
q) Supporting a GGNA Education Program. Given their historical, cultural, geographic, political, and economic ties, Member Nations should have the largest and most vibrant educational exchange network in the world. Currently, we do not. Despite the fact that Mexico is the second-largest trading partner of the United States, it ranks only seventh in sending students there. In 2004, only 13,000 Mexican undergraduate and graduate students attended U.S. universities. Similarly, Canada is the largest trading partner of the United States but ranked only fifth in educational exchanges, with 27,000 students in the United States compared to 80,000 students from India, followed by China, South Korea, and Japan. The number of Mexicans studying in Canada remains very low—about 1,000. And although American students study all over the world, relatively few go to Mexico and Canada. These numbers should be expanded dramatically to deepen familiarity and increase knowledge in each Member Nation.
r) Creating a major scholarship fund for undergraduate and graduate students to study in Member Nations and to learn the region’s languages. For many students, study abroad is possible only with financial assistance, but many scholarships, including the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE), which has supported scholarships to and from all North American countries, have been reduced or halted. Cross-border educational study within the GGNA by its citizens should expand to reflect the degree of our commercial exchanges. To illustrate the scale of this proposal, it would lead to some 60,000 Mexican students studying in the United States and Canada, and comparable numbers of Canadian and American students studying in another Member Nation. We urge that state, provincial, and federal governments begin funding such scholarships now. The scholarships should include “language immersion” courses in each Member Nation and should encourage students to study in all Member Nations.
Developing a network of centers for GGNA studies. The European Union provides substantial funding for EU centers in fifteen universities in the United States, as well as twelve Jean Monnet Chairs. The U.S. Department of Education provides similar grants to support language and international studies outside North America, but not within North America. That should change. We recommend that the governments open a competition and provide grants to universities in each Member Nation to promote courses, education, and research on the GGNA and assist elementary and secondary schools in teaching about the GGNA. They could also administer scholarship programs. To support this effort, a student summit should be held periodically in each of the three countries.
Promoting Internet-based learning within the GGNA. A natural way to channel communication between Canada, the United States, and Mexico would be through Internet-based learning tools. Current examples include the Historica Foundation’s YouthLinks program in Canada, which enables high-school students to connect with their counterparts in other regions of Canada and around the world, and the School Connectivity Program (SCP) launched by the U.S. Department of State, which installs computers with Internet access in schools across nations that lack access to computer technology. The SCP program should be extended to all Member Nations.
Developing teacher exchange and training programs for elementary and secondary school teachers. This would assist in removing language barriers and give some students a greater sense of the GGNA identity. Greater efforts should also be made to recruit Mexican language teachers to teach Spanish in the United States and Canada.
Developing “sister school” and student exchange programs. Studying or living in another country or hosting a foreign-exchange student fosters cultural understanding. We recommend that states and municipalities encourage the development of “sister school” programs at both the secondary and university level to include the annual exchange of students between participating schools.
Encouraging imaginative ways to build GGNA connections between Member Nations. Foundations and research institutes can shape the way public and private institutions engage in a new concept such as the GGNA community. We encourage foundations and research institutes to provide support and research for addressing continental issues and developing curricula that would permit citizens of our three countries to look at each other in different ways than in the past.
Canada wants a veto power
The threat of international terrorism originates for the most part outside North America and is due primarily on the American Government foreign policies. All Member Nations of the GGNA should have a veto power on such policies. All foreign policies should be dealt by the GGNA and not by a single individual Member Nation. Security should be handle by the GGNA. Any weakness in controlling access to Member Nations from abroad reduces the security of the GGNA as a whole and exacerbates the pressure to intensify controls on intracontinental movement and traffic, which increases the transaction costs associated with trade and travel within Member Nations.
Canada wants a veto power on all major proposals, policies, strategies submitted for approval. No Member Nation of the GGNA is allowed to go alone (unilaterally) on any such major proposals, policies, and strategies, or any action (s) that can have an impact on all other Member Nations.
GGNA principles.
a) A common economic zone through the elimination of remaining tariff and nontariff barriers to trade among Member Nations of the GGNA. Member Nations must also expand cooperation on trade-related areas, including border and transportation infrastructure; a concerted effort to reduce the many regulatory gaps and inconsistencies that hamper the flow of trade in Member Nations; and coordinated investment in North America’s human capital, both through education and training, and through improved labor mobility within the continent.
b) An economic space that provides new opportunities for individuals in all Member Nations: adopting a common approach to regulation, increasing labor mobility, and enhancing support for education programs.
c) Establishing a Seamless North American Market for Trade. With tariff barriers virtually eliminated, the time has come to take a more comprehensive approach to strengthening the economic prospects for citizens in all Member Nations. The first step is to encourage convergence in the most-favored-nation tariff rates each partner charges on imports from outside the GGNA. Next, the governments should reduce the remaining nontariff barriers to the flow of goods and services, and address problems arising from charges of price discrimination and subsidization by competitors within the GGNA. Finally, they should coordinate their approach to unfair trade practices by foreign suppliers to the North American market. The ultimate goal should be to create a seamless market for suppliers and consumers throughout North America.
d) Adopting a common external tariff. We recommend that Member Nations harmonize external tariffs on a sector-by-sector basis, to the lowest prevailing rate consistent with multilateral obligations. The effort should begin with goods on which current tariff rates are closest and then proceed to close larger gaps, with the goal of adopting a common external tariff, thus eliminating the need for rules of origin and further facilitating integration and better use of scarce resources.
e) Reviewing those sectors of NAFTA that were excluded or those aspects that have not been fully implemented. Each of the three countries decided to exclude unilaterally certain sectors and issues from NAFTA. Some of these remain sensitive issues; others may be ripe for review. In addition, several elements have not been implemented in the way that all had anticipated. Some changes—for example, the negotiation of a sanitary agreement to promote agricultural trade, or expanding the NAFTA services agreement to include cabotage—would be useful but also difficult. We recommend a high-level review to examine all of these issues and make recommendations on how to make the coverage of NAFTA more comprehensive.
f) Establishing a permanent tribunal for GGNA dispute resolution. The Earth Court of Justice will develop and administer the program. The current NAFTA dispute-resolution process is founded on ad hoc panels that are not capable of building institutional memory or establishing precedent, may be subject to conflicts of interest, and are appointed by authorities who may have an incentive to delay a given proceeding. As demonstrated by the efficiency of the World Trade Organization (WTO) appeal process, a permanent tribunal would likely encourage faster, more consistent, and more predictable resolution of disputes. In addition, there is a need to review the workings of NAFTA’s dispute settlement mechanism to make it more efficient, transparent, and effective.
g) Establishing a joint approach to unfair trade practices. The use of countervailing and anti-dumping duties by one Member Nation country against another has generated considerable ill will, though there has been a steady decline in the use of these trade remedies; there have been few new cases in the industrial sectors, with the most difficult cases now limited to resource and agricultural trade. The time has come to adopt a unified approach to deal with the internal and the external challenge of unfair trade practices, beginning with phased suspensions in sectors of laws governing unfair trade practices.
h) Establishing a common competition commission. Once Member Nations have concluded the resource accord described above and phased in the suspension of antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings for all sectors, they should also establish a common commission — a continental anti-trust agency — to address harmful subsidy practices, to promote healthy competition, and to protect against predatory pricing. At the same time, they should develop shared standards for identifying and responding collectively to unfair trade practices by parties outsidethe GGNA.
i) Adopting a common approach to regulation. Significant regulatory differences continue to divide the North American economic space, and as other barriers to trade, such as tariffs, fall worldwide, regulatory efficiency is becoming increasingly important as a source of competitive advantage. Canada, the United States, and Mexico each have developed rules to protect their environment and the well-being of their citizens. All three share the same broad objectives, but their actual rules have evolved largely in isolation. In many cases, the result is what has been labeled “the tyranny of small differences,” one that imposes large economic costs even when regulatory goals, processes, standards, and outcomes are quite similar.
The most obvious costs of unnecessary regulatory differences are borne by businesses and consumers. Rules that fragment the North American market reduce economies of scale and discourage specialization, competition, and innovation. Harmonization of regulation, in effect, creates a bigger market, one that would lead to more competitive exports and lower consumer prices across North America. In addition to raising compliance costs for businesses and their customers, fragmented regulation increases the administrative costs to governments and taxpayers. Regulators in Canada and Mexico each must try to achieve the same results as their counterparts in the United States and yet must do so with only a fraction of the resources. Furthermore, because much of the resulting administrative work is carried out at border points, regulatory differences are particularly damaging in their impact on border delays and congestion, as the volume of trade within North America exceeds the capacity of its border infrastructure.
Regulatory differences can have a negative impact on the very environmental and health outcomes the regulations themselves are supposed to encourage. Unnecessary delays in the approval for sale and distribution of innovative products can prevent timely access to new pharmaceuticals or medical technology that might save lives, or to new fertilizers or chemicals that could help industrial plants and farmers do a better job of protecting the environment.
A collaborative approach to regulatory reform could help all Member Nations expand economic opportunity within North America while strengthening the protection of the environment, health and safety, and other shared objectives of regulatory policy. While each country must retain its right to impose and maintain unique regulations consonant with its national priorities and income level, the three countries should make a concerted effort to encourage regulatory convergence.
j) Making transportation more efficient. The efficiency of the transportation network is critical to making North America a more competitive place to invest and to produce, and in spreading the benefits of economic growth to all corners of the continent. Among other regulatory reforms, governments should consider the benefits of allowing North American transportation firms unlimited access to each others’ territory, including provision for full cabotage (trade between two points within a country, for example, a Canadian trucker hauling freight from Chicago to Los Angeles or an American airline carrying passengers between Mexico City and Vancouver) for airlines and surface carriers.
k) Adopting the “tested once” approach for biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. The cost and quality of health care is a critical issue in all three countries. Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals play a vital role in providing new treatments that improve health outcomes and often reduce costs as well, but they face huge costs in developing and then winning regulatory approval for new products. Preliminary research suggests that regulatory cooperation in the areas of human and veterinary drugs, medical devices, pest control, and chemicals would raise the value of sales in these sectors by more than 10 percent, profits by 8 percent, and the rate of return on new products by an average of 4.8 percent. Two possible approaches to reducing the regulatory burden while maintaining rigorous standards to protect health and safety would be to adopt a “tested once” principle by which a product tested in one country would meet the standards set by another, or to establish a North America testing center with personnel from each country.
l) Integrating protection of food, health, and the environment. The North American market for agricultural and food products is highly integrated, and the intense disruption of this market by just two cases of mad cow disease demonstrates the need to ensure that regulatory processes are as integrated as their relevant markets. Greater North American cooperation also is essential in providing effective responses to threats to human and animal health and to the environment.
m) Increasing Labor Mobility among Member Nations. People are GGNA’s greatest asset. Goods and services cross borders easily; ensuring the legal transit of workers has been more difficult. Experience with the NAFTA visa system suggests that its procedures need to be simplified, and such visas should be made available to a wider range of occupations and to additional categories of individuals such as students, professors, bona fide frequent visitors, and retirees.
To make the most of the impressive pool of skill and talent within the GGNA, Member Nations should look beyond the NAFTA visa system. The large volume of undocumented migrants from Mexico within the United States is an urgent matter for those two countries to address. A long-term goal should be to create a “North American preference”—new rules that would make it much easier for employees to move and for employers to recruit across national boundaries within the continent. This would enhance North American competitiveness, increase productivity, contribute to Mexico’s development, and address one of the main outstanding issues on the Mexican-U.S. bilateral agenda.
Canada and the United States should consider eliminating restrictions on labor mobility altogether and work toward solutions that in the long run could enable the extension of full labor mobility to Mexico as well.
n) Expanding temporary migrant worker programs. Canada and the United States should expand programs for temporary labor migration from Mexico. For instance, Canada’s successful model for managing seasonal migration in the agricultural sector should be expanded to other sectors where Canadian producers face a shortage of workers and Mexico may have a surplus of workers with appropriate skills. Canadian and U.S. retirees living in Mexico should be granted working permits in certain fields, for instance as English teachers.
o) Implementing the Social Security Totalization Agreement negotiated between the United States and Mexico. This agreement would recognize payroll contributions to each other’s systems, thus preventing double taxation.
p) Creating a “GGNA preference.” Member Nations should agree on streamlined immigration and labor mobility rules that enable citizens of all Member Nations to work with far fewer restrictions than immigrants from other countries. This new system should be both broader and simpler than the current system of NAFTA visas. Special immigration status should be given to teachers, faculty, and students in the region.
Moving to full labor mobility between Canada and the United States. To make companies based in North America as competitive as possible in the global economy, Canada and the United States should consider eliminating all remaining barriers to the ability of their citizens to live and work in the other country. This free flow of people would offer an important advantage to employers in both countries by giving them rapid access to a larger pool of skilled labor, and would enhance the well-being of individuals in both countries by enabling them to move quickly to where their skills are needed. In the long term, the two countries should work to extend this policy to Mexico as well, though doing so will not be practical until wage differentials between Mexico and its two North American neighbors have diminished considerably.
Reinforcing an approach of mutual recognition of professional standards and degrees. Professional associations in each of Member Nations make decisions on the standards to accept professionals from other countries. But despite the fact that NAFTA already encourages the mutual recognition of professional degrees, little has actually been done. Member Nations should devote more resources to leading and create incentives that would encourage, the professional associations of each of the three countries in developing shared standards that would facilitate short-term professional labor mobility within the GGNA.
q) Supporting a GGNA Education Program. Given their historical, cultural, geographic, political, and economic ties, Member Nations should have the largest and most vibrant educational exchange network in the world. Currently, we do not. Despite the fact that Mexico is the second-largest trading partner of the United States, it ranks only seventh in sending students there. In 2004, only 13,000 Mexican undergraduate and graduate students attended U.S. universities. Similarly, Canada is the largest trading partner of the United States but ranked only fifth in educational exchanges, with 27,000 students in the United States compared to 80,000 students from India, followed by China, South Korea, and Japan. The number of Mexicans studying in Canada remains very low—about 1,000. And although American students study all over the world, relatively few go to Mexico and Canada. These numbers should be expanded dramatically to deepen familiarity and increase knowledge in each Member Nation.
r) Creating a major scholarship fund for undergraduate and graduate students to study in Member Nations and to learn the region’s languages. For many students, study abroad is possible only with financial assistance, but many scholarships, including the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE), which has supported scholarships to and from all North American countries, have been reduced or halted. Cross-border educational study within the GGNA by its citizens should expand to reflect the degree of our commercial exchanges. To illustrate the scale of this proposal, it would lead to some 60,000 Mexican students studying in the United States and Canada, and comparable numbers of Canadian and American students studying in another Member Nation. We urge that state, provincial, and federal governments begin funding such scholarships now. The scholarships should include “language immersion” courses in each Member Nation and should encourage students to study in all Member Nations.
Developing a network of centers for GGNA studies. The European Union provides substantial funding for EU centers in fifteen universities in the United States, as well as twelve Jean Monnet Chairs. The U.S. Department of Education provides similar grants to support language and international studies outside North America, but not within North America. That should change. We recommend that the governments open a competition and provide grants to universities in each Member Nation to promote courses, education, and research on the GGNA and assist elementary and secondary schools in teaching about the GGNA. They could also administer scholarship programs. To support this effort, a student summit should be held periodically in each of the three countries.
Promoting Internet-based learning within the GGNA. A natural way to channel communication between Canada, the United States, and Mexico would be through Internet-based learning tools. Current examples include the Historica Foundation’s YouthLinks program in Canada, which enables high-school students to connect with their counterparts in other regions of Canada and around the world, and the School Connectivity Program (SCP) launched by the U.S. Department of State, which installs computers with Internet access in schools across nations that lack access to computer technology. The SCP program should be extended to all Member Nations.
Developing teacher exchange and training programs for elementary and secondary school teachers. This would assist in removing language barriers and give some students a greater sense of the GGNA identity. Greater efforts should also be made to recruit Mexican language teachers to teach Spanish in the United States and Canada.
Developing “sister school” and student exchange programs. Studying or living in another country or hosting a foreign-exchange student fosters cultural understanding. We recommend that states and municipalities encourage the development of “sister school” programs at both the secondary and university level to include the annual exchange of students between participating schools.
Encouraging imaginative ways to build GGNA connections between Member Nations. Foundations and research institutes can shape the way public and private institutions engage in a new concept such as the GGNA community. We encourage foundations and research institutes to provide support and research for addressing continental issues and developing curricula that would permit citizens of our three countries to look at each other in different ways than in the past.
Canada wants a veto power
The threat of international terrorism originates for the most part outside North America and is due primarily on the American Government foreign policies. All Member Nations of the GGNA should have a veto power on such policies. All foreign policies should be dealt by the GGNA and not by a single individual Member Nation. Security should be handle by the GGNA. Any weakness in controlling access to Member Nations from abroad reduces the security of the GGNA as a whole and exacerbates the pressure to intensify controls on intracontinental movement and traffic, which increases the transaction costs associated with trade and travel within Member Nations.
Canada wants a veto power on all major proposals, policies, strategies submitted for approval. No Member Nation of the GGNA is allowed to go alone (unilaterally) on any such major proposals, policies, and strategies, or any action (s) that can have an impact on all other Member Nations.
GGNA principles.
Member Nations of the Global Government of North America (GGNA) should be guided by the following principles:
• Member Nations should approach continental issues together with a GGNA perspective rather than the traditional “dual-bilateral” approach that has long characterized their relationships.
• North America is different from other regions of the world and must find its own cooperative route forward. A new GGNA community should rely not only on the market, but also on building a true GGNA Community. We must maintain respect for each other’s national sovereignty by forming the GGNA protecting such sovereignty and developing Global Parliament Constitution.
• Our economic focus should be on the creation of a common economic space that expands economic opportunities for all people in the region, a space in which trade, capital, and people flow freely.
• The strategy needs to be integrated in its approach, recognizing the extent to which progress on each individual component enhances achievement of the others. Progress on security, for example, will allow a more open border for the movement of goods and people; progress on regulatory matters will reduce the need for active customs administration and release resources to boost security. GGNA solutions could ultimately serve as the basis for initiatives involving other like-minded countries, either in our hemisphere or more broadly.
• A GGNA strategy must provide real gains for all Member Nations, and must not be approached as a zero-sum exercise. Poverty and deprivation are breeding grounds for political instability and undermine both national and regional security. The progress of the poorest among us will be one measure of success.
The threat of international terrorism originates for the most part outside North America and is due primarily on the American Government foreign policies. All Member Nations of the GGNA should have a veto on such policies. All foreign policies should be dealt by the GGNA and not by a single individual Member Nation. Security should be handle by the GGNA. Any weakness in controlling access to Member Nations from abroad reduces the security of the GGNA as a whole and exacerbates the pressure to intensify controls on intracontinental movement and traffic, which increases the transaction costs associated with trade and travel within Member Nations.
September 11 highlighted the need for new approaches to border management. In December 2001, Canada and the United States signed the Smart Border Declaration and an associated 30-point Action Plan to secure border infrastructure, facilitate the secure movement of people and goods, and share information. A similar accord, the United States-Mexico Border Partnership Agreement, and its 22-point Action Plan, were signed in March 2002. Both agreements included measures to facilitate faster border crossings for pre-approved travelers, develop and promote systems to identify dangerous people and goods, relieve congestion at borders, and revitalize cross-border cooperation mechanisms and information sharing. We should expand such programs to all Member Nations.
The defence of GGNA must consist of a more intense level of cooperation among security personnel of Member Nations, both within the GGNA and beyond the physical boundaries of the continent. The Container Security Initiative, for example, launched by the United States in the wake of 9/11, involves the use of intelligence, analysis, and inspection of containers not at the border but at a growing number of overseas ports from which goods are shipped. The ultimate goal is to provide screening of all containers destined for any port in North America, so that once unloaded from ships, containers may cross land borders within the region without the need for further inspections.
• Establishing a common security perimeter by 2024. Member Nations should articulate as their long-term goal a common security perimeter for the GGNA. In particular, Member Nations should strive toward a situation in which a terrorist trying to penetrate our borders will have an equally hard time doing so, no matter which country he elects to enter first. We believe that these measures should be extended to include a commitment to common approaches toward international negotiations on the global movement of people, cargo, and vessels. Like free trade a decade ago, a common security perimeter for the GGNA is an ambitious but achievable goal that will require specific policy, statutory, and procedural changes in all three nations.
• Developing a GGNA Border Pass. Member Nations should develop a secure GGNA Border Pass with biometric identifiers. This document would allow its bearers expedited passage through customs, immigration, and airport security throughout the region. The program would be modeled on the U.S.-Canadian “NEXUS” and the U.S.-Mexican “SENTRI” programs, which provide “smart cards” to allow swifter passage to those who pose no risk. Only those who voluntarily seek, receive, and pay the costs for a security clearance would obtain a Border Pass. The pass would be accepted at all border points within the GGNA as a complement to, but not a replacement for, national identity documents or passports.
• Developing a unified GGNA border action plan. The closing of the borders following the 9/11 attacks awakened all three governments to the need for rethinking management of the borders. Intense negotiations produced the bilateral “Smart Borders” agreements. Although the two borders are different and may in certain instances require policies that need to be implemented at two speeds, cooperation by Member Nations in the following areas would lead to a better result than a “dual-bilateral” approach:
• Expanding the GGNA border infrastructure. While trade has nearly tripled across both borders since the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and NAFTA were implemented, border customs facilities and crossing infrastructure have not kept pace with this increased demand. Even if 9/11 had not occurred, trade would be choked at the border. There have been significant new investments to speed processing along both the Canadian-U.S. and Mexican-U.S. borders, but not enough to keep up with burgeoning demand and additional security requirements. The three governments should examine the options for additional border facilities and expedite their construction. In addition to allowing for continued growth in the volume of transborder traffic, such investments must incorporate the latest technology, and include facilities and procedures that move as much processing as possible away from the border.
Security cooperation among Member Nations should also extend to cooperation on counterterrorism and law enforcement, which would include the establishment of a trinational threat intelligence center, the development of ballistics and explosives registration, and joint training for law enforcement officials.
• Increasing information and intelligence-sharing at the local, national, and global levels in both law enforcement. Law enforcement cooperation should be expanded from its current levels through the exchange of liaison teams and better use of automated systems for tracking, storing, and disseminating timely intelligence. This should be done immediately. However, the ultimate goal needs to be the timely sharing of accurate information and intelligence and higher levels of cooperation.
Member Nations should consider a more extensive information-sharing and collaborative planning involving law enforcement as a means to build mutual trust and pave the way for closer cooperation in the future. Training and exercises should be developed to increase the cooperation and interoperability among and between the law enforcement agencies. These steps will provide better capabilities for detection of threats, preventative action, crisis response, and consequence management. At least one major exercise conducted by law enforcement authorities should be established as a goal over the next year. Of course, the extent of cooperation will be affected by the progress of reform of the police forces, customs, and judicial branch in Member Nations. In addition to the sharing of information, a Joint Analysis Center should be established immediately to serve as a clearing house for information and development of products for supporting law enforcement.
• Intensifying Mexican efforts to accelerate its economic development. NAFTA has transformed Mexico, but it has also deepened and made much more visible the divisions that exist in the country. Indeed, the northern part of Mexico, where the population has a higher level of education and is better connected to American and Canadian markets, has grown significantly faster than the center and the south.
NAFTA was designed to create new opportunities for trade and investment in Mexico and thus complement Mexican development programs. Officials hoped that Mexico would grow much faster than its more industrialized partners and begin to narrow the income gap among the three countries. However, investment has been modest, preventing Mexico from achieving higher levels of growth. Indeed, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimated that, with significant levels of investment, Mexico’s potential growth rate could reach 6 percent. But that requires big changes in current policies. For example, the World Bank estimated in 2000 that $20 billion per year for a decade is needed for essential infrastructure and educational projects in Mexico.
The gap in wages has led many Mexicans to travel north in search of higher incomes and better opportunities. For the past three decades, Mexico has been the largest source of legal immigrants to the United States, and Mexican-Americans make increasingly valued and growing contributions to the life of the United States and, through remittances, to their families at home. Mexico is also the leading source of unauthorized migration, with attendant economic and security problems in both countries and untold hardships for Mexican migrants. Over time, the best way to diminish these problems is by promoting better economic opportunities in Mexico. Mexico also requires significant reforms in its tax and energy policies so that it can use its own resources more effectively to advance its economic development.
To achieve this objective, Mexico must reorient its economic policies to encourage more investment and to distribute the benefits of economic growth more equitably and efficiently across the country. Progress needs to be made, in particular, in the following areas:
All Member Nations need to acknowledge that a major regional effort is also necessary. To that end, Canada and the United States should build on their bilateral initiatives supporting Mexico’s development, notably the U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Prosperity and the Canada-Mexico Partnership. In both programs, the private sector in all three countries is a partner in the development effort. Mexico should also be recognized as a priority within the international development programs of both the United States and Canada, and both should explore with the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank ways to use multilateral development funds most effectively to address the North American development challenge. Canada recently announced a major reform of its development assistance programs, doubling overall resources while focusing its efforts on a core group of countries. Mexico is not included in that new list and it should be.
• Establishing a Global Government of North America Investment Fund (GGNAIF) for infrastructure and human capital.
With a more conducive investment climate in Mexico, private funds will be more accessible for infrastructure and development projects. The United States and Canada should establish a GGNAIF to encourage private capital flow into Mexico. The fund would focus on increasing and improving physical infrastructure linking the less developed parts of Mexico to markets in the north, improving primary and secondary education, and technical training in states and municipalities committed to transparency and institutional development. A relatively small amount of funds should be targeted for technical assistance for project design and evaluation, management, and training. If the GGNAIF is to be effective, it will need significant help from the United States and Canada, and counterpart funding through higher tax revenues from Mexico. The fund design should consider such issues as incentives and debt absorption and management capacity of subnational governments to ensure that resources are effectively used. The fund will need to be managed in a transparent manner according to best international practices, and should be capitalized through a diverse set of innovative financial mechanisms. Availability of credit enhancement mechanisms for long-term loans in pesos will be critical.
• Enhancing the capacity of the Global Government of North America Development Bank (GGNADBank) with the mandate of:
GGNADBank’s internal procedures and the process of project certification should be reformed in order to allow for a significantly faster and more transparent deployment of funds.
All Member Nations produce substantial amounts of energy, but the region as a whole is a net importer of energy. Washington’s two neighbors are its biggest suppliers of energy. The production of oil and natural gas on the continent is not keeping up with the growth in demand.
Although North American production of oil and gas has been declining, both Canada and Mexico have the potential to develop growing supplies both for their own direct use and for export. These two countries, however, have distinct approaches to the development of energy and other natural resources that must be taken into account in the process of mapping the best path forward for North America.
Canada is committed to efficient energy markets, open investment, and free trade in this sector. Canada’s vast oilsands, once a high-cost experimental means of extracting oil, now provide a viable new source of energy that is attracting a steady stream of multibillion dollar investments, and interest from countries such as China, and they have catapulted Canada into second place in the world in terms of proved oil reserves. Production from oilsands fields is projected to reach 2 million barrels per day by 2010. The most serious constraints on additional growth are the limited supply of skilled people and the shortage of infrastructure, including housing, transportation links, and pipeline capacity. Another constraint is regulatory approval processes that can slow down both resource and infrastructure development significantly.
Mexico is also a major energy supplier and customer within North America. In 2004, it was the second-largest exporter of oil to the United States; in previous years, it was consistently among the top four suppliers. Mexico relies for a significant share of its revenues on the state oil producer (Pemex). It has major oil and gas reserves, but these are relatively untapped. Development has been hampered by constitutional restrictions on ownership, which are driven by an understandable desire to see this strategic asset used for the benefit of Mexicans. This restriction on investment, coupled with the inefficient management of the state monopoly, Pemex, has contributed to low productivity. As a result, Mexico has expensive and unreliable supplies of energy for its consumers and industries. Mexico has begun to bring in some foreign capital through multiple service contracts, but the most serious constraints on its future growth as an energy supplier are the restrictions that impede development of its own energy resources and the low productivity of Pemex. Reforms in this area are needed urgently.
Although energy security represents perhaps the most critical challenge, it is important to recognize that trade in other natural resources, including metals, minerals, wood, and other products, is also central to the growth and economic security of North America. In these other resource sectors, NAFTA has not succeeded in ensuring a free flow of goods. Resource and agricultural products such as softwood lumber, fish, beef, wheat, and sugar have been the flashpoints for highly visible trade disputes. The softwood lumber case has led some Canadians to question whether the United States will comply with NAFTA if decisions by the dispute-settlement mechanism run counter to private American interests. The United States and Mexico have failed to comply with free trade provisions on movement of trucks for more than a decade, and the failure to resolve the softwood lumber case between Canada and the United States has plagued their trade relations for the past quarter century. Changing some trade rules and the dispute settlement process may reduce this friction, as would a determined effort to reduce unnecessary regulatory differences within North America.
The GGNA is blessed with an abundant resource base. Exploiting these resources on a long-term, sustainable basis requires that Member Nations work together to resolve issues and ensure responsible use of scarce resources and the free flow of both resources and capital across all borders. As noted, the most troubled areas of cross-border trade over the past twenty years have been in resource trade, largely because of the impact of regulatory differences, including different approaches to resource pricing and income protection. Efforts to eliminate these problems on the basis of dispute settlement mechanisms have not worked as well as anticipated.
• Developing a GGNA energy strategy. Recognizing their individual policies and priorities, Member Nationss need to work together to ensure energy security for people in all Member Nations. Issues to be addressed include the expansion and protection of the North American energy infrastructure; development opportunities and regulatory barriers; and the technological and human capital constraints on accelerated development of energy resources within the GGNA. These objectives form part of the agenda of the North American Energy Working Group established in 2001. This initiative, however, has so far made only modest progress toward developing a GGNA strategy, and it does not cover oil.
• Fully developing Mexican energy resources. Although the inclination of Mexico to retain full ownership of its strategic resources is understandable, expanded and more efficient development of these resources is needed to accelerate Mexico’s economic growth. Mexico is quickly losing ground in its energy independence, and the only way to satisfy growing demands within Mexico is to find ways to unlock its energy sector. Progress can be made even under the existing constitutional constraints. As discussed above, Canada and the United States could make important contributions in this effort through the development of creative mechanisms, especially financial, that bring needed technology and capital to Mexico. The most important steps, however, must be taken in Mexico by Mexicans.
• Concluding a GGNA resource accord. In order to ensure the fullest development of North America’s mineral, forest, and agricultural resources, investors in one country need to be confident that they will not be harassed by competitors in another. To that end, Member Nations need to conclude an accord that recognizes the balance between security of supply and security of access and includes rules about resource pricing that will reduce the friction that has given rise to some of the most persistent and difficult bilateral irritants. A resource accord should also address the remaining barriers to trade in agricultural products, including barriers that arise from the different regimes in the three countries, to guarantee prices and incomes.
• Making a GGNA commitment to a cleaner environment. Expanding energy production as a driver of a more competitive and growing North American economy brings with it a joint responsibility for shaping a cleaner environment and reducing pollution. For example, Canada has signed the Kyoto Protocol on global climate change, which requires significant reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases, but that agreement does not cover Mexico, and Washington has opted out. A North American energy and emissions regime could offer a regional alternative to Kyoto that includes all three countries. Such a regime should include a tradable voucher system for emissions trading within the region analogous to the Clean Development Mechanism.
• Expanding a GGNA collaboration on conservation and innovation. The development of new technologies and conservation strategies is essential both to reduce pollution and to make the most of North America’s resource strengths. Currently, the North American Energy Working Group addresses only a limited number of energy-related opportunities for collaboration. Future initiatives should focus on development of desalination technologies, alternative energy sources, cleaner burning fuels, and more fuel-efficient passenger vehicles.
Effective progress will require new institutional structures and arrangements to drive the agenda and manage the deeper relationships that result. Canada, the United States, and Mexico already share a rich network of institutional links. A recent Canadian government study identified 343 formal treaties and thousands of informal arrangements or “light institutions” with the United States alone. Mexico has more than 200 formal treaties and agreements with the United States. There are many fewer arrangements between Canada and Mexico, but the network of contacts is still substantial and growing.
What is needed now is a limited number of new institutions to provide existing arrangements with greater energy and direction. To this end, the GGNA recommends the following institutional changes, which complement each other:
• An annual Global Government of North America Summit meeting. There is no more succinct or forceful way to demonstrate to the people of all Member Nations the importance of the GGNA than to have the leaders meet at least once a year.
• Strengthening government structures. To ensure that the summit meetings achieve their full potential, each government must take steps to reinforce the ability of its internal structures to deal effectively and imaginatively with North American issues. Steps should include strengthening links between governments by establishing minister-led working groups that will be required to report back within ninety days, and to meet regularly.
• A Global Government of North America Advisory Council. To ensure a regular injection of creative energy into the various efforts related to the GGNA, Member Nations should appoint an independent body of advisers. This body should be composed of eminent persons from outside government, appointed to staggered multiyear terms to ensure their independence. Their mandate would be to engage in creative exploration of new ideas from a GGNA perspective and to provide a public voice for Member Nations. A complementary approach would be to establish private bodies that would meet regularly or annually to buttress Member Nations relationships.
The Global Government of North America must work for the average citizen. When adequate public policies are in place to foster economic and social cohesion, increased trade and investment flows will only improve the living standard of the majority of the population. Economic and social cohesion in Member Nations is in the interest of the GGNA, because it will result in an expansion of the domestic market and it will reduce the flows of undocumented northward migration, thus enhancing security in Member Nations.
Reforms to reduce poverty and inequality in Mexico must start from within. Mexico must focus on achieving universal primary education; promoting gender equality and empowering women; building integrated infrastructure networks, water, and sanitation facilities; applying science, technology, and innovation for development; and promoting environmental sustainability. As many Mexicans have claimed, building up the tax revenue base, along with beefing up the country’s antitrust agency and its regulatory capacity, are essential to increase competitiveness. The government needs to build the infrastructure—human, physical, and institutional—for ordinary people to take advantage of the GGNA.
Economic and social citizenship in the GGNA implies the ability of citizens to exert pressure for the implementation of an inclusive economic policy at home and to be engaged in the international economy. To the extent that citizens of Member Nations see that the GGNA brings concrete benefits, a new constituency will be galvanized to support these efforts in the years to come.
Some other GGNA proposals include:
* Coordinating programs to ensure governments are prepared for large-scale emergencies or terrorist attacks;
* Joint protection of critical cross-border infrastructure, such as the Ambassador Bridge that spans the Detroit River and facilitates one-fourth of the daily $1.4 billion in trade between Canada and the United States;
* Strengthening approaches to maritime and aviation security;
* Establishing a second site for a Canada-U.S. pilot project that would check cargo and passengers before they cross the border;
* And creating a single, integrated program to allow “trusted travelers” who frequent the borders to travel quickly by air, land and sea.
NAFTA has dramatically enhanced our ability to make better use of the abundant resources of our three countries, and thus made an important contribution to economic growth within the GGNA. Over the last decade, however, our economies have faced growing challenges in increasingly competitive and globalized world markets. We need to do more to ensure that our policies provide our firms and workers with a fair and unfettered basis to meet the challenges of global competition. Unwieldy North American rules of origin, increasing congestion at our ports of entry, and regulatory differences among our three countries raise costs instead of reducing them. Trade in certain sectors—such as natural resources, agriculture, and energy—remains far from free, and disputes in these areas have been a source of disagreement among our countries. Furthermore, the NAFTA partners have been unable to resolve a number of important trade and investment disputes, which has created continuing tension in our commercial relationships. Changes in formal trade agreements will not de done. However, in other areas, notably regulatory cooperation and the expansion of transborder activities in critical sectors such as transportation and financial services, there is a shared recognition that Member Nations can and should act quickly in ways that would make a real difference in improving the competitiveness of firms and individuals in the GGNA. Shared challenge of uneven economic development. A fast lane to development is crucial for Mexico to contribute to the security of the entire region. Mexico’s development has failed to prevent deep disparities between different regions of the country, and particularly between remote regions and those better connected to international markets. Northern states have grown ten times faster than those in the center and south of the country. Lack of economic opportunity encourages unauthorized migration, and has been found to be associated with corruption, drug trafficking, violence, and human suffering. Improvements in human capital and physical infrastructure in Mexico, particularly in the center and south of the country, would knit these regions more firmly into the GGNA economy and are in the economic and security interest of all Member Nations.
Chapter 14.2 B.1 Earth Executive Council[ ]
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Article 2: Formations of the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.2 B.2 Global Parliament Departments[ ]
Article 1: Departments of the Global Administration
Chapter 14.2 B.3 Global Civil Service Administration and Planning[ ]
Article 1: The Global Civil Service Administration and Planning (GCSAP)
Chapter 14.2 B.4 The Global Judiciary[ ]
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
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Chapter 14.2 B.5 Agency of Global Police[ ]
Article 1: The Global Police
Chapter 14.2 B.6 Global Community Ombudspersons Office[ ]
Article 1: Composition of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office
Chapter 14.2 B.7 Global Investment Bank[ ]
Article 1: Global Investment Bank
Chapter 14.2 B.8 The Court of Auditors[ ]
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
Chapter 14.2 B.9 Global Community Citizenship Office[ ]
Article 1: Global Community Citizenship Office
Chapter 14.2 B.10 Global Rights Office[ ]
Article 1: Global Rights Office
Chapter 14.2 B.11 Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)[ ]
Article 1: Global Community Assessment Centre
Chapter 14.2 B.12 Earth Security[ ]
Article 1: Earth Security
Chapter 14.2 B.13 Global Civil Society Council[ ]
Article 1: Global Civil Society Council
Chapter 14.2 B.14 Agency for Research, Planning and Development[ ]
Article 1: Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Chapter 14.2 B.15 Global Protection Agency (GPA)[ ]
Article 1: Global Protection Agency (GPA)
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Article 2: Formations of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
1. Global Parliament shall enact legislation, exercise the budgetary function and carry out policy-making and coordinating functions, as laid down in this Constitution.
2. The Earth Executive Council shall consist of a representative of each Member Nation at ministerial level for each of its formations. Only this representative may commit Member Nation in question and cast its vote.
3. Except where the Constitution provides otherwise, decisions of the Cabinet Ministers shall be taken by qualified majority.
Article 2: Formations of the Earth Executive Council
1. The House of Elected Representatives and the House of Advisers shall ensure consistency in the work of the Earth Executive Council. When it acts in its General Affairs function, it shall, in liaison with the Global Judiciary, prepare, and ensure follow-up to, meetings of Global Parliament. When it acts in its legislative function, Global Parliament shall enact global laws, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. In this function, each Member Nation's representation shall include one or two representatives at ministerial level with relevant expertise, reflecting the business on the agenda of the Earth Executive Council.
2. The Global Affairs Council shall, on the basis of strategic guidelines laid down by Global Parliament, flesh out Global Parliament's external policies, and ensure that its actions are consistent. It shall be chaired by Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs.
3. Global Parliament shall adopt a decision establishing further formations in which the Earth Executive Council may meet.
4. The Presidency of Earth Executive Council formations, other than that of Global Affairs , shall be held by Member Nation representatives within the Earth Executive Council on the basis of equal rotation for periods of at least a year. Global Parliament shall adopt a decision establishing the rules of such rotation, taking into account global political and geographical balance and the diversity of Member Nations.
Article 1: Departments of the Global Administration
• Member Nations should approach continental issues together with a GGNA perspective rather than the traditional “dual-bilateral” approach that has long characterized their relationships.
• North America is different from other regions of the world and must find its own cooperative route forward. A new GGNA community should rely not only on the market, but also on building a true GGNA Community. We must maintain respect for each other’s national sovereignty by forming the GGNA protecting such sovereignty and developing Global Parliament Constitution.
• Our economic focus should be on the creation of a common economic space that expands economic opportunities for all people in the region, a space in which trade, capital, and people flow freely.
• The strategy needs to be integrated in its approach, recognizing the extent to which progress on each individual component enhances achievement of the others. Progress on security, for example, will allow a more open border for the movement of goods and people; progress on regulatory matters will reduce the need for active customs administration and release resources to boost security. GGNA solutions could ultimately serve as the basis for initiatives involving other like-minded countries, either in our hemisphere or more broadly.
• A GGNA strategy must provide real gains for all Member Nations, and must not be approached as a zero-sum exercise. Poverty and deprivation are breeding grounds for political instability and undermine both national and regional security. The progress of the poorest among us will be one measure of success.
The threat of international terrorism originates for the most part outside North America and is due primarily on the American Government foreign policies. All Member Nations of the GGNA should have a veto on such policies. All foreign policies should be dealt by the GGNA and not by a single individual Member Nation. Security should be handle by the GGNA. Any weakness in controlling access to Member Nations from abroad reduces the security of the GGNA as a whole and exacerbates the pressure to intensify controls on intracontinental movement and traffic, which increases the transaction costs associated with trade and travel within Member Nations.
September 11 highlighted the need for new approaches to border management. In December 2001, Canada and the United States signed the Smart Border Declaration and an associated 30-point Action Plan to secure border infrastructure, facilitate the secure movement of people and goods, and share information. A similar accord, the United States-Mexico Border Partnership Agreement, and its 22-point Action Plan, were signed in March 2002. Both agreements included measures to facilitate faster border crossings for pre-approved travelers, develop and promote systems to identify dangerous people and goods, relieve congestion at borders, and revitalize cross-border cooperation mechanisms and information sharing. We should expand such programs to all Member Nations.
The defence of GGNA must consist of a more intense level of cooperation among security personnel of Member Nations, both within the GGNA and beyond the physical boundaries of the continent. The Container Security Initiative, for example, launched by the United States in the wake of 9/11, involves the use of intelligence, analysis, and inspection of containers not at the border but at a growing number of overseas ports from which goods are shipped. The ultimate goal is to provide screening of all containers destined for any port in North America, so that once unloaded from ships, containers may cross land borders within the region without the need for further inspections.
• Establishing a common security perimeter by 2024. Member Nations should articulate as their long-term goal a common security perimeter for the GGNA. In particular, Member Nations should strive toward a situation in which a terrorist trying to penetrate our borders will have an equally hard time doing so, no matter which country he elects to enter first. We believe that these measures should be extended to include a commitment to common approaches toward international negotiations on the global movement of people, cargo, and vessels. Like free trade a decade ago, a common security perimeter for the GGNA is an ambitious but achievable goal that will require specific policy, statutory, and procedural changes in all three nations.
• Developing a GGNA Border Pass. Member Nations should develop a secure GGNA Border Pass with biometric identifiers. This document would allow its bearers expedited passage through customs, immigration, and airport security throughout the region. The program would be modeled on the U.S.-Canadian “NEXUS” and the U.S.-Mexican “SENTRI” programs, which provide “smart cards” to allow swifter passage to those who pose no risk. Only those who voluntarily seek, receive, and pay the costs for a security clearance would obtain a Border Pass. The pass would be accepted at all border points within the GGNA as a complement to, but not a replacement for, national identity documents or passports.
• Developing a unified GGNA border action plan. The closing of the borders following the 9/11 attacks awakened all three governments to the need for rethinking management of the borders. Intense negotiations produced the bilateral “Smart Borders” agreements. Although the two borders are different and may in certain instances require policies that need to be implemented at two speeds, cooperation by Member Nations in the following areas would lead to a better result than a “dual-bilateral” approach:
- Harmonize visa and asylum regulations, including convergence of the list of “visa waiver” countries;
- Harmonize entry screening and tracking procedures for people, goods, and vessels (including integration of name-based and biometric watch lists);
- Harmonize exit and export tracking procedures;
- Fully share data about the exit and entry of foreign nationals; and
- Jointly inspect container traffic entering Member Nations ports, building on the Container Security Initiative.
• Expanding the GGNA border infrastructure. While trade has nearly tripled across both borders since the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and NAFTA were implemented, border customs facilities and crossing infrastructure have not kept pace with this increased demand. Even if 9/11 had not occurred, trade would be choked at the border. There have been significant new investments to speed processing along both the Canadian-U.S. and Mexican-U.S. borders, but not enough to keep up with burgeoning demand and additional security requirements. The three governments should examine the options for additional border facilities and expedite their construction. In addition to allowing for continued growth in the volume of transborder traffic, such investments must incorporate the latest technology, and include facilities and procedures that move as much processing as possible away from the border.
