World Wide Support for Article 51 of the Constitution of India

PEACE IS THE BY-PRODUCT OF UNITY.THE WORLD WILL BE UNITEDTHROUGH THE THREADOF WORLD LAW.WORLD UNITY IS 'PRE-REQUISITE' for world peace.An urgent meeting of all world leaders at New Delhi without theinvolvement of the United Nations or its system of Veto is the FIRST STEP.THE FRUIT OF WORLDPEACE WILL GROW ON THETREE OF WORLD UNITY.ARTICLE 51: ENFORCEABLE WORLD LAW IS THE IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME... Contd- from page 19more exciting for me was that the Summit was “Most14.Form a World Parliament through consensus bylikely to become the largest ever gathering of Heads ofstrengthening the United Nations.State and Heads of Government. The Summit wouldrdIn this regard, on 10 May 1999, the 53 UN Generalhave been a historic occasion for 188 Member States ofAssembly meeting was held to draft the officialthe Organization to address the challenges facing thethagenda of the Millennium Summit to be held from 6United Nations in the 21st century.”thto 8 September 2000 in order to finalize the core issues proposed20.Very hopeful of this possibility, I attended the UN Millenniumto be discussed by the world's leaders. In this meeting, theForum of NGOs and Civil Societies from 22 to 26 May 2000 at UNcommon consensus of different representatives of the world wasHeadquarters. This was attended by 1,350 members from overthat, in the interest of future generations, it would be best to:- i)1,000 non-governmental organizations and otherform a unified political order (world parliament) on the lines of thecivil societies. They dwelt upon a common vision.27 countries of European Union who have formed a EuropeanThe clause 8, mentioned above was included inParliament above their own national parliaments and ii) form and“We the Peoples Millennium Forum Declarationdevelop a common world economic order by adopting a commonand Agenda for Action: Strengthening the Unitedcurrency on the lines of 16 countries of European Union whichNations for the twenty-first century” which washave accepted the Euro as their common currency.put forth to the Fifty-Fourth session of the UN General Assembly15.27 nations of Europe who have formedwhich met one month prior to the first UN Millennium Summit onthe European Parliament above their8th August 2000 in the Agenda item 49(b) in Section F asrespective national parliaments areStrengthening and democratizing the United Nations and1. Austria 2. Belgium 3. Bulgaria 4. Cyprus 5. CzechEurope international organizations “towards the formation of a newRepublic 6. Denmark 7. Estonia 8. Finland 9. Francepolitical and economic order.”10. Germany 11. Greece 12. Hungary 13. Ireland21.When the Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly in the14. Italy 15. Latvia 16. Lithuania 17. LuxembourgFifty-fifth session dated 18th September, 2000, 55/2 “United18. Malta 19. Netherlands 20. Poland 21. PortugalNations Millennium Declaration” were declared, we were in22. Romania 23. Slovenia 24. Slovakia 25. Spainagreement with all its 32 resolutions but disappointed that it did26. Sweden and 27. United Kingdom. Similarly, now the time hasnot include anything given in Clause 8 of the agenda item as percome for all the nations of the world to form a World Parliamentthe 53rd Session of the UN General Assembly on the formation of aabove their national parliaments.New Political and Economic Order. As I had worked hard to16.16 countries of Europe who have abolished theirinclude this Clause in the Millennium Forum’s Declaration andrespective national currencies and adopted the EuroAgenda for Action and worked on this prior to that for some time, Icurrency are :was naturally disappointed. I felt the world leaders had missed a1. Austria 2. Belgium 3. Cyprus 4. Finland 5. FranceEUROhistoric opportunity to forge global unity.6. Germany 7. Greece 8. Ireland 9. Italy 10. Luxembourg22.However, disappointed by the inability of11. Malta 12. Netherlands 13. Portugal 14. Sloveniathe world leaders to come to any15. Slovakia and 16. Spain. In the same manner, all the countries ofresolution on this agenda item (Clause 8), Ithe world should abolish their respective currencies and form one convened the first meeting of the Worldcurrency of the world.Judiciary on 6th May, 2001, as we saw in17.Europe has became a shining example of theslogan "Come, let us be friends and abide by it".Some of the 27 nations of the European Union havethem as a ray of hope in our efforts. So far,the World Judiciary has very positivelyresponded. We also feel it our moral responsibility as we arebeen sworn enemies of one another and have beenrecognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’sEuropean Parliamentat war at one time or the other. People who live inlargest in a single city school with now over 37,000 students.these countries are from different cultures but they have put aside 23. Even prior to the Millennium Summit, on behalf of ourtheir differences because they have suffered. They know whatwar is and what is it like to live in perpetual fear. They have comechildren, I wrote a letter to the then UN Secretary GeneralKofi A. Annan on 1 September, 1999 in which I quotedtogether and formed a European ParliamentNobel Laureate Jan Tinbergen who said “Mankind’sbecause they care for their children and theyproblems can no longer be solved byJan Tinbergennationalconsider it their inter-generational responsibilitygovernments. What is needed is a World Government. This canto bequeath a safer future to the comingbest be achieved by strengthening the United Nations system.generations than that which was bequeathed to27 nations of the European Union 24.Dr Kofi Annan, the then Secretary General of the United Nations,them. Citizens of countries of the European Unionin reply to my letter wrote to me on 11th October 1999:do not need visas to visit the countries in the Union. A countrya. “It is shocking to think that almost half of us – three billion out ofwhich does not require foreigners to enter it on a visa, has risensix billion – are entering the new era in abject poverty, with lessabove the common feeling of fear and distrust for its neighbours.than two dollars a day, or less, to live on.”Europe now enjoys peace and prosperity and with no threat ofb. “It is also shocking that people in so many places today arewar within the European Union.exposed to violence and brutality. The twentieth century has18.We were very excited when we learnt about thebeen the most murderous in human history. We must make sure53rd Session of the UN General Assembly. Whilethe twenty-first is more peaceful, and more humane.”announcing the thematic framework for thec. “And it is worrying that the world’s climate seems to beMillennium Summit, the UN Secretary General’schanging, in a way, which could destroy the homes and livelihoodReport in the Agenda item 30, dated 10 May 1999of millions. Controlling and managing this process may yet provein Clause 8 promoted, “establishment of a new internationalto be the biggest challenge of all.”political and economic order.” This clearly stated that theMillennium Summit in 2000 included, among other objectives, a d. “People all over world look to the United Nations to protectdiscussion on the establishment of a new international political them–from hunger, disease and violence, and naturaland economic order.disasters–whenever the task seems too big for nations, orregions, to handle alone. But we at the United Nations can do19.In my modest capacity, the possibility of the formation of a newnothing alone, either. Our strength is the strength of our memberPolitical and Economic Order excited and motivated me as I hadstates, when they agree to act together for the common good.”been working for this cause even prior to the resolution of theGeneral Assembly in its 53rd session to “convene the Millennium 25.Dr. Kofi Annan also added in his letter of 11th of October, 1999 stating:Summit of the United Nations as an integral part of the “Next year, leaders from all over the world will come to New YorkMillennium Assembly of the United Nations.” What was evenContd.......... Page 21Progressive revelations means that religious truth is revealed by God progressively and cyclically over a time through a series of “Divine teachers”, and thattheir teachings are tailored to suit the needs of different ages and places of their appearance – CMS, Laureate of 2002 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education 20