From compost@magellan.cloudnet.comSun Aug 6 10:13:48 1995 Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 01:40:20 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim McNelly To: Larry London Subject: world peace (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 5 Aug 1995 15:24:14 -0500 From: Nuttall Subject: world peace Fellow Citizens of Planet Earth: The United Planetary Federation is a proposed world league of diverse social entities so designed as to promote the common good of each. This global design would be in the form of a peaceful union put together by common compactual agreement of each member to voluntarily subordinate its power, in certain common affairs, to a central authoritative government. From this diverse amalgamation of different peoples, would come RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY through the RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS ----- the rights of all people to self-determination, the right to choose and follow their own self-determined destiny, as long as that destiny does not obligate another individual. In other words, no one would be allowed to interfere with the normal development of any people. The Federation would seek to support and promote nine concepts: 1.) the protection and promotion of individual rights 2.) the promotion of global equity and development 3.) the control of weaponry and armed forces 4.) the strengthening of peaceful international institutions 5.) the improvement of international relations 6.) the promotion of nonmilitary application of technology 7.) the ending of environmental degradation 8.) the creation and promotion of a nonmilitary economic base 9.) the control of institutionalized violence The aforementioned concepts would be accomplished by: 1.) protecting civil liberties 2.) promoting ethnological justice 3.) protecting the rights of political prisoners 4.) promoting political and economic equality 5.) promoting peaceful economic development 6.) limiting existing armaments 7.) restricting covert operations 8.) cultivating nonviolent conflict resolution 9.) increasing international exchange 10.) strengthening international law 11.) supporting and strengthening the United Nations 12.) establishing global governing institutions 13.) utilizing nonintervention 14.) improving global political relations 15.) increasing socially responsible, nonmilitary application of science and technology 16.) promoting safe energy 17.) limiting the production, transportation, and storage of toxins 18.) ending degradation of the environment 19.) creating taxes not usable for military purposes 20.) controlling military spending 21.) changing budget priorities 22.) converting military industry to nonmilitary production 23.) promoting investment in nonmilitary economic sectors 24.) utilizing nonviolent protest PROPOSED GLOBAL STRUCTURE: UNITED PLANETARY FEDERATION EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Chief Advocate Chief Counsellor Chief Ambassador Military Chief Command Chief UPF Peoples Advocates UPF Advisory Counsellors UPF National Ambassadors UPF Military Staff UPF Command UPF Tribunal - Chief Judge Advocate UPF Security - Chief Inspector Leave a message for me on-line. (revised 08/95) or send a SASE to: United Planetary Federation (UPF) PO BOX 17470 CHICAGO IL 60617-4070