Security cooperation among Member Nations should also extend to cooperation on counterterrorism and law enforcement, which would include the establishment of a trinational threat intelligence center, the development of ballistics and explosives registration, and joint training for law enforcement officials.
• Increasing information and intelligence-sharing at the local, national, and global levels in both law enforcement. Law enforcement cooperation should be expanded from its current levels through the exchange of liaison teams and better use of automated systems for tracking, storing, and disseminating timely intelligence. This should be done immediately. However, the ultimate goal needs to be the timely sharing of accurate information and intelligence and higher levels of cooperation.
Member Nations should consider a more extensive information-sharing and collaborative planning involving law enforcement as a means to build mutual trust and pave the way for closer cooperation in the future. Training and exercises should be developed to increase the cooperation and interoperability among and between the law enforcement agencies. These steps will provide better capabilities for detection of threats, preventative action, crisis response, and consequence management. At least one major exercise conducted by law enforcement authorities should be established as a goal over the next year. Of course, the extent of cooperation will be affected by the progress of reform of the police forces, customs, and judicial branch in Member Nations. In addition to the sharing of information, a Joint Analysis Center should be established immediately to serve as a clearing house for information and development of products for supporting law enforcement.
• Intensifying Mexican efforts to accelerate its economic development. NAFTA has transformed Mexico, but it has also deepened and made much more visible the divisions that exist in the country. Indeed, the northern part of Mexico, where the population has a higher level of education and is better connected to American and Canadian markets, has grown significantly faster than the center and the south.
NAFTA was designed to create new opportunities for trade and investment in Mexico and thus complement Mexican development programs. Officials hoped that Mexico would grow much faster than its more industrialized partners and begin to narrow the income gap among the three countries. However, investment has been modest, preventing Mexico from achieving higher levels of growth. Indeed, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimated that, with significant levels of investment, Mexico’s potential growth rate could reach 6 percent. But that requires big changes in current policies. For example, the World Bank estimated in 2000 that $20 billion per year for a decade is needed for essential infrastructure and educational projects in Mexico.
The gap in wages has led many Mexicans to travel north in search of higher incomes and better opportunities. For the past three decades, Mexico has been the largest source of legal immigrants to the United States, and Mexican-Americans make increasingly valued and growing contributions to the life of the United States and, through remittances, to their families at home. Mexico is also the leading source of unauthorized migration, with attendant economic and security problems in both countries and untold hardships for Mexican migrants. Over time, the best way to diminish these problems is by promoting better economic opportunities in Mexico. Mexico also requires significant reforms in its tax and energy policies so that it can use its own resources more effectively to advance its economic development.
To achieve this objective, Mexico must reorient its economic policies to encourage more investment and to distribute the benefits of economic growth more equitably and efficiently across the country. Progress needs to be made, in particular, in the following areas:
(1) dramatically expanding investment and productivity in the energy sector;
(2) continuing efforts to enhance governmental transparency, build regulatory capacity, and deepen judicial reform;
(3) improving public access to high-quality education;
(4) promoting the development of basic infrastructure projects by state and municipal governments;
(5) helping small and medium-sized producers take advantage of economic integration;
(6) increasing the federal tax base as a percentage of gross domestic product; and
(7) establishing clear and measurable objectives for public spending. Of course, it will be up to Mexicans to develop the policy conditions for these changes to take place.
All Member Nations need to acknowledge that a major regional effort is also necessary. To that end, Canada and the United States should build on their bilateral initiatives supporting Mexico’s development, notably the U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Prosperity and the Canada-Mexico Partnership. In both programs, the private sector in all three countries is a partner in the development effort. Mexico should also be recognized as a priority within the international development programs of both the United States and Canada, and both should explore with the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank ways to use multilateral development funds most effectively to address the North American development challenge. Canada recently announced a major reform of its development assistance programs, doubling overall resources while focusing its efforts on a core group of countries. Mexico is not included in that new list and it should be.
• Establishing a Global Government of North America Investment Fund (GGNAIF) for infrastructure and human capital.
With a more conducive investment climate in Mexico, private funds will be more accessible for infrastructure and development projects. The United States and Canada should establish a GGNAIF to encourage private capital flow into Mexico. The fund would focus on increasing and improving physical infrastructure linking the less developed parts of Mexico to markets in the north, improving primary and secondary education, and technical training in states and municipalities committed to transparency and institutional development. A relatively small amount of funds should be targeted for technical assistance for project design and evaluation, management, and training. If the GGNAIF is to be effective, it will need significant help from the United States and Canada, and counterpart funding through higher tax revenues from Mexico. The fund design should consider such issues as incentives and debt absorption and management capacity of subnational governments to ensure that resources are effectively used. The fund will need to be managed in a transparent manner according to best international practices, and should be capitalized through a diverse set of innovative financial mechanisms. Availability of credit enhancement mechanisms for long-term loans in pesos will be critical.
• Enhancing the capacity of the Global Government of North America Development Bank (GGNADBank) with the mandate of:
(1) supporting infrastructure sectors, particularly transportation;
(2) permit it to access domestic capital markets and apply credit enhancement tools;
(3) support the establishment of revolving funds through both grants and soft loans throughout its jurisdiction; and
(4) strengthen its technical assistance programs to promote good governance and creditworthiness of communities and public utilities.
GGNADBank’s internal procedures and the process of project certification should be reformed in order to allow for a significantly faster and more transparent deployment of funds.
All Member Nations produce substantial amounts of energy, but the region as a whole is a net importer of energy. Washington’s two neighbors are its biggest suppliers of energy. The production of oil and natural gas on the continent is not keeping up with the growth in demand.
Although North American production of oil and gas has been declining, both Canada and Mexico have the potential to develop growing supplies both for their own direct use and for export. These two countries, however, have distinct approaches to the development of energy and other natural resources that must be taken into account in the process of mapping the best path forward for North America.
Canada is committed to efficient energy markets, open investment, and free trade in this sector. Canada’s vast oilsands, once a high-cost experimental means of extracting oil, now provide a viable new source of energy that is attracting a steady stream of multibillion dollar investments, and interest from countries such as China, and they have catapulted Canada into second place in the world in terms of proved oil reserves. Production from oilsands fields is projected to reach 2 million barrels per day by 2010. The most serious constraints on additional growth are the limited supply of skilled people and the shortage of infrastructure, including housing, transportation links, and pipeline capacity. Another constraint is regulatory approval processes that can slow down both resource and infrastructure development significantly.
Mexico is also a major energy supplier and customer within North America. In 2004, it was the second-largest exporter of oil to the United States; in previous years, it was consistently among the top four suppliers. Mexico relies for a significant share of its revenues on the state oil producer (Pemex). It has major oil and gas reserves, but these are relatively untapped. Development has been hampered by constitutional restrictions on ownership, which are driven by an understandable desire to see this strategic asset used for the benefit of Mexicans. This restriction on investment, coupled with the inefficient management of the state monopoly, Pemex, has contributed to low productivity. As a result, Mexico has expensive and unreliable supplies of energy for its consumers and industries. Mexico has begun to bring in some foreign capital through multiple service contracts, but the most serious constraints on its future growth as an energy supplier are the restrictions that impede development of its own energy resources and the low productivity of Pemex. Reforms in this area are needed urgently.
Although energy security represents perhaps the most critical challenge, it is important to recognize that trade in other natural resources, including metals, minerals, wood, and other products, is also central to the growth and economic security of North America. In these other resource sectors, NAFTA has not succeeded in ensuring a free flow of goods. Resource and agricultural products such as softwood lumber, fish, beef, wheat, and sugar have been the flashpoints for highly visible trade disputes. The softwood lumber case has led some Canadians to question whether the United States will comply with NAFTA if decisions by the dispute-settlement mechanism run counter to private American interests. The United States and Mexico have failed to comply with free trade provisions on movement of trucks for more than a decade, and the failure to resolve the softwood lumber case between Canada and the United States has plagued their trade relations for the past quarter century. Changing some trade rules and the dispute settlement process may reduce this friction, as would a determined effort to reduce unnecessary regulatory differences within North America.
The GGNA is blessed with an abundant resource base. Exploiting these resources on a long-term, sustainable basis requires that Member Nations work together to resolve issues and ensure responsible use of scarce resources and the free flow of both resources and capital across all borders. As noted, the most troubled areas of cross-border trade over the past twenty years have been in resource trade, largely because of the impact of regulatory differences, including different approaches to resource pricing and income protection. Efforts to eliminate these problems on the basis of dispute settlement mechanisms have not worked as well as anticipated.
• Developing a GGNA energy strategy. Recognizing their individual policies and priorities, Member Nationss need to work together to ensure energy security for people in all Member Nations. Issues to be addressed include the expansion and protection of the North American energy infrastructure; development opportunities and regulatory barriers; and the technological and human capital constraints on accelerated development of energy resources within the GGNA. These objectives form part of the agenda of the North American Energy Working Group established in 2001. This initiative, however, has so far made only modest progress toward developing a GGNA strategy, and it does not cover oil.
• Fully developing Mexican energy resources. Although the inclination of Mexico to retain full ownership of its strategic resources is understandable, expanded and more efficient development of these resources is needed to accelerate Mexico’s economic growth. Mexico is quickly losing ground in its energy independence, and the only way to satisfy growing demands within Mexico is to find ways to unlock its energy sector. Progress can be made even under the existing constitutional constraints. As discussed above, Canada and the United States could make important contributions in this effort through the development of creative mechanisms, especially financial, that bring needed technology and capital to Mexico. The most important steps, however, must be taken in Mexico by Mexicans.
• Concluding a GGNA resource accord. In order to ensure the fullest development of North America’s mineral, forest, and agricultural resources, investors in one country need to be confident that they will not be harassed by competitors in another. To that end, Member Nations need to conclude an accord that recognizes the balance between security of supply and security of access and includes rules about resource pricing that will reduce the friction that has given rise to some of the most persistent and difficult bilateral irritants. A resource accord should also address the remaining barriers to trade in agricultural products, including barriers that arise from the different regimes in the three countries, to guarantee prices and incomes.
• Making a GGNA commitment to a cleaner environment. Expanding energy production as a driver of a more competitive and growing North American economy brings with it a joint responsibility for shaping a cleaner environment and reducing pollution. For example, Canada has signed the Kyoto Protocol on global climate change, which requires significant reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases, but that agreement does not cover Mexico, and Washington has opted out. A North American energy and emissions regime could offer a regional alternative to Kyoto that includes all three countries. Such a regime should include a tradable voucher system for emissions trading within the region analogous to the Clean Development Mechanism.
• Expanding a GGNA collaboration on conservation and innovation. The development of new technologies and conservation strategies is essential both to reduce pollution and to make the most of North America’s resource strengths. Currently, the North American Energy Working Group addresses only a limited number of energy-related opportunities for collaboration. Future initiatives should focus on development of desalination technologies, alternative energy sources, cleaner burning fuels, and more fuel-efficient passenger vehicles.
Effective progress will require new institutional structures and arrangements to drive the agenda and manage the deeper relationships that result. Canada, the United States, and Mexico already share a rich network of institutional links. A recent Canadian government study identified 343 formal treaties and thousands of informal arrangements or “light institutions” with the United States alone. Mexico has more than 200 formal treaties and agreements with the United States. There are many fewer arrangements between Canada and Mexico, but the network of contacts is still substantial and growing.
What is needed now is a limited number of new institutions to provide existing arrangements with greater energy and direction. To this end, the GGNA recommends the following institutional changes, which complement each other:
• An annual Global Government of North America Summit meeting. There is no more succinct or forceful way to demonstrate to the people of all Member Nations the importance of the GGNA than to have the leaders meet at least once a year.
• Strengthening government structures. To ensure that the summit meetings achieve their full potential, each government must take steps to reinforce the ability of its internal structures to deal effectively and imaginatively with North American issues. Steps should include strengthening links between governments by establishing minister-led working groups that will be required to report back within ninety days, and to meet regularly.
• A Global Government of North America Advisory Council. To ensure a regular injection of creative energy into the various efforts related to the GGNA, Member Nations should appoint an independent body of advisers. This body should be composed of eminent persons from outside government, appointed to staggered multiyear terms to ensure their independence. Their mandate would be to engage in creative exploration of new ideas from a GGNA perspective and to provide a public voice for Member Nations. A complementary approach would be to establish private bodies that would meet regularly or annually to buttress Member Nations relationships.
The Global Government of North America must work for the average citizen. When adequate public policies are in place to foster economic and social cohesion, increased trade and investment flows will only improve the living standard of the majority of the population. Economic and social cohesion in Member Nations is in the interest of the GGNA, because it will result in an expansion of the domestic market and it will reduce the flows of undocumented northward migration, thus enhancing security in Member Nations.
Reforms to reduce poverty and inequality in Mexico must start from within. Mexico must focus on achieving universal primary education; promoting gender equality and empowering women; building integrated infrastructure networks, water, and sanitation facilities; applying science, technology, and innovation for development; and promoting environmental sustainability. As many Mexicans have claimed, building up the tax revenue base, along with beefing up the country’s antitrust agency and its regulatory capacity, are essential to increase competitiveness. The government needs to build the infrastructure—human, physical, and institutional—for ordinary people to take advantage of the GGNA.
Economic and social citizenship in the GGNA implies the ability of citizens to exert pressure for the implementation of an inclusive economic policy at home and to be engaged in the international economy. To the extent that citizens of Member Nations see that the GGNA brings concrete benefits, a new constituency will be galvanized to support these efforts in the years to come.
Some other GGNA proposals include:
* Coordinating programs to ensure governments are prepared for large-scale emergencies or terrorist attacks;
* Joint protection of critical cross-border infrastructure, such as the Ambassador Bridge that spans the Detroit River and facilitates one-fourth of the daily $1.4 billion in trade between Canada and the United States;
* Strengthening approaches to maritime and aviation security;
* Establishing a second site for a Canada-U.S. pilot project that would check cargo and passengers before they cross the border;
* And creating a single, integrated program to allow “trusted travelers” who frequent the borders to travel quickly by air, land and sea.
NAFTA has dramatically enhanced our ability to make better use of the abundant resources of our three countries, and thus made an important contribution to economic growth within the GGNA. Over the last decade, however, our economies have faced growing challenges in increasingly competitive and globalized world markets. We need to do more to ensure that our policies provide our firms and workers with a fair and unfettered basis to meet the challenges of global competition. Unwieldy North American rules of origin, increasing congestion at our ports of entry, and regulatory differences among our three countries raise costs instead of reducing them. Trade in certain sectors—such as natural resources, agriculture, and energy—remains far from free, and disputes in these areas have been a source of disagreement among our countries. Furthermore, the NAFTA partners have been unable to resolve a number of important trade and investment disputes, which has created continuing tension in our commercial relationships. Changes in formal trade agreements will not de done. However, in other areas, notably regulatory cooperation and the expansion of transborder activities in critical sectors such as transportation and financial services, there is a shared recognition that Member Nations can and should act quickly in ways that would make a real difference in improving the competitiveness of firms and individuals in the GGNA. Shared challenge of uneven economic development. A fast lane to development is crucial for Mexico to contribute to the security of the entire region. Mexico’s development has failed to prevent deep disparities between different regions of the country, and particularly between remote regions and those better connected to international markets. Northern states have grown ten times faster than those in the center and south of the country. Lack of economic opportunity encourages unauthorized migration, and has been found to be associated with corruption, drug trafficking, violence, and human suffering. Improvements in human capital and physical infrastructure in Mexico, particularly in the center and south of the country, would knit these regions more firmly into the GGNA economy and are in the economic and security interest of all Member Nations.
B.1 Earth Executive Council,
B.2 Global Parliament Departments,
B.3 Global Civil Service Administration and Planning,
B.4 The Global Judiciary,
B.5 Agency of Global Police,
B.6 Global Community Ombudspersons Office,
B.7 Global Investment Bank,
B.8 The Court of Auditors,
B.9 Global Community Citizenship Office,
B.10 Global Rights Office,
B.11 Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC),
B.12 Earth Security,
B.13 Global Civil Society Council, and
B.14 Agency for Research, Planning and Development.
B.15 Global Protection Agency (GPA).
Chapter 14.2 B.1 Earth Executive Council
]Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Article 2: Formations of the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.2 B.2 Global Parliament Departments
]Article 1: Departments of the Global Administration
Chapter 14.2 B.3 Global Civil Service Administration and Planning
]Article 1: The Global Civil Service Administration and Planning (GCSAP)
Chapter 14.2 B.4 The Global Judiciary
]Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Article 2:
Chapter 14.2 B.5 Agency of Global Police
]Article 1: The Global Police
Chapter 14.2 B.6 Global Community Ombudspersons Office
]Article 1: Composition of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office
Chapter 14.2 B.7 Global Investment Bank
]Article 1: Global Investment Bank
Chapter 14.2 B.8 The Court of Auditors
]Article 1: The Court of Auditors
Chapter 14.2 B.9 Global Community Citizenship Office
]Article 1: Global Community Citizenship Office
Chapter 14.2 B.10 Global Rights Office
]Article 1: Global Rights Office
Chapter 14.2 B.11 Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
]Article 1: Global Community Assessment Centre
Chapter 14.2 B.12 Earth Security
]Article 1: Earth Security
Chapter 14.2 B.13 Global Civil Society Council
]Article 1: Global Civil Society Council
Chapter 14.2 B.14 Agency for Research, Planning and Development
]Article 1: Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Chapter 14.2 B.15 Global Protection Agency (GPA)
]Article 1: Global Protection Agency (GPA)
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Article 2: Formations of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
1. Global Parliament shall enact legislation, exercise the budgetary function and carry out policy-making and coordinating functions, as laid down in this Constitution.
2. The Earth Executive Council shall consist of a representative of each Member Nation at ministerial level for each of its formations. Only this representative may commit Member Nation in question and cast its vote.
3. Except where the Constitution provides otherwise, decisions of the Cabinet Ministers shall be taken by qualified majority.
Article 2: Formations of the Earth Executive Council
1. The House of Elected Representatives and the House of Advisers shall ensure consistency in the work of the Earth Executive Council. When it acts in its General Affairs function, it shall, in liaison with the Global Judiciary, prepare, and ensure follow-up to, meetings of Global Parliament. When it acts in its legislative function, Global Parliament shall enact global laws, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. In this function, each Member Nation's representation shall include one or two representatives at ministerial level with relevant expertise, reflecting the business on the agenda of the Earth Executive Council.
2. The Global Affairs Council shall, on the basis of strategic guidelines laid down by Global Parliament, flesh out Global Parliament's external policies, and ensure that its actions are consistent. It shall be chaired by Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs.
3. Global Parliament shall adopt a decision establishing further formations in which the Earth Executive Council may meet.
4. The Presidency of Earth Executive Council formations, other than that of Global Affairs , shall be held by Member Nation representatives within the Earth Executive Council on the basis of equal rotation for periods of at least a year. Global Parliament shall adopt a decision establishing the rules of such rotation, taking into account global political and geographical balance and the diversity of Member Nations.
Article 1: Departments of the Global Administration
Among the departments and agencies of Global Parliament
Departments 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 administration shall be
headed by a Cabinet Minister and a Senior Administrator, or by a Vice
President and a Senior Administrator.
Article 1: The Global Civil Service Administration and Planning (GCSAP)
Chapter 14.2 B.3 Global Civil Service Administration and Planning
Article 1: The Global Civil Service Administration and Planning (GCSAP)
a. Introduction
1. Certain administrative, research, planning and facilitative agencies of Global Parliament which are particularly essential for the satisfactory functioning of all or most aspects of Earth Government, shall be designated as the GCSAP. The GCSAP shall include the agencies listed under this Section, with the provison that other such agencies may be added upon recommendation of the Global Council followed by decision of Global Parliament.
3. Global Parliament may at any time define further the responsibilities, functioning and organization of the several agencies of the GCSAP, consistent with the provisions of Global Parliament Constitution.
4. Each agency of the GCSAP shall make an annual report to Global Parliament and to the Global Council .
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Article 2:
Chapter 14.2 B.4 The Global Judiciary
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Global Judiciary Commissioners shall be appointed for a period of five years, subject, if need be, to Article 7, Chapter 8. Only nationals of Member Nations may be Global Judiciary Commissioners.
Article 2:
Global Judiciary Commissioners shall refrain from any action incompatible with their duties. Each Member Nation undertakes to respect this principle and not to seek to influence the Global Judiciary Commissioners in the performance of their tasks. Global Judiciary Commissioners may not, during their term of office, engage in any other occupation, whether gainful or not. When entering upon their duties they shall give a solemn undertaking that, both during and after their term of office, they will respect the obligations arising therefrom and in particular their duty to behave with integrity and discretion as regards the acceptance, after they have ceased to hold office, of certain appointments or benefits. In the event of any breach of these obligations, the Court of Justice may, on application by the Council of Ministers, acting by a simple majority, or the Global Judiciary , rule that the person concerned be, according to the circumstances, either compulsorily retired in accordance with Article 2, Chapter 14.5.6 or deprived of his or her right to a pension or other benefits in its stead.
Article 1: Agency Global Police
Chapter 14.2 B.5 Agency of Global Police
Article 1: The Global Police
1. That section of the staff of the Office of Global Attorneys General and of the Offices of Regional Global Attorneys responsible for the apprehension and arrest of violators of global law and global legislation, shall be designated as Global Police.
2. Each regional staff of the Global Police shall be headed by a Regional Global Police Captain, who shall be appointed by the Regional Global Attorney.
3. The Office of Global Attorneys General shall appoint a Global Police Supervisor, to be in charge of those activities which transcend regional boundaries. The Global Police Supervisor shall direct the Regional Global Police Captains in any actions which require coordinated or joint action transcending regional boundaries, and shall direct any action which requires initiation or direction from the Office of Global Attorneys General.
4. Searches and arrests to be made by Global Police shall be made only upon warrants issued by the Office of Global Attorneys General or by a Regional Global Attorney.
5. Global Police shall be armed only with weapons appropriate for the apprehension of the individuals responsible for violation of global law.
6. Employment in the capacity of Global Police Captain and Global Police Supervisor shall be limited to ten years.
7. The Global Police Supervisor and any Regional Global Police Captain may be removed from office for cause by decision of the Office of Global Attorneys General or by absolute majority vote of the three bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
Article 1: Composition of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office
Chapter 14.2 B.6 Global Community Ombudspersons Office
Article 1: Composition of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office
1. The Global Community Ombudspersons Office shall be headed by a Council of Global Comunity Ombudspersons of six members, one of whom shall be designated as Principal Global Community Ombudsperson, while the other four shall each be designated as an Associate Global Community Ombudsperson.
2. Members to compose the Council of Global Community Ombudspersons shall be nominated by the House of Advisers, with three nominees from each Continental Division of Earth. One member of the Council shall be elected from each of six Continental Divisions by plural ity vote of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
3. The term of office for a Global Community Ombudspersons Office shall be ten years. A Global Community Ombudsperson may serve two successive terms. The position of the Principal Global Community Ombudsperson shall be rotated every two years. The order of rotation shall be determined by the Council of Global Community Ombudspersons.
4. The Council of Global Community Ombudspersons shall be assisted by a Commission of Global Advocates of twenty members. Members for the Commission of Global Advocates shall be nominated by the Council of Global Community Ombudspersons from twenty Global Electoral and Administrative Regions, with between two and three nominees submitted for each Region. One Global Advocate shall be elected from each of the twenty Global Electoral and Administrative Regions by the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session. Global Advocates shall serve terms of five years, and may serve a maximum of four successive terms.
5. The Council of Global Community Ombudspersons shall establish twenty regional offices, in addition to the principal global office at the primary seat of Global Parliament. The twenty regional offices of the Global Community Ombudsperson shall parallel the organization of the twenty Offices of Regional Global Attorney.
6. Each regional office of the Global Community Ombudsperson Office shall be headed by a Global Advocate. Each five regional offices of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office shall be supervised by an Associate Global Community Ombudsperson.
7. Any Global Community Ombudsperson and any Global Advocatet may be removed from office for cause by an absolute majority vote of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
8. Staff members for the Global Community Ombudspersons and for each regional office of the Global Community Ombudspersons shall be selected and employed from civil service lists.
9. Qualifications for Global Community Ombudspersons and for Global Advocate shall be at least thirty years of age, at least five years legal experience, and education in law and other relevant education.
Article 1: Global Investment Bank
Chapter 14.2 B.7 Global Investment Bank
Article 1: Global Investment Bank
1. The Global Bank, together with the national central banks, shall constitute the Nations' System of Central Banks (or Global Bank). The Global Bank, together with the national central banks of Member Nations which have adopted Global Parliament currency, the 'global equivalent money', shall conduct the monetary policy of Global Parliament.
Chapter 14.2 B.8 The Court of Auditors
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
Chapter 14.2 B.8 The Court of Auditors
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
It shall consist of one national of each Member Nation. In the performance of their duties, its members shall be completely independent.
Chapter 14.2 B.9 Global Community Citizenship Office
Article 1: Global Community Citizenship Office
Chapter 14.2 B.9 Global Community Citizenship Office
Article 1: Global Community Citizenship Office
It shall consist of one national of each Member Nation. In the performance of their duties, its members shall be completely independent.
Chapter 14.2 B.10 Global Rights Office
Article 1: Global Rights Office
Chapter 14.2 B.10 Global Rights Office
Article 1: Global Rights Office
It shall consist of:
Chapter 14.2 B.11 Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 1: Global Community Assessment Centre
Chapter 14.2 B.11 Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 1: Global Community Assessment Centre
It shall consist of:
Chapter 14.2 B.12 Earth Security
Article 1: Earth Security
Chapter 14.2 B.12 Earth Security
Article 1: Earth Security
1. Earth Security shall be headed by an Office of Global Attorneys General and a Commission of Regional Global Attorneys.
2. The Office of Global Attorneys General shall be comprised of five members, one of whom shall be designated as the Global Attorney General and the other four shall each be designated an Associate Global Attorney General.
3. The Commission of Regional Global Attorneys shall consist of twenty Regional Global Attorneys.
4. The members to compse the Office of Global Attorneys General shall be nominated by the House of Advisers, with three nominees from each Continental Division of Earth. One member of the Office shall be elected from each of six Continental Divisions by plurality vote of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
5. The term of office for a member of the Office of Global Attorneys General shall be ten years. A member may serve two consecutive terms. The position of Global Attorney General shall rotate every two years among the five members of the Office. The order of rotation shall be decided among the five members of the Office.
6. The Office of Global Attorneys General shall nominate members for the Commission of twenty Regional Global Attorneys from the twenty Global Electoral and Administrative Regions, with between two and three nominees submitted for each Region. From these nominations, the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session shall elect one Regional Global Attorney from each of the twenty Regions. Regional Global Attorneys shall serve terms of five years, and may serve three consecutive terms.
7. Each Regional Global Attorney shall organize and be in charge of an Office of Regional Global Attorney. Each Associate Global Attorney General shall supervise five Offices of Regional Global Attorneys.
8. The staff to carry out the work of Global Police, in addition to the five members of the Office of Global Attorneys General and the twenty Regional Global Attorneys, shall be selected from civil service lists, and shall be organized for the following func tions: Investigation.
Chapter 14.2 B.13 Global Civil Society Council
Article 1: Global Civil Society Council
Chapter 14.2 B.13 Global Civil Society Council
Article 1: Global Civil Society Council
Global Community citizens may be represented in Global Parliament by making contacting the Global Community Ombudspersons Office.
Chapter 14.2 B.14 Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Article 1: Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Chapter 14.2 B.14 Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Article 1: Agency for Research, Planning and Development
The Agency for Research and Planning shall be supervised by a ten member commission in addition to the Senior Administrator and Cabinet Minister or Vice President. The commission shall be composed of one commissioner each to be named by the House of Elected Representatives, the Global Governments Federation, the House of Advisers, the Global Council, the Council of Global Judges, the Office of Global Attorneys General, the Global Community Ombudspersons, the Agency for Technological and Environmental Assessment, the Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems, and the Global Financial Administration. Commissioners shall serve five year terms, and may serve consecutive terms.
Chapter 14.2 B.15 Global Protection Agency (GPA)
Article 1: Global Protection Agency (GPA)
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1. Disarmament and War Prevention. 2. Population. 3. Food and Agriculture. 4. Water Supplies and Waterways. 5. Health and Nutrition. 6. Education. 7. Cultural Diversity and the Arts. 8. Habitat and Settlements. 9. Environment and Ecology. 10. Global Resources. 11. Oceans and Seabeds. 12. Atmosphere and Space. 13. Energy. 14. Science and Technology. 15. Genetic Research and Engineering. 16. Labor and Income. 17. Economic and Social Development. 18. Commerce and Industry. 19. Transportation and Travel. 20. Multi-National Corporations. 21. Communications and Information. 22. Human Rights. 23. Justice. 24. Global Service Corps. 25. Global Territories, Capitals and Parks. 26. International agreements. 27. Democratic Procedures. 28. Revenue. 29. Earth Rights 30. Earth management 31. Global governance 32. Member Nations Rights and Privileges 33. Delegations from Civil Society 34. Global policies and strategies for managing world overpopulation 35. Climate change adaptation and global warming 36. Home and community development 37. Settling of disputes between nations 38. Global dialogue and participation 39. Societal sustainability 40. Youth participation 41. Waste management 42. Women rights and issues 43. Teaching and education |
44. Cultural rights 45. Spirituality and religion 46. Global economy and trade 47. Global cooperation and symbiotical relationships between communities and nations 48. Biological diversity 49. Cities: power, rights and responsiblities 50. Alternative energies 51. Global life-support systems protection 52. Ecological resources 53. The Global Community overall picture and assessment 54. Recycling and biodegradability 55. Forestry 56. Abolition of weapons of mass destruction 57. Global Community Citizenship 58. Public Health 59. Corporate accountability and global ethics 60. Universal health care 61. Social and Human Development 62. Conservation strategies 63. Preventive actions against polluters 64. Water resources 65. Peace movement 66. Earth security 67. Drinking water and clean air 68. Primordial Global Rights 69. Global tax, collecting the global tax 70. Information and communications technologies (ICTs) 71. Management of Earth resources 72. Restoration of the planet, our home 73. Celebration of Life Day 74. Earth flag 75. Constitutional Affairs Committee 76. Sciences and technologies for the Peoples 77. New way of doing business in the world 78. Reaching out to the Peoples 79. Global rescues and emergencies 80. Financing Global Parliament 81. Global standards and codes 82. Global transparency 83. Trade and trade disputes |
84. Money trading and stocks 85. A shelter for every global citizen 86. Replacing currencies for plastics 87. A global strategy for human resources 88. Global food supplies 89. Freedom, security, justice and democracy 90. A global strategy on fishery 91. Global fight against crime 92. Global energy needs 93. Racism, xenophobia and discrimination 94. Asylum, immigration and border control 95. Global Community Arrest Warrant 96. A global agricultural strategy 97. Expenditures and revenues 98. World Monetary Institutions 99. Global Ethics 100. Soil Conservation 101. Mining 102. Economic Development 103. Cultural Protection 104. Urbanization and Rural Development 105. International Treaties 106. Global Community Assessment centre (GCAC) 107. Communications 108. Transportation 109. Heritage Protection 110. Social Services 111. Refugees 112. Consumption and Production 113. Business Development 114. Human Resources 115. Aboriginals and Natives 116. Agricultural Development 117. Eradication of Hunger and Poverty 118. Industry and Manufacturing Products 119. Banks and Loans 120. Community Rights 121. Life Rights 122. Global Community Citizens Rights 123. Global Dialogue 124. Codes and standards, quality and safety 126. Community projects |
We are inviting anyone to submit an application to become a Global Minister of the Global Parliament. For more details, visit the webpage of Global Ministries 
and May Newsletter. 
| Name | Title | Date started | Photo and info |
| Germain Dufour | President of Global Parliament President of the Earth Executive Council |
August 22, 2000 |  info |
| Dr. Sue L.T. McGregor | Minister of Family and Human Development | August 22, 2000 | 
Dr. McGregor left us April 10, 2007
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| James Mwami | Minister of Water Resources Protection | August 22, 2000 | info |
| Mrs. Marielle Jansen | Minister of Social Development | November 28, 2000 | Mrs. Marielle Jansen left us on February 2002 to pursue her work on the Sociocratic Method of Decision Making |
| Alexey Yakovtsev | Minister of Global Peace and Disarmament | June 7, 2005 | 
Alexey Yakovtsev was also the Regional coordinator for Universal Alliance in the Ukraine and left us October 2005 to continue the New Paradigm of Human existence on the Earth by SOTHIS Program
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| Dr. José G. Vargas-Hernández | Global Environment Minister | April 11, 2006 |  info |
| Dr. Michael Ellis | Minister for Sustainable Civilisation, Peace and Disarmament |
November 1, 2006 |  info |
| Most Honorable Bilongo Bolo Serge Christian |
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Global Government of Africa |
May 8, 2009 |  info |
Article 1: The Global Civil Service Administration and Planning (GCSAP)
Chapter 14.2 B.3 Global Civil Service Administration and Planning
Article 1: The Global Civil Service Administration and Planning (GCSAP)
a. Introduction
1. Certain administrative, research, planning and facilitative agencies of Global Parliament which are particularly essential for the satisfactory functioning of all or most aspects of Earth Government, shall be designated as the GCSAP. The GCSAP shall include the agencies listed under this Section, with the provison that other such agencies may be added upon recommendation of the Global Council followed by decision of Global Parliament.
a. The Global Civil Service Staff.2. Each agency of the GCSAP shall be headed by a Cabinet Minister and a Senior Administrator, or by a Vice President and a Senior Administrator, together with a Commission as provided hereunder. The rules of procedure for each agency shall be decided by majority decision of the Commission members together with the Administrator and the Minister or Vice President.
b. The Global Boundaries and Elections Administration.
c. The Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems.
d. The Agency for Research and Planning.
e. The Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC).
f. The Global Financial Administration.
3. Global Parliament may at any time define further the responsibilities, functioning and organization of the several agencies of the GCSAP, consistent with the provisions of Global Parliament Constitution.
4. Each agency of the GCSAP shall make an annual report to Global Parliament and to the Global Council .
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Article 2:
Chapter 14.2 B.4 The Global Judiciary
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Global Judiciary Commissioners shall be appointed for a period of five years, subject, if need be, to Article 7, Chapter 8. Only nationals of Member Nations may be Global Judiciary Commissioners.
Article 2:
Global Judiciary Commissioners shall refrain from any action incompatible with their duties. Each Member Nation undertakes to respect this principle and not to seek to influence the Global Judiciary Commissioners in the performance of their tasks. Global Judiciary Commissioners may not, during their term of office, engage in any other occupation, whether gainful or not. When entering upon their duties they shall give a solemn undertaking that, both during and after their term of office, they will respect the obligations arising therefrom and in particular their duty to behave with integrity and discretion as regards the acceptance, after they have ceased to hold office, of certain appointments or benefits. In the event of any breach of these obligations, the Court of Justice may, on application by the Council of Ministers, acting by a simple majority, or the Global Judiciary , rule that the person concerned be, according to the circumstances, either compulsorily retired in accordance with Article 2, Chapter 14.5.6 or deprived of his or her right to a pension or other benefits in its stead.
Article 1: Agency Global Police
Chapter 14.2 B.5 Agency of Global Police
Article 1: The Global Police
1. That section of the staff of the Office of Global Attorneys General and of the Offices of Regional Global Attorneys responsible for the apprehension and arrest of violators of global law and global legislation, shall be designated as Global Police.
2. Each regional staff of the Global Police shall be headed by a Regional Global Police Captain, who shall be appointed by the Regional Global Attorney.
3. The Office of Global Attorneys General shall appoint a Global Police Supervisor, to be in charge of those activities which transcend regional boundaries. The Global Police Supervisor shall direct the Regional Global Police Captains in any actions which require coordinated or joint action transcending regional boundaries, and shall direct any action which requires initiation or direction from the Office of Global Attorneys General.
4. Searches and arrests to be made by Global Police shall be made only upon warrants issued by the Office of Global Attorneys General or by a Regional Global Attorney.
5. Global Police shall be armed only with weapons appropriate for the apprehension of the individuals responsible for violation of global law.
6. Employment in the capacity of Global Police Captain and Global Police Supervisor shall be limited to ten years.
7. The Global Police Supervisor and any Regional Global Police Captain may be removed from office for cause by decision of the Office of Global Attorneys General or by absolute majority vote of the three bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
Article 1: Composition of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office
Chapter 14.2 B.6 Global Community Ombudspersons Office
Article 1: Composition of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office
1. The Global Community Ombudspersons Office shall be headed by a Council of Global Comunity Ombudspersons of six members, one of whom shall be designated as Principal Global Community Ombudsperson, while the other four shall each be designated as an Associate Global Community Ombudsperson.
2. Members to compose the Council of Global Community Ombudspersons shall be nominated by the House of Advisers, with three nominees from each Continental Division of Earth. One member of the Council shall be elected from each of six Continental Divisions by plural ity vote of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
3. The term of office for a Global Community Ombudspersons Office shall be ten years. A Global Community Ombudsperson may serve two successive terms. The position of the Principal Global Community Ombudsperson shall be rotated every two years. The order of rotation shall be determined by the Council of Global Community Ombudspersons.
4. The Council of Global Community Ombudspersons shall be assisted by a Commission of Global Advocates of twenty members. Members for the Commission of Global Advocates shall be nominated by the Council of Global Community Ombudspersons from twenty Global Electoral and Administrative Regions, with between two and three nominees submitted for each Region. One Global Advocate shall be elected from each of the twenty Global Electoral and Administrative Regions by the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session. Global Advocates shall serve terms of five years, and may serve a maximum of four successive terms.
5. The Council of Global Community Ombudspersons shall establish twenty regional offices, in addition to the principal global office at the primary seat of Global Parliament. The twenty regional offices of the Global Community Ombudsperson shall parallel the organization of the twenty Offices of Regional Global Attorney.
6. Each regional office of the Global Community Ombudsperson Office shall be headed by a Global Advocate. Each five regional offices of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office shall be supervised by an Associate Global Community Ombudsperson.
7. Any Global Community Ombudsperson and any Global Advocatet may be removed from office for cause by an absolute majority vote of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
8. Staff members for the Global Community Ombudspersons and for each regional office of the Global Community Ombudspersons shall be selected and employed from civil service lists.
9. Qualifications for Global Community Ombudspersons and for Global Advocate shall be at least thirty years of age, at least five years legal experience, and education in law and other relevant education.
Article 1: Global Investment Bank
Chapter 14.2 B.7 Global Investment Bank
Article 1: Global Investment Bank
1. The Global Bank, together with the national central banks, shall constitute the Nations' System of Central Banks (or Global Bank). The Global Bank, together with the national central banks of Member Nations which have adopted Global Parliament currency, the 'global equivalent money', shall conduct the monetary policy of Global Parliament.
Chapter 14.2 B.8 The Court of Auditors
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
Chapter 14.2 B.8 The Court of Auditors
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
It shall consist of one national of each Member Nation. In the performance of their duties, its members shall be completely independent.
Chapter 14.2 B.9 Global Community Citizenship Office
Article 1: Global Community Citizenship Office
Chapter 14.2 B.9 Global Community Citizenship Office
Article 1: Global Community Citizenship Office
It shall consist of one national of each Member Nation. In the performance of their duties, its members shall be completely independent.
Chapter 14.2 B.10 Global Rights Office
Article 1: Global Rights Office
Chapter 14.2 B.10 Global Rights Office
Article 1: Global Rights Office
It shall consist of:
a) one national of each Member Nation; andIn the performance of their duties, its members shall be completely independent.
b) professionals from human and Earth rights associations.
Chapter 14.2 B.11 Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 1: Global Community Assessment Centre
Chapter 14.2 B.11 Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 1: Global Community Assessment Centre
It shall consist of:
a) one national of each Member Nation; andIn the performance of their duties, its members shall be completely independent.
b) professionals from science and technology.
Chapter 14.2 B.12 Earth Security
Article 1: Earth Security
Chapter 14.2 B.12 Earth Security
Article 1: Earth Security
1. Earth Security shall be headed by an Office of Global Attorneys General and a Commission of Regional Global Attorneys.
2. The Office of Global Attorneys General shall be comprised of five members, one of whom shall be designated as the Global Attorney General and the other four shall each be designated an Associate Global Attorney General.
3. The Commission of Regional Global Attorneys shall consist of twenty Regional Global Attorneys.
4. The members to compse the Office of Global Attorneys General shall be nominated by the House of Advisers, with three nominees from each Continental Division of Earth. One member of the Office shall be elected from each of six Continental Divisions by plurality vote of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
5. The term of office for a member of the Office of Global Attorneys General shall be ten years. A member may serve two consecutive terms. The position of Global Attorney General shall rotate every two years among the five members of the Office. The order of rotation shall be decided among the five members of the Office.
6. The Office of Global Attorneys General shall nominate members for the Commission of twenty Regional Global Attorneys from the twenty Global Electoral and Administrative Regions, with between two and three nominees submitted for each Region. From these nominations, the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session shall elect one Regional Global Attorney from each of the twenty Regions. Regional Global Attorneys shall serve terms of five years, and may serve three consecutive terms.
7. Each Regional Global Attorney shall organize and be in charge of an Office of Regional Global Attorney. Each Associate Global Attorney General shall supervise five Offices of Regional Global Attorneys.
8. The staff to carry out the work of Global Police, in addition to the five members of the Office of Global Attorneys General and the twenty Regional Global Attorneys, shall be selected from civil service lists, and shall be organized for the following func tions: Investigation.
Chapter 14.2 B.13 Global Civil Society Council
Article 1: Global Civil Society Council
Chapter 14.2 B.13 Global Civil Society Council
Article 1: Global Civil Society Council
Global Community citizens may be represented in Global Parliament by making contacting the Global Community Ombudspersons Office.
Chapter 14.2 B.14 Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Article 1: Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Chapter 14.2 B.14 Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Article 1: Agency for Research, Planning and Development
The Agency for Research and Planning shall be supervised by a ten member commission in addition to the Senior Administrator and Cabinet Minister or Vice President. The commission shall be composed of one commissioner each to be named by the House of Elected Representatives, the Global Governments Federation, the House of Advisers, the Global Council, the Council of Global Judges, the Office of Global Attorneys General, the Global Community Ombudspersons, the Agency for Technological and Environmental Assessment, the Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems, and the Global Financial Administration. Commissioners shall serve five year terms, and may serve consecutive terms.
Chapter 14.2 B.15 Global Protection Agency (GPA)
Article 1: Global Protection Agency (GPA)
Building global communities require understanding of global problems this generation is facing. There are several major problems: conflicts and wars,
no tolerance and compassion for one another, world overpopulation, human activities,
as population increases the respect and value of a human life is in decline,
insufficient protection and prevention for global health, scarcity of resources and drinking water, poverty, Fauna and Flora species disappearing at a fast rate,
global warming and global climate change, global pollution, deforestation, permanent lost of the Earth's genetic heritage, and the destruction of the global life-support systems and the eco-systems of the planet. We need to build global
communities for all life on the planet. We need to build global communities that will manage themselves with the understanding of the above problems.
Results from previous Global Dialogues
have showed us that the governance of Earth through global cooperation and
symbiotical relationships was the only possible option for a large population such as the Earth's population, and so, to help
achieve this goal we have developed the Federation Constitution
and the
Global Citizens Rights, Responsibility and Accountability Act
to govern ourselves as member nations of the Global Community.
Building global communities requires a mean to enforce global law that protects all life on Earth.
Global Protection Agency will train and lead a global force, bypassing traditional peacekeeping and military bodies such as the United Nations and NATO. This is a great opportunity for globallateralism.
