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The Alliance of Nations
The Historic Necessity For
a New World Government Now
An Open Letter Changes The Course of History
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This Open Letter by Dr. Rath in the New York Times
of June 30, 2004, has become one of the most
important and influential public statements in the
history of the United Nations. With the decision on
June 8, 2004, the small elite of nations constituting
the Security Council apparently thought that they
could ignore the UN Charter and pretend to continue ‘business as usual.’
The adjacent Open Letter drew the attention of the
world to the unacceptable fact that with this fateful
decision, the UN Charter, the entire framework of
international law and the basis for the UN’s very
existence were irreversibly destroyed.
The fact that this Open Letter was reprinted in leading
newspapers of more than twenty countries and
in countless other media documents that the entire
world is aware of the fact that the UN not only had
destroyed its Charter but also its credibility. In the
past weeks, there has hardly been any government,
international corporation, organization or university
that has not been contacting our foundation
through the Internet for more information on alternatives.
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan grossly underestimated
the impact of this Open Letter. He
embarked on a whirlwind trip around the world trying
to appease the outrage especially in the developing
countries. At the opening of the Panafrican
Parliament in August, he promised a ‘green revolution’
for Africa, and a few weeks later at the
International AIDS-Conference in Bangkok, he
announced pharmaceutical AIDS-drugs for all. And
no one seemed to bother that Annan’s closest economic
advisor at both events, Jeffrey Sachs, is also
an advisor to pharmaceutical giant Novartis and the
international drug cartel.
The World Asks Kofi Annan
On September 15, 2004, UN Secretary General
Kofi Annan, could no longer put the finger in the
dam. He announced on BBC that the war against
Iraq was illegal. The entire world asks Kofi Annan:
- Why did you not speak up publicly in March
2003, before the illegal attack war on Iraq was
launched by perpetrators in the US and the UK
government? Why did you not resign immediately
in protest, at a time when your voice could
have made a difference in world affairs?
- Why did you not oppose the fatal decision on June
8, 2004, knowing well that this decision abolishes
the UN Charter?
- Why did Dr. Rath and the people of the world
have to force you from outside the United
Nations to finally state publicly that this war was
illegal? Why did your statement come so late, 16
months after this war was declared over by those
whom you logically and correctly should have
identified as criminals who launched an illegal
attack war?
Today, you face the consequences of your silence:
The 59th General Assembly has become the funeral
session of the United Nations. Once before, a
world parliament - the League of Nations - had
committed suicide coerced by the corporate interests
behind the Nazis and in the wake of WW II.
Worse, during the opening session of this General
Assembly,’ George Bush, the main perpetrator who
coerced the UN’s suicide, was even invited to give
a ‘funeral address.’ And you knew that he had
already announced to commit more crimes by
threatening illegal attack wars against Iran and any
other nation or territory desired by the corporate
interests he represents.
Why the UN Cannot Be 'Reformed' or Repaired
In the meantime, the UN Secretary General and the
Members of the small elite in the Security Council
are apparently aware of the damage they have done
to the UN and to all mankind by robbing them of
the only international body capable of protecting
international peace and security. They also realized
that the collective decision of June 8, 2004, has not
only irreversibly destroyed the UN Charter but also
the credibility of the UN in the world.
In order to cover up their collective guilt, Kofi
Annan and members of the Security Council are
creating a huge smoke screen of promises for
‘reforms’ and ‘changes’ within the UN. They have
to come to grips that the United Nations and its
Charter is dead and that any effort to ‘reform’ this
dead body is as if a physician would try to resuscitate
a corpse.
Germany’s Foreign Minister Fischer plays a particularly
malicious role. Not only did he vote for this
fateful decision that destroyed the UN Charter, but
he unscrupulously abused the ensuing crisis to claim
a seat for Germany as a permanent member of the
Security Council. Rejected by others, Fischer twisted
the arms of some threshold countries including
Brazil and India to back his plan. Does he really
believe that he can sell a ‘reform’ which replaces an
elite club with a slightly larger elite to the world
community as a reform of the UN?
The governments of Brazil and India have to decide
whether they will allow to be abused as fig leaves by
an elite or whether they continue to be leaders of the
developing world towards a new world body based on
the principle of equal rights for all countries.
For more than 150 countries, any ‘reform' of the
UN is nothing but an illusion - they would be left
out of any decision taking for generations to come.
Alliance of Nations - The Time to Act is Now
The governments of the world, especially the more
than one hundred developing countries, now have to
decide. Either they continue to allow themselves and
their people to be economically and militarily abused
by corporate interest groups and their political puppets
within the UN, or they finally get out of their “wheelchairs”
and start building a new world government
with equal rights for all nations - large or small.
An international government where the paramount
principal of “One Country - One Vote” has been
institutionalized, is the recently founded Panafrican
Parliament. Within this parliament, countries like
Nigeria with a population of 130 million people have
the same rights and duties as countries like Cape
Verde with a population of less than half a million.
Other regional parliaments will adapt the same fundamental
principal of equal rights for all nations. A
growing cooperation between these regional bodies
in the areas of health, energy, trade, science, and others
will pave the way towards development of poor
nations, reduction of economic dependency and
towards a global Alliance of Nations that warrants
lasting international peace and security.
No one should be afraid to “get out of the wheelchair”. The
scientific technology to immediately terminate any
dependency from the economic powers is already available
in two key areas: health and energy. On July 1, one
day after the publication of the adjacent Open Letter, the
New York Times had to report that vitamins are the most
effective form to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS. On
September 13, Newsweek had to report that hydrogen
energy - energy from water - is already being used commercially
to fuel cars and provide energy to households.
Implementation of these key technologies in the
developing countries is a decisive step to end their
dependency from corporate colonialism forever.
The time to act is now!
