From the Radio Free Michigan archives ftp://141.209.3.26/pub/patriot If you have any other files you'd like to contribute, e-mail them to bj496@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu. ------------------------------------------------ Okay, I'm *persuaded*....the Elite and the Bankers have *nothing* to do with *this* - it's just "an idea whose time has come", right? :) ************************************************************************ Subject: World Government Ownership Claims OWNERSHIP OF EARTH'S OCEANS, SEABEDS, ATMOSPHERE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DENVER, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- By a Manifesto announced today, ownership of the oceans and seabeds of Earth, together with Antarctica, Earth's atmosphere and moon, are claimed for "all residents of Earth," to be administered by world government under the Constitution for the Federation of Earth. The Manifesto is issued by the World Constitution and Parliament Association (WCPA), a worldwide organization headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado, U.S.A. "The aim of the Manifesto," states Philip Isely, an integrative engineer who is Secretary General of the WCPA, "is to achieve the inauguration of Federal World Government with more than 70 percent of Earth included at the beginning." Confirmation of this action is planned at a fourth session of the Provisional World Parliament, scheduled to convene on June 26, 1996, at Innsbruck, Austria. Delegates to the 1996 Parliament are expected from more than 500 non-governmental organizations of 75 countries with more than 15 million members, which have joined a Global Ratification and Elections Network to work for ratification of the Earth Constitution. Delegates from national governments and parliaments are also expected. "To provide the legal framework for world government," explains Dr. Terence Amerasinghe, a lawyer before the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and a co-president of the WCPA, "the Constitution for the Federation of Earth was prepared at four sessions of a world constituent assembly. All countries are invited to join in owning the oceans and seabeds, and share in the advantages of federal world government by quickly ratifying the Earth Constitution, which is designed to replace the United Nations Charter." "Two main purposes for declaring ownership of the oceans, seabeds and atmosphere now," explains Dr. Reinhart Ruge, a civil engineer living in Mexico and also co-president of WCPA, "are to expedite disarmament by prohibiting all military shipments by sea or air, and to foster peaceful development by pledging the resources of the oceans and seabeds behind a new multi-trillion- dollar global finance and credit system." In more detail, the Manifesto specifies: -- Ownership and administration of the oceans and seabeds, and development of the resources thereof, shall be by World Government for humanity. -- Priority fishing rights are given to coastal states for 200 miles offshore. -- Shipment is forbidden on oceans or in airspace of all warships, warplanes, weapons of war, munitions, military supplies, soldiers, commanders, and other military and support personnel. -- Violations of prohibited shipments shall be punished by fines against sellers and shippers equal to 100 percent of the value of items shipped, and $5,000 for each person transported. -- Non-payment of fines shall result in cancellation of equal value of debts owed by developing countries which join the World Federation and ratify both this Manifesto and the Constitution for the Federation of Earth. -- A World Disarmament Agency is created to supervise both disarmament of the oceans and the rapid dismantling and elimination of all nuclear weapons, all weapons of mass destruction, and other weapons and military forces banned from world trade and transport. -- An Earth Financial Credit Corporation is activated to supply finances for all peaceful endeavors, both public and private, sufficient to employ everyone at good wages under environmentally benign conditions. -- Lines of Credit in Earth Dollars are advanced to each country which ratifies the Constitution for the Federation of Earth and complies with this Manifesto, on the basis of a billion dollars for each million of population. -- Financial credit for all purposes both public and private is based on the total wealth of the oceans and seabeds, plus the simple availability of people to work. No past savings are required. -- An Emergency Earth Rescue Administration is activated to cope with the global climate crisis, and funded by nearly a trillion dollars per year, considered necessary to save civilization by restoring climatic and environmental balances. -- Fossil fuels and nuclear power are rapidly replaced with solar, hydrogen, and other life-friendly energy technology. -- A World Parliament, elected under the Constitution for Federation of Earth, is empowered to work on peaceful solutions to all problems which transcend national borders. -- This Manifesto shall go into full force and effect upon confirmation at the fourth session of the Provisional World Parliament to convene in June, 1996. For information, contact WCPA, 1480 Hoyt Street, Suite 31, Lakewood Colorado, 80215, USA. Call 800-308-9538, or fax, 303- 237-7685. 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