World Government advocates communicate through these people
Institutional Donors
We would also like to offer special thanks to our current Institutional donors who have given to different WFM projects, including the Coalition for the International Criminal Court and the Responsibility to Protect - Engaging Civil Society:
The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The Ford Foundation
Foundation Open Society Institute Zug, Switzerland
The Planethood Foundation
European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights of the European Union
The Government of Belgium
The Government of Canada
The Government of Denmark
The Government of Finland
The Government of Ireland
The Government of Liechtenstein
The Government of Luxembourg
The Government of The Netherlands
The Government of Norway
The Government of Sweden
The Government of Switzerland
The Government of The United Kingdom
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Mike, I didn't realize you
On July 17th, 2009 cactus1010 says:
Mike, I didn't realize you had already posted on this before I started my thread so I deleted mine and moved my research here. Hope you don't mind.
Vision
World federalists believe that all people have the fundamental right to self-government. Some policy matters, depending on their scope, fall under the authority of local governments whereas others fall under the jurisdiction of national governments or international institutions.
World federalists support the creation of democratic global structures accountable to the citizens of the world World federalists support the creation of democratic global structures accountable to the citizens of the world
World federalists support the creation of democratic global structures accountable to the citizens of the world and call for the division of international authority among separate agencies, a separation of powers among judicial, executive and parliamentary bodies. Only truly democratic and representative bodies can have legitimate authority over all levels of government. We are dedicated to protecting the rights of every person on the planet and preserving the environment for the global community.
The World Federalist Movement evolved out of a series of organizations and efforts that started in the 1930s as a response to the failure of the League of Nations. At the end of the violence of the Second World War, numerous citizens groups formed across Europe and North America to address the need for effective mechanisms of ensuring international peace and stability. The groups began working independently of each other, publishing newsletters and pushing for reform and monitoring of the newly formed United Nations. By 1947 these independent groups recognized the need for unity in their movement if they were to achieve unity in the world. They agreed to meet in Montreux, Switzerland in August 1947 to work on forming a cohesive and effective movement.
There were more than 300 participants representing 51 organizations from 24 different countries in Montreux for the opening of the first "Conference of the World Movement for World Federal Government." Those delegates expressed their goal "to transform the UN and to draw up a World Constitution through a people's convention." During the following period, leaders dedicated themselves to structuring the World Movement and developing it where it did not exist. Delegations went to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the United States. By its second Congress in 1948, the World Movement consisted of 150,000 members of 19 nationalities, coming from 39 member organizations and 11 affiliated organizations. There, groundwork was laid for the creation of the World Association of Parliamentarians for World Government which came into being in 1951. In 1954 the group formally adopted its Statement of Purpose which continues to guide WFM to this day.
At first, world federalists sought fundamental revisions of the United Nations Charter. After 1965, however, it became apparent that any political will among the world’s national governments to change the Charter had dissipated. Later world federalists continued to propose reforms of existing institutions to make them more effective and democratic. Many focused on the effort to transform the General Assembly into a world parliament that can enact world law instead of merely making non-binding resolutions. In addition, world federalists made proposals for new United Nations institutions and international organs, such as the Commission on Sustainable Development, International Development Authority, and International Criminal Court (ICC).
The Institute for Global Policy (IGP) was founded in 1983 by four WFM leaders as the research and policy analysis arm of the World Federalist Movement. The Institute is the primary education mechanism of WFM and seeks to promote better understanding of the UN and other international organizations. IGP was also conceived of as a framework for WFM to promote debate on key issues of global governance in the media and other matters requiring a more neutral platform.
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World Federalist Manifesto
Guide to Political Globalization
The history of our civilization is reaching its final destination.