The Global Protection Agency (GPA) is leading a group of people in the world who participate in:
a) peacekeeping or peacemaking mission;
b) creating global ministries for:
c) enforcing global law;
d) saving the Earth's genetic heritage;
e) keeping the world healthy and at peace;
f) protecting the global life-support systems and the eco-systems of the planet;
g) dealing with the impacts of: global poverty, lack of drinking water and food, global warming and the global climate change, threat to security, conflicts and wars, lack of good quality soil for agriculture, polluted air, water and land, overcrownded cities, more new and old diseases out of control, widespread drugs, Global Rights abuses, world overpopulation, and lack of resources;
h) broadening the traditional focus of the security of states to include both the security of people as well as that of the planet. Global security policies include:
In the past, security was thought as better accomplished through military means. Expanding the military capabilities and forming alliances with other nations were the only way to 'win'. Today wars are unlikely to produce winners. The Global Community is all over the planet. Ethnic groups are everywhere. Some say there are more Italians in Montreal, Canada that there are in Italy. So we would fight our own people? Wars truly make no sense! The world is too crowded and too small nowadays! And weapons too lethal! So security cannot be achieved through the military. The only job the military should be asked to do today is to protect the global life-support systems. These systems have the highest priority on the Scale of Global Rights and are certainly more important than any of the other rights on the Scale including security. Simply because without life there is no other right possible. Without Oxygen there is no life! Without clean water there is no life! So protect life on Earth at all costs. Wars are the biggest threat to life and the ecosystem of the planet. Primordial human rights come next on the Scale of Global Rights. Without a shelter life will still exist in some places but is not possible in cold place. There are many related aspects of the global life-support systems:
So security must be achieved by other means than wars. We might as well shelved the war industry from humanity right now and that means phasing out all nuclear, biological, chemical weapons right now. No waiting! That also means having inspectors verifying the phasing out in all nations of the world, and not just in some Middle East country. The nature of global security has changed since the rise of the Global Community. Security used to be about the protection of the state and its boundaries, people, institutions and values from an outside threat. The Global Community emphasizes as a priority the prohibition of external interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states. Today the security of people within the Global Community is just as important as the security of states. Citizens must be secure. The Global Community is just as important as the security and life of citizens and states.
There are many threats to security other than the threats to the global life-support systems and threat caused by weapons of mass destruction and the threats to the sovereignty of a state, and they include:
Global security can only be achieved if it can be shared by all peoples and through global co-operation, based on principles as explained in the Federation Constitution such as justice, human dignity, and equity for all and for the good of all. All people and states are protected by the Global Community.
In connection between human well-being and a sound environment, Earth rights are ecological rights and the rights that human beings have in protecting their global life-support systems. Earth rights are those rights that demonstrate the connection between human well-being and a sound environment. They include individuals and global communities human rights and the rights to a clean environment, and participation in development decisions. We define ecological rights as those rights of the ecosystem of the Earth beyond human purpose. They are those rights that protect and preserve the ecological heritage of the Earth for future generations. The Earth Court of Justice guarantees ecological rights in its Statute. The Court guarantees also the rights to a safe environment and an environment free from environmental degradation.
Earth rights are the rights to life on Earth.
The Global Protection Agency provides leadership for training of other countries' citizens who would like to participate in peacekeeping and Earth security ...
so that we have a ready cadre of people who are trained and equipped and organised and have communications that they can work with each other.
The overall size of the force, or who would pay for it, have not been discussed, but the idea has been raised with countries in Europe and Asia.
As well, there are questions about how many nations would sign up if such a force were under the control of Global Parliament.
To act as a global policing force, as the GPA aspires to do, many foundations must be laid, especially regarding the move from wielding power derived from Global Parliament to legitimate global leadership. There are many required characteristics that are prerequisite for legitimate leadership:
The defence function of a leader requires that he safeguard the good of the whole by whatever the most skillful means are to accomplish that defence.
While that is not a comprehensive catalog of leadership prerequisites, I do think those few requirements are foundational and relatively unquestionable. Without at least a solid foundation of those requirements, the GPA’s actions among nation-states will remain those of a unilateralist leader rather than a global leader. We will be, and should be, legitimated in the role of a global leader among nation-states and validated as an enforcer of global law. Global Parliament offers a few recommendations for actions that would strengthen and legitimate the GPA’s role as a true global leader by gradually creating an international structure that better safeguards the whole than we can ever do now as a unilateralist leader.
The GPA recommendations:
As we enact global law, we will begin to take on a much deeper kind of global leadership, one that earns more respect than envy and more gratitude than hatred, one that can catapult the whole planet forward into a future where war is no longer thinkable between nation-states and a legitimate and beneficial global government is able to cope with global problems.
I believe that there is no greater task in the world today than for Global Parliament to proceed through the maturation of its leadership, emerging from a more self-interested adolescence as a global leader into a nobler adulthood. We have the potential to act as a torchbearer for a better tomorrow. Do we heed the call? I hope this message has convinced at least a few people that the question of how to proceed with that maturation is of far deeper significance than the reforming of the United Nations. I thus pray that we move with wisdom, grace, clarity, and love in the days, years, and even decades ahead.
Chapter 14.3 Functions of Global Parliament
Article 1: Functions of Global Parliament
Chapter 14.3 Functions of Global Parliament
Article 1: Functions of Global Parliament
The functions and powers of Global Parliament shall comprise to:
1. prepare and enact detailed legislation in all areas of authority and jurisdiction granted to Global Parliament under Article 65 of this Federation Constitution;
2. amend or repeal global laws as may be found necessary or desirable;
3. approve, amend or reject the international laws developed prior to the advent of Global Parliament, and to codify and integrate the system of global law and global legislation under Earth Government;
4. establish such regulations and directions as may be needed, consistent with this Federation Constitution, for the proper functioning of all organs, branches, departments, bureaus, commissions, institutes, agencies or parts of Global Parliament;
5. review, amend and give final approval to each budget for Global Parliament, as submitted by the Earth Executive Council; devise the specific means for directly raising funds needed to fulfill the budget, including taxes, licenses, fees, globally accounted social and public costs which must be added into the prices for goods and services, loans and credit advances, and any other appropriate means; and appropriate allocate funds for all operations and functions of Global Parliament in accordance with approved budgets, but subject to the right of the Parliament to revise any appropriation not yet spent or contractually committed;
6. create, alter, abolish or consolidate the departments, bureaus, commissions, institutes, agencies or other parts of Global Parliament as may be needed for the best functioning of the several organs of Global Parliament, subject to the specific provisions of this Global Constitution;
7. approve the appointments of the heads of all major departments, commissions, offices, agencies and other parts of the several organs of Global Parliament, except those chosen by electoral or civil service procedures;
8. remove from office for cause any member of the Earth Executive Council, and any elective or appointive head of any organ, department, office, agency or other part of Global Parliament, subject to the specific provisions in this Federation Constitution concerning specific offices;
9. define and revise the boundaries of the Global Electoral and Administrative Districts, the Global Electoral and Administrative Regions and Contiguous Regions, and the Continental Divisions;
10. schedule the implementation of those provisions of Global Parliament Constitution which require implementation by stages during the several stages of Provisional Government, First Operative Stage of Global Parliament, Second Operative Stage of Global Parliament, and Full Operative Stage of Global Parliament, as defined in Chapter 23.4 of this Global Constitution; and
11. plan and schedule the implementation of those provisions of Global Parliament Constitution which may require a period of years to be accomplished.
12. prevent war, secure disarmament, and resolve territorial and other disputes which endanger peace and human and Earth rights;
13. protect universal human and Earth rights, including life, liberty, security, democracy, and equal opportunities in life;
14. obtain for all people of the Global Community the conditions required for equitable economic and social development and for diminishing social differences;
15. regulate global trade, communications, transportation, currency, standards, use of global resources, and other global and international processes;
16. protect the environment and the ecological fabric of life from all sources of damage, and to control technological innovations whose effects transcend national boundaries, for the purpose of keeping Earth a safe, healthy and happy home for humanity;
17. allow nations to truly express and maintain their individuality and work in a group arrangement to create a richer unity through acknowledged diversity;
18. deter any process of harm through the abuse of national power. This can come about when an individual nation or group of nations suppresses another nation or group of nations;
19. deter any harm by the leaders of a nation to the population within that nation;
20. consider acknowledging international corporations as entities in the same realm as a nation and subject to a similar justice;
21. include Global Parliament Constitution as one more level of Rule of Law on Earth; and
22. 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.
23. change our ways of doing things as per:
Chapter 14.3 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives
Chapter 14.3 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives
Chapter 14.3.1 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives
Chapter 14.3.1 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives
Article 1 to Article 8
Article 1
The Elected Representatives Council (or Legislative Assembly) may legislate on any matters within the scope of this Federation Constitution.
Article 2
The Elected Representatives Council may evoke the "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations of the Global Community" in the maintenance of international peace and security, and the Elected Representatives Council may make recommendations with regard to such "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations of the Global Community" to the Earth Security Council.
Article 3
The Elected Representatives Council may start a dialogue on any questions relating to the maintenance of international peace and security brought before it by the principal bodies of the Global Community Organization or by any community on the planet. Any such question on which action is necessary shall be referred to the principal bodies of the Global Community by the Elected Representatives Council.
Article 4
The President, with the consent of the Earth Security Council, shall notify the Elected Representatives Council at each session of any matters relative to the maintenance of international peace and security which are being dealt with by the Earth Security Council.
Article 5
The Elected Representatives Council shall support studies and make recommendations for the purpose of promoting local and global community co-operation in:
The Elected Representatives Council may recommend measures for the peaceful adjustment of any situation which it deems likely to impair the general welfare or friendly relations among communities and nations, including situations resulting from a violation of the provisions of this Constitution setting forth the "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations" of Global Parliament.
The Elected Representatives Council shall perform such functions with respect to the international trusteeship system as are assigned to it in this Federation Constitution.
Article 8
Chapter 14.3.2 A.1 Voting
Article 1 to Article 19
Chapter 14.3.2 A.1 Voting
Article 1
1. Each member of Elected Representatives Council shall have one vote.
2. Decisions of the Elected Representatives Council on important questions shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting. These questions shall include: recommendations with respect to the maintenance of peace and security in the world, the election of members in the different bodies of the Global Community, the suspension of the rights and privileges of membership, the expulsion of Members, and budgetary questions.
3. The Global Community is in the process of defining its voting procedure. Should voting be done by members present only?
Should voting through the Internet and/or using email be allowed so as to allow every member to participate actively and responsibly in the Global Community activities.
We are asking for your advice on key issues such as:
Article 2
A Member of the Elected Representatives Council shall have no vote if problems arise in the payment of its financial contributions. The Council may, nevertheless, permit such a Member to vote if it is satisfied that the failure to pay is due to conditions beyond reach of the Member.
Article 3
The Elected Representatives Council shall meet in regular annual sessions and in such special sessions as occasion may require. Special sessions shall be convoked by the President at the request of the Earth Security Council or of a majority of the Members.
Article 4
The Elected Representatives Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
Article 5
The Elected Representatives Council shall establish such subsidiary bodies as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions.
Article 6
In order to elect representatives to the Global Community it is proposed the following:
The Elected Representatives Council (or Legislative Assembly) may legislate on any matters within the scope of this Constitution.
Article 8
The Elected Representatives Council may evoke the "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations " of Global Parliament in the maintenance of international peace and security, and the Elected Representatives Council may make recommendations with regard to such "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations of the Global Community" to the Earth Security Council.
Article 9
The Elected Representatives Council may start a dialogue on any questions relating to the maintenance of international peace and security brought before it by the principal bodies of Global Parliament or by any community on the planet. Any such question on which action is necessary shall be referred to the principal bodies of Global Parliament by the Elected Representatives Council.
Article 10
The President, with the consent of the Earth Security Council, shall notify the Elected Representatives Council at each session of any matters relative to the maintenance of international peace and security which are being dealt with by the Earth Security Council.
Article 11
The Elected Representatives Council shall support studies and make recommendations for the purpose of promoting local and global community co-operation in:
The Elected Representatives Council may recommend measures for the peaceful adjustment of any situation which it deems likely to impair the general welfare or friendly relations among communities and nations, including situations resulting from a violation of the provisions of this Constitution setting forth the "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations" of Global Parliament.
The Elected Representatives Council shall perform such functions with respect to the international trusteeship system as are assigned to it in this Constitution.
Article 14
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and the
Global Citizens Rights, Responsibility and Accountability Act
to govern ourselves as member nations of the Global Community. Building global communities requires a mean to enforce global law that protects all life on Earth.
Global Protection Agency will train and lead a global force, bypassing traditional peacekeeping and military bodies such as the United Nations and NATO. This is a great opportunity for globallateralism.
The Global Protection Agency (GPA) is leading a group of people in the world who participate in:
a) peacekeeping or peacemaking mission;
b) creating global ministries for:
1. the policy response to the consequences of the global warming, and
2. the development of strategies to adapt to the consequences of the unavoidable climate change.
c) enforcing global law;
d) saving the Earth's genetic heritage;
e) keeping the world healthy and at peace;
f) protecting the global life-support systems and the eco-systems of the planet;
g) dealing with the impacts of: global poverty, lack of drinking water and food, global warming and the global climate change, threat to security, conflicts and wars, lack of good quality soil for agriculture, polluted air, water and land, overcrownded cities, more new and old diseases out of control, widespread drugs, Global Rights abuses, world overpopulation, and lack of resources;
h) broadening the traditional focus of the security of states to include both the security of people as well as that of the planet. Global security policies include:
* every person on Earth has a right to a secure existence, and all states have an obligation to protect those rights
* prevention of conflicts and wars; identification, anticipation, and resolving conflicts before they become armed confrontations. The Earth Court of Justice will help here.
* military force is not a legitimate political instrument
* weapons of mass destruction are not legitimate instruments of national defence
* eliminate all weapons of mass destruction from all nations and have inspectors verifying progress to that effect
* all nations should sign and ratify the conventions to eliminate nuclear, chemical and biological weapons
* the production and trade in arms should be listed as a criminal act against humanity; this global ministry will introduce a Convention on the curtailment of the arms trade, a provision for a mandatory Arms Register and the prohibition of the financing or subsidy of arms exports by governments
* the development of military capabilities is a potential threat to the security of people and all life on Earth; the ministry will make the demilitarization of global politics a high priority.
* anticipating and managing crises before they escalate into armed conflicts and wars
* maintaining the integrity of the environment and global life-support systems
* managing the environmental, economic, social, political and military conditions that threatened the security of people and all life on the planet
* over the past decades and even now today, all Five Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council (mostly the United States, Russia and Britain) were responsible for selling weapons and war equipment. These three nations are required to give back to the Global Community an amount of 8 trillion dollars (American) as a payment for the immense damage they have caused in the world. They have created a culture of violence throughout the world. They are nation bullies, nation predators. They are responsible for economic mismanagement, ethnic tensions, crimes, drug abuse, high unemployment, urban stress, worldwide poverty, and pressures on natural resources. Most conflicts in the world are direct legacies of cold war power politics, senseless politics. Other conflicts were caused by the end of the cold war and the collapse of old regimes. Other factors have combined to increase tension: religious, economical, political, and ethnic aspects. The dollar fine is to be administered by Global Parliament.
In the past, security was thought as better accomplished through military means. Expanding the military capabilities and forming alliances with other nations were the only way to 'win'. Today wars are unlikely to produce winners. The Global Community is all over the planet. Ethnic groups are everywhere. Some say there are more Italians in Montreal, Canada that there are in Italy. So we would fight our own people? Wars truly make no sense! The world is too crowded and too small nowadays! And weapons too lethal! So security cannot be achieved through the military. The only job the military should be asked to do today is to protect the global life-support systems. These systems have the highest priority on the Scale of Global Rights and are certainly more important than any of the other rights on the Scale including security. Simply because without life there is no other right possible. Without Oxygen there is no life! Without clean water there is no life! So protect life on Earth at all costs. Wars are the biggest threat to life and the ecosystem of the planet. Primordial human rights come next on the Scale of Global Rights. Without a shelter life will still exist in some places but is not possible in cold place. There are many related aspects of the global life-support systems:
* global warming
* Ozone layer
* wastes of all kind including nuclear and release of radiation
* climate change
* species of the fauna and flora becoming extinct
* losses of forest cover and of biological diversity
* the capacity for photosynthesis
* the water cycle
* food production systems
* genetic resources
* chemicals produced for human use and not found in nature and, eventually, reaching the environment with impacts on Earth's waters, soils, air, and ecology
So security must be achieved by other means than wars. We might as well shelved the war industry from humanity right now and that means phasing out all nuclear, biological, chemical weapons right now. No waiting! That also means having inspectors verifying the phasing out in all nations of the world, and not just in some Middle East country. The nature of global security has changed since the rise of the Global Community. Security used to be about the protection of the state and its boundaries, people, institutions and values from an outside threat. The Global Community emphasizes as a priority the prohibition of external interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states. Today the security of people within the Global Community is just as important as the security of states. Citizens must be secure. The Global Community is just as important as the security and life of citizens and states.
There are many threats to security other than the threats to the global life-support systems and threat caused by weapons of mass destruction and the threats to the sovereignty of a state, and they include:
* the proliferation of conventional small arms
* the terrorizing of civilian populations by domestic groups
* gross violations of global rights
Global security can only be achieved if it can be shared by all peoples and through global co-operation, based on principles as explained in the Federation Constitution such as justice, human dignity, and equity for all and for the good of all. All people and states are protected by the Global Community.
In connection between human well-being and a sound environment, Earth rights are ecological rights and the rights that human beings have in protecting their global life-support systems. Earth rights are those rights that demonstrate the connection between human well-being and a sound environment. They include individuals and global communities human rights and the rights to a clean environment, and participation in development decisions. We define ecological rights as those rights of the ecosystem of the Earth beyond human purpose. They are those rights that protect and preserve the ecological heritage of the Earth for future generations. The Earth Court of Justice guarantees ecological rights in its Statute. The Court guarantees also the rights to a safe environment and an environment free from environmental degradation.
Earth rights are the rights to life on Earth.
The Global Protection Agency provides leadership for training of other countries' citizens who would like to participate in peacekeeping and Earth security
...
so that we have a ready cadre of people who are trained and equipped and organised and have communications that they can work with each other.
The overall size of the force, or who would pay for it, have not been discussed, but the idea has been raised with countries in Europe and Asia.
As well, there are questions about how many nations would sign up if such a force were under the control of Global Parliament.
To act as a global policing force, as the GPA aspires to do, many foundations must be laid, especially regarding the move from wielding power derived from Global Parliament to legitimate global leadership. There are many required characteristics that are prerequisite for legitimate leadership:
1. Legitimate leadership is built upon trust. Those who are led must largely believe that the leader is committed to integrity, honesty, and transparent inquiry into problems. The leader’s actions must align with his words
2. Legitimate leadership rests upon checks and balances, which are necessary to ensure power is not corrupted.
3. Legitimate leadership is an act of service. Those in power must show a primary interest in the good of the collective ahead of their self-interest. In this way, true leaders are mission-centered rather than self-centered.
4. Legitimate leadership empowers others appropriately rather than concentrating power disproportionately. In other words, true leaders produce more leaders and empower them as situations demand.
5. Legitimate leadership is visionary, carrying the torch of a possible future.
6. Legitimate leadership is willing to lead by example, including following a foundation of ethics, performing more than one’s share of work, and making sacrifices where appropriate.
7. Legitimate leadership is compassionately fierce when something undermines the good of the whole. In a company this might mean the CEO fires a slacking employee. In a city, the police may jail a murderer. On a global level, this might even mean arresting those breaking global law.
The defence function of a leader requires that he safeguard the good of the whole by whatever the most skillful means are to accomplish that defence.
While that is not a comprehensive catalog of leadership prerequisites, I do think those few requirements are foundational and relatively unquestionable. Without at least a solid foundation of those requirements, the GPA’s actions among nation-states will remain those of a unilateralist leader rather than a global leader. We will be, and should be, legitimated in the role of a global leader among nation-states and validated as an enforcer of global law. Global Parliament offers a few recommendations for actions that would strengthen and legitimate the GPA’s role as a true global leader by gradually creating an international structure that better safeguards the whole than we can ever do now as a unilateralist leader.
The GPA recommendations:
1. Ban military action in all parts of the world;
2. Lead the way in creating legitimate power for Global Parliament, subjecting ourselves and multinational corporations to taxation that generates money for programs that are focused on world betterment and world problems. As a mark of our global leadership, we should commit a greater percentage of our resources to this effort than any other organization.
3. Hold ourselves to a high standard of compliance around global treaties that aim for collective benefit and the redress of economic, environmental, military, and political problems. Our adherence should be exemplary. Or, if we truly question the merit of a global accord, we should lead the way in creating agreements that even better serve the global interest rather than simply ignoring or undermining the existing attempts.
4. Exert strong global leadership on multinational solutions to pressing health, environmental, and other problems. We should propose innovative new solutions and show leadership in carrying them out, especially in areas such as clean energy development.
5. Take seriously the process of coming clean by exposing corporate interests in politics, lobbying by powerful organizations, subsidies of fringe military groups, etc. When our global government officials commit to be honest and transparent, a much deeper foundation of international trust will be built.
As we enact global law, we will begin to take on a much deeper kind of global leadership, one that earns more respect than envy and more gratitude than hatred, one that can catapult the whole planet forward into a future where war is no longer thinkable between nation-states and a legitimate and beneficial global government is able to cope with global problems.
I believe that there is no greater task in the world today than for Global Parliament to proceed through the maturation of its leadership, emerging from a more self-interested adolescence as a global leader into a nobler adulthood. We have the potential to act as a torchbearer for a better tomorrow. Do we heed the call? I hope this message has convinced at least a few people that the question of how to proceed with that maturation is of far deeper significance than the reforming of the United Nations. I thus pray that we move with wisdom, grace, clarity, and love in the days, years, and even decades ahead.
Chapter 14.3 Functions of Global Parliament
Article 1: Functions of Global Parliament
Chapter 14.3 Functions of Global Parliament
Article 1: Functions of Global Parliament
The functions and powers of Global Parliament shall comprise to:
1. prepare and enact detailed legislation in all areas of authority and jurisdiction granted to Global Parliament under Article 65 of this Federation Constitution;
2. amend or repeal global laws as may be found necessary or desirable;
3. approve, amend or reject the international laws developed prior to the advent of Global Parliament, and to codify and integrate the system of global law and global legislation under Earth Government;
4. establish such regulations and directions as may be needed, consistent with this Federation Constitution, for the proper functioning of all organs, branches, departments, bureaus, commissions, institutes, agencies or parts of Global Parliament;
5. review, amend and give final approval to each budget for Global Parliament, as submitted by the Earth Executive Council; devise the specific means for directly raising funds needed to fulfill the budget, including taxes, licenses, fees, globally accounted social and public costs which must be added into the prices for goods and services, loans and credit advances, and any other appropriate means; and appropriate allocate funds for all operations and functions of Global Parliament in accordance with approved budgets, but subject to the right of the Parliament to revise any appropriation not yet spent or contractually committed;
6. create, alter, abolish or consolidate the departments, bureaus, commissions, institutes, agencies or other parts of Global Parliament as may be needed for the best functioning of the several organs of Global Parliament, subject to the specific provisions of this Global Constitution;
7. approve the appointments of the heads of all major departments, commissions, offices, agencies and other parts of the several organs of Global Parliament, except those chosen by electoral or civil service procedures;
8. remove from office for cause any member of the Earth Executive Council, and any elective or appointive head of any organ, department, office, agency or other part of Global Parliament, subject to the specific provisions in this Federation Constitution concerning specific offices;
9. define and revise the boundaries of the Global Electoral and Administrative Districts, the Global Electoral and Administrative Regions and Contiguous Regions, and the Continental Divisions;
10. schedule the implementation of those provisions of Global Parliament Constitution which require implementation by stages during the several stages of Provisional Government, First Operative Stage of Global Parliament, Second Operative Stage of Global Parliament, and Full Operative Stage of Global Parliament, as defined in Chapter 23.4 of this Global Constitution; and
11. plan and schedule the implementation of those provisions of Global Parliament Constitution which may require a period of years to be accomplished.
12. prevent war, secure disarmament, and resolve territorial and other disputes which endanger peace and human and Earth rights;
13. protect universal human and Earth rights, including life, liberty, security, democracy, and equal opportunities in life;
14. obtain for all people of the Global Community the conditions required for equitable economic and social development and for diminishing social differences;
15. regulate global trade, communications, transportation, currency, standards, use of global resources, and other global and international processes;
16. protect the environment and the ecological fabric of life from all sources of damage, and to control technological innovations whose effects transcend national boundaries, for the purpose of keeping Earth a safe, healthy and happy home for humanity;
17. allow nations to truly express and maintain their individuality and work in a group arrangement to create a richer unity through acknowledged diversity;
18. deter any process of harm through the abuse of national power. This can come about when an individual nation or group of nations suppresses another nation or group of nations;
19. deter any harm by the leaders of a nation to the population within that nation;
20. consider acknowledging international corporations as entities in the same realm as a nation and subject to a similar justice;
21. include Global Parliament Constitution as one more level of Rule of Law on Earth; and
22. 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.
23. change our ways of doing things as per:
a) the "Beliefs, Values, Principles and Aspirations" of Global Parliament, which constitute the Preamble and Chapter 1 to Chapter 10 inclusive;
b) global symbiotical relationships amongst people, institutions, cities, provinces and nations of the world, and between Global Parliament and all nations, and in the business sector, which constitute Chapters 20.24 and 23.3.2;
c) global societal sustainability, which constitutes Chapter 4.4 of this Constitution;
d) good Earth governance and management, which constitute Chapter 6.3.2 of this Constitution;
e) the Scale of Global Rights, which constitutes Chapter 10 of this Constitution;
f) the Statement of Rights, Responsibilities and Accountabilities of a Person and of the Global Community, which constitutes Chapter 6.3 of this Constitution;
g) the Criteria to obtain the Global Community Citizenship, which constitutes Chapters 6.1 and 6.2 of this Constitution;
h) consistency between the different policies and activities of Global Parliament, which constitutes Chapter 15 of this Constitution; and
i) a global market without borders in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capitals is ensured in accordance with this Constitution, which constitutes Chapter 16 of this Constitution;
j) the new ways of doing business in the world, which constitutes Chapters 16 and 17;
k) the Celebration of Life Day on May 26 of each year, which constitutes Chapter 20.7 of this Constitution;
l) the finding of an Earth flag, which constitutes Chapter 20.8 of this Constitution;
m) the ECO Award, which constitutes Chapter 20.9 of this Constitution;
n) the Portal of the Global Community, which constitutes Chapter 20.10 of this Constitution; and
o) the concept of a Global Dialogue, which constitutes Chapter 20.11 of this Constitution.
Chapter 14.3 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives
Chapter 14.3 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives
Chapter 14.3.1 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives
Chapter 14.3.1 A.1 The House of Elected Representatives
Article 1 to Article 8
Article 1
The Elected Representatives Council (or Legislative Assembly) may legislate on any matters within the scope of this Federation Constitution.
Article 2
The Elected Representatives Council may evoke the "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations of the Global Community" in the maintenance of international peace and security, and the Elected Representatives Council may make recommendations with regard to such "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations of the Global Community" to the Earth Security Council.
Article 3
The Elected Representatives Council may start a dialogue on any questions relating to the maintenance of international peace and security brought before it by the principal bodies of the Global Community Organization or by any community on the planet. Any such question on which action is necessary shall be referred to the principal bodies of the Global Community by the Elected Representatives Council.
Article 4
The President, with the consent of the Earth Security Council, shall notify the Elected Representatives Council at each session of any matters relative to the maintenance of international peace and security which are being dealt with by the Earth Security Council.
Article 5
The Elected Representatives Council shall support studies and make recommendations for the purpose of promoting local and global community co-operation in:
a. the political field and encouraging the understanding, development and expansion of international law;Article 6
b. the economic, social, cultural, educational, spiritual, and health fields; and
c. assisting in the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.
The Elected Representatives Council may recommend measures for the peaceful adjustment of any situation which it deems likely to impair the general welfare or friendly relations among communities and nations, including situations resulting from a violation of the provisions of this Constitution setting forth the "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations" of Global Parliament.
1. The Elected Representatives Council shall receive and consider annual and special reports from the Earth Security Council; these reports shall include an account of the measures that the Earth Security Council has decided upon or taken to maintain international peace and security.Article 7
2. The Elected Representatives Council shall receive and consider reports from the other bodies of the Global Community as well as from individuals and local communities.
The Elected Representatives Council shall perform such functions with respect to the international trusteeship system as are assigned to it in this Federation Constitution.
Article 8
1. The Elected Representatives Council shall consider and approve the budget of the Global Community.
2. The expenses of the Global Community shall be borne by the Members as apportioned by the Elected Representatives Council.
3. The Elected Representatives Council shall consider and approve any financial and budgetary arrangements with specialize agencies, NGOs, and local communities referred to in Global Parliament Constitution and shall examine the administrative budgets of such specialized agencies, NGOs, and local communities with a view to making recommendations to them.
Chapter 14.3.2 A.1 Voting
Article 1 to Article 19
Chapter 14.3.2 A.1 Voting
Article 1
1. Each member of Elected Representatives Council shall have one vote.
2. Decisions of the Elected Representatives Council on important questions shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting. These questions shall include: recommendations with respect to the maintenance of peace and security in the world, the election of members in the different bodies of the Global Community, the suspension of the rights and privileges of membership, the expulsion of Members, and budgetary questions.
3. The Global Community is in the process of defining its voting procedure. Should voting be done by members present only?
Should voting through the Internet and/or using email be allowed so as to allow every member to participate actively and responsibly in the Global Community activities.
We are asking for your advice on key issues such as:
a. Should a member be allowed to vote by proxy?4. Decisions on other questions shall be made by a majority of the members present and voting.
b. Should members be allowed to vote through the Internet or other communication devices or systems?
c. How should a member vote on the Internet?
d. How do we make voting honest, and secure?
Article 2
A Member of the Elected Representatives Council shall have no vote if problems arise in the payment of its financial contributions. The Council may, nevertheless, permit such a Member to vote if it is satisfied that the failure to pay is due to conditions beyond reach of the Member.
Article 3
The Elected Representatives Council shall meet in regular annual sessions and in such special sessions as occasion may require. Special sessions shall be convoked by the President at the request of the Earth Security Council or of a majority of the Members.
Article 4
The Elected Representatives Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
Article 5
The Elected Representatives Council shall establish such subsidiary bodies as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions.
Article 6
In order to elect representatives to the Global Community it is proposed the following:
A. Each individual government in the world will administer the election of representatives to the Global Community with an NGO and/or members of the Global Community be allowed to verify all aspects of the process to the satisfaction of all parties involved.Article 7
B. Representatives be elected every five years to form a new Global Community.
C. It is proposed here that there will be one elected representative per 1,000,000 people. A population of 100 million people will elect 100 representatives. This process will create a feeling of belonging and participating to the affairs of the Earth Community and the Global Community. The number of Elected Representatives will change with the change of the world population.
D. Earth population is now over 6 billion people. If all representatives had been elected this year there would be 6,114 representatives to form Global Parliament. They would be the Legislative elected body of the Global Community. They would participate in some ways in choosing the Executive and Judiciary bodies of the Global Community.
E. All representatives will not have to be meeting in Headquarters. The Global Community representatives will meet and make decisions, including voting of day to day affairs, through the use of the Internet and other communications devices.
The Elected Representatives Council (or Legislative Assembly) may legislate on any matters within the scope of this Constitution.
Article 8
The Elected Representatives Council may evoke the "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations " of Global Parliament in the maintenance of international peace and security, and the Elected Representatives Council may make recommendations with regard to such "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations of the Global Community" to the Earth Security Council.
Article 9
The Elected Representatives Council may start a dialogue on any questions relating to the maintenance of international peace and security brought before it by the principal bodies of Global Parliament or by any community on the planet. Any such question on which action is necessary shall be referred to the principal bodies of Global Parliament by the Elected Representatives Council.
Article 10
The President, with the consent of the Earth Security Council, shall notify the Elected Representatives Council at each session of any matters relative to the maintenance of international peace and security which are being dealt with by the Earth Security Council.
Article 11
The Elected Representatives Council shall support studies and make recommendations for the purpose of promoting local and global community co-operation in:
a. the political field and encouraging the understanding, development and expansion of international law;Article 12
b. the economic, social, cultural, educational, spiritual, and health fields; and
c. assisting in the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.
The Elected Representatives Council may recommend measures for the peaceful adjustment of any situation which it deems likely to impair the general welfare or friendly relations among communities and nations, including situations resulting from a violation of the provisions of this Constitution setting forth the "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations" of Global Parliament.
1. The Elected Representatives Council shall receive and consider annual and special reports from the Earth Security Council; these reports shall include an account of the measures that the Earth Security Council has decided upon or taken to maintain international peace and security.Article 13
2. The Elected Representatives Council shall receive and consider reports from the other bodies of the Global Community as well as from individuals and local communities.
The Elected Representatives Council shall perform such functions with respect to the international trusteeship system as are assigned to it in this Constitution.
Article 14
1. The Elected Representatives Council shall consider and approve the budget of the Global Community.Article 15
2. The expenses of Global Parliament shall be borne by the Members as apportioned by the Elected Representatives Council.
3. The Elected Representatives Council shall consider and approve any financial and budgetary arrangements with specialize agencies, NGOs, and local communities referred to in Global Parliament Constitution and shall examine the administrative budgets of such specialized agencies, NGOs, and local communities with a view to making recommendations to them.
1. Each member of Elected Representatives Council shall have one vote.
2. Decisions of the Elected Representatives Council on important questions shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting. These questions shall include: recommendations with respect to the maintenance of peace and security in the world, the election of members in the different bodies of the Global Community, the suspension of the rights and privileges of membership, the expulsion of Members, and budgetary questions.
3. Global Parliament is in the process of defining its voting procedure. Should voting be done by members present only?
Should voting through the Internet and/or using email be allowed so as to allow every member to participate actively and responsibly in Global Parliament activities.
We are asking for your advice on key issues such as:
Article 16
A Member of the Elected Representatives Council shall have no vote if problems arise in the payment of its financial contributions. The Council may, nevertheless, permit such a Member to vote if it is satisfied that the failure to pay is due to conditions beyond reach of the Member.
Article 17
The Elected Representatives Council shall meet in regular annual sessions and in such special sessions as occasion may require. Special sessions shall be convoked by the President at the request of the Earth Security Council or of a majority of the Members.
Article 18
The Elected Representatives Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
Article 19
The Elected Representatives Council shall establish such subsidiary bodies as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions.
Chapter 14.3 A.2 The House of Advisers
Chapter 14.3.1 A.2 Global Parliament's Advisory Bodies
Article 1: The House of Advisers
Chapter 14.3 A.2 The House of Advisers
Chapter 14.3.1 A.2 Global Parliament's Advisory Bodies
Article 1: The House of Advisers
When a group of ordinary people realized they, personally, will make the changes they need in their fields, in their village. They can then find ways to bring these changes for all. There is a wisdom in the ways of very humble people that needs to be used. Every humble person deserves to have ideas respected, the courage to develop his own life for the better and for the good of all. Sound solutions to help manage and sustain Earth will very likely be found this way. Everyone can help assess the needs of the planet now and propose sound solutions for its proper management, present and future.
Chapter 14.3.2 A.2 The Committee of the Regions
Article 1 to Article 3
Chapter 14.3.2 A.2 The Committee of the Regions
Article 1:
The number of members of the Committee of the Regions shall not exceed 350. The Earth Executive Council shall unanimously adopt a global decision determining the Committee's composition. Member s of the Committee and an equal number of alternate members shall be appointed for five years. Their term of office shall be renewable. The Council of Ministers shall adopt the global decision establishing the list of members and alternate members drawn up in accordance with the proposals made by each Member Nation. When the mandate comes to an end, the term of office of members of the Committee shall terminate automatically and they shall then be replaced for the remainder of the said term of office in accordance with the same procedure. No member of the Committee shall at the same time be a Member of Global Parliament .
Article 2:
The Committee of the Regions shall elect its chairman and officers from among its members for a term of two and a half years. It shall adopt its Rules of Procedure. The Committee shall be convened by its chairman at the request of Global Parliament , of the Earth Executive Council or of the Global Judiciary . It may also meet on its own initiative.
Article 3:
The Committee of the Regions shall be consulted by Global Parliament , by the Earth Executive Council or by the Global Judiciary where the Constitution so provides and in all other cases, in particular those which concern cross-border cooperation, in which one of these Institutions considers it appropriate. Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council or the Global Judiciary shall, if it considers it necessary, set the Committee, for the submission of its opinion, a time-limit which may not be less than one month from the date on which the chairman receives notification to this effect. Upon expiry of the time-limit, the absence of an opinion shall not prevent further action. Where the Economic and Social Committee is consulted pursuant to Article 4, Chapter 14.3.3, the Committee of the Regions shall be informed by Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council or the Global Judiciary of the request for an opinion. It may issue an opinion on its own initiative in cases in which it considers such action appropriate. The opinion of the Committee, together with a record of the proceedings, shall be forwarded to Global Parliament, to the Earth Executive Council and to the Global Judiciary.
Chapter 14.3.3 A.2 The Economic and Social Committee
Article 1: The Economic and Social Committee
Article 2 to Article 4
Chapter 14.3.3 A.2 The Economic and Social Committee
Article 1: The Economic and Social Committee
The number of members of the Economic and Social Committee shall not exceed 350. The Earth Executive Council shall unanimously adopt a global decision determining the Committee's composition.
Article 2:
Members of the Economic and Social Committee shall be appointed for five years. Their term of office shall be renewable. The Earth Executive Council shall adopt the global decision establishing the list of members drawn up in accordance with the proposals made by each Member Nation. The Earth Executive Council shall act after consulting the Global Judiciary . It may obtain the opinion of global bodies which are representative of the various economic and social sectors and of civil society to which the Global Parliament's activities are of concern.
Article 3:
The Economic and Social Committee shall elect its chairman and officers from among its members for a term of two and a half years. It shall adopt its Rules of Procedure. It shall be convened by its chairman at the request of Global Parliament , of the Council of Ministers or of the Global Judiciary . It may also meet on its own initiative.
Article 4:
The Economic and Social Committee must be consulted by Global Parliament , by the Earth Executive Council or by the Global Judiciary where the Constitution so provides. In all other cases, it may be consulted by these Institutions. It may also issue an opinion on its own initiative. Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council or the Global Judiciary shall, if it considers it necessary, set the Committee, for the submission of its opinion, a time-limit which may not be less than one month from the date on which the chairman receives notification to this effect. Upon expiry of the time-limit, the absence of an opinion shall not prevent further action. The opinion of the Committee together with a record of the proceedings shall be forwarded to Global Parliament , to the Council of Ministers and to the Global Judiciary .
Chapter 14.3.4 A.2 Provisions common to Global Parliament institutions, bodies and agencies
Article 1: Provisions common to Global Parliament institutions, bodies and agencies
Article 2 to Article 7
Chapter 14.3.4 A.2 Provisions common to Global Parliament institutions, bodies and agencies
Article 1: Provisions common to Global Parliament institutions, bodies and agencies
1. Where, pursuant to the Constitution, the Earth Executive Council acts on a proposal from the Global Judiciary , unanimity shall be required for an act constituting an amendment to that proposal, subject to Articles 1, Chapter 10.4.5.
2. As long as the Earth Executive Council has not acted, the Global Judiciary may alter its proposal at any time during the procedures leading to the adoption of a Global Parliament act.
Article 2:
1. Where, pursuant to the Constitution, Global law or framework laws are adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure the following provisions shall apply.
2. The Global Judiciary shall submit a proposal to Global Parliament and the Earth Executive Council. First reading
3. Global Parliament shall adopt its position at first reading and communicate it to the Earth Executive Council.
4. If the Earth Executive Council approves Global Parliament 's position, the proposed act shall be adopted.
5. If the Earth Executive Council does not approve Global Parliament 's position, it shall adopt its position at first reading and communicate it to Global Parliament .
6. The Earth Executive Council shall inform Global Parliament fully of the reasons which led it to adopt its position at first reading. The Global Judiciary shall inform Global Parliament fully of its position. Second reading
7. If, within three months of such communication, Global Parliament
10. The Conciliation Committee, which shall be composed of Member s of the Earth Executive Council or their representatives and an equal number of members representing Global Parliament , shall have the task of reaching agreement on a joint text, by a qualified majority of Members of the Earth Executive Council or their representatives and by a majority of Member s representing Global Parliament within six weeks of its being convened, on the basis of the positions of the Parliament and the Earth Executive Council at second reading.
Article 3:
1. The Global Judiciary shall take part in the Conciliation Committee's proceedings and shall take all the necessary initiatives with a view to reconciling the positions of Global Parliament and the Earth Executive Council.
2. If, within six weeks of its being convened, the Conciliation Committee does not approve the joint text, the proposed act shall be deemed not to have been adopted.
3. If, within that period, the Conciliation Committee approves a joint text, Global Parliament, acting by a majority of the votes cast, and the Earth Executive Council, acting by a qualified majority, shall each have a period of six weeks from that date in which to adopt the act in question in accordance with the joint text. If they fail to do so, the proposed act shall be deemed not to have been adopted.
4. The periods of three months and six weeks referred to in this Article shall be extended by a maximum of one month and two weeks respectively at the initiative of Global Parliament or the Earth Executive Council.
5. Where, in the cases specifically provided for in the Constitution, a law or framework law is submitted to the ordinary legislative procedure on the initiative of a group of Member Nations, on a recommendation by the global Central Bank, or at the request of the Court of Justice or the Global Investment Bank, paragraph 2, the second sentence of paragraph 6, and paragraph 9 shall not apply. Global Parliament and the Cabinet Ministers shall communicate the proposed act to the Global Judiciary with their positions at first and second readings. Global Parliament or the Cabinet Ministers may request the opinion of the Global Judiciary throughout the procedure. The Global Judiciary also may deliver an opinion on its own initiative. It may, if it deems it necessary, take part in the Conciliation Committee on the terms laid down in Article 2, Chapter 14.3.4.
Article 4:
Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council and the Global Judiciary shall consult each other and by common agreement make arrangements for their cooperation. To that end, they may, in compliance with the Constitution, conclude interinstitutional agreements which may be of a binding nature.
Article 5:
1. In carrying out their missions, the Institutions, bodies and agencies of Global Parliament shall have the support of an open, efficient and independent global administration.
2. Without prejudice to Article 6, Chapter 24.1,, global laws shall establish specific provisions to that end.
Article 6:
1. The Institutions, bodies and agencies of Global Parliament shall recognise the importance of transparency in their work and shall, in application of Article 3, Chapter 12.2, lay down in their rules of procedure the specific provisions for public access to documents. The Court of Justice and the Global Bank shall be subject to the provisions of Article 3, Chapter 12.2 when exercising their administrative tasks.
2. Global Parliament and the Earth Executive Council shall ensure publication of the documents relating to the legislative procedures.
Article 7:
1. The Earth Executive Council shall adopt global regulations and decisions determining:
Chapter 14.3.5 A.2 Acts of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3.5 A.2 Acts of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1:
Acts of the Earth Executive Council, of the Global Judiciary or of the Global Bank which impose a pecuniary obligation on persons other than Nations shall be enforceable. Enforcement shall be governed by the rules of civil procedure in force in Member Nation in the territory of which it is carried out. The order for its enforcement shall be appended to the decision, without other formality than verification of the authenticity of the decision, by the national authority which the government of each Member Nation shall designate for this purpose and shall make known to the Global Judiciary and the Court of Justice. When these formalities have been completed on application by the party concerned, the latter may proceed to enforcement by bringing the matter directly before the competent authority in accordance with the national law. Enforcement may be suspended only by a decision of the Court of Justice. However, the courts of the country concerned shall have jurisdiction over complaints that enforcement is being carried out in an irregular manner.
Chapter 14.3.6 A.2 Global Parliament Advisory Board
Article 1: Global Parliament Advisory Board
Chapter 14.3.6 A.2 Global Parliament Advisory Board
Article 1: Global Parliament Advisory Board
Members of Global Parliament Advisory Board are responsible to advise Global Parliament for its proper development and
functioning.
The Advisory Board primary goal is to develop a workable Constitution for Global Parliament. The Global Constitution is our template for development.
