World Commonwealth Charter

(English version) Chapter 5: The General Assembly VOTING Article 13 1. Each constituent Zone shall have one vote each in the General Assembly. 2. Voting at the General Assembly shall be based on the independent judgment of each constituent Zone, and shall not be conducted by Grand-Zone or other regional blocs. For this purpose, the seating order of delegates from each constituent Zone in the General Assembly hall shall be determined by lottery for each session. 3. Decisions of the General Assembly shall be taken by a majority of the Zones present and voting. However, decisions on the suspension of the rights and privileges of the constituent Zones and amendments to this Charter shall be made by a two-thirds majority. 4. In case of a tie, the matter shall be referred to the Plenipotentiary Conference for decision. PROCEDURE Article 14 The General Assembly shall meet twice a year in regular sessions and, when necessary, in special sessions. Special sessions shall be convened by the Pleni...

(English version) Chapter 5: The General Assembly COMPOSITION Article 9 1. The General Assembly of the World Commonwealth shall be the World Commons' Convention. 2. The General Assembly shall consist of all the Zones and the Autonomous Zones of Direct Jurisdiction which constitute the World Commonwealth. Article 10 1. Each Zone shall have one delegate in the General Assembly, elected by the Zonal Commons' Convention. 2. The Joint-Zone shall have one representative on a rotational basis from session to session. However, it is assumed that the Joint-Zone having eight or more member Zones each have two representatives selected from different Zones. 3. Among the member Zones of the Joint-Zone, the member Zones that do not have delegates shall each have one deputy delegate. Deputy delegates do not have voting rights at the General Assembly, but may participate in discussions and express their opinions. 4. The Autonomous Zones of Direct Jurisdiction shall participate in the General A...

(English version) Chapter 4: Organs Article 7 1. The core organ  of the World Commonwealth shall be the General Assembly (World Commons' Convention). 2. The principal organs of the World Commonwealth shall be the Conference of the Grand-Zonal Permanent Representatives Plenipotentiary, the Sustainability Council, the Peace Council, the Judicial Council, the Social and Cultural Council, the Board of Human Rights Review and Enforcement and the Charter Council. 3. The Secretariat and other permanent or temporary subsidiary bodies deemed necessary may be established by resolution of the General Assembly in accordance with the Charter. Article 8 The World Commonwealth shall not place any restrictions on the eligibility of persons to participate on equal terms in any position, irrespective of gender or sexual orientation or disability, in its principal and subsidiary organs and other institutions, and shall eliminate any practice that results in such restrictions. (Esperanta versio) ...

(English version) Chapter 3: Principles and Status of constituent Zones, etc. Article 3 1. In achieving the objectives of Article 1, the Organization and its constituent Zones shall act in accordance with the following Principles:  a. The Organization is based on the principle of equality of status among its constituent Zones.  b. All constituent zones must faithfully fulfill their obligations pursuant to this Charter in order to guarantee to all the constituent Zones the rights and benefits that arise from their Zonal status.  c. All constituent Zones shall give all assistance to the World Commonwealth in any action it takes pursuant to this Charter and shall refrain from providing aid to any Zone that is the subject of preventive or coercive action by the World Commonwealth.  d. Each constituent Zone shall have the right to self-determination with respect to matters under its internal jurisdiction, provided this does not contravene this Charter. 2. The provisions o...

(English version) Chapter 2: Structure of the World Commonwealth Article 2 1. The entire structure of the World Commonwealth is founded on the sovereignty of the commons of the world. 2. The World Commonwealth is comprised of the Zones and the Grand-Zones that are autonomously governed by sovereign commons, as well as the Zones of Direct Jurisdiction and the Zones of Trust Proxy Governance. 3. A Zone is the smallest unit capable of sending delegates to the World Commons' Convention - World Commonwealth General Assembly. 4. Not more than 12 neighboring Zones may constitute a Joint-Zone, on the basis of a collective agreement, which may, in principle, send one delegate to the World Commons' Convention - World Commonwealth General Assembly. 5. The Grand-Zones are the following five broad Zones that encompass various Zones on the basis of continents or interconnected islands.    Pan-African-South Atlantic Zone  Pan-European-Siberian Zone  Pan-Western Asia-Indian Ocean Zo...

(English version) Chapter 1: Purposes Article 1 The purposes of the World Commonwealth are: 1. To maintain the ecological sustainability of the global environment. To this end, to take effective collective measures for preventing and eliminating threats to the global environment and for halting its destruction, and to implement an effective planned economy on a global scale for ensuring the ecological sustainability of the global environment; 2. To establish cooperative relations among all peoples based on the common rights of all peoples and to pursue the abolition of standing armies and all other appropriate measures to achieve permanent peace; 3. To achieve enforceable transnational coordination in the solution of problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian nature, and in respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without discrimination of any kind; 4. To be the nucleus for the abolition of sovereign states and the integration of the actions of all peopl...

( English version ) Preamble WE HUMANS DETERMINED to save current and future generations from the harmful effects of existing economic activities that are endangering the global environment, and to ensure a healthy global environment and the sustainability of the global ecosystem, and to promote social and economic equality and improved quality of life in an improved environment, IN ADDITION to save the present and future generations from the scourge of war, which has brought unspeakable sorrow to mankind, and to overcome the divisions and conflicts between sovereign nations that have long been a source of international conflict, establishing conditions for permanent peace, AND FOR THESE ENDS to work together in a planned manner to carry out ecologically sustainable economic activities, and to abolish the sovereign nations and all national standing military forces, and to replace the existing United Nations by creating a community organization that will include all humanity, HAVE RESOL...