From a chaotic amalgam of competing and rival nations, the world is evolving into a unitary framework, in which different organized communities cooperate to prevent conflicts and promote the progress of humanity.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Definition of World Federalism
Chapter 2: History of Modern Globalization and Background of World Federalism
1) The Political Globalization
2) The Triumph of Meritocracy
Chapter 3: The International Legislative Branch
1) The failure of the one vote-one nation system
2) Analysis of the Alternative Systems of Representation to the International Organizations
3) The Impact of International Contributions on States’ Budget
4) The Balanced Contribution Theory
5) The Introduction of an Income-Based Contribution System to the International Organizations
6) The Lobby of Nations
7) The Unification of the UN System Assemblies
Chapter 4: The International Executive Branch
1) The Unification of the Budget and Management of the
United Nations System
2) Interpol and the Protection of Private Security by the International
Organizations
Chapter 5: The International Judiciary Branch
1) The Independence and the Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice
2) The Conflict Between the International Criminal Court and the Sovereignty of the States
Chapter 6: The International Financial Branch
1) The Independence of the Fourth Power and the Merger of the World Bank with the International Monetary Fund
2) The End of Banknotes and the Prospective for the Creation of a Single World Currency
Chapter 7: The Allocation of Authority Between the World Federal Government and the Nations
1) The Matters of International Competence and the Principle of Non Interference in States’ Internal Affairs
2) The Regulation of International Air and Maritime Spaces
3) The Freedoms and the Bill of Rights of World Citizens
Chapter 8: The Alternative to the United Nations: The League of Developed Nations
1) From the Creation of a Trans Atlantic Free Trade Area
to a Euro-American Union
2) The Judiciary System of the North Atlantic Union
3) The Creation of a Euro-American Bank
4) The Union of Democratic Nations
Chapter 9: Advantages and Disadvantages of World Federalism
Chapter 10: Conclusions
Definition of World Federalism
An agreement among different nations to create a system of government that regulates the international political and economic relationships, distributing powers between central authority and Member States.
History of Modern Globalization and Background of World Federalism
Ancient globalization differs from modern globalization in that the first was designed to conquest lands and was carried out by military invasion, while the second is geared toward the expansion of commerce and its instrument is the international agreement.
The International Legislative Branch
The creation of the United Nations was characterized by an error at its source: every nation was given one vote in the Assembly. This way, a nation with thirteen thousand people has the same voting power of a nation with three hundred million. Such an inequality induced the initial members of the United Nations to find an artificial remedy to the original error, subordinating the most important decisions to the approval of the Security Council, a body composed of five permanent Member States, each one with veto power.
The imbalance between the expenditureof Member States for international contributions and their national revenue causes a loss in the budgets and induces governments to raise taxes. If the increase in contribution is balanced by an increase in revenue, it does not create an imbalance in the budget and does not cause an increase in the level of taxation by Member States.
The adoption of an income-based contribution system would create a voting system proportional to the Member States' ability to contribute to the budget of international organizations.
There is no reason to justify 18 different budget and 18 different Assemblies (one for each UN specialized agency). It would be much better to prepare one single budget and submit it, along with all Decisions and Resolutions, to the General Assembly of the United Nations.
The International Executive Branch
Each international organization has a different contribution system, a different voting system and a different administration.
A United Nations' budget and management centralization would allow a better coordination of the activities and a reduction of costs of the 15 specialized agencies. The centralization of the UN system would create a de facto world government.
The International Judiciary Branch
In a unified UN system, the International Court of Justice should have jurisdiction oer disputes regarding the interpretation of the Resolutions and Decisions of all international organizations. The decisions of the International Court of Justice should be binding for both the Member States and the international organizations.
Article 4 of the Rome Statute of the ICC, which attributes the International Criminal Court the right to exercise its powers within the Member States’ territory, constitutes a clear violation of State sovereignty by the international organization. The International Criminal Court should limit its functions to the cases referred by the States and should only act with the consent of the nations.
The International Financial Branch
The functions, the organization and voting system of IMF and the World Bank are very similar. There is no reason why an identical work should performed by two different organizations. The merger of the World Bank Group with the International Monetary Fund would bring a reduction of the administrative costs of both organizations
The Allocation of Authority Between the World Federal Government and the Nations
The confederate system would be created by the vertical separation of functions between international executive bodies and Member States’ governments, characterized by a limitation of federal power to international matters.
The horizontal separation of powers would be created by the independence of the legislative, executive, judiciary and financial branches.