Members of the Board are required to read every chapter of the Global Constitution and see how it may apply in the development of Global Parliament's Constitution. New chapters may need to be
developed. A summary or short version of Global Parliament's Constitution will also be developed.
We are inviting professionals to submit an application to become Advisers for Global Parliament's Constitution.
Just so you all know we dont pay anyone, and we dont pay expenses. We do volunteer work for humanity. Please do read the section concerning volunteers at http://globalcommunitywebnet.com/gceg/2007volunteers.htm. We do 'soft activism' work. Global Parliament Constitution shows us how to operate our organization. We follow Global Law as shown in Global Parliament Constitution. All those who do volunteer work for us must become familliar with it and become 'global citizens'.
You are required to read about the Criteria of the Global Community Citizenship. Read it at:
http://www.globalcommunitywebnet.com/globalcommunity/GCcitizenship.htm
Once you are sure you understand the Criteria, then you are required to live a life as per
the Criteria. You do not need to let go the citizenship you already have. No! You can still be a citizen of any nation on Earth.
But you are a better human being as you belong also to the Global Community, and you have now higher values to live a life, to
sustain yourself and all life on the planet.
We expect volunteers to be responsible and accountable of all their actions.
Volunteers listen, dialogue, encourage and organize. They can research, develop, manage and lead. They are involved in several different sectors: social and global justice, governance, global rights, security, politics, policy and strategy, overpopulation, global sustainability, global food production, sustainable agriculture, mining, manufacturing, religion, education, environmental conservation, Earth management, biodiversity and Earth ecosystems, forests protection, climate change and global warming, economics, monetary and banking aspects and issues, global data assessment, energy alternatives and management, home and community development, social and cultural aspects and issues, arts, creative thinking and writing, languages, global society development, philosophy and social psychology, industry, business and trade, peace movement, health, medicine, conflict resolution, Earth resources management, Earth and life protection, activism, policing, sustainable development, research and development, engineering, construction, planning, transportation, office management, global law, codes, standards and indicators, and all other aspects of life.
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Over the past several decades, the Global Community along with the Federation of Global Governments (Federation), have promoted a just and fair global government. The United Nations (UN) organization does not offer such global service to all Peoples. It is not a government. It is not a democratic institution. It has no power to legislate, protect and offer essential services. There is no Justice possible coming from the UN. The Five Permanents Members are the only rule of law. There are themselves subsidized by corporate rulers, lobbyists with vested interests in keeping things the way they are now. There are no change in sight because they cannot change themselves. We must let go the UN. It is a 20th Century WWII organization that can truly make things work for only 5% of the world nations. Staying with the UN certainly means there will not be a 22nd Century to live for most people on Earth. The world needs a 21st Century organization able to manage Earth and bring hope in every home.
The Global Community organization is the only possible and practical solution to our world. We know how everything work, and we know what to do to make it work for us all.
We do not relate in any way with the United Nations. We are here to replace it. For several decades the Global Community has tried very hard to reform the United Nations. It has become clear that the United Nations promotes a culture of waste, mismanagement and corruption, and that it cannot reform itself. Today, the only logical, most equitable and sustainable alternative, is to replace it with the Global Community .
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Chapter 14.3 A.3 The Federation
Chapter 14.3.1 A.3 The Federation of Global Governments
Article 1: The Federation
Chapter 14.3 A.3 The Federation of Global Governments
Chapter 14.3.1 A.3 The Federation of Global Governments
Article 1: The Federation of Global Governments
1. The Federation of Global Governments shall be composed of national delegates elected or appointed by procedures to be determined by each national government on the following basis:
3. National delegates shall be elected or appointed to serve for terms of five years, and may be elected or appointed to serve successive terms without limit. Each national delegate shall have one vote.
4. Any person to serve as a national delegate shall be a citizen for at least two years of the nation to be represented, must be at least 21 years of age, and shall take a pledge of service to humanity.
Chapter 14.3.2 A.3 Procedures of Global Parliament
Article 1: Procedures of Global Parliament
Chapter 14.3.2 A.3 Procedures of Global Parliament
Article 1: Procedures of Global Parliament
1. Each body of Global Parliament during its first session after general elections shall elect a panel of six chairpersons from among its own members, one from each of six Continental Divisions. The chairpersons shall rotate annually so that each will serve for one year as chief presiding officer, while the other four serve as vice-chairpersons.
2. The panels of Chairpersons from each body shall meet together, as needed, for the purpose of coordinating the work of Global Parliament.
3. Any legislative measure or action may be initiated in either the House of Elected Representatives or the Global Governments Federation or both concurrently, and shall become effective when passed by a simple majority vote of both the House of Elected Representatives and of Global Parliament, except on those cases where an absolute majority vote or other voting majority is specified in this Federation Constitution.
4. In case of deadlock on a measure initiated in either the House of Elected Representatives or the Global Governments Federation, the measure shall then automatically go to the House of Advisers for decision by simple majority vote of the House of Advisers, except in the cases where other majority vote is required in this Global Constitution. Any measure may be referred for decision to the House of Advisers by a concurrent vote of the other two bodies.
5. The House of Advisers may initiate any legislative measure, which shall then be submitted to the other two bodies and must be passed by simple majority vote of both the House of Elected Representatives and the Global Governments Federation to become effective, unless other voting majority is required by some provision of this Federation Constitution.
6. The House of Advisers may introduce an opinion or resolution on any measure pending before either of the other two houses; either of the other bodies may request the opinion of the House of Advisers before acting upon a measure.
7. Each body of Global Parliament shall adopt its own detailed rules of procedure, which shall by consistent with the procedures set forth in this Federation Constitution, and which shall be designed to facilitate coordinated functioning of the three bodies.
8. Approval of appointments by the Global Parliament or any body of Global Parliament thereof shall require simple majority votes, while removals for cause shall require absolute majority votes.
9. After the full operative stage of Global Parliament is declared, general elections for members of Global Parliament to the House of Elected Representatives shall be held every five years. The first general elections shall be held within the first two years following the declaration of the full operative stage of Global Parliament.
10. Until the full operative stage of Global Parliament is declared, elections for members of Global Parliament to the House of Elected Representatives may be conducted whenever feasible in relation to the campaign for ratification of this Global Constitution.
11. Regular sessions of the House of Elected Representatives and the Global Governments Federation of Global Parliament shall convene on the second Monday of January of each and every Year.
12. Each nation, according to its own procedures, shall appoint or elect members of Global Parliament to the Global Governments Federation at least thirty days prior to the date for convening Global Parliament in January.
13. The House of Elected Representatives together with the Global Governments Federation shall elect members of Global Parliament to the House of Advisers during the month of January after the general elections. For its first session after general elections, the House of Advisors shall convene on the second Monday of March, and thereafter concurrently with the other two bodies of Global Parliament.
14. Bi-elections to fill vacancies shall be held within three months from occurrence of the vacancy or vacancies.
15. Global Parliament shall remain in session for a minimum of nine months of each year. One or two breaks may be taken during each year, at times and for durations to be decided by simple majority vote of the House of Elected Representatives and the Global Governments Federation sitting jointly.
16. Annual salaries for members of Global Parliament of all three bodies shall be the same, except for those who serve also as members of the Global Council and as Cabinet Ministers.
17. Salary schedules for members of Global Parliament and for members of the Global Council and the Cabinet Ministers shall be determined by Global Parliament.
Chapter 14.3 B.1 Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.1 B.1 Functions and Powers of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3 B.1 Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.1 B.1 Functions and Powers of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
1. implement the basic system of global law as defined in Global Parliament Constitution and in the codified system of global law after approval by Global Parliament;
2. implement legislation enacted by the Global Parliament;
3. propose and recommend legislation for enactment by Global Parliament;
4. convene Global Parliament in special sessions when necessary;
5. supervise Global Parliament Departments and the Global Civil Service Administration and Planning(GCSAP) and all of the departments, bureaus, offices, institutes and agencies thereof;
6. nominate, select and remove the heads of various organs, branches, departments, bureaus, offices, commissions, institutes, agencies and other parts of Global Parliament, in accordance with the provisions of this Global Constitution and as specified in measures enacted by the Global Parliament;
7. prepare and submit annually to the Global Parliament a comprehensive budget for the operations of Global Parliament, and to prepare and submit periodically budget projections over periods of several years;
8. define and propose priorities for global legislation and budgetary allocations; and
9. be held accountable to Global Parliament for the expenditures of appropriations made by Global Parliament in accordance with approved and longer term budgets, subject to revisions approved by Global Parliament.
Article 1: Composition of the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.2 B.1 Composition of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: Composition of the Earth Executive Council
Earth Executive Council shall consist of a Global Council of six members, and of twenty to thirty Cabinet Ministers, all of whom shall be members of the Global Parliament.
Chapter 14.3.3 B.1 The Global Council
Article 1: The Global Council
Chapter 14.3.3 B.1 The Global Council
Article 1: The Global Council
1. The Global Council shall be composed of six members, one to be designated as President and the other four to be designated as Vice Presidents. Each member of the Global Council shall be from a different Continental Division.
2. The Presidency of the Global Council shall rotate each year, with each member in turn to serve as President, while the other four serve as Vice Presidents. The order of rotation shall be decided by the Global Council.
3. The decisions of the Global Council shall be taken collectively, on the basis of majority decisions.
4. Each member of the Global Council shall be a member of Global Parliament, either elected to the House of Elected Representatives or to the House of Advisers, or appointed or elected to the Global Governments Federation.
5. Nominations for the Global Council shall be made by the House of Advisers. The number of nominees shall be from two to three times the number to be elected. No more than one-third of the nominees shall be from the House of Advisers or from the Global Governments Federation, and nominees must be included from all six Continental Divisions.
6. From among the nominees submitted by the House of Advisers, the Global Council shall be elected by vote of the combined membership of all four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session. A plurality vote equal to at least 40 percent of the total membership of Global Parliament shall be required for the election of each member to the Global Council , with successive elimination votes taken as necessary until the required plurality is achieved.
7. Members of the Global Council may be removed for cause, either individually or collectively, by an absolute majority vote of the combined membership of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
8. The term of office for the Global Council shall be five years and shall run concurrently with the terms of office as Members of Global Parliament, except that at the end of each five year period, the Global Council members in office shall con tinue to serve until the new Global Council for the succeeding term is elected. Membership in the Global Council shall be limited to two consecutive terms.
Chapter 14.3.4 B.1 The Cabinet Ministers
Article 1: The Cabinet Ministers
Chapter 14.3.4 B.1 The Cabinet Ministers
Article 1: The Cabinet Ministers
1. The Cabinet Ministers shall be composed of from twenty to thirty members, with at least one member from each of the ten Global Electoral and Administrative Contiguous Regions of the world.
2. All members of the Cabinet Ministers shall be Members of Global Parliament.
3. There shall be no more than two members of the Cabinet Ministers from any single nation. There may be only one member of the Cabinet Ministers from a nation from which a Member of the Global Parliament is serving as a member of the Global Council .
4. Each member of the Cabinet Ministers shall serve as the head of a department or agency of the Global Administration or GCSAP, and in this capacity shall be designated as Minister of the particular department or agency.
5. Nominations for members of the Cabinet Ministers shall be made by the Global Council , taking into consideration the various functions which Cabinet Ministers are to perform. The Global Council shall nominate no more than two times the number to be elected.
6. The Cabinet Ministers shall be elected by simple majority vote of the combined membership of all four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
7. Members of the Cabinet Ministers either individually or collectively may be removed for cause by an absolute majority vote of the combined membership of all four bodies of the Global Parliament sitting in joint session.
8. The term of office in the Cabinet Ministers shall be five years, and shall run concurrently with the terms of office for the members as Members of Global Parliament, except that at the end of each five year period, the Cabinet members in office s hall continue to serve until the new Executive Cabinet for the succeeding term is elected. Membership in the Cabinet Ministers shall be limited to three consecutive terms, regardless of change in ministerial position.
Chapter 14.3.5 B.1 Procedures of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: Procedures of the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.5 B.1 Procedures of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: Procedures of the Earth Executive Council
1. The Global Council shall assign the ministerial positions among the Cabinet members to head the several administrative departments and major agencies of the Administration and of the GCSAP. Each Vice President may also serve as a Minister to head an administrative department, but not the President. Ministerial positions may be changed at the discretion of the Global Council . A Cabinet member or Vice President may hold more than one ministerial post, but no more than three, providing that no Cabinet member is without a Ministerial post.
2. The Global Council , in consultation with the Cabinet Ministers, shall prepare and present to the Global Parliament near the beginning of each year a proposed program of global legislation. The Global Council may propose other legislation during the year.
3. The Global Council , in consultation with the Cabinet Ministers, and in consultation with the Global Financial Administration, (see Articles 1, Chapter 14.3.1 B2, and Article 1, Chapter 14.3.2 B2) shall be responsible for preparing and submitting to Global Parliament the proposed annual budget , and budgetary projections over periods of years.
4. Each Cabinet Member and Vice President as Minister of a particular department or agency shall prepare an annual report for the particular department or agency, to be submitted both to the Global Council and to Global Parliament.
5. The members of the Global Council and of the Cabinet Ministers at all times shall be responsible both individually and collectively to Global Parliament.
6. Vacancies occurring at any time in the Earth Executive Council shall be filled within sixty days by nomination and election in the same manner as specified for filling the offices originally.
Chapter 14.3.6 B.1 Limitations on the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: Limitations on the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.6 B.1 Limitations on the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: Limitations on the Earth Executive Council
1. Earth Executive Council shall not at any time alter, suspend, abridge, infringe or otherwise violate any provision of this Federation Constitution or any legislation or global law enacted or approved by the Global Parliament in accordance with the provisions of this Federation Constitution.
2. Earth Executive Council shall not have veto power over any legislation passed by the Global Parliament.
3. Earth Executive Council may not dissolve the Global Parliament or any House of the Global Parliament.
4. Earth Executive Council may not act contrary to decisions of the Earth Court of Justice.
5. Earth Executive Council shall be bound to faithfully execute all legislation passed by the Global Parliament in accordance with the provisions of this Federation Constitution, and may not impound or refuse to spend funds appropriated by Global Parliament, nor spend more funds than are appropriated to Global Parliament.
6. Earth Executive Council may not transcend or contradict the decisions or controls of the Global Parliament, the Global Judiciary or the Provisions of this Federation Constitution by any device of executive order or executive privelege or emergency declaration or decree.
Chapter 14.3 B.2 Global Parliament Departments
Chapter 14.3.1 B.2 Functions of Global Parliament Departments
Article 1: Functions of Global Parliament Departments
Chapter 14.3 B.2 Global Parliament Departments
Chapter 14.3.1 B.2 Functions of Global Parliament Departments
Article 1: Functions of Global Parliament Departments
1. Global Parliament Departments shall be organized to carry out the detailed and continuous administration and implementation of global legislation and global law.
2. Global Parliament Departments shall be under the direction of Earth Executive Council, and shall at all times be responsible to the Earth Executive Council.
3. Global Parliament Departments shall be organized so as to give professional continuity to the work of administration and implementation.
Chapter 14.3.2 B.2 Structure and Procedures of Federation Departments
Article 1: Structure and Procedures of Federation Departments
Chapter 14.3.2 B.2 Structure and Procedures of Global Parliament Departments
Article 1: Structure and Procedures of Global Parliament Departments
1. Global Parliament Departments shall be composed of professionally organized departments and other agencies in all areas of activity requiring continuity of administration and implementation by the Global Parliament.
2. Each Department or major agency of the Global Administration shall be headed by a Minister who shall be either a member of the Cabinet Ministers or a Vice President of the Global Council.
3. Each Department or major agency of the Global 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.
4. Each Senior Administrator shall be nominated by the Minister of the particular Department or agency from among persons in the senior lists of the Global Civil Service Administration, as soon as senior lists have been established by the Global Civil Service Administration, and shall be confirmed by the Global Council . Temporary qualified appointments shall be made by the Ministers, with confirmation by the Global Council , pending establishment of the senior lists.
5. There shall be a Cabinet Minister of each Global Parliament Department, who shall be nominated by the Presidium and confirmed by absolute majority vote of the entire Cabinet Ministers.
6. The functions and responsibilities of the Cabinet Minister of each Federation Department shall be to assist in coordinating the work of the Senior Administrators of the several Departments and agencies of Global Parliament Departments. The Cabinet Minister shall at all times be subject to the direction of the Global Council , and shall be directly responsible to the Global Council .
7. The employment of any Senior Administrator and of the Cabinet Minister may be terminated for cause by absolute majority vote of both the Cabinet Ministers and Global Council combined, but not contrary to civil service rules which protect tenure on grounds of competence.
8. Each Minister of a Department or agency of Global Parliament Departments, being also a Member of the Global Parliament, shall provide continuous liaison between the particular Department or agency and Global Parliament, shall respond at any time to any questions or requests for information from the Parliament, including committees of any of the four bodies of Global Parliament.
9. The Global Council , 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 Global Parliament Departments.
10. The assignment of legislative measures, constitutional provisions and areas of global law to particular Departments and agencies for administration and implementation shall be done by the Global Council in consultation with the Cabinet Ministers, unless specifically provided in legislation passed by the Global Parliament.
11. The Global Council , in consultation with the Cabinet Ministers, 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 ministerial status as may seem necessary or desirable. Any such creation, alteration, combination or termination shall require a simple majority vote of approval of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
12. Global Parliament by absolute majority vote of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session may specify the creation of new departments or agencies of ministerial status in Global Parliament Departments, or may direct Earth Executive Council to alter, combine, or terminate existing departments or agencies of ministerial status.
13. The Global Council and Cabinet Ministers may not create, establish or maintain any administrative or executive department or agency for the purpose of circumventing control by the Global Parliament.
Chapter 14.3 B.3 Global Civil Service Administration and Planning
Chapter 14.3.1 B.3 The Global Civil Service Staff
Article 1: The Global Civil Service Staff
Chapter 14.3 B.3 Global Civil Service Administration and Planning
Chapter 14.3.1 B.3 The Global Civil Service Staff
Article 1: The Global Civil Service Staff
1. The functions of the Global Civil Service Staff shall be to:
Chapter 14.3.2 B.3 The Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems
Article 1: The Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems
Chapter 14.3.2 B.3 The Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems
Article 1: The Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems
1. The functions of the Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems shall be to:
Chapter 14.3.3 B.3 The Global Financial Administration
Article 1: The Global Financial Administration
Chapter 14.3.3 B.3 The Global Financial Administration
Article 1: The Global Financial Administration
1. The functions of the Global Financial Administration shall include to:
Chapter 14.3.4 B.3 Commission for Legislative Review
Article 1: Commission for Legislative Review
Chapter 14.3.4 B.3 Commission for Legislative Review
Article 1: Commission for Legislative Review
1. The functions of the Commission for Legislative Review shall be to examine Global Legislation and Global Laws which Global Parliament enacts or adopts from the previous Body of International Law for the purpose of analyzing whether any particular legislation or law has become obsolete or obstructive or defective in serving the purposes intended; and to make recommendations to the Global Parliament accordingly for repeal or amendment or replacement.
2. The Commission for Legislative Review shall be composed of twelve members, including two each to be elected by the House of Elected Representatives, the Global Governments Federation, the House of Advisers, the Council of Global Judges, the Global Community Ombudspersons and the Global Council . Members of the Commission shall serve terms of ten years, and may be re-elected to serve consecutive terms. One half of the Commission members after the Commission is first formed shall be elected every five years, with the first terms for one half of the members to be only five years.
Chapter 14.3 B.4 The Global Judiciary
Chapter 14.3.1 B.4 The Global Judiciary
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Chapter 14.3 B.4 The Global Judiciary
Chapter 14.3.1 B.4 The Global Judiciary
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Prosecuting criminals on the basis of universal jurisdiction regardless of a territorial or nationality nexus required a solid commitment of political will from national governments and the Global Community.
Once in effect, the Earth Court of Justice will become the principal judicial organ of the Global Community. The Court will have a dual role: to settle in accordance with international law the legal disputes submitted to it by national governments, local communities, and in some special cases by corporations, non-government-organizations and citizens, and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by duly authorized organs and agencies.
The Court will be composed of judges elected by the Elected Representatives Council and Earth Security Council. It may not include more than one judge of any nationality. The Members of the Court do not represent their governments but are independent magistrates. The judges must possess the qualifications required in their respective countries for appointment to the highest judicial offices, or by jurists of recognized competence in international law. The composition of the Court has also to reflect the main forms of civilization and the principal legal systems of the world.
The Earth Court of Justice will hear cases involving:
Chapter 14.3.2 B.4 Forming a new nation
Article 1: Forming a new nation
Chapter 14.3.2 B.4 Forming a new nation
Article 1: Forming a new nation
The Earth Court of Justice will also rule on global problems and concerns such as the creation of a new nation in the world, and disputing territories or land between nations.
The procedure followed by the Court is defined in its Statute. The Court decides in accordance with:
Chapter 14.3.3 B.4 Application of Global Law
Article 1: Application of Global Law
Chapter 14.3.3 B.4 Application of Global Law
Article 1: Application of Global Law
The Global Judiciary shall promote the general Global Parliament interest and take appropriate initiatives to that end. It shall ensure the application of Global Parliament Constitution, and steps taken by the Institutions under the Constitution. It shall oversee the application of Global Parliament law under the control of the Earth Court of Justice. It shall execute the budget and manage programmes. It shall exercise coordinating, executive and management functions, as laid down in the Constitution. With the exception of the global security policy, and other cases provided for in the Constitution, it shall ensure Global Parliament's external representation. It shall initiate the Earth Government's annual and multiannual programming with a view to achieving interinstitutional agreements.
Chapter 14.3.4 B.4 Legislative acts
Article 1: Legislative acts
Chapter 14.3.4 B.4 Legislative acts
Article 1: Legislative acts
Except where the Constitution provides otherwise, Global Parliament legislative acts can be adopted only on the basis of a Global Judiciary proposal. Other acts are adopted on the basis of a Global Judiciary proposal where the Constitution so provides.
Chapter 14.3.5 B.4 Composition of the Council of Global Judges
Article 1: Composition of the Council of Global Judges
Article 2: Responsibilities of the Global Judiciary
Article 3: The President of the Global Judiciary
Article 4: Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs
Article 5: The Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.3.5 B.4 Composition of the Council of Global Judges
Article 1: Composition of the Council of Global Judges
The Global Judiciary shall consist of a Council of Global Judges comprising its President, Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs/Vice-President, and Commissioners selected on the basis of a system of equal rotation between Member Nations. The Council of Global Judges shall elect a Council of Presiding Global Judges, consisting of a Chief Justice and four Associate Chief Justices. One member of the Presiding Council of Global Judges shall be elected from each of six Continental Divisions of Earth. Members of the Presiding Council of Global Judges shall serve five year terms on the Presiding Council, and may serve two successive terms, but not two successive terms as Chief Justice. This system shall be established by a Global Parliament decision adopted by the Global Governments Federation on the basis of the following principles:
1. In carrying out its responsibilities, the Global Judiciary shall be completely independent. In the discharge of their duties, Commissioners shall neither seek nor take instructions from any government or other body.
2. The Global Judiciary, as a Council, shall be responsible to Global Parliament. The Global Judiciary President shall be responsible to the Global Parliament for the activities of the Commissioners. Under the procedures set out in Article 7, Chapter 8, Global Parliament may pass a censure motion on the Global Judiciary. If such a motion is passed, the Commissioners must all resign. The Global Judiciary shall continue to handle everyday business until a new Council is nominated.
Article 3: The President of the Global Judiciary
1. Taking into account the elections to Global Parliament and after appropriate consultations, the Global Governments Federation , deciding by qualified majority, shall put to Global Parliament its proposed candidate for the Presidency of the Global Judiciary. This candidate shall be elected by Global Parliament by a majority of its members. If this candidate does not receive the required majority support, the Global Governments Federation shall within one month propose a new candidate to Global Parliament, following the same procedure.
2. Each Member Nation determined by the system of rotation shall establish a list of three persons, in which both genders shall be represented, whom it considers qualified to be a Global Judiciary Commissioner. By choosing one person from each of the proposed lists, the President-elect shall select the Global Commissioners for their competence, commitment to the Global Community, and guaranteed independence. The President and the persons so nominated for membership of the Council of Global Judges, including the future Global Parliament Minister for Global Affairs, as well as the persons nominated as non-voting Commissioners, shall be submitted collectively to a vote of approval by Global Parliament. The Global Judiciary's term of office shall be five years.
3. The President of the Global Judiciary shall:
1. Global Parliament, acting by qualified majority, with the agreement of the President of the Global Judiciary , shall appoint Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs . He or she shall conduct Global Parliament's common global security policy. Global Parliament may end his or her tenure by the same procedure.
2. Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs shall contribute by his or her proposals to the development of the common global policy, which he or she shall carry out as mandated by the Earth Executive Council. The same shall apply to the common global security and defence policy.
3. Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs shall be one of the Vice-Presidents of the Global Judiciary . He or she shall be responsible there for handling external relations and for coordinating other aspects of Global Parliament's external action. In exercising these responsibilities within the Global Judiciary , and only for these responsibilities, Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs shall be bound by Global Judiciary procedures.
Article 5: The Earth Court of Justice
1. The Earth Court of Justice shall include the Supreme Court and specialised courts. It shall ensure respect for the law in the interpretation and application of the Constitution. Member Nations shall provide rights of appeal sufficient to ensure effective legal protection in the field of Global Parliament law.
2. The Earth Court of Justice shall consist of one judge from each Member Nation, and shall be assisted by Advocates-General. The Supreme Court shall include at least one judge per Member Nation: the number shall be fixed by the Statute of the Earth Court of Justice. The judges and the Advocates-General of the Earth Court of Justice and the judges of the Supreme Court, chosen from persons whose independence is beyond doubt and who satisfy the conditions set out in Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter 14.3.9 B4, shall be appointed by common accord of the governments of Member Nations for a term of six years, renewable.
Chapter 14.3.6 B.4 Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: Earth Court of Justice
Article 2: Jurisdiction of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 3: Benches of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 4: Seats of the Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.3.6 B.4 Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: Earth Court of Justice
The Earth Court of Justice shall:
1. The Earth Court of Justice shall be established, together with such regional and district Global Courts as may subsequently be found necessary. The Earth Court of Justice shall comprise a number of benches.
2. The Earth Court of Justice, together with such regional and district Global Courts as may be established, shall have mandatory jurisdiction in all cases, actions, disputes, conflicts, violations of law, civil suits, guarantees of civil and human rights, constitutional interpretations, and other litigations arising under the provisions of this Federation Constitution, global legislation, and the body of global law approved by the Global Parliament.
3. Decisions of the Earth Court of Justice shall be binding on all parties involved in all cases, actions and litigations brought before any bench of the Earth Court of Justice for settlement. Each bench of the Earth Court of Justice shall constitute a court of highest appeal, except when matters of extra-ordinary public importance are assigned or transferred to the Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice, as provided in Article 1, Chapter 14.3.1 B3.
Article 3: Benches of the Earth Court of Justice
1. The benches of the Earth Court of Justice and their respective jurisdictions shall be as follows:
2. Bench for Human Rights: To deal with issues of human rights arising under the guarantee of civil and human rights provided by Chapter 10 of this Federation Constitution, and arising in pursuance of the provisions of Chapter 10 of this Federation Constitution, and arising otherwise under global legislation and the body of global law approved by Global Parliament.
3. Bench for Criminal Cases: To deal with issues arising from the violation of global laws and global legislation by individuals, corporations, groups and associations, but not issues primarily concerned with human rights.
4. Bench for Civil Cases: To deal with issues involving civil law suits and disputes between individuals, corporations, groups and associations arising under global legislation and global law and the administration thereof.
5. Bench for Constitutional Cases: To deal with the interpretation of Global Parliament Constitution and with issues and actions arising in connection with the interpretation of Global Parliament Constitution.
6. Bench for International Conflicts: To deal with disputes, conflicts and legal contest arising between or among the nations which have joined in the federation of all nations.
7. Bench for Public Cases: To deal with issues not under the jurisdiction of another bench arising from conflicts, disputes, civil suits or other legal contests between Global Parliament and corporations, groups or individuals, or between national gov ernments and corporations, groups or individuals in cases involving global legislation and global law.
8. Appellate Bench: To deal with issues involving global legislation and global law which may be appealed from national courts; and to decide which bench to assign a case or action or litigation when a question or disagreement arises over the proper jurisdiction.
9. Advisory Bench: To give opinions upon request on any legal question arising under global law or global legislation, exclusive of contests or actions involving interpretation of Global Parliament Constitution. Advisory opinions may be requested by any of the four bodies of Global Parliament or committee of Global Parliament, by the Global Council , any Administrative Department, the Office of Global Attorneys General, the Global Community Ombudspersons, or by any agency of the GCSAP.
10. Other benches may be established, combined or terminated upon recommendation of the Council of Global Judges with approval by Global Parliament; but benches number one through eight may not be combined nor terminated except by amendment of this Federation Constitution.
Article 4: Seats of the Earth Court of Justice
1. The primary seat of the Earth Court of Justice and all benches shall be the same as for the location of the Primary Global Capital and for the location of Global Parliament and Earth Executive Council.
2. Continental seats of the Earth Court of Justice shall be established in the four secondary capitals of Global Parliament located in four different Continental Divisions of Earth, as provided in Chapter 23.2
3. The following permanent benches of the Earth Court of Justice shall be established both at the primary seat and at each of the continental seats: Human Rights, Criminal Cases, Civil Cases, and Public Cases.
4. The following permanent benches of the Earth Court of Justice shall be located only at the primary seat of the Earth Court of Justice: Constitutional Cases, International Conflicts, Appellate Bench, and Advisory Bench.
5. Benches which are located permanently only at the primary seat of the Earth Court of Justice may hold special sessions at the other continental seats of the Earth Court of Justice when necessary, or may establish continental circuits if needed.
6. Benches of the Earth Court of Justice which have permanent continental locations may hold special sessions at other locations when needed, or may establish regional circuits if needed.
Chapter 14.3.7 B.4 Council of Global Judges
Article 1: The Council of Global Judges
Chapter 14.3.7 B.4 Council of Global Judges
Article 1: The Council of Global Judges
1. A Council of Global Judges shall be established by Global Parliament. The Council shall consist of a minimum of twenty member judges, and may be expanded as needed but not to exceed sixty members.
2. The Global Judges to compose the Council of Global Judges shall be nominated by the House of Advisers and shall be elected by plurality vote of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session. The House of Advisers shall nominate betwe en two and three times the number of global judges to be elected at any one time. An equal number of Global Judges shall be elected from each of ten Global Electoral and Administrative Contiguous-Regions, if not immediately then by rotation.
3. The term of office for a Global Judge shall be ten years. Successive terms may be served without limit.
4. The Council of Global Judges shall elect a Presiding Council of Global Judges, consisting of a Chief Justice and four Associate Chief Justices. One member of the Presiding Council of Global Judges shall be elected from each of six Continental Divisions of Earth. Members of the Presiding Council of Global Judges shall serve five year terms on the Presiding Council, and may serve two successive terms, but not two successive terms as Chief Justice.
5. The Presiding Council of Global Judges shall assign all Global Judges, including themselves, to the several benches of the Earth Court of Justice. Each bench for a sitting at each location shall have a minimum of three Global Judges, except that the number of Global Judges for benches on Continental Cases and International Conflicts, and the Appellate Bench, shall be no less than five.
6. The member judges of each bench at each location shall choose annually a Presiding Judge, who may serve two successive terms.
7. The members of the several benches may be reconstituted from time to time as may seem desirable or necessary upon the decision of the Presiding Council of Global Judges. Any decision to re-constitute a bench shall be referred to a vote of the entire Council of Global Judges by request of any Global Judge.
8. Any Global Judge may be removed from office for cause by an absolute two- thirds majority vote of the three bodies of the Global Parliament in joint session.
9. Qualifications for Judges of the Earth Court of Justice shall be at least ten years of legal or juristic experience, minimum age of thirty years, and evident competence in global law and the humanities.
10. The salaries, expenses, remunerations and prerogatives of the Global Judges shall be determined by the Global Parliament, and shall be reviewed every five years, but shall not be changed to the disadvantage of any Global Judge during a term of office. All members of the Council of Global Judges shall receive the same salaries, except that additional compensation may be given to the Presiding Council of Global Judges.
11. Upon recommendation by the Council of Global Judges, Global Parliament shall have the authority to establish regional and district global courts below the Earth Court of Justice, and to establish the jurisdictions thereof, and the procedures for appeal to the Earth Court of Justice or to the several benches thereof.
12. The detailed rules of procedure for the functioning of the Earth Court of Justice, the Council of Global Judges, and for each bench of the Earth Court of Justice, shall be decided and amended by absolute majority vote of the Council of Global Judges.
Chapter 14.3.8 B.4 The Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: The Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.3.8 B.4 The Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: The Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice 1. A Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice shall be established to take cases which are considered to be of extra-ordinary public importance. The Superior Tribunal for any calendar year shall consist of the Presiding Council of Global Judges together with one Global Judge named by the Presiding Judge of each bench of the Earth Court of Justice sitting at the primary seat of the Earth Court of Justice. The composition of the Superior Tribunal may be continued unchanged for a second year by decision of the Presiding Council of Global Judges.
2. Any party to any dispute, issue, case or litigation coming under the jurisdiction of the Earth Court of Justice, may apply to any particular bench of the Earth Court of Justice or to the Presiding Council of Global Judges for the assignment or transfer of the case to the Superior Tribunal on the grounds of extra-ordinary public importance. If the application is granted, the case shall be heard and disposed of by the Superior Tribunal. Also, any bench taking any particular case, if satisfied that the case is of extra-ordinary public importance, may of its own discretion transfer the case to the Superior Tribunal.
Chapter 14.3.9 B.4 The Statute of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: The Statute of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 2 to Article 33
Chapter 14.3.9 B.4 The Statute of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: The Statute of the Earth Court of Justice The Earth Court of Justice established by the Federation Constitution of the Earth Community as the principal organ of the Earth Community shall be constituted and shall function in accordance with the provisions of the Statute(the Statute is in the process of being made and has several chapters and nearly a hundred articles).
Article 2:
The global Court of Justice shall sit in chambers, as a Grand Chamber or as a full Court, in accordance with the Statute of the Court of Justice.
Article 3:
The global Court of Justice shall be assisted by eight Advocates-General. Should the global Court of Justice so request, the Earth Executive Council may, acting unanimously, adopt a global decision to increase the number of Advocates-General. It shall be the duty of the Advocate-General, acting with complete impartiality and independence, to make, in open court, reasoned submissions on cases which, in accordance with the Statute of the Court of Justice, require his or her involvement.
Article 4:
The Judges and Advocates-General of the global Court of Justice shall be chosen from persons whose independence is beyond doubt and who possess the qualifications required for appointment to the highest judicial offices in their respective countries or who are jurisconsults of recognised competence; they shall be appointed by common accord of the governments of Member Nations after consulting the panel provided for in Article 6, Chapter 14.3.9 B4. Every three years there shall be a partial replacement of the Judges and Advocates-General, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Statute of the Court of Justice. The Judges shall elect the President of the global Court of Justice from among their number for a term of three years. He or she may be re-elected. The global Court of Justice shall adopt its Rules of Procedure. Those Rules shall require the approval of the Earth Executive Council.
Article 5:
The number of Judges of the High Court shall be determined by the Statute of the Court of Justice. The Statute may provide for the High Court to be assisted by Advocates-General. Member s of the High Court shall be chosen from persons whose independence is beyond doubt and who possess the ability required for appointment to high judicial office. They shall be appointed by common accord of the governments of the Member Nations after consultation of the panel.
Membership of the High Court shall be partially renewed every three years. Retiring members may be reappointed. The Judges shall elect the President of the High Court from among their number for a term of three years. He or she may be re-elected. The High Court shall establish its Rules of Procedure in agreement with the global Court of Justice. The Rules shall be subject to the approval of the Earth Executive Council. Unless the Statute of the Court of Justice provides otherwise, the provisions of the Constitution relating to the global Court of Justice shall apply to the High Court.
Article 6:
A panel shall be set up in order to give an opinion on candidates' suitability to perform the duties of Judge and Advocate-General of the global Court of Justice and the High Court before the governments of Member Nations take the decisions referred to in Articles 3 and 4 of Chapter 14.3.9 B4.
1. The panel shall comprise seven persons chosen from among former members of the global Court of Justice and the High Court, members of national supreme courts and lawyers of recognised competence, one of whom shall be proposed by Global Parliament . The Earth Executive Council shall adopt a global decision establishing the panel's operating rules and a global decision appointing its members. It shall act on the initiative of the President of the global Court of Justice.
Article 7:
1. The High Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine at first instance actions or proceedings referred to in Articles 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, of Chapter 14.3.9 B4, with the exception of those assigned to a specialised court and those reserved in the Statute for the global Court of Justice. The Statute may provide for the High Court to have jurisdiction for other classes of action or proceeding. Decisions given by the High Court under this paragraph may be subject to a right of appeal to the global Court of Justice on points of law only, under the conditions and within the limits laid down by the Statute of the Court of Justice.
2. The High Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine actions or proceedings brought against decisions of the specialised courts set up under Article 8, Chapter 14.3.9 B4. Decisions given by the High Court under this paragraph may exceptionally be subject to review by the global Court of Justice, under the conditions and within the limits laid down by the Statute, where there is a serious risk of the unity or consistency of Global Parliament law being affected.
3. The High Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine questions referred for a preliminary ruling under Article 18, Chapter 14.3.9 B4, in specific areas laid down by the Statute of the Court of Justice. Where the High Court considers that the case requires a decision of principle likely to affect the unity or consistency of Global Parliament law, it may refer the case to the global Court of Justice for a ruling. Decisions given by the High Court on questions referred for a preliminary ruling may exceptionally be subject to review by the global Court of Justice, under the conditions and within the limits laid down by the Statute, where there is a serious risk of the unity or consistency of Global Parliament law being affected.
Article 8:
1. Global laws may establish specialised courts attached to the High Court to hear and determine at first instance certain classes of action or proceeding brought in specific areas. They shall be adopted either on a proposal from the Global Judiciary after consultation of the Court of Justice or at the request of the Court of Justice after consultation of the Global Judiciary .
2. The global law establishing a specialised court shall lay down the rules on the organisation of the court and the extent of the jurisdiction conferred upon it.
3. Decisions given by specialised courts may be subject to a right of appeal on points of law only or, when provided for in the global law establishing the specialised court, a right of appeal also on matters of fact, before the High Court.
4. Members of the specialised courts shall be chosen from persons whose independence is beyond doubt and who possess the ability required for appointment to judicial office. They shall be appointed by the Council of Ministers, acting unanimously.
5. The specialised courts shall establish their Rules of Procedure in agreement with the Court of Justice. Those Rules shall require the approval of the Earth Executive Council.
6. Unless the global law establishing the specialised court provides otherwise, the provisions of the Constitution relating to the Court of Justice and the provisions of the Statute of the Court of Justice shall apply to the specialised courts.
Article 9:
If the Global Judiciary considers that a Member Nation has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Constitution, it shall deliver a reasoned opinion on the matter after giving the Nation concerned the opportunity to submit its observations. If the Nation concerned does not comply with the opinion within the period laid down by the Global Judiciary , the latter may bring the matter before the Court of Justice.
Article 10:
A Member Nation which considers that another Member Nation has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Constitution may bring the matter before the Court of Justice. Before a Member Nation brings an action against another Member Nation for an alleged infringement of an obligation under the Constitution, it shall bring the matter before the Global Judiciary . The Global Judiciary shall deliver a reasoned opinion after each of the Nations concerned has been given the opportunity to submit its own case and its observations on the other party's case both orally and in writing. If the Global Judiciary has not delivered an opinion within three months of the date on which the matter was brought before it, the absence of such opinion shall not prevent the matter from being brought before the Court of Justice.
Article 11:
1. If the Court of Justice finds that a Member Nation has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Constitution, the Nation shall be required to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice.
2. If the Global Judiciary considers that Member Nation concerned has not taken the necessary measures to comply with the Court's judgment, it may bring the case before the Court of Justice after giving that Nation the opportunity to submit its observations. It shall specify the amount of the lump sum or penalty payment to be paid by Member Nation concerned which it considers appropriate in the circumstances. If the Court of Justice finds that the Member Nation concerned has not complied with its judgment it may impose a lump sum or penalty payment on it. This procedure shall be without prejudice to Article 10, Chapter 14.3.9 B4.
3. When the Global Judiciary brings a case before the Court of Justice on the grounds that the Nation concerned has failed to fulfil its obligations to notify measures transposing a global framework law, it may, when it deems appropriate, request that, in the course of the same proceedings, the Court of Justice impose the payment of a lump sum or penalty if the Court finds that there has been such a failure. If the Court of Justice complies with the Global Judiciary 's request, the payment in question shall take effect within the time limit laid down by the Court of Justice in its judgment.
Article 12:
Global laws and global regulations of the Cabinet Ministers may give the Court of Justice unlimited jurisdiction with regard to the penalties provided for in them.
Article 13:
Without prejudice to the other provisions of the Constitution, a global law may confer on the Court of Justice, to the extent that it shall determine, jurisdiction in disputes relating to the application of acts adopted on the basis of the Constitution which create global intellectual property rights.
Article 14:
1. The Court of Justice shall review the legality of global laws and framework laws, of acts of the Earth Executive Council, of the Global Judiciary and of the Global Bank, other than recommendations and opinions, and of acts of Global Parliament intended to produce legal effects vis-à-vis third parties. It shall also review the legality of acts of bodies or agencies of Global Parliament intended to produce legal effects vis-à-vis third parties.
2. It shall for this purpose have jurisdiction in actions brought by a Member Nation, Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council or the Global Judiciary on grounds of lack of competence, infringement of an essential procedural requirement, infringement of the Constitution or of any rule of law relating to its application, or misuse of powers.
3. The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction under the same conditions in actions brought by the Court of Auditors, by the Global Bank and by the Committee of the Regions for the purpose of protecting their prerogatives.
4. Any natural or legal person may, under the same conditions, institute proceedings against an act addressed to that person or which is of direct and individual concern to him or her, and against a regulatory act which is of direct concern to him or her and does not entail implementing measures.
5. Acts setting up bodies and agencies of Global Parliament may lay down specific conditions and arrangements concerning actions brought by natural or legal persons against acts of these bodies or agencies intended to produce legal effects.
6. The proceedings provided for in this Article shall be instituted within two months of the publication of the act, or of its notification to the plaintiff, or, in the absence thereof, of the day on which it came to the knowledge of the latter, as the case may be.
Article 15:
If the action is well founded the Court of Justice shall declare the act concerned to be void. However, the Court of Justice shall, if it considers this necessary, Nation which of the effects of the act which it has declared void shall be considered as definitive.
Article 16:
Should Global Parliament, the Council of Ministers, the Global Judiciary or the Global Bank, in infringement of the Constitution, fail to act, Member Nations and the other Institutions of Global Parliament may bring an action before the Court of Justice to have the infringement established. This provision shall apply, under the same conditions, to bodies and agencies of Global Parliament which fail to act. The action shall be admissible only if the Institution, body or agency concerned has first been called upon to act. If, within two months of being so called upon, the Institution, agency or body concerned has not defined its position, the action may be brought within a further period of two months. Any natural or legal person may, under the conditions laid down in the preceding paragraphs, complain to the Court of Justice that an Institution, body or agency of Global Parliament has failed to address to that person any act other than a recommendation or an opinion.
Article 17:
The Institution or Institutions, body or agency whose act has been declared void, or whose failure to act has been declared contrary to the Constitution, shall be required to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice. This obligation shall not affect any obligation which may result from the application of the second paragraph of Article 8, Chapter 24.1.
Article 18:
The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction to give preliminary rulings concerning:
Article 19:
The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction in disputes relating to compensation for damage provided for in the second paragraph of Article 8, Chapter 24.1.
Article 20:
At the request of Member Nation concerned by a determination made by the Global Governments Federation or the Earth Executive Council, the global Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction. The Court shall rule within one month from the date of that determination.
Article 21:
The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction in any dispute between Global Parliament and its servants within the limits and under the conditions laid down in the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of other servants of Global Parliament.
