>From: >To: libernet@Dartmouth.EDU >Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1995 16:09:42 GMT0BST1,M3.4.0/02:00,M10.4.0/02:00 >Subject: World Government Ownership Claims >The following is being made available to subscribers of "libernet" >under the "fair use" principle (I'm not sure whether this item is >copyrighted or not, but that should keep me in the clear just in >case). I thought libertarians would be interested to know that a >group is claiming "ownership" of the entire oceans (and even the >moon!) in the name of "world government". > >------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > >01/12 1212 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. > -0- 1/12/95 /CONTACT: WCPA, 1480 Hoyt >Street, Suite 31, Lakewood Colorado, 80215, USA. Call 800-308- >9538, or fax, 303-237-7685/ > CO: World Constitution and Parliament Association ST: >Colorado IN: ENV SU: >-- >Ian Geldard >The Libertarian Alliance >London, UK