These individuals go to work every day with one thought: "We will achieve world governance"
William Pace, Executive Director
pace(at)wfm-igp.org
Jelena Pià-Comella, Director of Programs
pia_comella(at)wfm-igp.org
Tanya Karanasios, CICC Program Director
karanasios(at)iccnow.org
Devon Allison, Office and Internship Coordinator
allison(at)wfm-igp.org
Staci Alziebler, WFM Development and Program Officer
alziebler(at)wfm-igp.org
Marion Arnaud, WFM Project Officer, Responsibility to Protect
arnaud(at)wfm-igp.org
Joseph Bahar, Finance Assistant
bahar(at)wfm-igp.org
Sapna Chhatpar, Project Manager, Responsibility to Protect
chhatpar(at)wfm-igp.org
Anaga Dalal, CICC Head of Communications
dalal(at)iccnow.org
Sarika Donakanti, IT Consultant
donakanti(at)wfm-igp.org
Elisabeth Garrett, WFM Membership and Communications Officer
garrett(at)wfm-igp.org
Claire Grandison, CICC Program and Membership Outreach Assistant
grandison(at)iccnow.org
Linda Gueye, CICC French Information Coordinator
gueye(at)iccnow.org
Ata Hindi, CICC Outreach Liaison for the Middle East, North Africa and Europe
hindi(at)iccnow.org
Julie Hunter, CICC Program Assistant, Regional Programs
hunter(at)iccnow.org
Steve Lamony, CICC Outreach Liaison for Africa
lamony(at)iccnow.org
Spencer Lanning, IT Consultant
lanning(at)iccnow.org
Faye Leone, WFM Program Officer
leone(at)wfm-igp.org
Gabrielle Mertz, Director of Development
mertz(at)iccnow.org
Kattia Ninahuanca, Website and Database Developer
ninahuanca(at)iccnow.org
Daniel Rees, Development Associate
rees(at)iccnow.org
Casey Schepp, Human Resources and Accounting Assistant
schepp(at)wfm-igp.org
Heather Sonner, Senior Project Officer, Genocide Prevention and Together for a Better Peace
sonner(at)wfm-igp.org
Brigitte Suhr, CICC Regional Program Director
suhr(at)iccnow.org
Sasha Tenenbaum, CICC Information Services Coordinator
tenenbaum(at)iccnow.org
Peony Trinh, Websites and Publications Coordinator
trinh(at)iccnow.org
Francesca Varda, CICC Latin America Regional Coordinator and Outreach Liaison for the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific
varda(at)iccnow.org
Osvaldo Zavala Giler, CICC Legal Officer
zavala(at)iccnow.org
THE HAGUE
Oriane Maillet, CICC Communications Officer
maillet(at)iccnow.org
Maaike Matelski, Program and IT Assistant
matelski(at)iccnow.org
Kirsten Meersschaert, Development & Program Officer
meersschaert(at)iccnow.org
Cecilia Nilsson Kleffner, CICC Legal Advisor and Head of Hague Office
nilsson(at)iccnow.org
Isabelle Olma, Legal Officer
olma(at)iccnow.org
Hugo Strikker, Office and Finance Coordinator
strikker(at)iccnow.org
REGIONAL STAFF
Africa
Francis Dako, CICC Francophone Africa Coordinator
dako(at)iccnow.org
Fátima da Camara, CICC Lusophone Campaign Adviser
fcamara(at)amnesty.org
Europe (Brussels)
Virginie Amato, CICC Europe Programme Assistant
amato(at)iccnow.org
Luísa Mascia, CICC Europe Coordinator
mascia(at)iccnow.org
Middle East and North Africa
Abeer Al-Khraisha, CICC Regional Coordinator - Middle East and North Africa
alkhraisha(at)iccnow.org
Latin America
Mariana Rodriguez Pareja, CICC Spanish Resources Coordinator/Latin America Analyst
rodriguez(at)iccnow.org
Asia
Evelyn Balais Serrano, CICC Asia Coordinator
serrano(at)iccnow.org
Rebecca Lozada, CICC Asia Program Associate
lozada(at)iccnow.org
Lina Valderrama, CICC Asia Office Assistant
valderrama(at)iccnow.org
unbelievable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTwce_ZLDw
Thank you for this info...
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Mike, Your links aren't
Mike, Your links aren't working. Instead of just doing a cut and paste on links that have already been posted on DP. You need to do a left click on the link then choose the "properties" option. When the box comes up there will be the full link. Then just copy and paste. Hope that helps.
Walter Conkrite receives award for NWO /Hillary Congrajulates!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inu9vKXsrFA
http://www.wfm-igp.org/si...
http://www.wfm-igp.org/site/wfm-home
Our Mission
Our planet is in crisis, suffering grave problems unable to be managed by nations acting unilaterally in a chaotic world. There is an urgent need for the world’s people and governments to join in achieving a new level of global cooperation that can only be sustained by a commitment to the planet as a genuine community.
WFM is a global movement dedicated to the realization of global justice, peace and sustainable prosperity through the development of democratic international institutions and the global application of international law. WFM believes that federalism applied on an international level, inspired by the experiences of the federal political systems worldwide that represent 40% of the world’s citizens, is the best way to accomplish these goals. Our vision is of a world where people have a sense of citizenship beyond national borders, to include their region and the global community.
World federalism is based on the principle of subsidiarity, which confers power to the most appropriate and local levels of government possible. This allows the preservation of national and local identities as well as legitimate sovereign rights, while promoting collective action on regional or global issues such as the prevention of war, the eradication of poverty and the preservation of the environment. WFM’s vision of federalism also includes a vibrant civil society, active throughout all layers of government.