Article 22:
The Court of Justice shall, within the limits hereinafter laid down, have jurisdiction in disputes concerning:
5. If the Court of Justice finds that a national central bank has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Constitution, that bank shall be required to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice.
Article 23:
The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction to give judgment pursuant to any arbitration clause contained in a contract concluded by or on behalf of Global Parliament, whether that contract be governed by public or private law.
Article 24:
The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction in any dispute between Member Nations which relates to the subject matter of the Constitution if the dispute is submitted to it under a special agreement between the parties.
Article 25:
Save where jurisdiction is conferred on the Court of Justice by the Constitution, disputes to which Global Parliament is a party shall not on that ground be excluded from the jurisdiction of the courts or tribunals of Member Nations.
Article 26:
The Court of Justice shall not have jurisdiction with respect to Articles 1 to 3, Chapter 12.2, and the provisions concerning the common global and security policy. However, the Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction to rule on proceedings reviewing the legality of restrictive measures against natural or legal persons, adopted by the Council on the basis of Article 1, Chapter 22.5, and brought in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 14, Chapter 14.3.9 B4.
Article 27:
In exercising its competences regarding the provisions concerning the area of freedom, security and justice, the Court of Justice shall have no jurisdiction to review the validity or proportionality of operations carried out by the police or other law-enforcement services of a Member Nation or the exercise of the responsibilities incumbent upon Member Nations with regard to the maintenance of law and order and the safeguarding of internal security, where such action is a matter of national law.
Article 28:
Member Nations undertake not to submit a dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the Constitution to any method of settlement other than those provided for therein.
Article 29:
Notwithstanding the expiry of the period laid down in Article 14, Chapter 14.3.9 B4, any party may, in proceedings in which a global law or a global regulation of the Earth Executive Council, of the Global Judiciary , or of the Global Bank is at issue, plead the grounds specified in Article 14, Chapter 14.3.9 B4 in order to invoke before the Court of Justice the inapplicability of that act.
Article 30:
Actions brought before the Court of Justice shall not have suspensory effect. The Court of Justice may, however, if it considers that circumstances so require, order that application of the contested act be suspended.
Article 31:
The Court of Justice may in any cases before it prescribe any necessary interim measures.
Article 32:
The judgments of the Court of Justice shall be enforceable.
Article 33:
The Statute of the Court of Justice shall be laid down in a Protocol. A global law may amend the provisions of the Statute. It shall be adopted either at the request of the Court of Justice and after consultation of the Global Judiciary , or on a proposal from the Global Judiciary and after consultation of the Court of Justice.
Chapter 14.3 B.5 Agency of Global Police
Chapter 14.3.1 B.5 Agency of Global Police
Article 1: The enforcement of global law and global legislation
Chapter 14.3 B.5 Agency of Global Police
Chapter 14.3.1 B.5 Agency of Global Police
Article 1: The enforcement of global law and global legislation
1. The enforcement of global law and global legislation shall apply directly to individual, and individuals shall be held responsible for compliance with global law and global legislation regardless of whether the individuals are acting in their own capacity or as agents or officials of governments at any level or of the institutions of governments, or as agents or officials of corporations, organizations, associations or groups of any kind.
2. When global law or global legislation or decisions of the global courts are violated, the Agency of Global Police shall operate to identify and apprehend the individuals responsible for violations.
3. Any enforcement action shall not violate the civil and human rights guaranteed under this Global Constitution.
4. The enforcement of global law and global legislation shall be carried out in the context of a non-military global federation wherein all member nations shall disarm as a condition for joining and benefiting from the global federation; the Federation under Global Parliament Constitution shall neither keep nor use weapons of mass destruction.
5. Those agents of the Global Police system whose function shall be to apprehend and bring to court violators of global law and global legislation shall be equipped only with such weapons as are appropriate for the apprehension of the individuals responsible for violations.
6. The enforcement of global law and global legislation under this Federation Constitution shall be conceived and developed primarily as the processes of effective design and administration of global law and global legislation to serve the welfare of all people of the Global Community, with equity and justice for all, in which the resources of Earth and the funds and the credits of Global Parliament are used only to serve peaceful human needs, and none used for weapons of mass destruction or for war making capabilities.
Chapter 14.3.2 B.5 Global Community Justice Network
Article 1: The Global Community Justice Network
Chapter 14.3.2 B.5 Global Community Justice Network
Article 1: The Global Community Justice Network
1. The Agency of the Global Police shall be headed by an Office of Global Attorneys General and a Commission of Regional Global Attorneys.
2. The Office of Global Attorneys General shall be comprised of five members, one of whom shall be designated as the Global Attorney General and the other four shall each be designated an Associate Global Attorney General.
3. The Commission of Regional Global Attorneys shall consist of twenty Regional Global Attorneys.
4. The members to compse the Office of Global Attorneys General shall be nominated by the House of Advisers, with three nominees from each Continental Division of Earth. One member of the Office shall be elected from each of six Continental Divisions by plurality vote of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
5. The term of office for a member of the Office of Global Attorneys General shall be ten years. A member may serve two consecutive terms. The position of Global Attorney General shall rotate every two years among the five members of the Office. The order of rotation shall be decided among the five members of the Office.
6. The Office of Global Attorneys General shall nominate members for the Commission of twenty Regional Global Attorneys from the twenty Global Electoral and Administrative Regions, with between two and three nominees submitted for each Region. From these nominations, the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session shall elect one Regional Global Attorney from each of the twenty Regions. Regional Global Attorneys shall serve terms of five years, and may serve three consecutive terms.
7. Each Regional Global Attorney shall organize and be in charge of an Office of Regional Global Attorney. Each Associate Global Attorney General shall supervise five Offices of Regional Global Attorneys.
8. The staff to carry out the work of Global Police, in addition to the five members of the Office of Global Attorneys General and the twenty Regional Global Attorneys, shall be selected from civil service lists, and shall be organized for the following func tions: Investigation.
9. Apprehension and arrest.
10. Prosecution.
11. Remedies and correction.
12. Conflict resolution.
13. Qualifications for a member of the Office of Global Attorneys General and for the Regional Global Attorneys shall be at least thirty years of age, at least seven years legal experience, and education in law and the humanities.
14. The Global Attorney General, the Associate Global Attorneys General, and the Regional Global Attorneys shall at all times be responsible to Global Parliament. Any member of the Office of Global Attorneys General and any Regional Global Attorney can be removed from office for cause by a simple majority vote of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
Chapter 14.3.3 B.5 The Means of Enforcement of Global Law
Article 1: Means of Enforcement of Global Law
Article 2:
Chapter 14.3.3 B.5 The Means of Enforcement of Global Law
Article 1: Means of Enforcement of Global Law
1. Non-military means of enforcement of global law and global legislation shall be developed by the Global Parliament and by the Office of Global Attorneys General in consultation with the Commission of Regional Global Attorneys, the Council of Global Judges, the Global Council , and the Global Community Ombudspersons. The actual means of enforcement shall require legislation by the Global Parliament.
2. Non-military means of enforcement which can be developed may include: Denial of financial credit; denial of material resources and personnel; revocation of licenses, charters, or corporate rights; impounding of equipment; fines and damage payments; performance of work to rectify damages; imprisonment or isolation; and other means appropriate to the specific situations.
3. To cope with situations of potential or actual riots, insurrection and resort to armed violence, particular strategies and methods shall be developed by Global Parliament and by the Office of Global Attorneys General in consultation with the Commission of Regional Global Attorneys, the Council of Global Judges, the Global Council and the Global Community Ombudspersons. Such strategies and methods shall require enabling legislation by Global Parliament where required in addition to the specific provisions of this Federation Constitution.
4. A basic condition for preventing outbreaks of violence which the Agency of the Global Police shall facilitate in every way possible, shall be to assure a fair hearing under non-violent circumstances for any person or group having a grievance, and likewise to a ssure a fair opportunity for a just settlement of any grievance with due regard for the rights and welfare of all concerned.
Article 2:
1. Global Parliament and Member Nations shall counter fraud and any other illegal activities affecting Global Parliament's financial interests through measures adopted in accordance with this Article. These measures shall act as a deterrent and be such as to afford effective protection in Member Nations.
2. Member Nations shall take the same steps to counter fraud affecting Global Parliament's financial interests as they take to counter fraud affecting their own financial interests.
3. Without prejudice to other provisions of the Constitution, Member Nations shall coordinate their action aimed at protecting Global Parliament's financial interests against fraud. To this end they shall organise, together with the Global Judiciary , close and regular cooperation between the competent authorities.
4. Global law or framework laws shall lay down the necessary measures in the fields of the prevention of and fight against fraud affecting the Global Parliament's financial interests with a view to affording effective and equivalent protection in Member Nations. They shall be adopted after consultation of the Court of Auditors.
5. The Global Judiciary , in cooperation with Member Nations, shall each year submit to Global Parliament and to the Earth Executive Council a report on the measures and provisions adopted for the implementation of this Article.
Chapter 14.3 B.6 Global Community Ombudspersons
Article 1: The Global Community Ombudspersons Office
Chapter 14.3 B.6 Global Community Ombudspersons
2. Decisions of the Elected Representatives Council on important questions shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting. These questions shall include: recommendations with respect to the maintenance of peace and security in the world, the election of members in the different bodies of the Global Community, the suspension of the rights and privileges of membership, the expulsion of Members, and budgetary questions.
3. Global Parliament is in the process of defining its voting procedure. Should voting be done by members present only?
Should voting through the Internet and/or using email be allowed so as to allow every member to participate actively and responsibly in Global Parliament activities.
We are asking for your advice on key issues such as:
a. Should a member be allowed to vote by proxy?4. Decisions on other questions shall be made by a majority of the members present and voting.
b. Should members be allowed to vote through the Internet or other communication devices or systems?
c. How should a member vote on the Internet?
d. How do we make voting honest, and secure?
Article 16
A Member of the Elected Representatives Council shall have no vote if problems arise in the payment of its financial contributions. The Council may, nevertheless, permit such a Member to vote if it is satisfied that the failure to pay is due to conditions beyond reach of the Member.
Article 17
The Elected Representatives Council shall meet in regular annual sessions and in such special sessions as occasion may require. Special sessions shall be convoked by the President at the request of the Earth Security Council or of a majority of the Members.
Article 18
The Elected Representatives Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
Article 19
The Elected Representatives Council shall establish such subsidiary bodies as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions.
Chapter 14.3 A.2 The House of Advisers
Chapter 14.3.1 A.2 Global Parliament's Advisory Bodies
Article 1: The House of Advisers
Chapter 14.3 A.2 The House of Advisers
Chapter 14.3.1 A.2 Global Parliament's Advisory Bodies
Article 1: The House of Advisers
When a group of ordinary people realized they, personally, will make the changes they need in their fields, in their village. They can then find ways to bring these changes for all. There is a wisdom in the ways of very humble people that needs to be used. Every humble person deserves to have ideas respected, the courage to develop his own life for the better and for the good of all. Sound solutions to help manage and sustain Earth will very likely be found this way. Everyone can help assess the needs of the planet now and propose sound solutions for its proper management, present and future.
Perhaps now we should introduce some important members of the Global Community. Most of the time many politicians representing their citizens at the United Nations have no knowledge, experience, and understanding of global problems. They seek advise from others, and these 'others' are always members of the global civil society. Yet politicians make global decisions or the lack of them during meetings. Politicians become actors on the world scene. Actors taken jobs they are not always qualified to take in reality. They make decisions and they dont understand consequences. In effect, the lack of sound leadership from the part of our politicians are threatening the security of all people and all life on Earth.
The global civil society is made of people from all aspects of life
who have a greater understanding of the problem whatever it may be. The
global civil society is the mind, heart and Soul of humanity, the human
family. They maybe NGOs, businesses, agencies, scientists and professionals,
religious groups, or other groups. They should have a voting right during
all meetings of the General Assembly and Security Council of the United
Nations. They are given an important status in the Global Community.
1. The House of Advisers shall be composed
of 300 Advisers chosen in equal numbers from nominations submitted from
the thirty Global Electoral and Administrative Regions, as defined in Articles
of Chapters 14.4 and 23.2, ten from each Region.
2. Nominations for members of the House of Advisers shall be
made by the teachers and students of universities and Councils and of scientific
academies and institutes within each Global Electoral and administrative
region. Nominees may be persons who are off campus in any walk of life as
well as on campus.
3. Nominees to the House of Advisers from each Global Electoral
and Administrative Region shall, by vote taken among themselves, reduce
the number of nominees to no less than two times and no more than three
times the number to be elected.
4. Nominees to serve as members of the House of Advisers must
be at least 26 years of age, and shall take a pledge of service to humanity.
There shall be no residence requirement, and a nominee need not be a resident
of the region from which nominated or elected.
5. The members of the House of Advisers from each region shall
be elected by the members of the other two houses of the Global Parliament
from the particular region.
6. Advisers shall be elected to serve terms of ten years. One-half
of the members of the House of Advisers shall be elected every five years.
Advisers may serve successive terms without limit. Each Adviser shall have
one vote.
Chapter 14.3.2 A.2 The Committee of the Regions
Article 1 to Article 3
Chapter 14.3.2 A.2 The Committee of the Regions
Article 1:
The number of members of the Committee of the Regions shall not exceed 350. The Earth Executive Council shall unanimously adopt a global decision determining the Committee's composition. Member s of the Committee and an equal number of alternate members shall be appointed for five years. Their term of office shall be renewable. The Council of Ministers shall adopt the global decision establishing the list of members and alternate members drawn up in accordance with the proposals made by each Member Nation. When the mandate comes to an end, the term of office of members of the Committee shall terminate automatically and they shall then be replaced for the remainder of the said term of office in accordance with the same procedure. No member of the Committee shall at the same time be a Member of Global Parliament .
Article 2:
The Committee of the Regions shall elect its chairman and officers from among its members for a term of two and a half years. It shall adopt its Rules of Procedure. The Committee shall be convened by its chairman at the request of Global Parliament , of the Earth Executive Council or of the Global Judiciary . It may also meet on its own initiative.
Article 3:
The Committee of the Regions shall be consulted by Global Parliament , by the Earth Executive Council or by the Global Judiciary where the Constitution so provides and in all other cases, in particular those which concern cross-border cooperation, in which one of these Institutions considers it appropriate. Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council or the Global Judiciary shall, if it considers it necessary, set the Committee, for the submission of its opinion, a time-limit which may not be less than one month from the date on which the chairman receives notification to this effect. Upon expiry of the time-limit, the absence of an opinion shall not prevent further action. Where the Economic and Social Committee is consulted pursuant to Article 4, Chapter 14.3.3, the Committee of the Regions shall be informed by Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council or the Global Judiciary of the request for an opinion. It may issue an opinion on its own initiative in cases in which it considers such action appropriate. The opinion of the Committee, together with a record of the proceedings, shall be forwarded to Global Parliament, to the Earth Executive Council and to the Global Judiciary.
Chapter 14.3.3 A.2 The Economic and Social Committee
Article 1: The Economic and Social Committee
Article 2 to Article 4
Chapter 14.3.3 A.2 The Economic and Social Committee
Article 1: The Economic and Social Committee
The number of members of the Economic and Social Committee shall not exceed 350. The Earth Executive Council shall unanimously adopt a global decision determining the Committee's composition.
Article 2:
Members of the Economic and Social Committee shall be appointed for five years. Their term of office shall be renewable. The Earth Executive Council shall adopt the global decision establishing the list of members drawn up in accordance with the proposals made by each Member Nation. The Earth Executive Council shall act after consulting the Global Judiciary . It may obtain the opinion of global bodies which are representative of the various economic and social sectors and of civil society to which the Global Parliament's activities are of concern.
Article 3:
The Economic and Social Committee shall elect its chairman and officers from among its members for a term of two and a half years. It shall adopt its Rules of Procedure. It shall be convened by its chairman at the request of Global Parliament , of the Council of Ministers or of the Global Judiciary . It may also meet on its own initiative.
Article 4:
The Economic and Social Committee must be consulted by Global Parliament , by the Earth Executive Council or by the Global Judiciary where the Constitution so provides. In all other cases, it may be consulted by these Institutions. It may also issue an opinion on its own initiative. Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council or the Global Judiciary shall, if it considers it necessary, set the Committee, for the submission of its opinion, a time-limit which may not be less than one month from the date on which the chairman receives notification to this effect. Upon expiry of the time-limit, the absence of an opinion shall not prevent further action. The opinion of the Committee together with a record of the proceedings shall be forwarded to Global Parliament , to the Council of Ministers and to the Global Judiciary .
Chapter 14.3.4 A.2 Provisions common to Global Parliament institutions, bodies and agencies
Article 1: Provisions common to Global Parliament institutions, bodies and agencies
Article 2 to Article 7
Chapter 14.3.4 A.2 Provisions common to Global Parliament institutions, bodies and agencies
Article 1: Provisions common to Global Parliament institutions, bodies and agencies
1. Where, pursuant to the Constitution, the Earth Executive Council acts on a proposal from the Global Judiciary , unanimity shall be required for an act constituting an amendment to that proposal, subject to Articles 1, Chapter 10.4.5.
2. As long as the Earth Executive Council has not acted, the Global Judiciary may alter its proposal at any time during the procedures leading to the adoption of a Global Parliament act.
Article 2:
1. Where, pursuant to the Constitution, Global law or framework laws are adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure the following provisions shall apply.
2. The Global Judiciary shall submit a proposal to Global Parliament and the Earth Executive Council. First reading
3. Global Parliament shall adopt its position at first reading and communicate it to the Earth Executive Council.
4. If the Earth Executive Council approves Global Parliament 's position, the proposed act shall be adopted.
5. If the Earth Executive Council does not approve Global Parliament 's position, it shall adopt its position at first reading and communicate it to Global Parliament .
6. The Earth Executive Council shall inform Global Parliament fully of the reasons which led it to adopt its position at first reading. The Global Judiciary shall inform Global Parliament fully of its position. Second reading
7. If, within three months of such communication, Global Parliament
(a) approves the position of the Earth Executive Council at first reading or has not taken a decision, the proposed act shall be deemed to have been adopted;8. If, within three months of receiving Global Parliament 's amendments, the Earth Executive Council, acting by a qualified majority,
(b) rejects, by a majority of its component members, the position of the Earth Executive Council at first reading, the proposed act shall be deemed not to have been adopted;
(c) proposes, by a majority of its component members, amendments to the position of the Earth Executive Council at first reading, the text thus amended shall be forwarded to the Earth Executive Council and to the Global Judiciary , which shall deliver an opinion on those amendments.
(a) approves all those amendments, the act in question shall be deemed to have been adopted;9. The Earth Executive Council shall act unanimously on the amendments on which the Global Judiciary has delivered a negative opinion. Conciliation
(b) does not approve all the amendments, the President of the Council of Ministers, in agreement with the President of Global Parliament , shall within six weeks convene a meeting of the Conciliation Committee.
10. The Conciliation Committee, which shall be composed of Member s of the Earth Executive Council or their representatives and an equal number of members representing Global Parliament , shall have the task of reaching agreement on a joint text, by a qualified majority of Members of the Earth Executive Council or their representatives and by a majority of Member s representing Global Parliament within six weeks of its being convened, on the basis of the positions of the Parliament and the Earth Executive Council at second reading.
Article 3:
1. The Global Judiciary shall take part in the Conciliation Committee's proceedings and shall take all the necessary initiatives with a view to reconciling the positions of Global Parliament and the Earth Executive Council.
2. If, within six weeks of its being convened, the Conciliation Committee does not approve the joint text, the proposed act shall be deemed not to have been adopted.
3. If, within that period, the Conciliation Committee approves a joint text, Global Parliament, acting by a majority of the votes cast, and the Earth Executive Council, acting by a qualified majority, shall each have a period of six weeks from that date in which to adopt the act in question in accordance with the joint text. If they fail to do so, the proposed act shall be deemed not to have been adopted.
4. The periods of three months and six weeks referred to in this Article shall be extended by a maximum of one month and two weeks respectively at the initiative of Global Parliament or the Earth Executive Council.
5. Where, in the cases specifically provided for in the Constitution, a law or framework law is submitted to the ordinary legislative procedure on the initiative of a group of Member Nations, on a recommendation by the global Central Bank, or at the request of the Court of Justice or the Global Investment Bank, paragraph 2, the second sentence of paragraph 6, and paragraph 9 shall not apply. Global Parliament and the Cabinet Ministers shall communicate the proposed act to the Global Judiciary with their positions at first and second readings. Global Parliament or the Cabinet Ministers may request the opinion of the Global Judiciary throughout the procedure. The Global Judiciary also may deliver an opinion on its own initiative. It may, if it deems it necessary, take part in the Conciliation Committee on the terms laid down in Article 2, Chapter 14.3.4.
Article 4:
Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council and the Global Judiciary shall consult each other and by common agreement make arrangements for their cooperation. To that end, they may, in compliance with the Constitution, conclude interinstitutional agreements which may be of a binding nature.
Article 5:
1. In carrying out their missions, the Institutions, bodies and agencies of Global Parliament shall have the support of an open, efficient and independent global administration.
2. Without prejudice to Article 6, Chapter 24.1,, global laws shall establish specific provisions to that end.
Article 6:
1. The Institutions, bodies and agencies of Global Parliament shall recognise the importance of transparency in their work and shall, in application of Article 3, Chapter 12.2, lay down in their rules of procedure the specific provisions for public access to documents. The Court of Justice and the Global Bank shall be subject to the provisions of Article 3, Chapter 12.2 when exercising their administrative tasks.
2. Global Parliament and the Earth Executive Council shall ensure publication of the documents relating to the legislative procedures.
Article 7:
1. The Earth Executive Council shall adopt global regulations and decisions determining:
(a) the salaries, allowances and pensions of the President of the global Council, the President of the Global Judiciary , Global Parliament Minister for Global Affairs, the global Global Judiciary ers and Global Judiciary ers, the President, Members and Registrar of the global Court of Justice and Member s and Registrar of the High Court.2. The Earth Executive Council shall adopt global regulations and decisions determining the allowances of Member s of the Economic and Social Committee.
(b) the conditions of employment, in particular the salaries, allowances and pensions, of the President and Members of the Court of Auditors. It shall also determine any payment to be made instead of remuneration.
Chapter 14.3.5 A.2 Acts of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3.5 A.2 Acts of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1:
Acts of the Earth Executive Council, of the Global Judiciary or of the Global Bank which impose a pecuniary obligation on persons other than Nations shall be enforceable. Enforcement shall be governed by the rules of civil procedure in force in Member Nation in the territory of which it is carried out. The order for its enforcement shall be appended to the decision, without other formality than verification of the authenticity of the decision, by the national authority which the government of each Member Nation shall designate for this purpose and shall make known to the Global Judiciary and the Court of Justice. When these formalities have been completed on application by the party concerned, the latter may proceed to enforcement by bringing the matter directly before the competent authority in accordance with the national law. Enforcement may be suspended only by a decision of the Court of Justice. However, the courts of the country concerned shall have jurisdiction over complaints that enforcement is being carried out in an irregular manner.
Chapter 14.3.6 A.2 Global Parliament Advisory Board
Article 1: Global Parliament Advisory Board
Chapter 14.3.6 A.2 Global Parliament Advisory Board
Article 1: Global Parliament Advisory Board
The Advisory Board primary goal is to develop a workable Constitution for Global Parliament. The Global Constitution is our template for development.
Members of the Board are required to read every chapter of the Global Constitution and see how it may apply in the development of Global Parliament's Constitution. New chapters may need to be
developed. A summary or short version of Global Parliament's Constitution will also be developed.We are inviting anyone to submit an application to become an Adviser. For more details read section on volunteering here.
Global Parliament's Constitution| Name | Title | Date started | Photo and info |
| Germain Dufour | Chairman of the Board President of the Federation of Global Governments Spiritual Leader of the Global Community |
1985 | info |
| James Mwami | Minister of Water Resources Protection | August 22, 2000 | info |
| Dr. José G. Vargas-Hernández | Global Environment Minister | April 11, 2006 | info |
| Dr. Michael Ellis | Minister for Sustainable Civilisation, Peace and Disarmament |
November 1, 2006 | info |
| Most Honorable Bilongo Bolo Serge Christian |
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Global Government of Africa |
May 8, 2009 | info |
| Allison, Dana, Farida, Gael, Jodie, Katie, Medea, Nancy, Rae,Tiffany, Samantha, Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover, Willie Nelson & many more. | Global Peace Movement | 2008 |  info |
| Dr. Charles Mercieca | Global Peace Movement | 2008 |  info
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| Guy Crequie | Global Peace Movement | 2008 |  info |
| Dr. Leo Semashko | Global Peace Movement | 2008 |  info |
| The Soul of Humanity | Global Peace Movement | 2008 |  info |
| Leslaw Michnowski | Global Peace Movement The Sustainable Development Global Information Society website is managed by Leslaw Michnowski |
2000 |  info |
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Once you are sure you understand the Criteria, then you are required to live a life as per
the Criteria. You do not need to let go the citizenship you already have. No! You can still be a citizen of any nation on Earth.
But you are a better human being as you belong also to the Global Community, and you have now higher values to live a life, to
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Over the past several decades, the Global Community along with the Federation of Global Governments (Federation), have promoted a just and fair global government. The United Nations (UN) organization does not offer such global service to all Peoples. It is not a government. It is not a democratic institution. It has no power to legislate, protect and offer essential services. There is no Justice possible coming from the UN. The Five Permanents Members are the only rule of law. There are themselves subsidized by corporate rulers, lobbyists with vested interests in keeping things the way they are now. There are no change in sight because they cannot change themselves. We must let go the UN. It is a 20th Century WWII organization that can truly make things work for only 5% of the world nations. Staying with the UN certainly means there will not be a 22nd Century to live for most people on Earth. The world needs a 21st Century organization able to manage Earth and bring hope in every home.
The Global Community organization is the only possible and practical solution to our world. We know how everything work, and we know what to do to make it work for us all.
We do not relate in any way with the United Nations. We are here to replace it. For several decades the Global Community has tried very hard to reform the United Nations. It has become clear that the United Nations promotes a culture of waste, mismanagement and corruption, and that it cannot reform itself. Today, the only logical, most equitable and sustainable alternative, is to replace it with the Global Community .
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a. Introduction and requirements
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c. Global Citizenship
d. Global Health
e. Earth Security and Global Police
f. Global Community of North America (GCNA) Emergency, Rescue, and Relief Centre
g. The Judiciary
h. Global Protection Agency
Chapter 14.3 A.3 The Federation
Chapter 14.3.1 A.3 The Federation of Global Governments
Article 1: The Federation
Chapter 14.3 A.3 The Federation of Global Governments
Chapter 14.3.1 A.3 The Federation of Global Governments
Article 1: The Federation of Global Governments
1. The Federation of Global Governments shall be composed of national delegates elected or appointed by procedures to be determined by each national government on the following basis:
a. One national delegate from each nation of at least 100,000 population, but less than 10,000,000 population.2. Nations of less than 100,000 population may join in groups with other nations for purposes of representation in the Federation of Global Governments.
b. Two national delegates from each nation of at least 10,000,000 population, but less than 100,000,000 population.
c. Three national delegates from each nation of 100,000,000 population or more.
3. National delegates shall be elected or appointed to serve for terms of five years, and may be elected or appointed to serve successive terms without limit. Each national delegate shall have one vote.
4. Any person to serve as a national delegate shall be a citizen for at least two years of the nation to be represented, must be at least 21 years of age, and shall take a pledge of service to humanity.
Chapter 14.3.2 A.3 Procedures of Global Parliament
Article 1: Procedures of Global Parliament
Chapter 14.3.2 A.3 Procedures of Global Parliament
Article 1: Procedures of Global Parliament
1. Each body of Global Parliament during its first session after general elections shall elect a panel of six chairpersons from among its own members, one from each of six Continental Divisions. The chairpersons shall rotate annually so that each will serve for one year as chief presiding officer, while the other four serve as vice-chairpersons.
2. The panels of Chairpersons from each body shall meet together, as needed, for the purpose of coordinating the work of Global Parliament.
3. Any legislative measure or action may be initiated in either the House of Elected Representatives or the Global Governments Federation or both concurrently, and shall become effective when passed by a simple majority vote of both the House of Elected Representatives and of Global Parliament, except on those cases where an absolute majority vote or other voting majority is specified in this Federation Constitution.
4. In case of deadlock on a measure initiated in either the House of Elected Representatives or the Global Governments Federation, the measure shall then automatically go to the House of Advisers for decision by simple majority vote of the House of Advisers, except in the cases where other majority vote is required in this Global Constitution. Any measure may be referred for decision to the House of Advisers by a concurrent vote of the other two bodies.
5. The House of Advisers may initiate any legislative measure, which shall then be submitted to the other two bodies and must be passed by simple majority vote of both the House of Elected Representatives and the Global Governments Federation to become effective, unless other voting majority is required by some provision of this Federation Constitution.
6. The House of Advisers may introduce an opinion or resolution on any measure pending before either of the other two houses; either of the other bodies may request the opinion of the House of Advisers before acting upon a measure.
7. Each body of Global Parliament shall adopt its own detailed rules of procedure, which shall by consistent with the procedures set forth in this Federation Constitution, and which shall be designed to facilitate coordinated functioning of the three bodies.
8. Approval of appointments by the Global Parliament or any body of Global Parliament thereof shall require simple majority votes, while removals for cause shall require absolute majority votes.
9. After the full operative stage of Global Parliament is declared, general elections for members of Global Parliament to the House of Elected Representatives shall be held every five years. The first general elections shall be held within the first two years following the declaration of the full operative stage of Global Parliament.
10. Until the full operative stage of Global Parliament is declared, elections for members of Global Parliament to the House of Elected Representatives may be conducted whenever feasible in relation to the campaign for ratification of this Global Constitution.
11. Regular sessions of the House of Elected Representatives and the Global Governments Federation of Global Parliament shall convene on the second Monday of January of each and every Year.
12. Each nation, according to its own procedures, shall appoint or elect members of Global Parliament to the Global Governments Federation at least thirty days prior to the date for convening Global Parliament in January.
13. The House of Elected Representatives together with the Global Governments Federation shall elect members of Global Parliament to the House of Advisers during the month of January after the general elections. For its first session after general elections, the House of Advisors shall convene on the second Monday of March, and thereafter concurrently with the other two bodies of Global Parliament.
14. Bi-elections to fill vacancies shall be held within three months from occurrence of the vacancy or vacancies.
15. Global Parliament shall remain in session for a minimum of nine months of each year. One or two breaks may be taken during each year, at times and for durations to be decided by simple majority vote of the House of Elected Representatives and the Global Governments Federation sitting jointly.
16. Annual salaries for members of Global Parliament of all three bodies shall be the same, except for those who serve also as members of the Global Council and as Cabinet Ministers.
17. Salary schedules for members of Global Parliament and for members of the Global Council and the Cabinet Ministers shall be determined by Global Parliament.
Chapter 14.3 B.1 Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.1 B.1 Functions and Powers of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3 B.1 Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.1 B.1 Functions and Powers of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
1. implement the basic system of global law as defined in Global Parliament Constitution and in the codified system of global law after approval by Global Parliament;
2. implement legislation enacted by the Global Parliament;
3. propose and recommend legislation for enactment by Global Parliament;
4. convene Global Parliament in special sessions when necessary;
5. supervise Global Parliament Departments and the Global Civil Service Administration and Planning(GCSAP) and all of the departments, bureaus, offices, institutes and agencies thereof;
6. nominate, select and remove the heads of various organs, branches, departments, bureaus, offices, commissions, institutes, agencies and other parts of Global Parliament, in accordance with the provisions of this Global Constitution and as specified in measures enacted by the Global Parliament;
7. prepare and submit annually to the Global Parliament a comprehensive budget for the operations of Global Parliament, and to prepare and submit periodically budget projections over periods of several years;
8. define and propose priorities for global legislation and budgetary allocations; and
9. be held accountable to Global Parliament for the expenditures of appropriations made by Global Parliament in accordance with approved and longer term budgets, subject to revisions approved by Global Parliament.
Article 1: Composition of the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.2 B.1 Composition of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: Composition of the Earth Executive Council
Earth Executive Council shall consist of a Global Council of six members, and of twenty to thirty Cabinet Ministers, all of whom shall be members of the Global Parliament.
Chapter 14.3.3 B.1 The Global Council
Article 1: The Global Council
Chapter 14.3.3 B.1 The Global Council
Article 1: The Global Council
1. The Global Council shall be composed of six members, one to be designated as President and the other four to be designated as Vice Presidents. Each member of the Global Council shall be from a different Continental Division.
2. The Presidency of the Global Council shall rotate each year, with each member in turn to serve as President, while the other four serve as Vice Presidents. The order of rotation shall be decided by the Global Council.
3. The decisions of the Global Council shall be taken collectively, on the basis of majority decisions.
4. Each member of the Global Council shall be a member of Global Parliament, either elected to the House of Elected Representatives or to the House of Advisers, or appointed or elected to the Global Governments Federation.
5. Nominations for the Global Council shall be made by the House of Advisers. The number of nominees shall be from two to three times the number to be elected. No more than one-third of the nominees shall be from the House of Advisers or from the Global Governments Federation, and nominees must be included from all six Continental Divisions.
6. From among the nominees submitted by the House of Advisers, the Global Council shall be elected by vote of the combined membership of all four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session. A plurality vote equal to at least 40 percent of the total membership of Global Parliament shall be required for the election of each member to the Global Council , with successive elimination votes taken as necessary until the required plurality is achieved.
7. Members of the Global Council may be removed for cause, either individually or collectively, by an absolute majority vote of the combined membership of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
8. The term of office for the Global Council shall be five years and shall run concurrently with the terms of office as Members of Global Parliament, except that at the end of each five year period, the Global Council members in office shall con tinue to serve until the new Global Council for the succeeding term is elected. Membership in the Global Council shall be limited to two consecutive terms.
Chapter 14.3.4 B.1 The Cabinet Ministers
Article 1: The Cabinet Ministers
Chapter 14.3.4 B.1 The Cabinet Ministers
Article 1: The Cabinet Ministers
1. The Cabinet Ministers shall be composed of from twenty to thirty members, with at least one member from each of the ten Global Electoral and Administrative Contiguous Regions of the world.
2. All members of the Cabinet Ministers shall be Members of Global Parliament.
3. There shall be no more than two members of the Cabinet Ministers from any single nation. There may be only one member of the Cabinet Ministers from a nation from which a Member of the Global Parliament is serving as a member of the Global Council .
4. Each member of the Cabinet Ministers shall serve as the head of a department or agency of the Global Administration or GCSAP, and in this capacity shall be designated as Minister of the particular department or agency.
5. Nominations for members of the Cabinet Ministers shall be made by the Global Council , taking into consideration the various functions which Cabinet Ministers are to perform. The Global Council shall nominate no more than two times the number to be elected.
6. The Cabinet Ministers shall be elected by simple majority vote of the combined membership of all four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
7. Members of the Cabinet Ministers either individually or collectively may be removed for cause by an absolute majority vote of the combined membership of all four bodies of the Global Parliament sitting in joint session.
8. The term of office in the Cabinet Ministers shall be five years, and shall run concurrently with the terms of office for the members as Members of Global Parliament, except that at the end of each five year period, the Cabinet members in office s hall continue to serve until the new Executive Cabinet for the succeeding term is elected. Membership in the Cabinet Ministers shall be limited to three consecutive terms, regardless of change in ministerial position.
Chapter 14.3.5 B.1 Procedures of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: Procedures of the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.5 B.1 Procedures of the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: Procedures of the Earth Executive Council
1. The Global Council shall assign the ministerial positions among the Cabinet members to head the several administrative departments and major agencies of the Administration and of the GCSAP. Each Vice President may also serve as a Minister to head an administrative department, but not the President. Ministerial positions may be changed at the discretion of the Global Council . A Cabinet member or Vice President may hold more than one ministerial post, but no more than three, providing that no Cabinet member is without a Ministerial post.
2. The Global Council , in consultation with the Cabinet Ministers, shall prepare and present to the Global Parliament near the beginning of each year a proposed program of global legislation. The Global Council may propose other legislation during the year.
3. The Global Council , in consultation with the Cabinet Ministers, and in consultation with the Global Financial Administration, (see Articles 1, Chapter 14.3.1 B2, and Article 1, Chapter 14.3.2 B2) shall be responsible for preparing and submitting to Global Parliament the proposed annual budget , and budgetary projections over periods of years.
4. Each Cabinet Member and Vice President as Minister of a particular department or agency shall prepare an annual report for the particular department or agency, to be submitted both to the Global Council and to Global Parliament.
5. The members of the Global Council and of the Cabinet Ministers at all times shall be responsible both individually and collectively to Global Parliament.
6. Vacancies occurring at any time in the Earth Executive Council shall be filled within sixty days by nomination and election in the same manner as specified for filling the offices originally.
Chapter 14.3.6 B.1 Limitations on the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: Limitations on the Earth Executive Council
Chapter 14.3.6 B.1 Limitations on the Earth Executive Council
Article 1: Limitations on the Earth Executive Council
1. Earth Executive Council shall not at any time alter, suspend, abridge, infringe or otherwise violate any provision of this Federation Constitution or any legislation or global law enacted or approved by the Global Parliament in accordance with the provisions of this Federation Constitution.
2. Earth Executive Council shall not have veto power over any legislation passed by the Global Parliament.
3. Earth Executive Council may not dissolve the Global Parliament or any House of the Global Parliament.
4. Earth Executive Council may not act contrary to decisions of the Earth Court of Justice.
5. Earth Executive Council shall be bound to faithfully execute all legislation passed by the Global Parliament in accordance with the provisions of this Federation Constitution, and may not impound or refuse to spend funds appropriated by Global Parliament, nor spend more funds than are appropriated to Global Parliament.
6. Earth Executive Council may not transcend or contradict the decisions or controls of the Global Parliament, the Global Judiciary or the Provisions of this Federation Constitution by any device of executive order or executive privelege or emergency declaration or decree.
Chapter 14.3 B.2 Global Parliament Departments
Chapter 14.3.1 B.2 Functions of Global Parliament Departments
Article 1: Functions of Global Parliament Departments
Chapter 14.3 B.2 Global Parliament Departments
Chapter 14.3.1 B.2 Functions of Global Parliament Departments
Article 1: Functions of Global Parliament Departments
1. Global Parliament Departments shall be organized to carry out the detailed and continuous administration and implementation of global legislation and global law.
2. Global Parliament Departments shall be under the direction of Earth Executive Council, and shall at all times be responsible to the Earth Executive Council.
3. Global Parliament Departments shall be organized so as to give professional continuity to the work of administration and implementation.
Chapter 14.3.2 B.2 Structure and Procedures of Federation Departments
Article 1: Structure and Procedures of Federation Departments
Chapter 14.3.2 B.2 Structure and Procedures of Global Parliament Departments
Article 1: Structure and Procedures of Global Parliament Departments
1. Global Parliament Departments shall be composed of professionally organized departments and other agencies in all areas of activity requiring continuity of administration and implementation by the Global Parliament.
2. Each Department or major agency of the Global Administration shall be headed by a Minister who shall be either a member of the Cabinet Ministers or a Vice President of the Global Council.
3. Each Department or major agency of the Global 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.
4. Each Senior Administrator shall be nominated by the Minister of the particular Department or agency from among persons in the senior lists of the Global Civil Service Administration, as soon as senior lists have been established by the Global Civil Service Administration, and shall be confirmed by the Global Council . Temporary qualified appointments shall be made by the Ministers, with confirmation by the Global Council , pending establishment of the senior lists.
5. There shall be a Cabinet Minister of each Global Parliament Department, who shall be nominated by the Presidium and confirmed by absolute majority vote of the entire Cabinet Ministers.
6. The functions and responsibilities of the Cabinet Minister of each Federation Department shall be to assist in coordinating the work of the Senior Administrators of the several Departments and agencies of Global Parliament Departments. The Cabinet Minister shall at all times be subject to the direction of the Global Council , and shall be directly responsible to the Global Council .
7. The employment of any Senior Administrator and of the Cabinet Minister may be terminated for cause by absolute majority vote of both the Cabinet Ministers and Global Council combined, but not contrary to civil service rules which protect tenure on grounds of competence.
8. Each Minister of a Department or agency of Global Parliament Departments, being also a Member of the Global Parliament, shall provide continuous liaison between the particular Department or agency and Global Parliament, shall respond at any time to any questions or requests for information from the Parliament, including committees of any of the four bodies of Global Parliament.
9. The Global Council , 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 Global Parliament Departments.
10. The assignment of legislative measures, constitutional provisions and areas of global law to particular Departments and agencies for administration and implementation shall be done by the Global Council in consultation with the Cabinet Ministers, unless specifically provided in legislation passed by the Global Parliament.
11. The Global Council , in consultation with the Cabinet Ministers, 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 ministerial status as may seem necessary or desirable. Any such creation, alteration, combination or termination shall require a simple majority vote of approval of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
12. Global Parliament by absolute majority vote of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session may specify the creation of new departments or agencies of ministerial status in Global Parliament Departments, or may direct Earth Executive Council to alter, combine, or terminate existing departments or agencies of ministerial status.
13. The Global Council and Cabinet Ministers may not create, establish or maintain any administrative or executive department or agency for the purpose of circumventing control by the Global Parliament.
Chapter 14.3 B.3 Global Civil Service Administration and Planning
Chapter 14.3.1 B.3 The Global Civil Service Staff
Article 1: The Global Civil Service Staff
Chapter 14.3 B.3 Global Civil Service Administration and Planning
Chapter 14.3.1 B.3 The Global Civil Service Staff
Article 1: The Global Civil Service Staff
1. The functions of the Global Civil Service Staff shall be to:
a. formulate and define standards, qualifications, tests, examinations and salary scales for the personnel of all organs, departments, bureaus, offices, commissions and agencies of Global Parliament, in conformity with the provisions of this Federation Constitution and requiring approval by the Global Council and Cabinet Ministers, subject to review and approval by the Global Parliament;2. The Global Civil Service Staff shall be headed by a ten member commission in addition to the Cabinet Minister or Vice President and Senior Administrator. The Commission shall be composed of one commissioner from each of ten Global Electoral and Administrative Contiguous-Regions. The persons to serve as Commissioners shall be nominated by the House of Advisers and then appointed by the Global Council for five year terms. Commissioners may serve consecutive terms.
b. establish rosters or lists of competent personnel for all categories of personnel to be appointed or employed in the service of Global Parliament; and
c. select and employ upon request by any government organ, department, bureau, office, institute, commission, agency or authorized official, such competent personnel as may be needed and authorized, except for those positions which are made elective or appointive under provisions of Global Parliament Constitution or by specific legislation of Global Parliament.
Chapter 14.3.2 B.3 The Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems
Article 1: The Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems
Chapter 14.3.2 B.3 The Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems
Article 1: The Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems
1. The functions of the Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems shall be to:
a. prepare and conduct courses of information, education and training for all personnel in the service of Global Parliament, including Members of Global Parliament and of all other elective, appointive and civil service personnel, so that every person in the service of Global Parliament may have a better understanding of the functions, structure, procedures and inter-relationships of the various organs, departments, bureaus, offices, institutes, commissions, agencies and other parts of Global Parliament;2. The Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems shall be supervised by a ten member commission in addition to the Senior Administrator and Cabinet Minister or Vice President. The commission shall be composed of one commissioner each to be named by the House of Elected Representatives, the Global Governments Federation, the House of Advisers, the Global Council , the Council of Global Judges, the Global Community Ombudspersons, the Global Attorneys General Office, the Agency for Research and Planning, the GCAC, and the Global Financial Administration. Commissioners shall serve five year terms, and may serve consecutive terms.
b. prepare and conduct courses and seminars for information, education, discussion, updating and new ideas in all areas of global problems, particularly for Members of the Global Parliament and of Earth Executive Council, and for the chief personnel of all organs, departments and agencies of Global Parliament, but open to all in the service of Global Parliament;
c. bring in qualified persons from private and public universities, research and action organizations of many countries, as well as other qualified persons, to lecture and to be resource persons for the courses and seminars organized by the Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems; and
d. contract with private or public universities and/or other agencies to conduct courses and seminars for the Agency.
