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    World Constitution: Constitution for the United Federation of the World
    World Constitution: Constitution for the United Federation of the World
    World Constitution: Constitution for the United Federation of the World
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    World Constitution: Constitution for the United Federation of the World

    By Nicholas Hagger

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    In World State Nicholas Hagger followed Truman, Einstein, Churchill, Eisenhower and others in calling for a democratic, partly-federal World State with sufficient authority to abolish war, enforce disarmament, combat famine, disease and poverty, and solve the world’s financial and environmental problems. Its lower house, a World Parliamentary Assembly, would initially be based in the UN General Assembly and eventually replace the UN. In this companion volume he sets out a Constitution for a United Federation of the World (UF). In 14 chapters and 145 Articles he details the UF’s structure and institutions at inter-national and supranational levels, and the rights and freedoms world citizens would be guaranteed. He lists the 26 precedents and 204 existing constitutions he consulted (including the UN Charter and the US and EU constitutional documents) and the sources on which the Articles are based. This comprehensive and authoritative Constitution sets out with great clarity and concision how the whole world can be governed, and can be laid before the UN General Assembly. As a blueprint for a World State that can bring universal peace and prosperity it may come to be regarded as one of the most remarkable feats of statecraft of our time.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Hunt Publishing
    Release dateJun 29, 2018
    ISBN9781780996622
    World Constitution: Constitution for the United Federation of the World
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    Nicholas Hagger

    Nicholas Hagger is the author of more than 50 books that include a substantial literary output and innovatory works within history, philosophy, literature and international politics and statecraft. As a man of letters he has written over 2,000 poems, two poetic epics, five verse plays, 1,200 short stories, two travelogues and three masques. In 2016 he was awarded the Gusi Peace Prize for Literature, and in 2019 the BRICS silver medal for 'Vision for Future'. He lives in Essex, UK.

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      World Constitution - Nicholas Hagger

      First published by O-Books, 2018

      O-Books is an imprint of John Hunt Publishing Ltd., No. 3 East St., Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9EE, UK

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      For distributor details and how to order please visit the ‘Ordering’ section on our website.

      Text copyright: Nicholas Hagger 2017

      ISBN: 978 1 84694 991 3

      978 1 78099 662 2 (ebook)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2017957734

      All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publishers.

      The rights of Nicholas Hagger as author have been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

      A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      Design: Stuart Davies

      Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY, UK

      We operate a distinctive and ethical publishing philosophy in all areas of our business, from our global network of authors to production and worldwide distribution.

      Also by Nicholas Hagger

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      Selected Poems

      The Universe and the Light

      A White Radiance

      A Mystic Way

      Awakening to the Light

      A Spade Fresh with Mud

      The Warlords

      Overlord, 4 volumes

      A Smell of Leaves and Summer

      The Tragedy of Prince Tudor

      The One and the Many

      Wheeling Bats and a Harvest Moon

      The Warm Glow of the Monastery Courtyard

      The Syndicate

      The Secret History of the West

      The Light of Civilization

      Classical Odes

      Overlord, one-volume edition

      Collected Poems 1958 – 2005

      Collected Verse Plays

      Collected Stories

      The Secret Founding of America

      The Last Tourist in Iran

      The Rise and Fall of Civilizations

      The New Philosophy of Universalism

      The Libyan Revolution

      Armageddon

      The World Government

      The Secret American Dream

      A New Philosophy of Literature

      A View of Epping Forest

      My Double Life 1: This Dark Wood

      My Double Life 2: A Rainbow over the Hills

      Selected Stories: Follies and Vices of the Modern Elizabethan Age

      Selected Poems: Quest for the One

      The Dream of Europa

      Life Cycle and Other New Poems 2006 – 2016

      The First Dazzling Chill of Winter

      The Secret American Destiny

      Peace for our Time

      World State

      Unless we establish some form of world government, it will not be possible for us to avert a World War III in the future.

      Winston Churchill, 1945

      Human society can be saved only by Universalism.

      Emery Reves, The Anatomy of Peace, 1945

      Mankind can be saved only if a supranational system, based on law, is created to eliminate the methods of brute force.

      Albert Einstein, 1950

      History is now choosing the founders of the World Federation. Any person who can be among that number and fails to do so has lost the noblest opportunity of a lifetime.

      Carl van Doren

      CONTENTS

      Note on Provenance

      Preface on Constitutions

      Constitution for the United Federation of the World

      Preamble

      Chapter I: Purposes and Principles

      Articles 1–2

      Chapter II: Membership

      Articles 3–6

      Chapter III: Structure

      Articles 7–16

      Chapter IV: The Inter-national Level

      Articles 17–26

      Chapter V: The Supranational Level

      Articles 27–45

      Chapter VI: Peace Dividend

      Articles 46–51

      Chapter VII: Rights and Freedoms

      Articles 52–86

      Chapter VIII: Equal Rights and Justice

      Articles 87–101

      Chapter IX: World Citizens’ Rights

      Articles 102–119

      Chapter X: Protection of Rights and Freedoms

      Articles 120–130

      Chapter XI: Emblem, Flag, Anthem and Location

      Articles 131–134

      Chapter XII: Supremacy of Constitution

      Articles 135–136

      Chapter XIII: Amendments

      Articles 137–139

      Chapter XIV: Signing and Ratification

      Articles 140–145

      Appendices

      Precedents and data on which the Constitution is based

      1. 26 Constitutional Precedents and 204 Constitutions

      2. World Parliamentary Assembly, Allocation of 850 Seats

      3. World Commission, Allocation of 27 Seats

      4. World Senate, Allocation of 92 Seats

      5. Diagram/Flow Chart of the Supranational Authority: The Structure of the World State

      6. Chart of 25 Civilizations and Cultures from One to One

      Sources for Articles in the Constitution for the United Federation of the World

      Bibliography

      Note on Provenance

      Nicholas Hagger based this 145-Article Constitution for the United Federation of the World (UF) on the ideas in his works, in particular The World Government and World State (an introduction to the UF); and on the precedents listed in Appendix 1. For further details, see the Preface, p.xi and Sources for Articles in the Constitution for the United Federation of the World (pp.81–85), which relates the Articles to precedents. For background, see his work Peace for our Time.

      This Constitution was assembled (on and off while preparing World State) between 25 August and 11 October 2017.

      Preface on Constitutions

      Definition of ‘constitution’

      A constitution is the mode in which a state is constituted or organised, the system or body of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state or body politic is constituted and governed (Shorter Oxford English Dictionary). It is the body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a State or other organisation is acknowledged to be governed (Concise Oxford Dictionary). A good constitution has clarity, sense and succinctness, and inspires and resonates.

      Written constitutions dictate the rules that are to govern societies. The American constitution was agreed after a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia involving 55 delegates and lasting 116 days (25 May–17 September) that brought in the Federal Constitution in 1787.

      Number of past constitutions and precedents

      A

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