TEAMHumanity

1. What is it?

The 'Declaration of World Peace' would represent two things. First it would be an international legal document that commits all countries to a path of unity and peace. And secondly, it would be an 'Action Plan' that outlines how to achieve it.

2. Why is it necessary?

The world is currently based on an economic system of 'competition' and has been for the last few thousand years. It is a winner/loser practice which encourages an 'everyone for themselves' attitude in the world. This system is not intelligent and has led to wars and many of the problems that exist in the world today. It needs to be urgently updated to a new system of 'cooperation'.

3. Who will oversee it?

The United Nations is the logical candidate to oversee the implementation of this world peace initiative, however if necessary, a new and 'completely independent' authority can be created. Currently the UN acts as probably the most independent representative of countries around the world, however it is not a truly 'representative' or fully 'independent' organisation. It has 5 controlling members - the US, Russia, China, France and UK. Historically speaking, far too often these countries have used the guise of the UN's apparent independence to advance their own interests. So by no means is the UN the perfect choice as its written constitution stands today.

The 'International Representative Government' (IRG) would be given authority over all countries to solely 'protect' the lives of ALL PEOPLE and safeguard the planet's vulnerable environment. This will be a global focus with no individual country having any controlling interest or influence. This initiative has become essential as various countries and their leaders are not acting in the best interests of humanity. They are only acting in their own interests.

4. What authority will the 'International Representative Government' have?

It will have authority over all countries on matters that are of global significance to the welfare, protection and future of humanity. On any international issue, for example the environment, human rights, human and animal cloning, genetic engineering, economic trade practices, etc... it will initiate fair and necessary directives to be carried out by the various countries. Countries will still maintain control over their own domestic affairs but would be required to carry out the protective measures of this International Government.

5. Who will serve on the 'International Representative Government' ?

Who do you think should be on it?

It is envisioned that there will be 9 senior council members at any one time, similar to how the Supreme Court operates in America. The role of these council leaders would be to solely 'represent the interests of humanity'. Each country will initially need to have their own representative to ensure that there is a clear and open channel of communication between the International Government representing the interests of all people, and the many 'individual' governments that represent individual country's.

Understand that it will take time to truly unite humanity 'as one people'. Some individual governments may initially rebel against the idea of an International Government. They will not like the idea of conceding any power or control at all. However many smaller countries will see that it is for the greater good of all people, and recognise that for far too long, the powerful and larger countries and governments have exploited them in order to advance their own personal economic interests and values.

The IRG will put an end to all power games between countries. It will stand behind all countries equally, and ALL PEOPLE will be represented as ONE people. It will establish trust, unity and teamwork.

At this point in humanity's history, this is the most important thing of all. It is imperative that we stand together and face our challenges as one united people!

It is also proposed that recommendations for candidates to serve on this council, and to represent each country, should be forwarded to the United Nations by the international community. All candidates will need to meet the highest of standards. They should be able to demonstrate a complete commitment to the welfare of all people, and possess a profound wisdom, vision and understanding of humanity and the state of the world. A Nobel peace prize laureate may be a good example of a suitable nominee in terms of character and commitment to humanity, however the faculty of wisdom and vision will also be crucial to this role. All submitted applications should state why the candidate is suitable for the role, and what he/she has done on a practical level to further humanitarian causes, etc.

As 'wisdom and vision' are imperative to this role, all candidates should be required to meet 'independent' assessment tests to ensure that they have these necessary skills.

Protection for the people

No government, council or group of people should ever be above the law or the will of the people. It is therefore proposed that this council, which would represent some of the wisest people within humanity, should still be accountable to the will of the people. To ensure that this is the case, it will be possible for the people if they so choose, to replace the entire ruling council be means of a global referendum.

The 'wisdom' of decisions that are made by any government or leadership council should always be clearly recognisable as being 'intelligent'. If not, they should always be challenged by the people as lacking in vision and wisdom. Recent examples of such decisions that clearly lack wisdom and have been challenged by many people include the war in Iraq, human cloning, the genetic engineering of food, the growing environmental destruction, etc.

In such cases it has become clear to many people, that various governments and corporate interests have ulterior motives behind many of these decisions, which usually involve greed or a similar self-centred motive. So to protect the will of the people, such a ruling council should be able to offer clear explanations and wisdom for the decisions that they make. In other words, every decision that the council makes, should have the 'clear support of the people'. If for some reason this is not the case, the people will still have the power and authority to replace the entire council.