Chapter 14.3.3 B.3 The Global Financial Administration
Article 1: The Global Financial Administration
Chapter 14.3.3 B.3 The Global Financial Administration
Article 1: The Global Financial Administration
1. The functions of the Global Financial Administration shall include to:
a) establish and operate the procedures for the collection of revenues for Global Parliament, pursuant to legislation by Global Parliament, inclusive of taxes, globally accounted social and public costs, licenses, fees, revenue sharing arrangeme nts, income derived from supra-national public enterprises or projects or resource developments, and all other sources;2. The Global Financial Administration shall be supervised by a commission of ten members, together with a Senior Administrator and a Cabinet Minister or Vice President. The commission shall be composed of one commissioner each to be named by the House of Elected Representatives, the Global Governments Federation, the House of Advisers, the Global Council, the Council of Global Judges, the Office of Attorneys General, the Global Community Ombudspersons, the Agency for Research and Planning, the GCAC, and the Agency on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems. Commissioners shall serve terms of five years, and may serve consecutive terms.
b) operate a Global Accounting Office, and thereunder to make cost/benefit studies and reports of the functioning and activities of Global Parliament and of its several organs, departments, branches, bureaus, offices, commissions, institutes, ag encies and other parts or projects. In making such studies and reports, account shall be taken not only of direct financial costs and benefits, but also of human, social, environmental, indirect, long-term and other costs and benefits, and of actual or po ssible hazards and damages. Such studies and reports shall also be designed to uncover any wastes, inefficiencies, misapplications, corruptions, diversions, unnecessary costs, and other possible irregularities;
c) make cost/benefit studies and reports at the request of any body of Global Parliament or committee of the Global Parliament, and of the Global Council , the Cabinet Ministers, the Global Community Ombudspersons, the Office of Global Attorneys General, the Earth Court of Justice, or of any administrative department or any agency of the GCSAP, as well as upon its own initiative;
d) operate a Global Comptrollers Office and thereunder to supervise the disbursement of the funds of Global Parliament for all purposes, projects and activities duly authorized by this Global Constitution, the Federation, Earth Executive Council, and other organs, departments and agencies of Global Parliament;
e. establish and operate a Global Banking System, making the transition to a common global currency, under the terms of specific legislation passed by the Global Parliament;
f. establish and implement the procedures of a Global Monetary and Credit System based upon useful productive capacity and performance, both in goods and services. Such a monetary and credit system shall be designed for use within the Global Banking System for the financing of the activities and projects of the Earth Government, and for all other financial purposes approved by the Global Parliament, without requiring the payment of interest on bonds, investments or other claims of financial ownership or debt.
g) establish criteria for the extension of financial credit based upon such considerations as people available to work, usefulness, cost/benefit accounting, human and social values, environmental health and esthetics, minimizing disparities, integrity, competent management, appropriate technology, potential production and performance;
h) establish and operate a Global Insurance System in areas of global need which transcend national boundaries and in accordance with legislation passed by the Global Parliament; and
i) assist the Global Council as may be requested in the technical preparation of budgets for the operation of Global Parliament.
Chapter 14.3.4 B.3 Commission for Legislative Review
Article 1: Commission for Legislative Review
Chapter 14.3.4 B.3 Commission for Legislative Review
Article 1: Commission for Legislative Review
1. The functions of the Commission for Legislative Review shall be to examine Global Legislation and Global Laws which Global Parliament enacts or adopts from the previous Body of International Law for the purpose of analyzing whether any particular legislation or law has become obsolete or obstructive or defective in serving the purposes intended; and to make recommendations to the Global Parliament accordingly for repeal or amendment or replacement.
2. The Commission for Legislative Review shall be composed of twelve members, including two each to be elected by the House of Elected Representatives, the Global Governments Federation, the House of Advisers, the Council of Global Judges, the Global Community Ombudspersons and the Global Council . Members of the Commission shall serve terms of ten years, and may be re-elected to serve consecutive terms. One half of the Commission members after the Commission is first formed shall be elected every five years, with the first terms for one half of the members to be only five years.
Chapter 14.3 B.4 The Global Judiciary
Chapter 14.3.1 B.4 The Global Judiciary
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Chapter 14.3 B.4 The Global Judiciary
Chapter 14.3.1 B.4 The Global Judiciary
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Prosecuting criminals on the basis of universal jurisdiction regardless of a territorial or nationality nexus required a solid commitment of political will from national governments and the Global Community.
Once in effect, the Earth Court of Justice will become the principal judicial organ of the Global Community. The Court will have a dual role: to settle in accordance with international law the legal disputes submitted to it by national governments, local communities, and in some special cases by corporations, non-government-organizations and citizens, and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by duly authorized organs and agencies.
The Court will be composed of judges elected by the Elected Representatives Council and Earth Security Council. It may not include more than one judge of any nationality. The Members of the Court do not represent their governments but are independent magistrates. The judges must possess the qualifications required in their respective countries for appointment to the highest judicial offices, or by jurists of recognized competence in international law. The composition of the Court has also to reflect the main forms of civilization and the principal legal systems of the world.
The Earth Court of Justice will hear cases involving:
* nation states
* national political and military leaders accountable for violations of international humanitarian law
* 'core' crimes of genocide
* crimes against humanity and human rights
* war crimes
* crimes with significant impacts perpetuated against the life-support system of the planet (for instance wars and use of weapons of widespread destruction are listed under this category)
* crimes related to the relentless misuse of the Earth Resources
* environmental crimes
* social crimes as the Court may see apply
* crimes stemming from the global ministries
* the process of creating a new nation in the world
* deciding on disputing territories between nations
Chapter 14.3.2 B.4 Forming a new nation
Article 1: Forming a new nation
Chapter 14.3.2 B.4 Forming a new nation
Article 1: Forming a new nation
The Earth Court of Justice will also rule on global problems and concerns such as the creation of a new nation in the world, and disputing territories or land between nations.
The procedure followed by the Court is defined in its Statute. The Court decides in accordance with:
* this Constitution,
* the Scale of Global Rights,
* belief, values, principles and aspirations of Global Parliament,
* international treaties and conventions in force,
* international custom,
* the general principles of law, and
* as subsidiary means, judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists.
Chapter 14.3.3 B.4 Application of Global Law
Article 1: Application of Global Law
Chapter 14.3.3 B.4 Application of Global Law
Article 1: Application of Global Law
The Global Judiciary shall promote the general Global Parliament interest and take appropriate initiatives to that end. It shall ensure the application of Global Parliament Constitution, and steps taken by the Institutions under the Constitution. It shall oversee the application of Global Parliament law under the control of the Earth Court of Justice. It shall execute the budget and manage programmes. It shall exercise coordinating, executive and management functions, as laid down in the Constitution. With the exception of the global security policy, and other cases provided for in the Constitution, it shall ensure Global Parliament's external representation. It shall initiate the Earth Government's annual and multiannual programming with a view to achieving interinstitutional agreements.
Chapter 14.3.4 B.4 Legislative acts
Article 1: Legislative acts
Chapter 14.3.4 B.4 Legislative acts
Article 1: Legislative acts
Except where the Constitution provides otherwise, Global Parliament legislative acts can be adopted only on the basis of a Global Judiciary proposal. Other acts are adopted on the basis of a Global Judiciary proposal where the Constitution so provides.
Chapter 14.3.5 B.4 Composition of the Council of Global Judges
Article 1: Composition of the Council of Global Judges
Article 2: Responsibilities of the Global Judiciary
Article 3: The President of the Global Judiciary
Article 4: Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs
Article 5: The Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.3.5 B.4 Composition of the Council of Global Judges
Article 1: Composition of the Council of Global Judges
The Global Judiciary shall consist of a Council of Global Judges comprising its President, Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs/Vice-President, and Commissioners selected on the basis of a system of equal rotation between Member Nations. The Council of Global Judges shall elect a Council of Presiding Global Judges, consisting of a Chief Justice and four Associate Chief Justices. One member of the Presiding Council of Global Judges shall be elected from each of six Continental Divisions of Earth. Members of the Presiding Council of Global Judges shall serve five year terms on the Presiding Council, and may serve two successive terms, but not two successive terms as Chief Justice. This system shall be established by a Global Parliament decision adopted by the Global Governments Federation on the basis of the following principles:
(a) Member Nations shall be treated on a strictly equal footing as regards determination of the sequence of, and the time spent by, their nationals as Members of the Council; consequently, the difference between the total number of terms of office held by nationals of any given pair of Member Nations may never be more than one;Article 2: Responsibilities of the Global Judiciary
(b) subject to point (a), each successive Council shall be so composed as to reflect satisfactorily the demographic and geographical range of all Member Nations of Global Parliament. The Council President shall appoint non-voting Commissioners, chosen according to the same criteria as apply for Members of the Council and coming from all other Member Nations.
1. In carrying out its responsibilities, the Global Judiciary shall be completely independent. In the discharge of their duties, Commissioners shall neither seek nor take instructions from any government or other body.
2. The Global Judiciary, as a Council, shall be responsible to Global Parliament. The Global Judiciary President shall be responsible to the Global Parliament for the activities of the Commissioners. Under the procedures set out in Article 7, Chapter 8, Global Parliament may pass a censure motion on the Global Judiciary. If such a motion is passed, the Commissioners must all resign. The Global Judiciary shall continue to handle everyday business until a new Council is nominated.
Article 3: The President of the Global Judiciary
1. Taking into account the elections to Global Parliament and after appropriate consultations, the Global Governments Federation , deciding by qualified majority, shall put to Global Parliament its proposed candidate for the Presidency of the Global Judiciary. This candidate shall be elected by Global Parliament by a majority of its members. If this candidate does not receive the required majority support, the Global Governments Federation shall within one month propose a new candidate to Global Parliament, following the same procedure.
2. Each Member Nation determined by the system of rotation shall establish a list of three persons, in which both genders shall be represented, whom it considers qualified to be a Global Judiciary Commissioner. By choosing one person from each of the proposed lists, the President-elect shall select the Global Commissioners for their competence, commitment to the Global Community, and guaranteed independence. The President and the persons so nominated for membership of the Council of Global Judges, including the future Global Parliament Minister for Global Affairs, as well as the persons nominated as non-voting Commissioners, shall be submitted collectively to a vote of approval by Global Parliament. The Global Judiciary's term of office shall be five years.
3. The President of the Global Judiciary shall:
* lay down guidelines within which the Council of Global Judges is to work;Article 4: Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs
* decide its internal organisation, ensuring that it acts consistently, efficiently and on a collegiate basis;
* appoint Vice-Presidents from among Members of the Council. A Commissioner shall resign if the President so requests.
1. Global Parliament, acting by qualified majority, with the agreement of the President of the Global Judiciary , shall appoint Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs . He or she shall conduct Global Parliament's common global security policy. Global Parliament may end his or her tenure by the same procedure.
2. Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs shall contribute by his or her proposals to the development of the common global policy, which he or she shall carry out as mandated by the Earth Executive Council. The same shall apply to the common global security and defence policy.
3. Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs shall be one of the Vice-Presidents of the Global Judiciary . He or she shall be responsible there for handling external relations and for coordinating other aspects of Global Parliament's external action. In exercising these responsibilities within the Global Judiciary , and only for these responsibilities, Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs shall be bound by Global Judiciary procedures.
Article 5: The Earth Court of Justice
1. The Earth Court of Justice shall include the Supreme Court and specialised courts. It shall ensure respect for the law in the interpretation and application of the Constitution. Member Nations shall provide rights of appeal sufficient to ensure effective legal protection in the field of Global Parliament law.
2. The Earth Court of Justice shall consist of one judge from each Member Nation, and shall be assisted by Advocates-General. The Supreme Court shall include at least one judge per Member Nation: the number shall be fixed by the Statute of the Earth Court of Justice. The judges and the Advocates-General of the Earth Court of Justice and the judges of the Supreme Court, chosen from persons whose independence is beyond doubt and who satisfy the conditions set out in Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter 14.3.9 B4, shall be appointed by common accord of the governments of Member Nations for a term of six years, renewable.
Chapter 14.3.6 B.4 Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: Earth Court of Justice
Article 2: Jurisdiction of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 3: Benches of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 4: Seats of the Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.3.6 B.4 Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: Earth Court of Justice
The Earth Court of Justice shall:
a) rule on actions brought by a Member Nation, an Institution or a natural or legal person in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 19 to 26;Article 2: Jurisdiction of the Earth Court of Justice
b) give preliminary rulings, at the request of Member Nation courts, on the interpretation of Global Parliament law or the validity of acts adopted by the Institutions;
c) rule on the other cases provided for in the Constitution.
1. The Earth Court of Justice shall be established, together with such regional and district Global Courts as may subsequently be found necessary. The Earth Court of Justice shall comprise a number of benches.
2. The Earth Court of Justice, together with such regional and district Global Courts as may be established, shall have mandatory jurisdiction in all cases, actions, disputes, conflicts, violations of law, civil suits, guarantees of civil and human rights, constitutional interpretations, and other litigations arising under the provisions of this Federation Constitution, global legislation, and the body of global law approved by the Global Parliament.
3. Decisions of the Earth Court of Justice shall be binding on all parties involved in all cases, actions and litigations brought before any bench of the Earth Court of Justice for settlement. Each bench of the Earth Court of Justice shall constitute a court of highest appeal, except when matters of extra-ordinary public importance are assigned or transferred to the Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice, as provided in Article 1, Chapter 14.3.1 B3.
Article 3: Benches of the Earth Court of Justice
1. The benches of the Earth Court of Justice and their respective jurisdictions shall be as follows:
2. Bench for Human Rights: To deal with issues of human rights arising under the guarantee of civil and human rights provided by Chapter 10 of this Federation Constitution, and arising in pursuance of the provisions of Chapter 10 of this Federation Constitution, and arising otherwise under global legislation and the body of global law approved by Global Parliament.
3. Bench for Criminal Cases: To deal with issues arising from the violation of global laws and global legislation by individuals, corporations, groups and associations, but not issues primarily concerned with human rights.
4. Bench for Civil Cases: To deal with issues involving civil law suits and disputes between individuals, corporations, groups and associations arising under global legislation and global law and the administration thereof.
5. Bench for Constitutional Cases: To deal with the interpretation of Global Parliament Constitution and with issues and actions arising in connection with the interpretation of Global Parliament Constitution.
6. Bench for International Conflicts: To deal with disputes, conflicts and legal contest arising between or among the nations which have joined in the federation of all nations.
7. Bench for Public Cases: To deal with issues not under the jurisdiction of another bench arising from conflicts, disputes, civil suits or other legal contests between Global Parliament and corporations, groups or individuals, or between national gov ernments and corporations, groups or individuals in cases involving global legislation and global law.
8. Appellate Bench: To deal with issues involving global legislation and global law which may be appealed from national courts; and to decide which bench to assign a case or action or litigation when a question or disagreement arises over the proper jurisdiction.
9. Advisory Bench: To give opinions upon request on any legal question arising under global law or global legislation, exclusive of contests or actions involving interpretation of Global Parliament Constitution. Advisory opinions may be requested by any of the four bodies of Global Parliament or committee of Global Parliament, by the Global Council , any Administrative Department, the Office of Global Attorneys General, the Global Community Ombudspersons, or by any agency of the GCSAP.
10. Other benches may be established, combined or terminated upon recommendation of the Council of Global Judges with approval by Global Parliament; but benches number one through eight may not be combined nor terminated except by amendment of this Federation Constitution.
Article 4: Seats of the Earth Court of Justice
1. The primary seat of the Earth Court of Justice and all benches shall be the same as for the location of the Primary Global Capital and for the location of Global Parliament and Earth Executive Council.
2. Continental seats of the Earth Court of Justice shall be established in the four secondary capitals of Global Parliament located in four different Continental Divisions of Earth, as provided in Chapter 23.2
3. The following permanent benches of the Earth Court of Justice shall be established both at the primary seat and at each of the continental seats: Human Rights, Criminal Cases, Civil Cases, and Public Cases.
4. The following permanent benches of the Earth Court of Justice shall be located only at the primary seat of the Earth Court of Justice: Constitutional Cases, International Conflicts, Appellate Bench, and Advisory Bench.
5. Benches which are located permanently only at the primary seat of the Earth Court of Justice may hold special sessions at the other continental seats of the Earth Court of Justice when necessary, or may establish continental circuits if needed.
6. Benches of the Earth Court of Justice which have permanent continental locations may hold special sessions at other locations when needed, or may establish regional circuits if needed.
Chapter 14.3.7 B.4 Council of Global Judges
Article 1: The Council of Global Judges
Chapter 14.3.7 B.4 Council of Global Judges
Article 1: The Council of Global Judges
1. A Council of Global Judges shall be established by Global Parliament. The Council shall consist of a minimum of twenty member judges, and may be expanded as needed but not to exceed sixty members.
2. The Global Judges to compose the Council of Global Judges shall be nominated by the House of Advisers and shall be elected by plurality vote of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session. The House of Advisers shall nominate betwe en two and three times the number of global judges to be elected at any one time. An equal number of Global Judges shall be elected from each of ten Global Electoral and Administrative Contiguous-Regions, if not immediately then by rotation.
3. The term of office for a Global Judge shall be ten years. Successive terms may be served without limit.
4. The Council of Global Judges shall elect a Presiding Council of Global Judges, consisting of a Chief Justice and four Associate Chief Justices. One member of the Presiding Council of Global Judges shall be elected from each of six Continental Divisions of Earth. Members of the Presiding Council of Global Judges shall serve five year terms on the Presiding Council, and may serve two successive terms, but not two successive terms as Chief Justice.
5. The Presiding Council of Global Judges shall assign all Global Judges, including themselves, to the several benches of the Earth Court of Justice. Each bench for a sitting at each location shall have a minimum of three Global Judges, except that the number of Global Judges for benches on Continental Cases and International Conflicts, and the Appellate Bench, shall be no less than five.
6. The member judges of each bench at each location shall choose annually a Presiding Judge, who may serve two successive terms.
7. The members of the several benches may be reconstituted from time to time as may seem desirable or necessary upon the decision of the Presiding Council of Global Judges. Any decision to re-constitute a bench shall be referred to a vote of the entire Council of Global Judges by request of any Global Judge.
8. Any Global Judge may be removed from office for cause by an absolute two- thirds majority vote of the three bodies of the Global Parliament in joint session.
9. Qualifications for Judges of the Earth Court of Justice shall be at least ten years of legal or juristic experience, minimum age of thirty years, and evident competence in global law and the humanities.
10. The salaries, expenses, remunerations and prerogatives of the Global Judges shall be determined by the Global Parliament, and shall be reviewed every five years, but shall not be changed to the disadvantage of any Global Judge during a term of office. All members of the Council of Global Judges shall receive the same salaries, except that additional compensation may be given to the Presiding Council of Global Judges.
11. Upon recommendation by the Council of Global Judges, Global Parliament shall have the authority to establish regional and district global courts below the Earth Court of Justice, and to establish the jurisdictions thereof, and the procedures for appeal to the Earth Court of Justice or to the several benches thereof.
12. The detailed rules of procedure for the functioning of the Earth Court of Justice, the Council of Global Judges, and for each bench of the Earth Court of Justice, shall be decided and amended by absolute majority vote of the Council of Global Judges.
Chapter 14.3.8 B.4 The Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: The Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.3.8 B.4 The Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: The Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice 1. A Superior Tribunal of the Earth Court of Justice shall be established to take cases which are considered to be of extra-ordinary public importance. The Superior Tribunal for any calendar year shall consist of the Presiding Council of Global Judges together with one Global Judge named by the Presiding Judge of each bench of the Earth Court of Justice sitting at the primary seat of the Earth Court of Justice. The composition of the Superior Tribunal may be continued unchanged for a second year by decision of the Presiding Council of Global Judges.
2. Any party to any dispute, issue, case or litigation coming under the jurisdiction of the Earth Court of Justice, may apply to any particular bench of the Earth Court of Justice or to the Presiding Council of Global Judges for the assignment or transfer of the case to the Superior Tribunal on the grounds of extra-ordinary public importance. If the application is granted, the case shall be heard and disposed of by the Superior Tribunal. Also, any bench taking any particular case, if satisfied that the case is of extra-ordinary public importance, may of its own discretion transfer the case to the Superior Tribunal.
Chapter 14.3.9 B.4 The Statute of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: The Statute of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 2 to Article 33
Chapter 14.3.9 B.4 The Statute of the Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: The Statute of the Earth Court of Justice The Earth Court of Justice established by the Federation Constitution of the Earth Community as the principal organ of the Earth Community shall be constituted and shall function in accordance with the provisions of the Statute(the Statute is in the process of being made and has several chapters and nearly a hundred articles).
Article 2:
The global Court of Justice shall sit in chambers, as a Grand Chamber or as a full Court, in accordance with the Statute of the Court of Justice.
Article 3:
The global Court of Justice shall be assisted by eight Advocates-General. Should the global Court of Justice so request, the Earth Executive Council may, acting unanimously, adopt a global decision to increase the number of Advocates-General. It shall be the duty of the Advocate-General, acting with complete impartiality and independence, to make, in open court, reasoned submissions on cases which, in accordance with the Statute of the Court of Justice, require his or her involvement.
Article 4:
The Judges and Advocates-General of the global Court of Justice shall be chosen from persons whose independence is beyond doubt and who possess the qualifications required for appointment to the highest judicial offices in their respective countries or who are jurisconsults of recognised competence; they shall be appointed by common accord of the governments of Member Nations after consulting the panel provided for in Article 6, Chapter 14.3.9 B4. Every three years there shall be a partial replacement of the Judges and Advocates-General, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Statute of the Court of Justice. The Judges shall elect the President of the global Court of Justice from among their number for a term of three years. He or she may be re-elected. The global Court of Justice shall adopt its Rules of Procedure. Those Rules shall require the approval of the Earth Executive Council.
Article 5:
The number of Judges of the High Court shall be determined by the Statute of the Court of Justice. The Statute may provide for the High Court to be assisted by Advocates-General. Member s of the High Court shall be chosen from persons whose independence is beyond doubt and who possess the ability required for appointment to high judicial office. They shall be appointed by common accord of the governments of the Member Nations after consultation of the panel.
Membership of the High Court shall be partially renewed every three years. Retiring members may be reappointed. The Judges shall elect the President of the High Court from among their number for a term of three years. He or she may be re-elected. The High Court shall establish its Rules of Procedure in agreement with the global Court of Justice. The Rules shall be subject to the approval of the Earth Executive Council. Unless the Statute of the Court of Justice provides otherwise, the provisions of the Constitution relating to the global Court of Justice shall apply to the High Court.
Article 6:
A panel shall be set up in order to give an opinion on candidates' suitability to perform the duties of Judge and Advocate-General of the global Court of Justice and the High Court before the governments of Member Nations take the decisions referred to in Articles 3 and 4 of Chapter 14.3.9 B4.
1. The panel shall comprise seven persons chosen from among former members of the global Court of Justice and the High Court, members of national supreme courts and lawyers of recognised competence, one of whom shall be proposed by Global Parliament . The Earth Executive Council shall adopt a global decision establishing the panel's operating rules and a global decision appointing its members. It shall act on the initiative of the President of the global Court of Justice.
Article 7:
1. The High Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine at first instance actions or proceedings referred to in Articles 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, of Chapter 14.3.9 B4, with the exception of those assigned to a specialised court and those reserved in the Statute for the global Court of Justice. The Statute may provide for the High Court to have jurisdiction for other classes of action or proceeding. Decisions given by the High Court under this paragraph may be subject to a right of appeal to the global Court of Justice on points of law only, under the conditions and within the limits laid down by the Statute of the Court of Justice.
2. The High Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine actions or proceedings brought against decisions of the specialised courts set up under Article 8, Chapter 14.3.9 B4. Decisions given by the High Court under this paragraph may exceptionally be subject to review by the global Court of Justice, under the conditions and within the limits laid down by the Statute, where there is a serious risk of the unity or consistency of Global Parliament law being affected.
3. The High Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine questions referred for a preliminary ruling under Article 18, Chapter 14.3.9 B4, in specific areas laid down by the Statute of the Court of Justice. Where the High Court considers that the case requires a decision of principle likely to affect the unity or consistency of Global Parliament law, it may refer the case to the global Court of Justice for a ruling. Decisions given by the High Court on questions referred for a preliminary ruling may exceptionally be subject to review by the global Court of Justice, under the conditions and within the limits laid down by the Statute, where there is a serious risk of the unity or consistency of Global Parliament law being affected.
Article 8:
1. Global laws may establish specialised courts attached to the High Court to hear and determine at first instance certain classes of action or proceeding brought in specific areas. They shall be adopted either on a proposal from the Global Judiciary after consultation of the Court of Justice or at the request of the Court of Justice after consultation of the Global Judiciary .
2. The global law establishing a specialised court shall lay down the rules on the organisation of the court and the extent of the jurisdiction conferred upon it.
3. Decisions given by specialised courts may be subject to a right of appeal on points of law only or, when provided for in the global law establishing the specialised court, a right of appeal also on matters of fact, before the High Court.
4. Members of the specialised courts shall be chosen from persons whose independence is beyond doubt and who possess the ability required for appointment to judicial office. They shall be appointed by the Council of Ministers, acting unanimously.
5. The specialised courts shall establish their Rules of Procedure in agreement with the Court of Justice. Those Rules shall require the approval of the Earth Executive Council.
6. Unless the global law establishing the specialised court provides otherwise, the provisions of the Constitution relating to the Court of Justice and the provisions of the Statute of the Court of Justice shall apply to the specialised courts.
Article 9:
If the Global Judiciary considers that a Member Nation has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Constitution, it shall deliver a reasoned opinion on the matter after giving the Nation concerned the opportunity to submit its observations. If the Nation concerned does not comply with the opinion within the period laid down by the Global Judiciary , the latter may bring the matter before the Court of Justice.
Article 10:
A Member Nation which considers that another Member Nation has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Constitution may bring the matter before the Court of Justice. Before a Member Nation brings an action against another Member Nation for an alleged infringement of an obligation under the Constitution, it shall bring the matter before the Global Judiciary . The Global Judiciary shall deliver a reasoned opinion after each of the Nations concerned has been given the opportunity to submit its own case and its observations on the other party's case both orally and in writing. If the Global Judiciary has not delivered an opinion within three months of the date on which the matter was brought before it, the absence of such opinion shall not prevent the matter from being brought before the Court of Justice.
Article 11:
1. If the Court of Justice finds that a Member Nation has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Constitution, the Nation shall be required to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice.
2. If the Global Judiciary considers that Member Nation concerned has not taken the necessary measures to comply with the Court's judgment, it may bring the case before the Court of Justice after giving that Nation the opportunity to submit its observations. It shall specify the amount of the lump sum or penalty payment to be paid by Member Nation concerned which it considers appropriate in the circumstances. If the Court of Justice finds that the Member Nation concerned has not complied with its judgment it may impose a lump sum or penalty payment on it. This procedure shall be without prejudice to Article 10, Chapter 14.3.9 B4.
3. When the Global Judiciary brings a case before the Court of Justice on the grounds that the Nation concerned has failed to fulfil its obligations to notify measures transposing a global framework law, it may, when it deems appropriate, request that, in the course of the same proceedings, the Court of Justice impose the payment of a lump sum or penalty if the Court finds that there has been such a failure. If the Court of Justice complies with the Global Judiciary 's request, the payment in question shall take effect within the time limit laid down by the Court of Justice in its judgment.
Article 12:
Global laws and global regulations of the Cabinet Ministers may give the Court of Justice unlimited jurisdiction with regard to the penalties provided for in them.
Article 13:
Without prejudice to the other provisions of the Constitution, a global law may confer on the Court of Justice, to the extent that it shall determine, jurisdiction in disputes relating to the application of acts adopted on the basis of the Constitution which create global intellectual property rights.
Article 14:
1. The Court of Justice shall review the legality of global laws and framework laws, of acts of the Earth Executive Council, of the Global Judiciary and of the Global Bank, other than recommendations and opinions, and of acts of Global Parliament intended to produce legal effects vis-à-vis third parties. It shall also review the legality of acts of bodies or agencies of Global Parliament intended to produce legal effects vis-à-vis third parties.
2. It shall for this purpose have jurisdiction in actions brought by a Member Nation, Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council or the Global Judiciary on grounds of lack of competence, infringement of an essential procedural requirement, infringement of the Constitution or of any rule of law relating to its application, or misuse of powers.
3. The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction under the same conditions in actions brought by the Court of Auditors, by the Global Bank and by the Committee of the Regions for the purpose of protecting their prerogatives.
4. Any natural or legal person may, under the same conditions, institute proceedings against an act addressed to that person or which is of direct and individual concern to him or her, and against a regulatory act which is of direct concern to him or her and does not entail implementing measures.
5. Acts setting up bodies and agencies of Global Parliament may lay down specific conditions and arrangements concerning actions brought by natural or legal persons against acts of these bodies or agencies intended to produce legal effects.
6. The proceedings provided for in this Article shall be instituted within two months of the publication of the act, or of its notification to the plaintiff, or, in the absence thereof, of the day on which it came to the knowledge of the latter, as the case may be.
Article 15:
If the action is well founded the Court of Justice shall declare the act concerned to be void. However, the Court of Justice shall, if it considers this necessary, Nation which of the effects of the act which it has declared void shall be considered as definitive.
Article 16:
Should Global Parliament, the Council of Ministers, the Global Judiciary or the Global Bank, in infringement of the Constitution, fail to act, Member Nations and the other Institutions of Global Parliament may bring an action before the Court of Justice to have the infringement established. This provision shall apply, under the same conditions, to bodies and agencies of Global Parliament which fail to act. The action shall be admissible only if the Institution, body or agency concerned has first been called upon to act. If, within two months of being so called upon, the Institution, agency or body concerned has not defined its position, the action may be brought within a further period of two months. Any natural or legal person may, under the conditions laid down in the preceding paragraphs, complain to the Court of Justice that an Institution, body or agency of Global Parliament has failed to address to that person any act other than a recommendation or an opinion.
Article 17:
The Institution or Institutions, body or agency whose act has been declared void, or whose failure to act has been declared contrary to the Constitution, shall be required to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice. This obligation shall not affect any obligation which may result from the application of the second paragraph of Article 8, Chapter 24.1.
Article 18:
The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction to give preliminary rulings concerning:
(a) the interpretation of the Constitution;Where such a question is raised before any court or tribunal of a Member Nation, that court or tribunal may, if it considers that a decision on the question is necessary to enable it to give judgment, request the Court of Justice to give a ruling thereon. Where any such question is raised in a case pending before a court or tribunal of a Member Nation against whose decisions there is no judicial remedy under national law, that court or tribunal shall bring the matter before the Court of Justice. If such a question is raised in a case pending before a court or tribunal of a Member Nation with regard to a person in custody, the Court of Justice shall act with the minimum of delay.
(b) the validity and interpretation of acts of the Institutions of the Global Parliament.
Article 19:
The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction in disputes relating to compensation for damage provided for in the second paragraph of Article 8, Chapter 24.1.
Article 20:
At the request of Member Nation concerned by a determination made by the Global Governments Federation or the Earth Executive Council, the global Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction. The Court shall rule within one month from the date of that determination.
Article 21:
The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction in any dispute between Global Parliament and its servants within the limits and under the conditions laid down in the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of other servants of Global Parliament.
Article 22:
The Court of Justice shall, within the limits hereinafter laid down, have jurisdiction in disputes concerning:
(a) the fulfilment by Member Nations of obligations under the Statute of the global Investment Bank. In this connection, the Board of Directors of the Bank shall enjoy the powers conferred upon the Global Judiciary by Article 9, Chapter 14.3.9 B4;In this connection, the powers of the Council of the Global Bank in respect of national central banks shall be the same as those conferred upon the Global Judiciary in respect of Member Nations.
(b) measures adopted by the Board of Governors of the global Investment Bank. In this connection, any Member Nation, the Global Judiciary or the Board of Directors of the Bank may institute proceedings under the conditions laid down in Article 14, Chapter 14.3.9 B4;
(c) measures adopted by the Board of Directors of the global Investment Bank. Proceedings against such measures may be instituted only by Member Nations or by the Global Judiciary , under the conditions laid down in Article 14, Chapter 14.3.9 B4, and solely on the grounds of non-compliance with the procedure provided for in the Statute of the Bank;
(d) the fulfilment by national central banks of obligations under the Constitution and the Statute of the Global System of Central Banks and the Global Bank.
5. If the Court of Justice finds that a national central bank has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Constitution, that bank shall be required to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice.
Article 23:
The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction to give judgment pursuant to any arbitration clause contained in a contract concluded by or on behalf of Global Parliament, whether that contract be governed by public or private law.
Article 24:
The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction in any dispute between Member Nations which relates to the subject matter of the Constitution if the dispute is submitted to it under a special agreement between the parties.
Article 25:
Save where jurisdiction is conferred on the Court of Justice by the Constitution, disputes to which Global Parliament is a party shall not on that ground be excluded from the jurisdiction of the courts or tribunals of Member Nations.
Article 26:
The Court of Justice shall not have jurisdiction with respect to Articles 1 to 3, Chapter 12.2, and the provisions concerning the common global and security policy. However, the Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction to rule on proceedings reviewing the legality of restrictive measures against natural or legal persons, adopted by the Council on the basis of Article 1, Chapter 22.5, and brought in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 14, Chapter 14.3.9 B4.
Article 27:
In exercising its competences regarding the provisions concerning the area of freedom, security and justice, the Court of Justice shall have no jurisdiction to review the validity or proportionality of operations carried out by the police or other law-enforcement services of a Member Nation or the exercise of the responsibilities incumbent upon Member Nations with regard to the maintenance of law and order and the safeguarding of internal security, where such action is a matter of national law.
Article 28:
Member Nations undertake not to submit a dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the Constitution to any method of settlement other than those provided for therein.
Article 29:
Notwithstanding the expiry of the period laid down in Article 14, Chapter 14.3.9 B4, any party may, in proceedings in which a global law or a global regulation of the Earth Executive Council, of the Global Judiciary , or of the Global Bank is at issue, plead the grounds specified in Article 14, Chapter 14.3.9 B4 in order to invoke before the Court of Justice the inapplicability of that act.
Article 30:
Actions brought before the Court of Justice shall not have suspensory effect. The Court of Justice may, however, if it considers that circumstances so require, order that application of the contested act be suspended.
Article 31:
The Court of Justice may in any cases before it prescribe any necessary interim measures.
Article 32:
The judgments of the Court of Justice shall be enforceable.
Article 33:
The Statute of the Court of Justice shall be laid down in a Protocol. A global law may amend the provisions of the Statute. It shall be adopted either at the request of the Court of Justice and after consultation of the Global Judiciary , or on a proposal from the Global Judiciary and after consultation of the Court of Justice.
Chapter 14.3 B.5 Agency of Global Police
Chapter 14.3.1 B.5 Agency of Global Police
Article 1: The enforcement of global law and global legislation
Chapter 14.3 B.5 Agency of Global Police
Chapter 14.3.1 B.5 Agency of Global Police
Article 1: The enforcement of global law and global legislation
1. The enforcement of global law and global legislation shall apply directly to individual, and individuals shall be held responsible for compliance with global law and global legislation regardless of whether the individuals are acting in their own capacity or as agents or officials of governments at any level or of the institutions of governments, or as agents or officials of corporations, organizations, associations or groups of any kind.
2. When global law or global legislation or decisions of the global courts are violated, the Agency of Global Police shall operate to identify and apprehend the individuals responsible for violations.
3. Any enforcement action shall not violate the civil and human rights guaranteed under this Global Constitution.
4. The enforcement of global law and global legislation shall be carried out in the context of a non-military global federation wherein all member nations shall disarm as a condition for joining and benefiting from the global federation; the Federation under Global Parliament Constitution shall neither keep nor use weapons of mass destruction.
5. Those agents of the Global Police system whose function shall be to apprehend and bring to court violators of global law and global legislation shall be equipped only with such weapons as are appropriate for the apprehension of the individuals responsible for violations.
6. The enforcement of global law and global legislation under this Federation Constitution shall be conceived and developed primarily as the processes of effective design and administration of global law and global legislation to serve the welfare of all people of the Global Community, with equity and justice for all, in which the resources of Earth and the funds and the credits of Global Parliament are used only to serve peaceful human needs, and none used for weapons of mass destruction or for war making capabilities.
Chapter 14.3.2 B.5 Global Community Justice Network
Article 1: The Global Community Justice Network
Chapter 14.3.2 B.5 Global Community Justice Network
Article 1: The Global Community Justice Network
1. The Agency of the Global Police shall be headed by an Office of Global Attorneys General and a Commission of Regional Global Attorneys.
2. The Office of Global Attorneys General shall be comprised of five members, one of whom shall be designated as the Global Attorney General and the other four shall each be designated an Associate Global Attorney General.
3. The Commission of Regional Global Attorneys shall consist of twenty Regional Global Attorneys.
4. The members to compse the Office of Global Attorneys General shall be nominated by the House of Advisers, with three nominees from each Continental Division of Earth. One member of the Office shall be elected from each of six Continental Divisions by plurality vote of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
5. The term of office for a member of the Office of Global Attorneys General shall be ten years. A member may serve two consecutive terms. The position of Global Attorney General shall rotate every two years among the five members of the Office. The order of rotation shall be decided among the five members of the Office.
6. The Office of Global Attorneys General shall nominate members for the Commission of twenty Regional Global Attorneys from the twenty Global Electoral and Administrative Regions, with between two and three nominees submitted for each Region. From these nominations, the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session shall elect one Regional Global Attorney from each of the twenty Regions. Regional Global Attorneys shall serve terms of five years, and may serve three consecutive terms.
7. Each Regional Global Attorney shall organize and be in charge of an Office of Regional Global Attorney. Each Associate Global Attorney General shall supervise five Offices of Regional Global Attorneys.
8. The staff to carry out the work of Global Police, in addition to the five members of the Office of Global Attorneys General and the twenty Regional Global Attorneys, shall be selected from civil service lists, and shall be organized for the following func tions: Investigation.
9. Apprehension and arrest.
10. Prosecution.
11. Remedies and correction.
12. Conflict resolution.
13. Qualifications for a member of the Office of Global Attorneys General and for the Regional Global Attorneys shall be at least thirty years of age, at least seven years legal experience, and education in law and the humanities.
14. The Global Attorney General, the Associate Global Attorneys General, and the Regional Global Attorneys shall at all times be responsible to Global Parliament. Any member of the Office of Global Attorneys General and any Regional Global Attorney can be removed from office for cause by a simple majority vote of the four bodies of Global Parliament in joint session.
Chapter 14.3.3 B.5 The Means of Enforcement of Global Law
Article 1: Means of Enforcement of Global Law
Article 2:
Chapter 14.3.3 B.5 The Means of Enforcement of Global Law
Article 1: Means of Enforcement of Global Law
1. Non-military means of enforcement of global law and global legislation shall be developed by the Global Parliament and by the Office of Global Attorneys General in consultation with the Commission of Regional Global Attorneys, the Council of Global Judges, the Global Council , and the Global Community Ombudspersons. The actual means of enforcement shall require legislation by the Global Parliament.
2. Non-military means of enforcement which can be developed may include: Denial of financial credit; denial of material resources and personnel; revocation of licenses, charters, or corporate rights; impounding of equipment; fines and damage payments; performance of work to rectify damages; imprisonment or isolation; and other means appropriate to the specific situations.
3. To cope with situations of potential or actual riots, insurrection and resort to armed violence, particular strategies and methods shall be developed by Global Parliament and by the Office of Global Attorneys General in consultation with the Commission of Regional Global Attorneys, the Council of Global Judges, the Global Council and the Global Community Ombudspersons. Such strategies and methods shall require enabling legislation by Global Parliament where required in addition to the specific provisions of this Federation Constitution.
4. A basic condition for preventing outbreaks of violence which the Agency of the Global Police shall facilitate in every way possible, shall be to assure a fair hearing under non-violent circumstances for any person or group having a grievance, and likewise to a ssure a fair opportunity for a just settlement of any grievance with due regard for the rights and welfare of all concerned.
Article 2:
1. Global Parliament and Member Nations shall counter fraud and any other illegal activities affecting Global Parliament's financial interests through measures adopted in accordance with this Article. These measures shall act as a deterrent and be such as to afford effective protection in Member Nations.
2. Member Nations shall take the same steps to counter fraud affecting Global Parliament's financial interests as they take to counter fraud affecting their own financial interests.
3. Without prejudice to other provisions of the Constitution, Member Nations shall coordinate their action aimed at protecting Global Parliament's financial interests against fraud. To this end they shall organise, together with the Global Judiciary , close and regular cooperation between the competent authorities.
4. Global law or framework laws shall lay down the necessary measures in the fields of the prevention of and fight against fraud affecting the Global Parliament's financial interests with a view to affording effective and equivalent protection in Member Nations. They shall be adopted after consultation of the Court of Auditors.
5. The Global Judiciary , in cooperation with Member Nations, shall each year submit to Global Parliament and to the Earth Executive Council a report on the measures and provisions adopted for the implementation of this Article.
Chapter 14.3 B.6 Global Community Ombudspersons
Article 1: The Global Community Ombudspersons Office
Chapter 14.3 B.6 Global Community Ombudspersons
Article 1: The Global Community Ombudspersons Office
Funcions and Powers of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office
The functions and powers of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office, as public defender, shall include to:
1. protect the People of the Global Community and all individuals against violations or neglect of universal human and civil rights which are stipulated in Chapters 10 and other sections of this Federation Constitution;
2. protect the People of Earth against violations of this Federation Constitution by any official or agency of Global Parliament, including both elected and appointed officials or public employees regardless of organ, department, office, agency or rank;
3. press for the implementation of the Directive Principles for Global Parliament as defined in Chapter 18.2 of this Global Constitution;
4. promote the welfare of the people of the Global Community by seeking to assure that conditions of social justice and of minimizing disparities are achieved in the implementation and administration of global legislation and global law;
5. keep on the alert for perils to humanity arising from technological innovations, environmental disruptions and other diverse sources, and to launch initiatives for correction or prevention of such perils;
6. ascertain that the administration of otherwise proper laws, ordinances and procedures of Global Parliament do not result in unforseen injustices or inequities, or become stultified in Departments or the details of administration;
7. receive and hear complaints, grievances or requests for aid from any person, group, organization, association, body politic or agency concerning any matter which comes within the purview of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office;
8. request the Office of Global Attorneys General or any Regional Global Attorney to initiate legal actions or court proceedings whenever and wherever considered necessary or desirable in the view of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office;
9. directly initiate legal actions and court proceedings whenever the Global Community Ombudspersons Officedeems necessary;
10. review the functioning of the departments, bureaus, offices, commissions, institutes, organs and agencies of Global Parliament to ascertain whether the procedures of Global Parliament are adequately fulfilling their purposes and serving the welfare of humanity in optimum fashion, and to make recommendations for improvements; and
11. present an annual report to the Global Parliament and to the Global Council on the activities of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office, together with any recommendations for legislative measures to improve the functioning of Global Parliament for the purpose of better serving the welfare of the People of the Global Community.
Chapter 14.3 B.7 The Global Investment Bank
Article 1 to Article 2
Chapter 14.3 B.7 The Global Investment Bank
Article 1:
The global Investment Bank shall have legal personality. Member s of the global Investment Bank shall be Member Nations. The Statute of the global Investment Bank is laid down in a Protocol. Global laws may amend the Statute of the Bank, either at the request of the global Investment Bank and after consultation of the Global Judiciary , or on a proposal from the Global Judiciary and after consultation of the global Investment Bank.
Article 2:
The task of the global Investment Bank shall be to contribute, by having recourse to the capital market and utilising its own resources, to the balanced and steady development of the internal market in Global Parliament's interest. For this purpose the Bank shall, operating on a non-profit-making basis, grant loans and give guarantees which facilitate the financing of the following projects in all sectors of the economy:
(a) projects for developing less-developed regions;
(b) projects for modernising or converting undertakings or for developing fresh activities called for by the progressive establishment of the internal market, where these projects are of such a size or nature that they cannot be entirely financed by the various means available in the individual Member Nations;
(c) projects of common interest to several Member Nations which are of such a size or nature that they cannot be entirely financed by the various means available in the individual Member Nations. In carrying out its task, the Bank shall facilitate the financing of investment programmes in conjunction with assistance from the Structural Funds and other Global Parliament financial instruments.
