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EARTH CONSTITUTION WATCH
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THE EMERGING WORLD PARLIAMENT
Under a Constitution for the Earth that embraces and updates the UN to serve the people of Earth for
global peace, justice, freedom, and sustainability.
EARTH CONSTITUTION
PREAMBLE
Realizing that Humanity today has come to a turning point in history and that we are on the threshold of an new world order which promises to usher in an era of peace, prosperity, justice and harmony;
Aware of the interdependence of people, nations and all life;
Aware that man’s abuse of science and technology has brought Humanity to the brink of disaster through the production of horrendous weaponry of mass destruction and to the brink of ecological and social catastrophe;
Aware that the traditional concept of security through military defense is a total illusion both for the present and for the future;
Aware of the misery and conflicts caused by ever increasing disparity between rich and poor; Conscious of our obligation to posterity to save Humanity from imminent and total annihilation;
Conscious that Humanity is One despite the existence of diverse nations, races, creeds, ideologies and cultures and that the principle of unity in diversity is the basis for a new age when war shall be outlawed and peace prevail; when the earth’s total resources shall be equitably used for human welfare; and when basic human rights and responsibilities shall be shared by all without discrimination;
Conscious of our obligation to posterity to save Humanity from imminent and total annihilation; Conscious that Humanity is One despite the existence of diverse nations, races, creeds, ideologies and cultures and that the principle of unity in diversity is the basis for a new age when war shall be outlawed and peace prevail; when the earth’s total resources shall be equitably used for human welfare; and when basic human rights and responsibilities shall be shared by all without discrimination;
Conscious of the inescapable reality that the greatest hope for the survival of life on earth is the establishment of a democratic world government;
We, citizens of the world, hereby resolve to establish a world federation to be governed in accordance with this Constitution for the Federation of Earth.
Source: www.provisionalworldparliament.com
*Media contact: rkotila@earthconstitution.world.
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Peace Is Good Politics
Jeffrey Sachs Consortium News
EXCERPTS
The first duty of the new Congress is to ensure that U.S. forces are not sent back into combat in Iran or anywhere else on the whim of a president and the behest of domestic or foreign lobbies.
Last week Israeli voters rejected Netanyahu’s reckless wars, and European voters are also rejecting parties that prolong the Ukraine War. The message of voters is the same everywhere: diplomacy is safer, more effective, and trillions of dollars cheaper than war.
The Gaza genocide also cost the Democrats directly. Among Americans who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 but not for Harris in 2024, 29 percent named ending Israel’s violence in Gaza as the main factor in their decision, the most frequently cited issue. The party’s voters have moved far ahead of its leaders. A New York Times/Siena poll in May 2026 found that roughly three-quarters of Democratic voters oppose U.S. military and economic assistance to Israel.
Voters everywhere are sending the same message: peace through diplomacy. On Oct. 27, after Israeli wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, Netanyahu lost his majority. Similarly, European leaders who have tied themselves to open-ended war in Ukraine are being rejected by the voters. Only 10 percent of Germans are satisfied with Friedrich Merz, the lowest rating ever recorded for a German chancellor. Emmanuel Macron’s approval fell to 15 percent in October. ...
In April 2022, when negotiators in Istanbul came close to a peace agreement based on Ukrainian neutrality, the U.S. and U.K. actually intervened to block the agreement. Today 75 percent of Ukrainians support negotiations with Russia to end the war.
In view of these causes of the war, I have recently set out a straightforward diplomatic framework for peace in Ukraine that would end the war. NATO would end its eastward expansion. Ukraine would adopt permanent neutrality on the model of Austria in 1955. ...READ MORE
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/11/06/jeffrey-sachs-peace-is-good-politics/
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