OUR MOVEMENT
Founded shortly after the creation of the United Nations in the Swiss city of Montreux as an international peace movement, WFM is an international non-governmental organization with UN consultative status. A committed network of 28 member organizations and individual members in more than 80 countries is coordinated by WFM’s International Secretariat, co-located in The Hague and New York.
OUR APPROACH
WFM has a long history of leadership and innovation in promoting international democracy, justice and the rule of law. Our primary focus is on strengthening the structures and capacities of international organizations to work effectively in these areas, while promoting the development of norms, policies and practices that allow meaningful global action on specific issues. To achieve our goals, WFM works with and helps to develop international civil society networks, and partners with like-minded governments and international organizations. Located near the United Nations headquarters in New York, WFM often serves as a hub of information and collective action on UN-related issues.
http://www.wfm-igp.org/si...
http://www.wfm-igp.org/site/the-movement/supporters
Institutional Donors
We would also like to offer special thanks to our current Institutional donors who have given to different WFM projects, including the Coalition for the International Criminal Court and the Responsibility to Protect - Engaging Civil Society:
The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The Ford Foundation
Foundation Open Society Institute Zug, Switzerland
The Planethood Foundation
European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights of the European Union
The Government of Belgium
The Government of Canada
The Government of Denmark
The Government of Finland
The Government of Ireland
The Government of Liechtenstein
The Government of Luxembourg
The Government of The Netherlands
The Government of Norway
The Government of Sweden
The Government of Switzerland
The Government of The United Kingdom
Mike, I didn't realize you
Mike, I didn't realize you had already posted on this before I started my thread so I deleted mine and moved my research here. Hope you don't mind.
http://www.wfm-igp.org/site/wfm/our-vision
Vision
World federalists believe that all people have the fundamental right to self-government. Some policy matters, depending on their scope, fall under the authority of local governments whereas others fall under the jurisdiction of national governments or international institutions.
World federalists support the creation of democratic global structures accountable to the citizens of the world World federalists support the creation of democratic global structures accountable to the citizens of the world
World federalists support the creation of democratic global structures accountable to the citizens of the world and call for the division of international authority among separate agencies, a separation of powers among judicial, executive and parliamentary bodies. Only truly democratic and representative bodies can have legitimate authority over all levels of government. We are dedicated to protecting the rights of every person on the planet and preserving the environment for the global community.
The World Federalist Movement evolved out of a series of organizations and efforts that started in the 1930s as a response to the failure of the League of Nations. At the end of the violence of the Second World War, numerous citizens groups formed across Europe and North America to address the need for effective mechanisms of ensuring international peace and stability. The groups began working independently of each other, publishing newsletters and pushing for reform and monitoring of the newly formed United Nations. By 1947 these independent groups recognized the need for unity in their movement if they were to achieve unity in the world. They agreed to meet in Montreux, Switzerland in August 1947 to work on forming a cohesive and effective movement.
There were more than 300 participants representing 51 organizations from 24 different countries in Montreux for the opening of the first "Conference of the World Movement for World Federal Government." Those delegates expressed their goal "to transform the UN and to draw up a World Constitution through a people's convention." During the following period, leaders dedicated themselves to structuring the World Movement and developing it where it did not exist. Delegations went to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the United States. By its second Congress in 1948, the World Movement consisted of 150,000 members of 19 nationalities, coming from 39 member organizations and 11 affiliated organizations. There, groundwork was laid for the creation of the World Association of Parliamentarians for World Government which came into being in 1951. In 1954 the group formally adopted its Statement of Purpose which continues to guide WFM to this day.
At first, world federalists sought fundamental revisions of the United Nations Charter. After 1965, however, it became apparent that any political will among the world’s national governments to change the Charter had dissipated. Later world federalists continued to propose reforms of existing institutions to make them more effective and democratic. Many focused on the effort to transform the General Assembly into a world parliament that can enact world law instead of merely making non-binding resolutions. In addition, world federalists made proposals for new United Nations institutions and international organs, such as the Commission on Sustainable Development, International Development Authority, and International Criminal Court (ICC).
The Institute for Global Policy (IGP) was founded in 1983 by four WFM leaders as the research and policy analysis arm of the World Federalist Movement. The Institute is the primary education mechanism of WFM and seeks to promote better understanding of the UN and other international organizations. IGP was also conceived of as a framework for WFM to promote debate on key issues of global governance in the media and other matters requiring a more neutral platform.
********************************************************
http://www.worldfederalistmanifesto.com/
World Federalist Manifesto
Guide to Political Globalization
The history of our civilization is reaching its final destination.