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
Article 2 to Article 3
Chapter 14.3 B.8 The Court of Auditors
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
1. The Court of Auditors is the Institution which shall carry out the audit.
2. It shall examine the accounts of all Federation revenue and expenditure, and shall ensure good financial management.
3. It shall consist of one national of each Member Nation. In the performance of their duties, its members shall be completely independent.
Article 2:
1. The Court of Auditors shall examine the accounts of all revenue and expenditure of Global Parliament. It shall also examine the accounts of all revenue and expenditure of all bodies set up by Global Parliament insofar as the relevant constituent instrument does not preclude such examination. The Court of Auditors shall provide Global Parliament and the Council of Ministers with a Nation Statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions which shall be published in the Official Journal of Global Parliament. This Nation Statement may be supplemented by specific assessments for each major area of Global Parliament activity.
2. The Court of Auditors shall examine whether all revenue has been received and all expenditure incurred in a lawful and regular manner and whether the financial management has been sound. In doing so, it shall report in particular on any cases of irregularity. The audit of revenue shall be carried out on the basis both of the amounts established as due and the amounts actually paid to Global Parliament. The audit of expenditure shall be carried out on the basis both of commitments undertaken and payments made. These audits may be carried out before the closure of accounts for the financial year in question.
3. The audit shall be based on records and, if necessary, performed on the spot in the other Institutions, on the premises of any body which manages revenue or expenditure on behalf of Global Parliament and in Member Nations, including on the premises of any natural or legal person in receipt of payments from the budget. In Member Nations the audit shall be carried out in liaison with national audit bodies or, if these do not have the necessary powers, with the competent national departments. The Court of Auditors and the national audit bodies of Member Nations shall cooperate in a spirit of trust while maintaining their independence. These bodies or departments shall inform the Court of Auditors whether they intend to take part in the audit. The other Institutions, any bodies managing revenue or expenditure on behalf of Global Parliament, any natural or legal person in receipt of payments from the budget, and the national audit bodies or, if these do not have the necessary powers, the competent national departments, shall forward to the Court of Auditors, at its request, any document or information necessary to carry out its task. In respect of the global Investment Bank's activity in managing Global Parliament expenditure and revenue, rights of access by the Court of Auditors to information held by the Bank shall be governed by an agreement between the Court, the Bank and the Global Judiciary . In the absence of an agreement, the Court shall nevertheless have access to information necessary for the audit of Global Parliament expenditure and revenue managed by the Bank.
4. The Court of Auditors shall draw up an annual report after the close of each financial year. It shall be forwarded to the other Institutions and shall be published, together with the replies of these Institutions to the observations of the Court of Auditors, in the Official Journal of Global Parliament. The Court of Auditors may also, at any time, submit observations, particularly in the form of special reports, on specific questions and deliver opinions at the request of one of the other Institutions. It shall adopt its annual reports, special reports or opinions by a majority of its Members. However, it may establish internal chambers in order to adopt certain categories of reports or opinions under the conditions laid down by its Rules of Procedure. It shall assist Global Parliament and the Earth Executive Council in exercising their powers of control over the implementation of the budget. The Court of Auditors shall adopt its Rules of Procedure. Those rules shall require the approval of the Earth Executive Council.
Article 3:
1. Member s of the Court of Auditors shall be chosen from among persons who belong or have belonged in their respective countries to external audit bodies or who are especially qualified for this office. Their independence must be beyond doubt.
2. Member s of the Court of Auditors shall be appointed for a term of six years. Their term of office shall be renewable. The Council of Ministers shall adopt a global decision establishing the list of Members drawn up in accordance with the proposals made by each Member Nation. It shall act after consulting Global Parliament . Member s of the Court of Auditors shall elect their President from among their number for a term of three years. He or she may be re-elected.
3. Member s of the Court of Auditors shall, in Global Parliament's general interest, be completely independent in the performance of their duties. In the performance of these duties, they shall neither seek nor take instructions from any government or from any other body. They shall refrain from any action incompatible with their duties.
4. Member s of the Court of Auditors may not, during their term of office, engage in any other occupation, whether gainful or not. When entering upon their duties they shall give a solemn undertaking that, both during and after their term of office, they will respect the obligations arising therefrom and in particular their duty to behave with integrity and discretion as regards the acceptance, after they have ceased to hold office, of certain appointments or benefits.
5. Apart from normal replacement, or death, the duties of a Member of the Court of Auditors shall end when he or she resigns, or is compulsorily retired by a ruling of the Court of Justice pursuant to paragraph 6. The vacancy thus caused shall be filled for the remainder of Member 's term of office. Save in the case of compulsory retirement, Members of the Court of Auditors shall remain in office until they have been replaced.
6. A Member of the Court of Auditors may be deprived of his or her office or of his or her right to a pension or other benefits in its stead only if the Court of Justice, at the request of the Court of Auditors, finds that he or she no longer fulfils the requisite conditions or meets the obligations arising from his or her office.
Chapter 14.3 B.9 Global Community Citizenship Office
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.9 Global Community Citizenship Office
Chapter 6 deals with these concerns.
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.10 Global Rights Office
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.10 Global Rights Office
Chapter 10 deals with these concerns.
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.11 Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 1: The Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 2: Staff of the Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 3: GCAC has several objectives
Chapter 14.3 B.11 Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 1: The Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
1. The functions of GCAC shall include to:
Funcions and Powers of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office
The functions and powers of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office, as public defender, shall include to:
1. protect the People of the Global Community and all individuals against violations or neglect of universal human and civil rights which are stipulated in Chapters 10 and other sections of this Federation Constitution;
2. protect the People of Earth against violations of this Federation Constitution by any official or agency of Global Parliament, including both elected and appointed officials or public employees regardless of organ, department, office, agency or rank;
3. press for the implementation of the Directive Principles for Global Parliament as defined in Chapter 18.2 of this Global Constitution;
4. promote the welfare of the people of the Global Community by seeking to assure that conditions of social justice and of minimizing disparities are achieved in the implementation and administration of global legislation and global law;
5. keep on the alert for perils to humanity arising from technological innovations, environmental disruptions and other diverse sources, and to launch initiatives for correction or prevention of such perils;
6. ascertain that the administration of otherwise proper laws, ordinances and procedures of Global Parliament do not result in unforseen injustices or inequities, or become stultified in Departments or the details of administration;
7. receive and hear complaints, grievances or requests for aid from any person, group, organization, association, body politic or agency concerning any matter which comes within the purview of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office;
8. request the Office of Global Attorneys General or any Regional Global Attorney to initiate legal actions or court proceedings whenever and wherever considered necessary or desirable in the view of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office;
9. directly initiate legal actions and court proceedings whenever the Global Community Ombudspersons Officedeems necessary;
10. review the functioning of the departments, bureaus, offices, commissions, institutes, organs and agencies of Global Parliament to ascertain whether the procedures of Global Parliament are adequately fulfilling their purposes and serving the welfare of humanity in optimum fashion, and to make recommendations for improvements; and
11. present an annual report to the Global Parliament and to the Global Council on the activities of the Global Community Ombudspersons Office, together with any recommendations for legislative measures to improve the functioning of Global Parliament for the purpose of better serving the welfare of the People of the Global Community.
Chapter 14.3 B.7 The Global Investment Bank
Article 1 to Article 2
Chapter 14.3 B.7 The Global Investment Bank
Article 1:
The global Investment Bank shall have legal personality. Member s of the global Investment Bank shall be Member Nations. The Statute of the global Investment Bank is laid down in a Protocol. Global laws may amend the Statute of the Bank, either at the request of the global Investment Bank and after consultation of the Global Judiciary , or on a proposal from the Global Judiciary and after consultation of the global Investment Bank.
Article 2:
The task of the global Investment Bank shall be to contribute, by having recourse to the capital market and utilising its own resources, to the balanced and steady development of the internal market in Global Parliament's interest. For this purpose the Bank shall, operating on a non-profit-making basis, grant loans and give guarantees which facilitate the financing of the following projects in all sectors of the economy:
(a) projects for developing less-developed regions;
(b) projects for modernising or converting undertakings or for developing fresh activities called for by the progressive establishment of the internal market, where these projects are of such a size or nature that they cannot be entirely financed by the various means available in the individual Member Nations;
(c) projects of common interest to several Member Nations which are of such a size or nature that they cannot be entirely financed by the various means available in the individual Member Nations. In carrying out its task, the Bank shall facilitate the financing of investment programmes in conjunction with assistance from the Structural Funds and other Global Parliament financial instruments.
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
Article 2 to Article 3
Chapter 14.3 B.8 The Court of Auditors
Article 1: The Court of Auditors
1. The Court of Auditors is the Institution which shall carry out the audit.
2. It shall examine the accounts of all Federation revenue and expenditure, and shall ensure good financial management.
3. It shall consist of one national of each Member Nation. In the performance of their duties, its members shall be completely independent.
Article 2:
1. The Court of Auditors shall examine the accounts of all revenue and expenditure of Global Parliament. It shall also examine the accounts of all revenue and expenditure of all bodies set up by Global Parliament insofar as the relevant constituent instrument does not preclude such examination. The Court of Auditors shall provide Global Parliament and the Council of Ministers with a Nation Statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions which shall be published in the Official Journal of Global Parliament. This Nation Statement may be supplemented by specific assessments for each major area of Global Parliament activity.
2. The Court of Auditors shall examine whether all revenue has been received and all expenditure incurred in a lawful and regular manner and whether the financial management has been sound. In doing so, it shall report in particular on any cases of irregularity. The audit of revenue shall be carried out on the basis both of the amounts established as due and the amounts actually paid to Global Parliament. The audit of expenditure shall be carried out on the basis both of commitments undertaken and payments made. These audits may be carried out before the closure of accounts for the financial year in question.
3. The audit shall be based on records and, if necessary, performed on the spot in the other Institutions, on the premises of any body which manages revenue or expenditure on behalf of Global Parliament and in Member Nations, including on the premises of any natural or legal person in receipt of payments from the budget. In Member Nations the audit shall be carried out in liaison with national audit bodies or, if these do not have the necessary powers, with the competent national departments. The Court of Auditors and the national audit bodies of Member Nations shall cooperate in a spirit of trust while maintaining their independence. These bodies or departments shall inform the Court of Auditors whether they intend to take part in the audit. The other Institutions, any bodies managing revenue or expenditure on behalf of Global Parliament, any natural or legal person in receipt of payments from the budget, and the national audit bodies or, if these do not have the necessary powers, the competent national departments, shall forward to the Court of Auditors, at its request, any document or information necessary to carry out its task. In respect of the global Investment Bank's activity in managing Global Parliament expenditure and revenue, rights of access by the Court of Auditors to information held by the Bank shall be governed by an agreement between the Court, the Bank and the Global Judiciary . In the absence of an agreement, the Court shall nevertheless have access to information necessary for the audit of Global Parliament expenditure and revenue managed by the Bank.
4. The Court of Auditors shall draw up an annual report after the close of each financial year. It shall be forwarded to the other Institutions and shall be published, together with the replies of these Institutions to the observations of the Court of Auditors, in the Official Journal of Global Parliament. The Court of Auditors may also, at any time, submit observations, particularly in the form of special reports, on specific questions and deliver opinions at the request of one of the other Institutions. It shall adopt its annual reports, special reports or opinions by a majority of its Members. However, it may establish internal chambers in order to adopt certain categories of reports or opinions under the conditions laid down by its Rules of Procedure. It shall assist Global Parliament and the Earth Executive Council in exercising their powers of control over the implementation of the budget. The Court of Auditors shall adopt its Rules of Procedure. Those rules shall require the approval of the Earth Executive Council.
Article 3:
1. Member s of the Court of Auditors shall be chosen from among persons who belong or have belonged in their respective countries to external audit bodies or who are especially qualified for this office. Their independence must be beyond doubt.
2. Member s of the Court of Auditors shall be appointed for a term of six years. Their term of office shall be renewable. The Council of Ministers shall adopt a global decision establishing the list of Members drawn up in accordance with the proposals made by each Member Nation. It shall act after consulting Global Parliament . Member s of the Court of Auditors shall elect their President from among their number for a term of three years. He or she may be re-elected.
3. Member s of the Court of Auditors shall, in Global Parliament's general interest, be completely independent in the performance of their duties. In the performance of these duties, they shall neither seek nor take instructions from any government or from any other body. They shall refrain from any action incompatible with their duties.
4. Member s of the Court of Auditors may not, during their term of office, engage in any other occupation, whether gainful or not. When entering upon their duties they shall give a solemn undertaking that, both during and after their term of office, they will respect the obligations arising therefrom and in particular their duty to behave with integrity and discretion as regards the acceptance, after they have ceased to hold office, of certain appointments or benefits.
5. Apart from normal replacement, or death, the duties of a Member of the Court of Auditors shall end when he or she resigns, or is compulsorily retired by a ruling of the Court of Justice pursuant to paragraph 6. The vacancy thus caused shall be filled for the remainder of Member 's term of office. Save in the case of compulsory retirement, Members of the Court of Auditors shall remain in office until they have been replaced.
6. A Member of the Court of Auditors may be deprived of his or her office or of his or her right to a pension or other benefits in its stead only if the Court of Justice, at the request of the Court of Auditors, finds that he or she no longer fulfils the requisite conditions or meets the obligations arising from his or her office.
Chapter 14.3 B.9 Global Community Citizenship Office
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.9 Global Community Citizenship Office
Chapter 6 deals with these concerns.
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.10 Global Rights Office
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.10 Global Rights Office
Chapter 10 deals with these concerns.
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.11 Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 1: The Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 2: Staff of the Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 3: GCAC has several objectives
Chapter 14.3 B.11 Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
Article 1: The Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
1. The functions of GCAC shall include to:
a) establish and maintain a registration and description of all significant technological innovations, together with impact projections;
b) examine, analyze and assess the impacts and consequences of technological innovations which may have either significant beneficial or significant harmful or dangerous consequences for human life or for the ecology of life on Earth, or which may require particular regulations or prohibitions to prevent or eliminate dangers or to assure benefits;
c) examine, analyze and assess environmental and ecological problems, in particular the environmental and ecological problems which may result from any intrusions or changes of the environment or ecological relationships which may be caused by technol ogical innovations, processes of resource development, patterns of human settlements, the production of energy, patterns of economic and industrial development, or other man-made intrusions and changes of the environment, or which may result from natural causes;
d) maintain a global monitoring network to measure possible harmful effects of technological innovations and environmental disturbances so that corrective measures can be designed;
e) prepare recommendations based on technological and environmental analyses and assessments, which can serve as guides to Global Parliament, the Earth Executive Council, the Global Administration, the Agency for Research and Planning, and to the other organs, departments and agencies of Global Parliament, as well as to individuals in the service of Global Parliament and to national and local governments and legislative bodies;
f. ) enlist the voluntary or contractual aid and participation of private and public universities, research institutions and other associations and organizations in the work of technological and environmental assessment; and
g) enlist the voluntary or contractual aid and participation of private and public universities and research institutions and other organizations in devising and developing alternatives to harmful or dangerous technologies and environmentall y disruptive activities, and in devising controls to assure beneficial results from technological innovations or to prevent harmful results from either technological innovations or environmental changes, all subject to legislation for implementation by Global Parliament.
Article 2: Staff of the Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC)
2. GCAC shall be supervised by a ten member commission in addition to the Senior Administrator and Cabinet Minister or Vice President. The commission shall be composed of one commissioner from each of ten Global Electoral and Administrative Contiguous-Regions. The persons to serve as commissioners shall be nominated by the House of Advisers, and then appointed by the Global Council for five year terms. Commissioners may serve consecutive terms.
Article 3 GCAC has several objectives
3. GCAC has several objectives that include:
Chapter 14.3 B.12 Earth Security
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.12 Earth Security
Chapter 10 deals with these concerns.
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.13 Global Civil Society Council
Chapter 14.3.1 B.13 Objectives of the Global Civil Society Council
Article 1: Objectives
Article 2:
Chapter 14.3 B.13 Global Civil Society Council
Chapter 14.3.1 B.13 Objectives of the Global Civil Society Council
Article 1: Objectives
2. GCAC shall be supervised by a ten member commission in addition to the Senior Administrator and Cabinet Minister or Vice President. The commission shall be composed of one commissioner from each of ten Global Electoral and Administrative Contiguous-Regions. The persons to serve as commissioners shall be nominated by the House of Advisers, and then appointed by the Global Council for five year terms. Commissioners may serve consecutive terms.
Article 3 GCAC has several objectives
3. GCAC has several objectives that include:
* Analyzing and developing local and global policies
* Taking contracts to manage global projects
* Taking contracts for Earth management
* Measuring local and global indicators
* Measuring World Sustainable Development
* Serving as the Global Community Assessment Centre of indicators about global changes
* Dedicated to increasing public awareness about issues of global concern
* Working in cooperation with individuals, industry, and government to create a global value shift toward a sustainable future for Earth
* Disseminating information on sustainable development
* Promoting international cooperation and a Global Community Sustainable Development through seminars and conferences, and Global Dialogues
* Providing strategies to achieve environmental, health and safety excellence and economic success in the Global Community
* Providing a link between scientists, officials from all levels of government, economists, statisticians, environmentalists, ecologists, renewable and non-renewable resources specialists, business leaders, non-governmental organizations, educators, health and social experts,
* Aboriginals and Natives, home and community planners, and the public to explore local and global sustainable development issues
* Serving the scientific community as a forum for the presentation and discussion of important issues related to sustainable development
* Generating a Global Community dialogue about and for peace and sound solutions to that effect
* Providing a Global Online Community for the general public and the opportunity for involvement and feedback into projects and programs
* Providing the Global Community with sound solutions related to home and community sustainable development, environmental designs and sustainable buildings
* Committed to the sustainable end of world hunger by finding sound solutions to development
* Promoting the global adoption of energy-efficiency in order to enable a sustainable economic development and an ecological sustainable development
* Performing Global review of projects, examine alternatives, and formulates guidelines and criteria for future local and global development
* Establishing a permanent global dialogue to ensure a sound future for Earth
* Coordinating the assessment of local and global indicators along with other national and international organizations
* Establishing accounting and valuation on sustainable development; making results available to governments, research institutions, NGOs from all countries
* Establishing the Global Community network that will conduct annual assessments of sustainable development indicators and making results available on the Internet
* Providing gross global indicators to the Global Community
* Developing projects and programs to promote the Global Community concept in schools
* Establishing a warning system on environmental hazards and emergencies to help prevent disasters from happening
* Helping countries to prevent and peacefully settle environmental disputes by initiating a process for dialogue and finding solutions
* Proposing a local and global Code of criminal law governing transnational offences; propose minimum standards of punishment for transboundary criminal behaviour
* Proposing joint legal instruments and policies to facilitate management of transboundary natural resources and border ecosystems, and to regulate the use of renewable natural resources
* Proposing integrated accounts systems, business and industry accounts, economic policies, policy instruments, and private actions
* Proposing policies and management practices to national and international organizations for the integration of environment and development at various stages of the decision-making process
* Proposing joint projects between countries for resource management and control
* Proposing to international institutions (Global Bank, IMF, etc.) measurements of sustainable development be included in their statistics on socio-economic, trade and financial performance
Chapter 14.3 B.12 Earth Security
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.12 Earth Security
Chapter 10 deals with these concerns.
Article 1:
Chapter 14.3 B.13 Global Civil Society Council
Chapter 14.3.1 B.13 Objectives of the Global Civil Society Council
Article 1: Objectives
Article 2:
Chapter 14.3 B.13 Global Civil Society Council
Chapter 14.3.1 B.13 Objectives of the Global Civil Society Council
Article 1: Objectives
1. The Global Sustainable Society Council shall be managing the Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC).
2. The objects of the Global Sustainable Society Council are to:
2.1 promote sustainable development as defined here by:
2.2 promote sustainable development worldwide, establish new standards, goals to be reached, and a benchmark for the 21st century in all aspects of sustainable development; firm guidelines are essential in keeping the four major areas of concern as free as possible from negative growth factors; promote, manage and/or sponsor international meetings and conferences as they relate to sustainable development;
2.3 research and develop local and global indicators and indices for the measurement and management of sustainable development;
2.4 research and develop a sound balance among the interactions of the impacts as defined in 2.1 and in all aspects of sustainable development;
2.5 research and develop products, techniques, processes, methods and programs to fulfill a sustainable development as defined in 2.1;
2.6 promote co-operation amongst levels of government and citizens in planning which will help the measurement and management of sustainable development; bring together businesses and the Public and create a venue where the best ways can be found to sustain resources and measure consumption and use;
2.7 create a worldwide network that will obtain data from all over the world in all aspects of sustainable development, and use the information obtained to fulfill the goal defined in 2.1; provide access to the information to concerned parties; the gathering and analysis of the information shall be used to help community and home development, and social development;
2.8 encourage and foster and develop among its members a recognition of the importance of a sound sustainable development locally and worldwide;
2.9 provide educational services and training related to:
2.10 engage in activities to relief poverty in the world; by searching "a sound balance among the interactions of the impacts" will result in a relief of poverty;
2.11 carry out activities primarily for the benefit of the Public, community and home development, and world development in the spirit of the Earth and its People survival, and in the spirit of the Scale of Global Rights;
2.12 promote an environmental sustainable development that does not endanger the natural systems that support life on Earth: the air, the waters, the soils and the living things;
Article 2:
Chapter 14.3 B.14 Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Article 1: The Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Chapter 14.3 B.14 Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Article 1: The Agency for Research, Planning and Development
The functions of the Agency for Research and Planning include to:
Article 1: Global Protection Agency (GPA)
Chapter 14.2 B15 deals with this subject.
Chapter 14.4 Global Electoral and Administration Regions
Article 1: A) Global Electoral and Administrative Regions
Chapter 14.4 Global Electoral and Administration Regions
Chapter 14.8 The Trusteeship Council and Trusteeship System
Article 1 to Article 14
Chapter 14.8 The Trusteeship Council and Trusteeship System
Article 1
The Global Community shall establish under its authority an international trusteeship system for the administration and supervision of such territories as may be placed there under by subsequent individual agreements. These territories are hereinafter referred to as trust territories.
The basic objectives of the trusteeship system, in accordance with the "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations of the Global Community" of the present Federation Constitution, shall be to:
1. The trusteeship system shall apply to such territories in the following categories as may be placed thereunder by means of trusteeship agreements:
Article 4
The trusteeship system shall not apply to territories which have become Members of the Global Community, relationship among which shall be based on respect for the principle of sovereign equality.
Article 5
The terms of trusteeship for each territory to be placed under the trusteeship system, including any alteration or amendment, shall be agreed upon by the states directly concerned, including the mandatory power in the case of territories held under mandate by a Member of the Global Community.
Article 6
The trusteeship agreement shall in each case include the terms under which the trust territory will be administered and designate the authority which will exercise the administration of the trust territory. Such authority, hereinafter called the administering authority, may be one or more states or the Global Community itself.
Article 7
1. All functions of the Global Community relating to strategic areas, including the approval of the terms of the trusteeship agreements and of their alteration or amendment, shall be exercised by the Earth Security Council.
2. The Earth Security Council shall, subject to the provisions of the trusteeship agreements and without prejudice to security considerations, avail itself of the assistance of the Trusteeship Council to perform those functions of the Global Community under the trusteeship system relating to political, economic, social, and educational matters in the strategic areas.
Article 8
The Trusteeship Council, operating under the authority of the Elected Representatives Council, shall assist the Elected Representatives Council in carrying out these functions.
Article 9
1. The Trusteeship Council shall consist of the following Members of the Global Community:
Article 10
The Elected Representative Council and, under its authority, the Trusteeship Council, in carrying out their functions, may:
The Trusteeship Council shall formulate a questionnaire on the political, economic, social, and educational advancement of the inhabitants of each trust territory, and the administering authority for each trust territory within the competence of the Elected Represntative Council shall make an annual report to the Elected Representative Council upon the basis of such questionnaire.
Article 12
1. Each member of the Trusteeship Council shall have one vote.
2. Decisions of the Trusteeship Council shall be made by a majority of the members present and voting.
Article 13
1. The Trusteeship Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure, including the method of selecting its President.
2. The Trusteeship Council shall meet as required in accordance with its rules, which shall include provision for the convening of meetings on the request of a majority of its members.
Article 14
The Trusteeship Council shall, when appropriate, request the assistance of the Economic and Social Council and the specialized agencies in regard to matters with which they are respectively concerned.
2. The objects of the Global Sustainable Society Council are to:
2.1 promote sustainable development as defined here by:
a. the technical definition being "a sound balance among the interactions of the impacts (positive and/or negative), or stresses, on the four major quality systems: People, Economic Development, Environment and Availability of Resources," and
b. the none-technical definition being "a sound balance among the interactions designed to create a healthy economic growth, preserve environmental quality, make a wise use of our resources, and enhance social benefits"
c. its importance on the Scale of Global Rights.
2.2 promote sustainable development worldwide, establish new standards, goals to be reached, and a benchmark for the 21st century in all aspects of sustainable development; firm guidelines are essential in keeping the four major areas of concern as free as possible from negative growth factors; promote, manage and/or sponsor international meetings and conferences as they relate to sustainable development;
2.3 research and develop local and global indicators and indices for the measurement and management of sustainable development;
2.4 research and develop a sound balance among the interactions of the impacts as defined in 2.1 and in all aspects of sustainable development;
2.5 research and develop products, techniques, processes, methods and programs to fulfill a sustainable development as defined in 2.1;
2.6 promote co-operation amongst levels of government and citizens in planning which will help the measurement and management of sustainable development; bring together businesses and the Public and create a venue where the best ways can be found to sustain resources and measure consumption and use;
2.7 create a worldwide network that will obtain data from all over the world in all aspects of sustainable development, and use the information obtained to fulfill the goal defined in 2.1; provide access to the information to concerned parties; the gathering and analysis of the information shall be used to help community and home development, and social development;
2.8 encourage and foster and develop among its members a recognition of the importance of a sound sustainable development locally and worldwide;
2.9 provide educational services and training related to:
a. the measurement and management of sustainable development
b. maintaining conditions under which People and Nature can co-exist in productive harmony and fulfill the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations
c. development of sustainable communities and sustainable homes
2.10 engage in activities to relief poverty in the world; by searching "a sound balance among the interactions of the impacts" will result in a relief of poverty;
2.11 carry out activities primarily for the benefit of the Public, community and home development, and world development in the spirit of the Earth and its People survival, and in the spirit of the Scale of Global Rights;
2.12 promote an environmental sustainable development that does not endanger the natural systems that support life on Earth: the air, the waters, the soils and the living things;
Article 2:
Chapter 14.3 B.14 Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Article 1: The Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Chapter 14.3 B.14 Agency for Research, Planning and Development
Article 1: The Agency for Research, Planning and Development
The functions of the Agency for Research and Planning include to:
a. serve Global Parliament, Earth Executive Council, Global Parliament Departments, and other organs, departments and agencies of Global Parliament in any matter requiring research and planning within the competence of the agency;Article 2:
b. prepare and maintain a comprehensive inventory of global resources;
c. prepare comprehensive long-range plans for the development, conservation, re-cycling and equitable sharing of the resources of Earth for the benefit of all people on Earth, subject to legislative action by Global Parliament;
d. prepare and maintain a comprehensive list and description of all global problems, including their inter-relationships, impact time projections and proposed solutions, together with bibliographies;
e. do research and help prepare legislative measures at the request of any Member of the Global Parliament or of any committee of any of the four bodies of Global Parliament;
f. do research and help prepare proposed legislation or proposed legislative programs and schedules at the request of the Global Council or Cabinet Ministers;
g. do research and prepare reports at the request of any other organ, department or agency of Global Parliament;
h. enlist the help of public and private universities, research agencies, and other associations and organizations for various research and planning projects;
i. contract with public and private universities, research agencies and other organizations for the preparation of specific reports, studies and proposals; and
j. maintain a comprehensive Global Library for the use of all Members of the Global Parliament, and for the use of all other officials and persons in the service of Global Parliament, as well as for public information.
Article 1: Global Protection Agency (GPA)
Chapter 14.2 B15 deals with this subject.
Chapter 14.4 Global Electoral and Administration Regions
Article 1: A) Global Electoral and Administrative Regions
Chapter 14.4 Global Electoral and Administration Regions
Article 1: A) Global Electoral and Administrative Regions
1. The basic direct electoral and administrative units of Global Parliament shall be the Global Electoral and Administrative Districts. A total of not more than 7000 Global Electoral and Administrative Districts shall be defined, and shall be nearly equal in population, within the limits of plus or minus ten percent.
2. Contiguous Global Electoral and Administrative Districts shall be combined as may be appropriate to compose a total of thirty Global Electoral and Administrative Regions for the following purposes, but not limited thereto:
3. The Global Electoral and Administrative Regions may be composed of a variable number of Global Electoral and Administrative Districts, taking into consideration geographic, cultural, ecological, and population factors.
4. Contiguous Global Electoral and Administrative Regions shall be grouped together in pairs to compose Contiguous-Regions.
5. The boundaries for Global Electoral and Administrative Regions shall not cross the boundaries of the Global Electoral and Administrative Districts, and shall be common insofar as feasible for the various administrative departments and for the several organs and agencies of Global Parliament. Boundaries for the Global Electoral and Administrative Districts as well as for the Regions need not conform to existing national boundaries, but shall conform as far as practicable.
6. The Global Electoral and Administrative Regions shall be grouped to compose at least six Continental Divisions of the planet, for the election or appointment of Global Parliament officials, and for aspects of the composition and functioning of the several organs and agencies of Global Parliament as specified hereinafter. The boundaries of Continental Divisions shall not cross existing national boundaries as far as practicable. Continental Divisions may be composed of a variable number of Global Electoral and Administrative Regions.
Article 1: B) Global Boundaries and Elections Administration
B) Global Boundaries and Elections Administration
1. The functions of the Global Boundaries and Elections Administration shall include to:
Chapter 14.5 Provisions concerning governing institutions and bodies
Chapter 14.5.1 Qualified majority
Article 1: Qualified majority
Chapter 14.5 Provisions concerning governing institutions and bodies
Chapter 14.5.1 Qualified majority
Article 1: Qualified majority
1. When Global Parliament or the Earth Executive Council takes decisions by qualified majority, such a majority shall consist of the majority of Member Nations, representing at least three fifths of the population of the Global Community.
2. When the Constitution does not require Global Parliament or the Cabinet Ministers to act on the basis of a proposal of the Global Judiciary, or when Global Parliament or the Earth Executive Council is not acting on the initiative of Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs , the required qualified majority shall consist of two thirds of Member Nations, representing at least three fifths of the population of Global Parliament.
3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall take effect after Global Parliament elections have taken place, according to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 14.1.
4. Where the Constitution provides in Chapters 15 to 26 for all global laws and framework laws to be adopted by the Earth Executive Council according to a special legislative procedure, Global Parliament can adopt, on its own initiative and by unanimity, after a period of consideration of at least six months, a decision allowing for the adoption of such global laws or framework laws according to the ordinary legislative procedure. Global Parliament shall act after consulting the Earth Executive Council and informing the national Parliaments. Where the Constitution provides in Chapters 15 to 26 for the Earth Executive Council to act unanimously in a given area, Global Parliament can adopt, on its own initiative and by unanimity, a decision allowing the Cabinet Ministers to act by qualified majority in that area. Any initiative taken by Global Parliament under this subparagraph shall be sent to national Parliaments no less than four months before any decision is taken on it.
5. Within Global Parliament, its President does not vote.
Article 2: The Global Investment Bank
Chapter 14.5.2 Global Investment Bank
Article 1: The Global Investment Bank
1. The Global Bank shall be governed by the decision-making bodies of the Global Bank. The primary objective of the Global Bank shall be to maintain price stability. Without prejudice to the objective of price stability, it shall support general economic policies in Global Parliament with a view to contributing to the achievement of Global Parliament's objectives. It shall conduct other Bank tasks according to the provisions of Chapters 15 to 26 and the Statute of the Global Bank.
2. The Global Bank is an Institution which has legal personality. It alone may authorise the issue of the 'global equivalent money'. In the exercise of its powers and for its finances, it shall be independent. Global Parliament Institutions and Bodies, and the governments of Member Nations, shall undertake to respect this principle.
3. The Global Bank shall adopt such measures as are necessary to carry out its tasks in accordance with the provisions of Articles 3 to 5 of Chapter 16.4 and Article 6, Chapter 16.5, and with the conditions laid down in the Statute of the Global Bank. In accordance with these same provisions, those Member Nations which have not adopted the 'global equivalent money', and their central banks, shall retain their powers in monetary matters.
4. Within its areas of competence, the Global Bank shall be consulted on all proposed Federation acts, and all proposals for regulation at national level, and may give an opinion.
5. The decision-making organs of the Global Bank, their composition and operating methods are set out in Articles 565 to 569, as well as in the Statute of the Global Bank.
Chapter 14.5.3 Global Parliament
Article 3: Global Parliament
Article 2 to Article 12
Chapter 14.5.3 Global Parliament
Article 1: Global Parliament
1. A global law or framework law of the Earth Executive Council shall establish the necessary measures for the election of Member s of Global Parliament by direct universal suffrage in accordance with a uniform procedure in all Member Nations or in accordance with principles common to all Member Nations. The Earth Executive Council shall act unanimously on a proposal from and after obtaining the consent of Global Parliament , which shall act by a majority of its component members. This law or framework law shall not enter into force until it has been approved by the Member Nations in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements.
2. A global law of Global Parliament shall lay down the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the duties of its Members. Global Parliament shall act on its own initiative after seeking an opinion from the Global Judiciary and with the approval of the Earth Executive Council. The Earth Executive Council shall act unanimously on all rules or conditions relating to the taxation of Members or former Members.
3. Throughout this generation, the composition of the Global Parliament shall be as set out in the Protocol on the representation of Global Community citizens in Global Parliament .
Article 2:
A global law shall lay down the regulations governing political parties at global level, and in particular the rules regarding their funding.
Article 3:
Global Parliament may, acting by a majority of its component Members, request the Global Judiciary to submit any appropriate proposal on matters on which it considers that a Federation act is required for the purpose of implementing the Constitution. If the Global Judiciary does not submit a proposal, it shall inform Global Parliament of the reasons.
Article 4:
In the course of its duties, Global Parliament may, at the request of a quarter of its component Members, set up a temporary Committee of Inquiry to investigate, without prejudice to the powers conferred by the Constitution on other institutions or bodies, alleged contraventions or maladministration in the implementation of Global Parliament law, except where the alleged facts are being examined before a court and while the case is still subject to legal proceedings. The temporary Committee of Inquiry shall cease to exist on the submission of its report. A global law of the Global Parliament shall lay down the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the right of inquiry. Global Parliament shall act on its own initiative after obtaining the approval of the Earth Executive Council and of the Global Judiciary .
Article 5:
Any citizen of Global Parliament, and any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member Nation, shall have the right to address, individually or in association with other Global Community citizens or persons, a petition to the Global Parliament on a matter which comes within Global Parliament's fields of activity and which affects him directly.
Article 6:
1. Global Parliament shall appoint a global Ombudsperson. The global Ombudsperson shall be empowered to receive complaints from any citizen of Global Parliament or any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member Nation concerning instances of maladministration in the activities of Global Parliament's institutions, bodies or agencies, with the exception of the Court of Justice acting in its judicial role. In accordance with his or her duties, the global Ombudsperson shall conduct inquiries for which he or she finds grounds, either on his or her own initiative or on the basis of complaints submitted to him or her direct or through a Member of Global Parliament , except where the alleged facts are or have been the subject of legal proceedings. Where the global Ombudsperson establishes an instance of maladministration, he or she shall refer the matter to the institution, body or agency concerned, which shall have a period of three months in which to inform him or her of its views. The global Ombudsperson shall then forward a report to Global Parliament and the institution, body or agency concerned. The person lodging the complaint shall be informed of the outcome of such inquiries. The global Ombudsperson shall submit an annual report to Global Parliament on the outcome of his or her inquiries.
2. The global Ombudsperson shall be appointed after each election of the Global Parliament for the duration of its term of office. The global Ombudsperson shall be eligible for reappointment. The global Ombudsperson may be dismissed by the Court of Justice at the request of Global Parliament if he or she no longer fulfils the conditions required for the performance of his or her duties or if he or she is guilty of serious misconduct.
3. The global Ombudsperson shall be completely independent in the performance of his or her duties. In the performance of those duties he or she shall neither seek nor take instructions from any body. The global Ombudsperson may not, during his or her term of office, engage in any other occupation, whether gainful or not.
4. A global law of Global Parliament shall lay down the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the global Ombudsperson's duties. Global Parliament shall act on its own initiative after seeking an opinion from the Global Judiciary and with the approval of the Earth Executive Council.
Article 7:
Global Parliament shall hold an annual session. It shall meet, without requiring to be convened, on the second Tuesday in March. Global Parliament may meet in extraordinary part-session at the request of a majority of its component Members or at the request of the Earth Executive Council or of the Global Judiciary .
Article 8:
1. The Global Judiciary may attend all meetings of Global Parliament and shall, at its request, be heard. The Global Judiciary shall reply orally or in writing to questions put to it by Global Parliament or by its Members.
2. The Global Governments Federation and the Earth Executive Council shall be heard by Global Parliament in accordance with the conditions laid down in the procedural rules of the Global Governments Federation and the Rules of Procedure of the Council of Ministers.
Article 9:
Save as otherwise provided in the Constitution, the Global Parliament shall act by a majority of the votes cast. The Rules of Procedure shall determine the quorum.
Article 10:
Global Parliament shall adopt its Rules of Procedure, acting by a majority of its component Members. The proceedings of the Global Parliament shall be published in the manner laid down in the Constitution and its Rules of Procedure.
Article 11:
Global Parliament shall discuss in open session the annual general report submitted to it by the Global Judiciary .
Article 12:
If a motion of censure on the activities of the Global Judiciary is tabled before it, Global Parliament shall not vote thereon until at least three days after the motion has been tabled and only by open vote. If the motion of censure is carried by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast, representing a majority of the component Members of the global Parliament, the Global Judiciary shall resign. It shall continue to deal with current business until it is replaced.
6. In this case, the term of office of the Global Judiciary appointed to replace it shall expire on the date on which the term of office of the Global Judiciary which was obliged to resign would have expired.
Chapter 14.5.4 The Federation
Article 1: The Federation
Chapter 14.5.4 The Federation
Article 1: The Federation
1. Where a vote is taken, any member of the Federation of Global Governments may also act on behalf of not more than one other member. Abstentions by members present in person or represented shall not prevent the adoption by the global Council of decisions which require unanimity.
2. The President of Global Parliament may be invited to be heard by the Federation of Global Governments.
3. The Federation of Global Governments shall establish its procedural rules by a simple majority. The Federation of Global Governments shall be assisted by the General Secretariat of the Earth Executive Council.
Chapter 14.5.5 The Earth Executive Council
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Article 2:
Article 3: Responsibilities incumbent upon the Global Judiciary
Article 4 to Article 6
Chapter 14.5.5 The Earth Executive Council
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Article 2:
1. The Earth Executive Council shall meet when convened by its President on his or her own initiative, or at the request of one of its members or of the Global Judiciary .
2. The Global Governments Federation shall adopt by unanimity a global decision establishing the rules governing the rotation of the Presidency of the formations of the Earth Executive Council.
Article 3:
1. Where a vote is taken, any member of the Earth Executive Council may also act on behalf of not more than one other member.
2. Where it is required to act by a simple majority, the Earth Executive Council shall act by a majority of its members.
3. Abstentions by members present in person or represented shall not prevent the adoption by the Earth Executive Council of acts which require unanimity.
Article 4:
1. A committee consisting of the Permanent Representatives of Member Nations shall be responsible for preparing the work of the Earth Executive Council and for carrying out the tasks assigned to it by the latter. The Committee may adopt procedural decisions in cases provided for in the Rules of Procedure of the Earth Executive Council.
2. The Earth Executive Council shall be assisted by a General Secretariat, under the responsibility of a Secretary-General appointed by the Council of Ministers. The Earth Executive Council shall decide on the organisation of the General Secretariat by a simple majority.
3. The Earth Executive Council shall act by a simple majority regarding procedural matters and for the adoption of its Rules of Procedure.
Article 5:
The Earth Executive Council, acting by a simple majority, may request the Global Judiciary to undertake any studies the Council of Ministers considers desirable for the attainment of the common objectives, and to submit to it any appropriate proposals. If the Global Judiciary does not submit a proposal, it shall inform the Earth Executive Council of the reasons.
Article 6:
The Earth Executive Council shall adopt global decisions laying down the rules governing the committees provided for in the Constitution. It shall act by a simple majority after consulting the Global Judiciary .
Chapter 14.5.6 The Global Judiciary
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Article 4 to Article 6
Chapter 14.5.6 The Global Judiciary
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
1. Apart from normal replacement, or death, the duties of a global Global Judiciary er or Global Judiciary er shall end when he or she resigns or is compulsorily retired. A global Global Judiciary er or Global Judiciary er shall resign if the President so requests.
2. A vacancy caused by resignation, compulsory retirement or death shall be filled for the remainder of the global Global Judiciary er or Global Judiciary er's term of office by a new global Global Judiciary er or Global Judiciary er appointed by the President of the Global Judiciary in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter 14.2 B4.
3. In the event of resignation, compulsory retirement or death, the President shall be replaced for the remainder of his or her term of office in accordance with Articles 2 of Chapter 14.2 B4.
4. In the case of the resignation of all Global Judiciary Commissioners, they shall remain in office until they have been replaced, for the remainder of their term of office, in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter 14.2 B4.
Article 2:
If any global Global Judiciary er or Global Judiciary er no longer fulfils the conditions required for the performance of his or her duties or if he or she has been guilty of serious misconduct, the Court of Justice may, on application by the Earth Executive Council, acting by a simple majority, or by the Global Judiciary , compulsorily retire him or her.
Article 3: Responsibilities incumbent upon the Global Judiciary
The responsibilities incumbent upon the Global Judiciary shall be structured and allocated among its members by its President, in accordance with Articles 2 of Chapter 14.2 B4 of the Constitution. The President may reshuffle the allocation of those responsibilities during the Global Judiciary 's term of office. Global Judiciary Commissioners shall carry out the duties devolved upon them by the President under his or her authority.
Article 4:
The Global Judiciary shall act by a majority of Members of the Council . The Rules of Procedure shall determine the quorum.
Article 5:
The Global Judiciary shall adopt its Rules of Procedure so as to ensure both its own operation and that of its departments. It shall ensure that these rules are published.
Article 6:
The Global Judiciary shall publish annually, not later than one month before the opening of the session of Global Parliament , a general report on the activities of Global Parliament.
Chapter 14.5.7 The Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: The Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.5.7 The Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: The Earth Court of Justice
Prosecuting criminals on the basis of universal jurisdiction regardless of a territorial or nationality nexus required a solid commitment of political will from national governments and Earth Community.
Once in effect, the Earth Court of Justice will become the principal judicial organ of the Earth Community. The Court will have a dual role: to settle in accordance with international law the legal disputes submitted to it by national governments, local communities, and in some special cases by corporations, non-government-organizations and citizens, and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by duly authorized organs and agencies.
The Court will be composed of judges elected by the Elected Representatives Council and Earth Security Council. It may not include more than one judge of any nationality. The Members of the Court do not represent their governments but are independent magistrates. The judges must possess the qualifications required in their respective countries for appointment to the highest judicial offices, or by jurists of recognized competence in international law. The composition of the Court has also to reflect the main forms of civilization and the principal legal systems of the world.
The Earth Court of Justice will hear cases involving:
* nation states
* national political and military leaders accountable for violations of international humanitarian law
* 'core' crimes of genocide
* crimes against humanity and human rights
* war crimes
* crimes with significant impacts perpetuated against the life-support system of the planet (for instance wars and use of weapons of widespread destruction are listed under this category)
* crimes related to the relentless misuse of the Earth Resources
* environmental crimes
* social crimes as the Court may see apply
* crimes stemming from the global ministries
The procedure followed by the Court is defined in its Statute. The Court decides in accordance with:
* belief, values, principles and aspirations of the New Age,
* the Scale of Global Rights
* international treaties and conventions in force,
* international custom,
* the general principles of law and,
* as subsidiary means, judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists.
