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Empowering the UN General Assembly with the Earth Constitution
Roger Kotila, Ph.D. DWF NEWS
The list of violent conflicts and wars is lengthy and seemingly, endless: From the Korean war, then Viet Nam to Iraq to Ukraine to Israel/Palestine to threats of war against Russia, Iran, Taiwan, China and Venezuela, the world holds its breath. Of course, the list could include deadly conflicts ongoing in Africa, Latin America and parts of Asia.
Critics can understandably blame the United Nations whose primary job is to "end the scourge of war." It is no secret that the UN has failed miserably in this, its primary task. For many frustrated critics, the blame rests with the UN Security Council's P-5 veto nations -- U.S., Russia, UK, China and France. But blame goes deeper than those 5 veto nations. The UN Charter has other weak spots which obstruct peaceful resolution of conflict.
The UN Charter can be seen as the equivalent of the U.S. Articles of Confederation for the 13 colonies. The colonies, like modern nations, were experiencing serious conflicts. The American founding fathers decided that amending the Articles would not be adequate, and decided to take the jump to a whole new governing model -- a federal constitution.
The Center for UN Constitutional Research (CUNCR, Brussels) tells us that there is a similarity between the Articles of Confederation and the UN Charter. Aside from the fact that both governing models failed, CUNCR lawyers remind us that both are treaty-based between sovereign entities, not constitution-based.
The whole history of treaties between nations is that they are broken too readily, broken in the name of national self-interest. A constitution is harder to break than a treaty-based model hence affords better protection and stability for a union of law-abiding nations.
UN Charter or a World Federal Constitution?
Under the U.S. Federal Constitution when California and Texas have a conflict they don't go to war, they go to Court, or to Congress. But under the UN Charter when the U.S. and Russia have a conflict there is no Court or Congress with enforcement authority to peacefully resolve the issue. They instead threaten war, or actually go to war.
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) must take a leadership role away from the failed UN Security Council. Under the Earth Constitution (The Earth Constitution – One World Renaissance) the UNGA becomes the House of Nations (similar to the US Senate). Unlike the dictatorship of the P-5 veto powers, the 192 UNGA nations will have democratically-based decision-making authority. The General Assembly as the House of Nations can take independent action and no longer needs permission from the Security Council.
The SC's P-5 veto powers snub democracy and the rule of law. Their recurring criminal behaviors have delegitimized the Security Council which should be reduced to a nonvoting, advisory role in our "new UN."
CUNCR started the UN 109 Charter Review movement. It likes to refer to a "new UN" as "UN 2.0" to note the remarkable advances in technology such as the Internet and Artificial Intelligence which will play a role in the revolutionary changes to the global governing system necessary to save the world.
The strategy for the "new UN" is for the UN General Assembly to join forces with the World Constitution & Parliament Association (WCPA) who drafted the original Earth Constitution, and who is now developing the House of Peoples (similar to the US House of Representatives) to give "we, the people" a voice in decision-making in the formation of the Provisional World Parliament.
How to launch transformation to a "new UN"
The strategy for the Earth Constitution movement is for the UN General Assembly to join forces with the World Constitution & Parliament Association (WCPA). WCPA drafted the original Earth Constitution, and is developing the House of Peoples (similar to the US House of Representatives) to give "we, the people" a real voice in decision-making along with the UNGA's House of Nations -- in short, forming a Provisional World Parliament independent of the delegitimized UNSC.
WCPA's Two Track strategy calls for Sessions of a Provisional World Parliament starting with the House of Peoples while inviting the UN General Assembly to become the House of Nations. The UNGA can use its existing powers along with the authority of the Earth Constitution to birth the House of Nations; it does not need permission from the Security Council to do so.
Starting with a handful of interested countries from within the UNGA, a study group of nations and world community peace activists can start to compare the features of the Earth Constitution compared to the UN Charter. Which is democratic and provides for enforceable world law? Which is better designed to protect individual human rights and earth rights? Which is better designed to end war? to eliminate weapons of mass destruction?
Important: The Earth Constitution UN Study Group must be formed outside 0f the UN's rules and regulations, and remain independent. Otherwise, the transformation to a democratic global peace system will be buried for years and years in so-called "high level," "special," or "open-ended" UN 109 Charter Review Committees, insuring that the urgently needed "new UN" keeps getting postponed.
It is important that the UN General Assembly begins to utilize the authority from the Earth Constitution but keeps a foot in the door of the old UN to maintain its good features. Why? There are useful and important UN agencies that have proved their worth and need to be saved in the transition to a "new UN" and Earth Federation government.
~ R. Kotila, PhD (Psychologist, ret.; President, Democratic World Federalists; Editor, DWF NEWS; US Vice President, WCPA; websites - earthfederation.info and dwfed.org)
https://oneworldrenaissance.com/the-earth-constitution/
https://oneworldrenaissance.com/world-legislative-acts-to-date/
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