From a chaotic amalgam of competing and rival nations, the world is evolving into a unitary framework, in which different organized communities cooperate to prevent conflicts and promote the progress of humanity.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Definition of World Federalism
Chapter 2: History of Modern Globalization and Background of World Federalism
1) The Political Globalization
2) The Triumph of Meritocracy
Chapter 3: The International Legislative Branch
1) The failure of the one vote-one nation system
2) Analysis of the Alternative Systems of Representation to the International Organizations
3) The Impact of International Contributions on States’ Budget
4) The Balanced Contribution Theory
5) The Introduction of an Income-Based Contribution System to the International Organizations
6) The Lobby of Nations
7) The Unification of the UN System Assemblies
Chapter 4: The International Executive Branch
1) The Unification of the Budget and Management of the
United Nations System
2) Interpol and the Protection of Private Security by the International
Organizations
Chapter 5: The International Judiciary Branch
1) The Independence and the Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice
2) The Conflict Between the International Criminal Court and the Sovereignty of the States
Chapter 6: The International Financial Branch
1) The Independence of the Fourth Power and the Merger of the World Bank with the International Monetary Fund
2) The End of Banknotes and the Prospective for the Creation of a Single World Currency
Chapter 7: The Allocation of Authority Between the World Federal Government and the Nations
1) The Matters of International Competence and the Principle of Non Interference in States’ Internal Affairs
2) The Regulation of International Air and Maritime Spaces
3) The Freedoms and the Bill of Rights of World Citizens
Chapter 8: The Alternative to the United Nations: The League of Developed Nations
1) From the Creation of a Trans Atlantic Free Trade Area
to a Euro-American Union
2) The Judiciary System of the North Atlantic Union
3) The Creation of a Euro-American Bank
4) The Union of Democratic Nations
Chapter 9: Advantages and Disadvantages of World Federalism
Chapter 10: Conclusions
Definition of World Federalism
An agreement among different nations to create a system of government that regulates the international political and economic relationships, distributing powers between central authority and Member States.
History of Modern Globalization and Background of World Federalism
Ancient globalization differs from modern globalization in that the first was designed to conquest lands and was carried out by military invasion, while the second is geared toward the expansion of commerce and its instrument is the international agreement.
The International Legislative Branch
The creation of the United Nations was characterized by an error at its source: every nation was given one vote in the Assembly. This way, a nation with thirteen thousand people has the same voting power of a nation with three hundred million. Such an inequality induced the initial members of the United Nations to find an artificial remedy to the original error, subordinating the most important decisions to the approval of the Security Council, a body composed of five permanent Member States, each one with veto power.
The imbalance between the expenditureof Member States for international contributions and their national revenue causes a loss in the budgets and induces governments to raise taxes. If the increase in contribution is balanced by an increase in revenue, it does not create an imbalance in the budget and does not cause an increase in the level of taxation by Member States.
The adoption of an income-based contribution system would create a voting system proportional to the Member States' ability to contribute to the budget of international organizations.
There is no reason to justify 18 different budget and 18 different Assemblies (one for each UN specialized agency). It would be much better to prepare one single budget and submit it, along with all Decisions and Resolutions, to the General Assembly of the United Nations.
The International Executive Branch
Each international organization has a different contribution system, a different voting system and a different administration.
A United Nations' budget and management centralization would allow a better coordination of the activities and a reduction of costs of the 15 specialized agencies. The centralization of the UN system would create a de facto world government.
The International Judiciary Branch
In a unified UN system, the International Court of Justice should have jurisdiction oer disputes regarding the interpretation of the Resolutions and Decisions of all international organizations. The decisions of the International Court of Justice should be binding for both the Member States and the international organizations.
Article 4 of the Rome Statute of the ICC, which attributes the International Criminal Court the right to exercise its powers within the Member States’ territory, constitutes a clear violation of State sovereignty by the international organization. The International Criminal Court should limit its functions to the cases referred by the States and should only act with the consent of the nations.
The International Financial Branch
The functions, the organization and voting system of IMF and the World Bank are very similar. There is no reason why an identical work should performed by two different organizations. The merger of the World Bank Group with the International Monetary Fund would bring a reduction of the administrative costs of both organizations
The Allocation of Authority Between the World Federal Government and the Nations
The confederate system would be created by the vertical separation of functions between international executive bodies and Member States’ governments, characterized by a limitation of federal power to international matters.
The horizontal separation of powers would be created by the independence of the legislative, executive, judiciary and financial branches.
That's called teamwork...
now there's a single thread I need to search as I move down my reading list.
Great info.
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Great post! Thank you!
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