Chapter 14.6.1 The multinational financial frameworks
Article 1: The multinational financial framework
Chapter 14.6 Global Parliament's financial provisions
Chapter 14.6.1 The multinational financial frameworks
Article 1: The multinational financial framework
1. The multiannual financial framework shall be established for a period of at least five years.
2. The financial framework shall fix the amounts of the annual ceilings on commitment appropriations by category of expenditure and of the annual ceiling on payment appropriations. The categories of expenditure, few in number, shall correspond to Global Parliament's major sectors of activity.
3. The financial framework shall lay down any other provisions required for the annual budgetary procedure to run smoothly.
4. Where no global law of the Earth Executive Council establishing a new financial framework has been adopted by the end of the previous financial framework, the ceilings and other provisions corresponding to the last year of that framework shall be extended until such time as that law is adopted.
5. Throughout the procedure leading to the adoption of the financial framework, Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council and the Global Judiciary shall take any measure necessary to facilitate the successful completion of the procedure.
Chapter 14.6.2 Global Parliament's Annual Budget
Article 1: Global Parliament's Annual Budget
Article 2 to Article 4
Chapter 14.6.2 Global Parliament's Annual Budget
Article 1: Global Parliament's Annual Budget
The financial year shall run from January 1st to December 31st.
Article 2:
Global laws shall establish Global Parliament's annual budget in accordance with the following provisions:
1. Each Institution shall, before 1 July, draw up estimates of its expenditure. The Global Judiciary shall consolidate these estimates in a draft budget. It shall attach thereto an opinion which may contain different estimates. The draft budget shall contain an estimate of revenue and an estimate of expenditure. The Global Judiciary may amend the draft budget during the procedure until such time as the Conciliation Committee, referred to in paragraph 5 below, is convened.
2. The Global Judiciary shall submit the draft budget to Global Parliament and to the Earth Executive Council not later than September 1st of the year preceding that in which the budget is to be implemented.
3. The Earth Executive Council shall adopt its position on the draft budget and forward it to Global Parliament not later than 1 October of the year preceding that in which the budget is to be implemented. The Cabinet Ministers shall inform Global Parliament fully of the reasons which led it to adopt its position.
4. If, within forty-two days of such communication, Global Parliament:
The President of Global Parliament , in agreement with the President of the Earth Executive Council, shall immediately convene a meeting of the Conciliation Committee. If, within ten days, the Earth Executive Council informs Global Parliament that it has approved all its amendments, the Conciliation Committee shall not meet.
5. The Conciliation Committee, which shall be composed of Member s of the Earth Executive Council or their representatives and an equal number of members representing Global Parliament , shall have the task of reaching agreement on a joint text, by a qualified majority of Member s of the Earth Executive Council or their representatives and by a majority of Members representing Global Parliament within twenty-one days of its being convened, on the basis of the positions of Global Parliament and the Earth Executive Council.
6. The Global Judiciary shall take part in the Conciliation Committee's proceedings and shall take all the necessary initiatives with a view to reconciling the positions of Global Parliament and the Earth Executive Council.
7. If, within the twenty-one days referred to in paragraph 5, the Conciliation Committee approves a joint text, Global Parliament , acting by a majority of the votes cast, and the Earth Executive Council, acting by a qualified majority, shall each have a period of fourteen days from that date in which to adopt the joint text.
8. If, within the twenty-one days referred to in paragraph 5, the Conciliation Committee does not approve a joint text or if the Earth Executive Council rejects the joint text, the Parliament may, within fourteen days, acting by a majority of its component members and three fifths of the votes cast, confirm its amendments. Where the Parliament amendment is not confirmed, the position of the Earth Executive Council on the budget item which is the subject of the amendment shall be deemed to be adopted. However, if the Parliament, acting by a majority of its component members and three fifths of the votes cast, rejects the joint text, it may ask for a new draft budget to be submitted.
9. When the procedure provided for in this Article has been completed, the President of Global Parliament shall declare that the global budget law has been finally adopted.
Article 3:
1. If no global budget law has been adopted at the beginning of a financial year, a sum equivalent to not more than one twelfth of the budget appropriations entered in the global budget law for the preceding financial year may be spent each month in respect of any Chapter or other subdivision of the budget in accordance with the provisions of the global law; this arrangement shall not, however, have the effect of placing at the disposal of the Global Judiciary appropriations in excess of one twelfth of those provided for in the draft budget under consideration.
2. The Earth Executive Council, on a proposal by the Global Judiciary and in compliance with the other conditions laid down in paragraph 1, may adopt a global decision authorising expenditure in excess of one twelfth. The Cabinet Ministers shall forward the decision immediately to Global Parliament . The global decision shall lay down the necessary measures relating to resources to ensure application of this Article. It shall enter into force thirty days following its adoption if Global Parliament , acting by a majority of its component members, has not decided to reduce this expenditure within that time-limit.
Article 4:
In accordance with the conditions laid down by the global law, any appropriations, other than those relating to staff expenditure, that are unexpended at the end of the financial year may be carried forward to the next financial year only. Appropriations shall be classified under different Chapters grouping items of expenditure according to their nature or purpose and subdivided in accordance with the global law. The expenditure of Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council, the Global Judiciary and the Court of Justice shall be set out in separate parts of the budget, without prejudice to special arrangements for certain common items of expenditure.
Article 1: Implementation of the Annual Budget
Article 2 to Article 3
Chapter 14.6.3 Implementation of the Annual Budget
Article 1: Implementation of the Annual Budget
The Global Judiciary shall implement the budget in cooperation with Member Nations, in accordance with the global law, on its own responsibility and within the limits of the appropriations allocated, having regard to the principles of sound financial management. Member Nations shall cooperate with the Global Judiciary to ensure that the appropriations are used in accordance with those principles. The global law shall establish the control and audit obligations of the Member Nations in the implementation of the budget and the resulting responsibilities. The global law shall establish the responsibilities and detailed rules for each Institution concerning its part in effecting its own expenditure. The Global Judiciary may, subject to the limits and conditions laid down by the global law, make transfers of appropriations between Chapters or between subdivisions within the budget.
Article 2:
The Global Judiciary shall submit annually to the Global Parliament and to the Earth Executive Council the accounts of the preceding financial year relating to the implementation of the budget. The Global Judiciary shall also forward to them a financial Nation Statement of Global Parliament's assets and liabilities. The Global Judiciary shall also submit to Global Parliament and to the Earth Executive Council an evaluation report on Global Parliament's finances based on the results achieved, in particular in relation to the indications given by Global Parliament and the Earth Executive Council.
Article 3:
1. Global Parliament , on a recommendation from the Earth Executive Council, shall give a discharge to the Global Judiciary in respect of the implementation of the budget. To this end, the Earth Executive Council and Global Parliament in turn shall examine the accounts, the financial Nation Statement and the evaluation report, the annual report by the Court of Auditors together with the replies of the Institutions under audit to the observations of the Court of Auditors, the Nation Statement of assurance referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 130 and any relevant special reports by the Court of Auditors.
2. Before giving a discharge to the Global Judiciary , or for any other purpose in connection with the exercise of its powers over the implementation of the budget, Global Parliament may ask to hear the Global Judiciary give evidence with regard to the execution of expenditure or the operation of financial control systems. The Global Judiciary shall submit any necessary information to Global Parliament at the latter's request.
3. The Global Judiciary shall take all appropriate steps to act on the observations in the decisions giving discharge and on other observations by the Global Parliament relating to the execution of expenditure, as well as on comments accompanying the recommendations on discharge adopted by the Council of Ministers.
4. At the request of Global Parliament or the Earth Executive Council, the Global Judiciary shall report on the measures taken in the light of these observations and comments and in particular on the instructions given to the departments which are responsible for the implementation of the budget. These reports shall also be forwarded to the Court of Auditors.
Chapter 14.6.4 Common provisions and procedures
Article 1: Common provisions and procedures
Article 2 to Article 5
Chapter 14.6.4 Common provisions and procedures
Article 1: Common provisions and procedures
The multiannual financial framework and the annual budget shall be drawn up in 'global equivalent money'.
Article 2:
The Global Judiciary may, provided it notifies the competent authorities of Member Nations concerned, transfer into the currency of one of Member Nations its holdings in the currency of another Member Nation, to the extent necessary to enable them to be used for purposes which come within the scope of the Constitution. The Global Judiciary shall as far as possible avoid making such transfers if it possesses cash or liquid assets in the currencies which it needs. The Global Judiciary shall deal with each Member Nation concerned through the authority designated by that Nation. In carrying out financial operations the Global Judiciary shall employ the services of the bank of issue of Member Nation concerned or of any other financial institution approved by that Nation.
Article 3:
1. Global laws shall:
3. The Earth Executive Council shall act unanimously until January 1st 2010 in all the cases referred to by this Article.
Article 4:
Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council and the Global Judiciary shall ensure that the financial means are made available to allow Global Parliament to fulfil its legal obligations in respect of third parties.
Article 5:
Regular meetings between the Presidents of Global Parliament, the Earth Executive Council and the Global Judiciary shall be convened on the initiative of the Global Judiciary under the budgetary procedures referred to in this Chapter. The Presidents shall take all the necessary steps to promote consultation and the reconciliation of the Institutions' positions to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of this Chapter.
Chapter 14.7 Global Parliament measures against fraud
Article 1 to Article 3
Chapter 14.7 Global Parliament measures against fraud
Article 1:
In order to elect representatives to the Global Community it is proposed the following:
A Member of the Global Community against which preventive or enforcement action has been taken by the Earth Security Council may be suspended from the exercise of the rights and privileges of membership by the Elected Representatives upon the recommendation of the Earth Security Council. The exercise of these rights and privileges may be restored by the Earth Security Council.
A Member of the Global Community which has persistently violated the "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations of the Global Community" contained in the present Federation Constitution may be expelled from the Global Community by the Elected Representatives upon the recommendation of the Earth Security Council.
1. The basic direct electoral and administrative units of Global Parliament shall be the Global Electoral and Administrative Districts. A total of not more than 7000 Global Electoral and Administrative Districts shall be defined, and shall be nearly equal in population, within the limits of plus or minus ten percent.
2. Contiguous Global Electoral and Administrative Districts shall be combined as may be appropriate to compose a total of thirty Global Electoral and Administrative Regions for the following purposes, but not limited thereto:
a) the election or appointment of Global Parliament officials;
b) administrative purposes;
c) composing various organs of Global Parliament as enumerated in Chapters 14.1 and 14.2;
d) the functioning of the Judiciary, the Agency of the Global Police, and the Ombudspersons, as well as
e) the functioning of any other organ or agency of Global Parliament.
3. The Global Electoral and Administrative Regions may be composed of a variable number of Global Electoral and Administrative Districts, taking into consideration geographic, cultural, ecological, and population factors.
4. Contiguous Global Electoral and Administrative Regions shall be grouped together in pairs to compose Contiguous-Regions.
5. The boundaries for Global Electoral and Administrative Regions shall not cross the boundaries of the Global Electoral and Administrative Districts, and shall be common insofar as feasible for the various administrative departments and for the several organs and agencies of Global Parliament. Boundaries for the Global Electoral and Administrative Districts as well as for the Regions need not conform to existing national boundaries, but shall conform as far as practicable.
6. The Global Electoral and Administrative Regions shall be grouped to compose at least six Continental Divisions of the planet, for the election or appointment of Global Parliament officials, and for aspects of the composition and functioning of the several organs and agencies of Global Parliament as specified hereinafter. The boundaries of Continental Divisions shall not cross existing national boundaries as far as practicable. Continental Divisions may be composed of a variable number of Global Electoral and Administrative Regions.
Article 1: B) Global Boundaries and Elections Administration
B) Global Boundaries and Elections Administration
1. The functions of the Global Boundaries and Elections Administration shall include to:
a. define the boundaries for the basic Global Electoral and Administrative Districts, the Global Electoral and Administrative Regions and Contiguous-Regions, and the Continental Divisions, for submission to Global Parliament for approval by legislative action;2. The Global Boundaries and Elections Administration shall be headed by a ten member commission in addition to the Senior Administrator and the Cabinet Minister or Vice President. The commission shall be composed of one commissioner each from ten Global Electoral and Administrative Contiguous-Regions. The persons to serve as commissioners shall be nominated by the House of Advisers and then appointed by the Global Council for five year terms. Commissioners may serve consecutive terms.
b. make periodic adjustments every ten or five years, as needed, of the boundaries for the Global Electoral and Administrative Districts, the Global Electoral and Administrative Regions and Contiguous-Regions, and of the Continental Divisions, subject to approval by the Global Parliament;
c. define the detailed procedures for the nomination and election of Members of the Global Parliament to the House of Elected Representatives and to the House of Advisers, subject to approval by Global Parliament;
d. To conduct the elections for Members of Global Parliament to the House of Elected Representatives and to the House of Advisers;
e. Before each Global Parliamentary Election, to prepare Voters' Information Booklets which shall summarize major current public issues, and shall list each candidate for elective office together with standard information about each candidate, and give space for each candidate to state his or her views on the defined major issues as well as on any other major issue of choice; to include information on any initiatives or referendums which are to be voted upon; to distribute the Voter's Information Booklets for each Global Electoral District, or suitable group of Districts; and to obtain the advice of the Institute on Governmental Procedures and Global Problems, the Agency for Research and Planning, and the GCAC in preparing the booklets;
f. define the rules for global political parties, subject to approval by Global Parliament, and subject to review and recommendations of the Global Community Ombudspersons.;
g. define the detailed procedures for legislative initiative and referendum by the Global Community Citizens, and to conduct voting on supra-national or global initiatives and referendums in conjuction with global parliamentary elections;
h. conduct plebiscites when requested by other Organs of Global Parliament, and to make recommendations for the settlement of boundary disputes; and
i. conduct a global census every five years, and to prepare and maintain complete demographic analyses for Earth.
Chapter 14.5 Provisions concerning governing institutions and bodies
Chapter 14.5.1 Qualified majority
Article 1: Qualified majority
Chapter 14.5 Provisions concerning governing institutions and bodies
Chapter 14.5.1 Qualified majority
Article 1: Qualified majority
1. When Global Parliament or the Earth Executive Council takes decisions by qualified majority, such a majority shall consist of the majority of Member Nations, representing at least three fifths of the population of the Global Community.
2. When the Constitution does not require Global Parliament or the Cabinet Ministers to act on the basis of a proposal of the Global Judiciary, or when Global Parliament or the Earth Executive Council is not acting on the initiative of Global Parliament Minister of Global Affairs , the required qualified majority shall consist of two thirds of Member Nations, representing at least three fifths of the population of Global Parliament.
3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall take effect after Global Parliament elections have taken place, according to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 14.1.
4. Where the Constitution provides in Chapters 15 to 26 for all global laws and framework laws to be adopted by the Earth Executive Council according to a special legislative procedure, Global Parliament can adopt, on its own initiative and by unanimity, after a period of consideration of at least six months, a decision allowing for the adoption of such global laws or framework laws according to the ordinary legislative procedure. Global Parliament shall act after consulting the Earth Executive Council and informing the national Parliaments. Where the Constitution provides in Chapters 15 to 26 for the Earth Executive Council to act unanimously in a given area, Global Parliament can adopt, on its own initiative and by unanimity, a decision allowing the Cabinet Ministers to act by qualified majority in that area. Any initiative taken by Global Parliament under this subparagraph shall be sent to national Parliaments no less than four months before any decision is taken on it.
5. Within Global Parliament, its President does not vote.
Article 2: The Global Investment Bank
Chapter 14.5.2 Global Investment Bank
Article 1: The Global Investment Bank
1. The Global Bank shall be governed by the decision-making bodies of the Global Bank. The primary objective of the Global Bank shall be to maintain price stability. Without prejudice to the objective of price stability, it shall support general economic policies in Global Parliament with a view to contributing to the achievement of Global Parliament's objectives. It shall conduct other Bank tasks according to the provisions of Chapters 15 to 26 and the Statute of the Global Bank.
2. The Global Bank is an Institution which has legal personality. It alone may authorise the issue of the 'global equivalent money'. In the exercise of its powers and for its finances, it shall be independent. Global Parliament Institutions and Bodies, and the governments of Member Nations, shall undertake to respect this principle.
3. The Global Bank shall adopt such measures as are necessary to carry out its tasks in accordance with the provisions of Articles 3 to 5 of Chapter 16.4 and Article 6, Chapter 16.5, and with the conditions laid down in the Statute of the Global Bank. In accordance with these same provisions, those Member Nations which have not adopted the 'global equivalent money', and their central banks, shall retain their powers in monetary matters.
4. Within its areas of competence, the Global Bank shall be consulted on all proposed Federation acts, and all proposals for regulation at national level, and may give an opinion.
5. The decision-making organs of the Global Bank, their composition and operating methods are set out in Articles 565 to 569, as well as in the Statute of the Global Bank.
Chapter 14.5.3 Global Parliament
Article 3: Global Parliament
Article 2 to Article 12
Chapter 14.5.3 Global Parliament
Article 1: Global Parliament
1. A global law or framework law of the Earth Executive Council shall establish the necessary measures for the election of Member s of Global Parliament by direct universal suffrage in accordance with a uniform procedure in all Member Nations or in accordance with principles common to all Member Nations. The Earth Executive Council shall act unanimously on a proposal from and after obtaining the consent of Global Parliament , which shall act by a majority of its component members. This law or framework law shall not enter into force until it has been approved by the Member Nations in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements.
2. A global law of Global Parliament shall lay down the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the duties of its Members. Global Parliament shall act on its own initiative after seeking an opinion from the Global Judiciary and with the approval of the Earth Executive Council. The Earth Executive Council shall act unanimously on all rules or conditions relating to the taxation of Members or former Members.
3. Throughout this generation, the composition of the Global Parliament shall be as set out in the Protocol on the representation of Global Community citizens in Global Parliament .
Article 2:
A global law shall lay down the regulations governing political parties at global level, and in particular the rules regarding their funding.
Article 3:
Global Parliament may, acting by a majority of its component Members, request the Global Judiciary to submit any appropriate proposal on matters on which it considers that a Federation act is required for the purpose of implementing the Constitution. If the Global Judiciary does not submit a proposal, it shall inform Global Parliament of the reasons.
Article 4:
In the course of its duties, Global Parliament may, at the request of a quarter of its component Members, set up a temporary Committee of Inquiry to investigate, without prejudice to the powers conferred by the Constitution on other institutions or bodies, alleged contraventions or maladministration in the implementation of Global Parliament law, except where the alleged facts are being examined before a court and while the case is still subject to legal proceedings. The temporary Committee of Inquiry shall cease to exist on the submission of its report. A global law of the Global Parliament shall lay down the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the right of inquiry. Global Parliament shall act on its own initiative after obtaining the approval of the Earth Executive Council and of the Global Judiciary .
Article 5:
Any citizen of Global Parliament, and any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member Nation, shall have the right to address, individually or in association with other Global Community citizens or persons, a petition to the Global Parliament on a matter which comes within Global Parliament's fields of activity and which affects him directly.
Article 6:
1. Global Parliament shall appoint a global Ombudsperson. The global Ombudsperson shall be empowered to receive complaints from any citizen of Global Parliament or any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member Nation concerning instances of maladministration in the activities of Global Parliament's institutions, bodies or agencies, with the exception of the Court of Justice acting in its judicial role. In accordance with his or her duties, the global Ombudsperson shall conduct inquiries for which he or she finds grounds, either on his or her own initiative or on the basis of complaints submitted to him or her direct or through a Member of Global Parliament , except where the alleged facts are or have been the subject of legal proceedings. Where the global Ombudsperson establishes an instance of maladministration, he or she shall refer the matter to the institution, body or agency concerned, which shall have a period of three months in which to inform him or her of its views. The global Ombudsperson shall then forward a report to Global Parliament and the institution, body or agency concerned. The person lodging the complaint shall be informed of the outcome of such inquiries. The global Ombudsperson shall submit an annual report to Global Parliament on the outcome of his or her inquiries.
2. The global Ombudsperson shall be appointed after each election of the Global Parliament for the duration of its term of office. The global Ombudsperson shall be eligible for reappointment. The global Ombudsperson may be dismissed by the Court of Justice at the request of Global Parliament if he or she no longer fulfils the conditions required for the performance of his or her duties or if he or she is guilty of serious misconduct.
3. The global Ombudsperson shall be completely independent in the performance of his or her duties. In the performance of those duties he or she shall neither seek nor take instructions from any body. The global Ombudsperson may not, during his or her term of office, engage in any other occupation, whether gainful or not.
4. A global law of Global Parliament shall lay down the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the global Ombudsperson's duties. Global Parliament shall act on its own initiative after seeking an opinion from the Global Judiciary and with the approval of the Earth Executive Council.
Article 7:
Global Parliament shall hold an annual session. It shall meet, without requiring to be convened, on the second Tuesday in March. Global Parliament may meet in extraordinary part-session at the request of a majority of its component Members or at the request of the Earth Executive Council or of the Global Judiciary .
Article 8:
1. The Global Judiciary may attend all meetings of Global Parliament and shall, at its request, be heard. The Global Judiciary shall reply orally or in writing to questions put to it by Global Parliament or by its Members.
2. The Global Governments Federation and the Earth Executive Council shall be heard by Global Parliament in accordance with the conditions laid down in the procedural rules of the Global Governments Federation and the Rules of Procedure of the Council of Ministers.
Article 9:
Save as otherwise provided in the Constitution, the Global Parliament shall act by a majority of the votes cast. The Rules of Procedure shall determine the quorum.
Article 10:
Global Parliament shall adopt its Rules of Procedure, acting by a majority of its component Members. The proceedings of the Global Parliament shall be published in the manner laid down in the Constitution and its Rules of Procedure.
Article 11:
Global Parliament shall discuss in open session the annual general report submitted to it by the Global Judiciary .
Article 12:
If a motion of censure on the activities of the Global Judiciary is tabled before it, Global Parliament shall not vote thereon until at least three days after the motion has been tabled and only by open vote. If the motion of censure is carried by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast, representing a majority of the component Members of the global Parliament, the Global Judiciary shall resign. It shall continue to deal with current business until it is replaced.
6. In this case, the term of office of the Global Judiciary appointed to replace it shall expire on the date on which the term of office of the Global Judiciary which was obliged to resign would have expired.
Chapter 14.5.4 The Federation
Article 1: The Federation
Chapter 14.5.4 The Federation
Article 1: The Federation
1. Where a vote is taken, any member of the Federation of Global Governments may also act on behalf of not more than one other member. Abstentions by members present in person or represented shall not prevent the adoption by the global Council of decisions which require unanimity.
2. The President of Global Parliament may be invited to be heard by the Federation of Global Governments.
3. The Federation of Global Governments shall establish its procedural rules by a simple majority. The Federation of Global Governments shall be assisted by the General Secretariat of the Earth Executive Council.
Chapter 14.5.5 The Earth Executive Council
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Article 2:
Article 3: Responsibilities incumbent upon the Global Judiciary
Article 4 to Article 6
Chapter 14.5.5 The Earth Executive Council
Article 1: The Earth Executive Council
Article 2:
1. The Earth Executive Council shall meet when convened by its President on his or her own initiative, or at the request of one of its members or of the Global Judiciary .
2. The Global Governments Federation shall adopt by unanimity a global decision establishing the rules governing the rotation of the Presidency of the formations of the Earth Executive Council.
Article 3:
1. Where a vote is taken, any member of the Earth Executive Council may also act on behalf of not more than one other member.
2. Where it is required to act by a simple majority, the Earth Executive Council shall act by a majority of its members.
3. Abstentions by members present in person or represented shall not prevent the adoption by the Earth Executive Council of acts which require unanimity.
Article 4:
1. A committee consisting of the Permanent Representatives of Member Nations shall be responsible for preparing the work of the Earth Executive Council and for carrying out the tasks assigned to it by the latter. The Committee may adopt procedural decisions in cases provided for in the Rules of Procedure of the Earth Executive Council.
2. The Earth Executive Council shall be assisted by a General Secretariat, under the responsibility of a Secretary-General appointed by the Council of Ministers. The Earth Executive Council shall decide on the organisation of the General Secretariat by a simple majority.
3. The Earth Executive Council shall act by a simple majority regarding procedural matters and for the adoption of its Rules of Procedure.
Article 5:
The Earth Executive Council, acting by a simple majority, may request the Global Judiciary to undertake any studies the Council of Ministers considers desirable for the attainment of the common objectives, and to submit to it any appropriate proposals. If the Global Judiciary does not submit a proposal, it shall inform the Earth Executive Council of the reasons.
Article 6:
The Earth Executive Council shall adopt global decisions laying down the rules governing the committees provided for in the Constitution. It shall act by a simple majority after consulting the Global Judiciary .
Chapter 14.5.6 The Global Judiciary
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
Article 4 to Article 6
Chapter 14.5.6 The Global Judiciary
Article 1: The Global Judiciary
1. Apart from normal replacement, or death, the duties of a global Global Judiciary er or Global Judiciary er shall end when he or she resigns or is compulsorily retired. A global Global Judiciary er or Global Judiciary er shall resign if the President so requests.
2. A vacancy caused by resignation, compulsory retirement or death shall be filled for the remainder of the global Global Judiciary er or Global Judiciary er's term of office by a new global Global Judiciary er or Global Judiciary er appointed by the President of the Global Judiciary in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter 14.2 B4.
3. In the event of resignation, compulsory retirement or death, the President shall be replaced for the remainder of his or her term of office in accordance with Articles 2 of Chapter 14.2 B4.
4. In the case of the resignation of all Global Judiciary Commissioners, they shall remain in office until they have been replaced, for the remainder of their term of office, in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter 14.2 B4.
Article 2:
If any global Global Judiciary er or Global Judiciary er no longer fulfils the conditions required for the performance of his or her duties or if he or she has been guilty of serious misconduct, the Court of Justice may, on application by the Earth Executive Council, acting by a simple majority, or by the Global Judiciary , compulsorily retire him or her.
Article 3: Responsibilities incumbent upon the Global Judiciary
The responsibilities incumbent upon the Global Judiciary shall be structured and allocated among its members by its President, in accordance with Articles 2 of Chapter 14.2 B4 of the Constitution. The President may reshuffle the allocation of those responsibilities during the Global Judiciary 's term of office. Global Judiciary Commissioners shall carry out the duties devolved upon them by the President under his or her authority.
Article 4:
The Global Judiciary shall act by a majority of Members of the Council . The Rules of Procedure shall determine the quorum.
Article 5:
The Global Judiciary shall adopt its Rules of Procedure so as to ensure both its own operation and that of its departments. It shall ensure that these rules are published.
Article 6:
The Global Judiciary shall publish annually, not later than one month before the opening of the session of Global Parliament , a general report on the activities of Global Parliament.
Chapter 14.5.7 The Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: The Earth Court of Justice
Chapter 14.5.7 The Earth Court of Justice
Article 1: The Earth Court of Justice
Prosecuting criminals on the basis of universal jurisdiction regardless of a territorial or nationality nexus required a solid commitment of political will from national governments and Earth Community.
Once in effect, the Earth Court of Justice will become the principal judicial organ of the Earth Community. The Court will have a dual role: to settle in accordance with international law the legal disputes submitted to it by national governments, local communities, and in some special cases by corporations, non-government-organizations and citizens, and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by duly authorized organs and agencies.
The Court will be composed of judges elected by the Elected Representatives Council and Earth Security Council. It may not include more than one judge of any nationality. The Members of the Court do not represent their governments but are independent magistrates. The judges must possess the qualifications required in their respective countries for appointment to the highest judicial offices, or by jurists of recognized competence in international law. The composition of the Court has also to reflect the main forms of civilization and the principal legal systems of the world.
The Earth Court of Justice will hear cases involving:
* nation states
* national political and military leaders accountable for violations of international humanitarian law
* 'core' crimes of genocide
* crimes against humanity and human rights
* war crimes
* crimes with significant impacts perpetuated against the life-support system of the planet (for instance wars and use of weapons of widespread destruction are listed under this category)
* crimes related to the relentless misuse of the Earth Resources
* environmental crimes
* social crimes as the Court may see apply
* crimes stemming from the global ministries
The procedure followed by the Court is defined in its Statute. The Court decides in accordance with:
* belief, values, principles and aspirations of the New Age,
* the Scale of Global Rights
* international treaties and conventions in force,
* international custom,
* the general principles of law and,
* as subsidiary means, judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists.
Chapter 14.6.1 The multinational financial frameworks
Article 1: The multinational financial framework
Chapter 14.6 Global Parliament's financial provisions
Chapter 14.6.1 The multinational financial frameworks
Article 1: The multinational financial framework
1. The multiannual financial framework shall be established for a period of at least five years.
2. The financial framework shall fix the amounts of the annual ceilings on commitment appropriations by category of expenditure and of the annual ceiling on payment appropriations. The categories of expenditure, few in number, shall correspond to Global Parliament's major sectors of activity.
3. The financial framework shall lay down any other provisions required for the annual budgetary procedure to run smoothly.
4. Where no global law of the Earth Executive Council establishing a new financial framework has been adopted by the end of the previous financial framework, the ceilings and other provisions corresponding to the last year of that framework shall be extended until such time as that law is adopted.
5. Throughout the procedure leading to the adoption of the financial framework, Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council and the Global Judiciary shall take any measure necessary to facilitate the successful completion of the procedure.
Chapter 14.6.2 Global Parliament's Annual Budget
Article 1: Global Parliament's Annual Budget
Article 2 to Article 4
Chapter 14.6.2 Global Parliament's Annual Budget
Article 1: Global Parliament's Annual Budget
The financial year shall run from January 1st to December 31st.
Article 2:
Global laws shall establish Global Parliament's annual budget in accordance with the following provisions:
1. Each Institution shall, before 1 July, draw up estimates of its expenditure. The Global Judiciary shall consolidate these estimates in a draft budget. It shall attach thereto an opinion which may contain different estimates. The draft budget shall contain an estimate of revenue and an estimate of expenditure. The Global Judiciary may amend the draft budget during the procedure until such time as the Conciliation Committee, referred to in paragraph 5 below, is convened.
2. The Global Judiciary shall submit the draft budget to Global Parliament and to the Earth Executive Council not later than September 1st of the year preceding that in which the budget is to be implemented.
3. The Earth Executive Council shall adopt its position on the draft budget and forward it to Global Parliament not later than 1 October of the year preceding that in which the budget is to be implemented. The Cabinet Ministers shall inform Global Parliament fully of the reasons which led it to adopt its position.
4. If, within forty-two days of such communication, Global Parliament:
(a) approves the position of the Earth Executive Council or has not taken a decision, the global budget law shall be deemed to have been adopted;
(b) proposes amendments to the position of the Earth Executive Council by a majority of its component members, the amended text shall be forwarded to the Council of Ministers and to the Global Judiciary.
The President of Global Parliament , in agreement with the President of the Earth Executive Council, shall immediately convene a meeting of the Conciliation Committee. If, within ten days, the Earth Executive Council informs Global Parliament that it has approved all its amendments, the Conciliation Committee shall not meet.
5. The Conciliation Committee, which shall be composed of Member s of the Earth Executive Council or their representatives and an equal number of members representing Global Parliament , shall have the task of reaching agreement on a joint text, by a qualified majority of Member s of the Earth Executive Council or their representatives and by a majority of Members representing Global Parliament within twenty-one days of its being convened, on the basis of the positions of Global Parliament and the Earth Executive Council.
6. The Global Judiciary shall take part in the Conciliation Committee's proceedings and shall take all the necessary initiatives with a view to reconciling the positions of Global Parliament and the Earth Executive Council.
7. If, within the twenty-one days referred to in paragraph 5, the Conciliation Committee approves a joint text, Global Parliament , acting by a majority of the votes cast, and the Earth Executive Council, acting by a qualified majority, shall each have a period of fourteen days from that date in which to adopt the joint text.
8. If, within the twenty-one days referred to in paragraph 5, the Conciliation Committee does not approve a joint text or if the Earth Executive Council rejects the joint text, the Parliament may, within fourteen days, acting by a majority of its component members and three fifths of the votes cast, confirm its amendments. Where the Parliament amendment is not confirmed, the position of the Earth Executive Council on the budget item which is the subject of the amendment shall be deemed to be adopted. However, if the Parliament, acting by a majority of its component members and three fifths of the votes cast, rejects the joint text, it may ask for a new draft budget to be submitted.
9. When the procedure provided for in this Article has been completed, the President of Global Parliament shall declare that the global budget law has been finally adopted.
Article 3:
1. If no global budget law has been adopted at the beginning of a financial year, a sum equivalent to not more than one twelfth of the budget appropriations entered in the global budget law for the preceding financial year may be spent each month in respect of any Chapter or other subdivision of the budget in accordance with the provisions of the global law; this arrangement shall not, however, have the effect of placing at the disposal of the Global Judiciary appropriations in excess of one twelfth of those provided for in the draft budget under consideration.
2. The Earth Executive Council, on a proposal by the Global Judiciary and in compliance with the other conditions laid down in paragraph 1, may adopt a global decision authorising expenditure in excess of one twelfth. The Cabinet Ministers shall forward the decision immediately to Global Parliament . The global decision shall lay down the necessary measures relating to resources to ensure application of this Article. It shall enter into force thirty days following its adoption if Global Parliament , acting by a majority of its component members, has not decided to reduce this expenditure within that time-limit.
Article 4:
In accordance with the conditions laid down by the global law, any appropriations, other than those relating to staff expenditure, that are unexpended at the end of the financial year may be carried forward to the next financial year only. Appropriations shall be classified under different Chapters grouping items of expenditure according to their nature or purpose and subdivided in accordance with the global law. The expenditure of Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council, the Global Judiciary and the Court of Justice shall be set out in separate parts of the budget, without prejudice to special arrangements for certain common items of expenditure.
Article 1: Implementation of the Annual Budget
Article 2 to Article 3
Chapter 14.6.3 Implementation of the Annual Budget
Article 1: Implementation of the Annual Budget
The Global Judiciary shall implement the budget in cooperation with Member Nations, in accordance with the global law, on its own responsibility and within the limits of the appropriations allocated, having regard to the principles of sound financial management. Member Nations shall cooperate with the Global Judiciary to ensure that the appropriations are used in accordance with those principles. The global law shall establish the control and audit obligations of the Member Nations in the implementation of the budget and the resulting responsibilities. The global law shall establish the responsibilities and detailed rules for each Institution concerning its part in effecting its own expenditure. The Global Judiciary may, subject to the limits and conditions laid down by the global law, make transfers of appropriations between Chapters or between subdivisions within the budget.
Article 2:
The Global Judiciary shall submit annually to the Global Parliament and to the Earth Executive Council the accounts of the preceding financial year relating to the implementation of the budget. The Global Judiciary shall also forward to them a financial Nation Statement of Global Parliament's assets and liabilities. The Global Judiciary shall also submit to Global Parliament and to the Earth Executive Council an evaluation report on Global Parliament's finances based on the results achieved, in particular in relation to the indications given by Global Parliament and the Earth Executive Council.
Article 3:
1. Global Parliament , on a recommendation from the Earth Executive Council, shall give a discharge to the Global Judiciary in respect of the implementation of the budget. To this end, the Earth Executive Council and Global Parliament in turn shall examine the accounts, the financial Nation Statement and the evaluation report, the annual report by the Court of Auditors together with the replies of the Institutions under audit to the observations of the Court of Auditors, the Nation Statement of assurance referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 130 and any relevant special reports by the Court of Auditors.
2. Before giving a discharge to the Global Judiciary , or for any other purpose in connection with the exercise of its powers over the implementation of the budget, Global Parliament may ask to hear the Global Judiciary give evidence with regard to the execution of expenditure or the operation of financial control systems. The Global Judiciary shall submit any necessary information to Global Parliament at the latter's request.
3. The Global Judiciary shall take all appropriate steps to act on the observations in the decisions giving discharge and on other observations by the Global Parliament relating to the execution of expenditure, as well as on comments accompanying the recommendations on discharge adopted by the Council of Ministers.
4. At the request of Global Parliament or the Earth Executive Council, the Global Judiciary shall report on the measures taken in the light of these observations and comments and in particular on the instructions given to the departments which are responsible for the implementation of the budget. These reports shall also be forwarded to the Court of Auditors.
Chapter 14.6.4 Common provisions and procedures
Article 1: Common provisions and procedures
Article 2 to Article 5
Chapter 14.6.4 Common provisions and procedures
Article 1: Common provisions and procedures
The multiannual financial framework and the annual budget shall be drawn up in 'global equivalent money'.
Article 2:
The Global Judiciary may, provided it notifies the competent authorities of Member Nations concerned, transfer into the currency of one of Member Nations its holdings in the currency of another Member Nation, to the extent necessary to enable them to be used for purposes which come within the scope of the Constitution. The Global Judiciary shall as far as possible avoid making such transfers if it possesses cash or liquid assets in the currencies which it needs. The Global Judiciary shall deal with each Member Nation concerned through the authority designated by that Nation. In carrying out financial operations the Global Judiciary shall employ the services of the bank of issue of Member Nation concerned or of any other financial institution approved by that Nation.
Article 3:
1. Global laws shall:
(a) lay down the financial rules which determine in particular the procedure to be adopted for establishing and implementing the budget and for presenting and auditing accounts;2. The Earth Executive Council shall, on a proposal from the Global Judiciary , adopt a global regulation laying down the methods and procedure whereby the budget revenue provided under the arrangements relating to the Earth Government's own resources shall be made available to the Global Judiciary , and the measures to be applied, if need be, to meet cash requirements. The Earth Executive Council shall act after consulting Global Parliament and the Court of Auditors.
(b) lay down rules concerning the responsibility of financial controllers, authorising officers and accounting officers. They shall be adopted after consultation of the Court of Auditors.
3. The Earth Executive Council shall act unanimously until January 1st 2010 in all the cases referred to by this Article.
Article 4:
Global Parliament , the Earth Executive Council and the Global Judiciary shall ensure that the financial means are made available to allow Global Parliament to fulfil its legal obligations in respect of third parties.
Article 5:
Regular meetings between the Presidents of Global Parliament, the Earth Executive Council and the Global Judiciary shall be convened on the initiative of the Global Judiciary under the budgetary procedures referred to in this Chapter. The Presidents shall take all the necessary steps to promote consultation and the reconciliation of the Institutions' positions to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of this Chapter.
Chapter 14.7 Global Parliament measures against fraud
Article 1 to Article 3
Chapter 14.7 Global Parliament measures against fraud
Article 1:
In order to elect representatives to the Global Community it is proposed the following:
A. Each individual government in the world will administer the election of representatives to the Global Community with an NGO and/or members of the Global Community be allowed to verify all aspects of the process to the satisfaction of all parties involved.
B. Representatives be elected every five years to form a new Global Community.
C. It is proposed here that there will be one elected representative per 1,000,000 people. A population of 100 million people will elect 100 representatives. This process will create a feeling of belonging and participating to the affairs of the Earth Community and the Global Community. The number of elected representatives will change with the change in the world population.
D. Earth population is now over 6 billion people. If all representatives had been elected this year there would be 6,114 representatives to form the Global Community. They would be the Legislative elected body of the Global Community. They would participate in some ways in choosing the Executive and Judiciary bodies of the Global Community.
E. All representatives will not have to be meeting in Headquarters. The Global Community makes decisions, including voting of day to day affairs, through the use of the Internet and other communications devices.
Article 2
A Member of the Global Community against which preventive or enforcement action has been taken by the Earth Security Council may be suspended from the exercise of the rights and privileges of membership by the Elected Representatives upon the recommendation of the Earth Security Council. The exercise of these rights and privileges may be restored by the Earth Security Council.
Article 3
A Member of the Global Community which has persistently violated the "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations of the Global Community" contained in the present Federation Constitution may be expelled from the Global Community by the Elected Representatives upon the recommendation of the Earth Security Council.
Chapter 14.8 The Trusteeship Council and Trusteeship System
Article 1 to Article 14
Chapter 14.8 The Trusteeship Council and Trusteeship System
Article 1
The Global Community shall establish under its authority an international trusteeship system for the administration and supervision of such territories as may be placed there under by subsequent individual agreements. These territories are hereinafter referred to as trust territories.
Article 2
The basic objectives of the trusteeship system, in accordance with the "Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations of the Global Community" of the present Federation Constitution, shall be to:
a. further international peace and security;Article 3
b. promote the political, economic, social, and educational advancement of the inhabitants of the trust territories, and their progressive development towards self-government or independence as may be appropriate to the particular circumstances of each territory and its peoples and the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned, and as may be provided by the terms of each trusteeship agreement;
c. encourage respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all with- out : as to race, sex, language, or religion, and to encourage recognition of the interdependence of the peoples of the world; and
d. ensure equal treatment in social, economic, and commercial matters for all Members of the Global Community and their , and also equal treatment for the latter in the administration of justice, with- out prejudice to the attainment of the fore- going objectives.
1. The trusteeship system shall apply to such territories in the following categories as may be placed thereunder by means of trusteeship agreements:
a. territories now held under mandate;2. It will be a matter for subsequent agreement as to which territories in the foregoing categories will be brought under the trustee- ship system and upon what terms.
b. territories which may be detached from enemy states as a result of the Second World War; and
c. territories voluntarily placed under the system by states responsible for their administration.
Article 4
The trusteeship system shall not apply to territories which have become Members of the Global Community, relationship among which shall be based on respect for the principle of sovereign equality.
Article 5
The terms of trusteeship for each territory to be placed under the trusteeship system, including any alteration or amendment, shall be agreed upon by the states directly concerned, including the mandatory power in the case of territories held under mandate by a Member of the Global Community.
Article 6
The trusteeship agreement shall in each case include the terms under which the trust territory will be administered and designate the authority which will exercise the administration of the trust territory. Such authority, hereinafter called the administering authority, may be one or more states or the Global Community itself.
Article 7
1. All functions of the Global Community relating to strategic areas, including the approval of the terms of the trusteeship agreements and of their alteration or amendment, shall be exercised by the Earth Security Council.
2. The Earth Security Council shall, subject to the provisions of the trusteeship agreements and without prejudice to security considerations, avail itself of the assistance of the Trusteeship Council to perform those functions of the Global Community under the trusteeship system relating to political, economic, social, and educational matters in the strategic areas.
Article 8
The Trusteeship Council, operating under the authority of the Elected Representatives Council, shall assist the Elected Representatives Council in carrying out these functions.
Article 9
1. The Trusteeship Council shall consist of the following Members of the Global Community:
a. those Members administering trust territories;2. Each member of the Trusteeship Council shall designate one specially qualified person to represent it therein.
b. as many other Members elected for three-year terms by the Elected Representatives Council as may be necessary to ensure that the total number of members of the Trusteeship Council is equally divided between those Members of the Global Community which administer trust territories and those which do not.
Article 10
The Elected Representative Council and, under its authority, the Trusteeship Council, in carrying out their functions, may:
a. consider reports submitted by the administering authority;Article 11
b. accept petitions and examine them in consultation with the administering authority;
c. provide for periodic visits to the respective trust territories at times agreed upon with the administering authority; and
d. take these and other actions in conformity with the terms of the trusteeship agreements.
The Trusteeship Council shall formulate a questionnaire on the political, economic, social, and educational advancement of the inhabitants of each trust territory, and the administering authority for each trust territory within the competence of the Elected Represntative Council shall make an annual report to the Elected Representative Council upon the basis of such questionnaire.
Article 12
1. Each member of the Trusteeship Council shall have one vote.
2. Decisions of the Trusteeship Council shall be made by a majority of the members present and voting.
Article 13
1. The Trusteeship Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure, including the method of selecting its President.
2. The Trusteeship Council shall meet as required in accordance with its rules, which shall include provision for the convening of meetings on the request of a majority of its members.
Article 14
The Trusteeship Council shall, when appropriate, request the assistance of the Economic and Social Council and the specialized agencies in regard to matters with which they are respectively concerned.