The only way to a world of lasting peace, security and social justice is a new organization shaped by all nations
One Country — One Vote
Why was the ‘UN Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States’ not implemented three decades ago?
On December 12, 1974, the United Nations’ General Assembly passed this important Charter with the overwhelming support of 120 member states. Excerpts of this Charter are documented
below. Until now, 30 years later, none of the principles of this Charter has been implemented. They were blocked by a handful of economically powerful nations that sit in the UN Security
Council and have increasingly abused the entire United Nations as a tool to impose corporate colonialism worldwide.
Without equela rights and the principle of “One country - one vote” in a world parliament, the more than 100 countries of the developing world will never achieve their right to self determination
and never have a chance for real development. If the World Community does not act now and takes decisive steps towards the “Alliance of Nations”, hundreds of millions of people
will continue to die from preventable diseases and other direct results of economic dependency and corporate colonialism.
Preamble
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming the fundamental purposes of the United
Nations, in particular the maintenance of international
peace and security, the development of friendly relations
among nations and the achievement of international cooperation
in solving international problems in the economic
and social fields,
Affirming the need for strengthening international co-operation
in these fields,
Reaffirming further the need for strengthening international
co-operation for development,
Declaring that it is a fundamental purpose of the present
Charter to promote the establishment of the new international
economic order, based on equity, sovereign equality,
interdependence, common interest and co-operation
among all States, irrespective of their economic and
social systems,
Desirous of contributing to the creation of conditions for:
- The promotion by the entire international community of
the economic and social progress of all countries, especial1y
developing countries,
- The encouragement of co-operation, on the basis of
mutual advantage and equitable benefits for all peaceloving
States which are willing to carry out the provisions
of the present Charter, in the economic, trade, scientific
and technical fields, regardless of political, economic
or social systems,
- The acceleration of the economic growth of developing
countries with a view to bridging the economic gap
between developing and developed countries,
Mindful of the need to establish and maintain a just and
equitable economic and social order through:
- The achievement of more rational and equitable international
economic relations and the encouragement of
structural changes in the world economy,
- The strengthening of the economic independence of
developing countries,
- The establishment and promotion of international economic
relations, taking into account the agreed differences
in development of the developing countries and
their specific needs,
Solemnly adopts the present Charter of Economic Rights
and Duties of States.
Chapter I: Fundamentals of International Economic Relations
Economic as well as political and other relations among
States shall be governed, inter alia, by the following
principles:
(a) Sovereignty, territorial integrity and political
independence of States;
(b) Sovereign equality of all States;
(c) Non-aggression;
(d) Non-intervention;
(e) Mutual and equitable benefit;
(f) Peaceful coexistence;
(g) Equal rights and self-determination of peoples;
(h) Peaceful settlement of disputes;
(i) Remedying of injustices which have been brought about
by force and which deprive a nation of the natural means
necessary for its normal development;
(j) Fulfillment in good faith of international obligations;
(k) Respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms;
(I) No attempt to seek hegemony and spheres of influence;
(m) Promotion of international social justice;
(n) International co-operation for development.
Chapter II: Economic Rights and Duties of States
Article 1
Every State has the sovereign and inalienable right to
choose its economic system as well as its political, social
and cultural systems in accordance with the will of its
people, without outside interference, coercion or threat
in any form whatsoever.
Article 2
Every State has and shall freely exercise full permanent
sovereignty, including possession, use and disposal, over
all its wealth, natural resources and economic activities.
Each State has the right:
- To regulate and exercise authority over foreign investment
within its national jurisdiction in accordance with
its laws and regulations and in conformity with its
national objectives and priorities. No State shall be compelled
to grant preferential treatment to foreign investment;
- To regulate and supervise the activities of transnational
corporations within its national jurisdiction and take
measures to ensure that such activities comply with its
laws, rules and regulations and conform with its economic
and social policies. Transnational corporations
shall not intervene in the internal affairs of a host State.
Every State should, with full regard for its sovereign
rights, cooperate with other States in the exercise of the
right set forth in this subparagraph;
- To nationalize, expropriate or transfer ownership of
foreign property, in which case appropriate compensation
should be paid by the State adopting such measures,
taking into account its relevant laws and regulations and
all circumstances that the State considers pertinent.
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Article 8
States should cooperate in facilitating more rational and
equitable international economic relations and in
encouraging structural changes in the context of a balanced
world economy in harmony with the needs and
interests of all countries, especially developing countries,
and should take appropriate measures to this end.
Article 9
All States have the responsibility to cooperate in the economic,
social, cultural, scientific and technological
fields for the promotion of economic and social progress
throughout the world, especially that of the developing
countries.
Article 10
All States are juridical equal and, as equal members of
the international community, have the right to participate
fully and effectively in the international decision-making
process in the solution of world economic, financial and
monetary problems, inter alia, through the appropriate
international organizations in accordance with their
existing and evolving rules, and to share equitably in the
benefits resulting there from.
Further articles:
- States have the right, in agreement with the parties concerned,
to participate in sub regional, regional and interregional
co-operation in the pursuit of their economic
and social development.
- Every State has the right to benefit from the advances
and developments in science and technology for the
acceleration of its economic and social development.
- All States have the duty to promote the achievement of
general and complete disarmament under effective international
control and to utilize the resources. released by
effective disarmament measures for the economic and
social development of countries, allocating a substantial
portion of such resources as additional means for the
development needs of developing countries.
- It is the right and duty of all States, individually and
collectively, to eliminate colonialism, apartheid, racial
discrimination, neo-colonialism and all forms of foreign
aggression, occupation and domination, and the economic
and social consequences thereof, as a prerequisite
for development.
- No State has the right to promote or encourage investments
that may constitute an obstacle to the liberation of
a territory occupied by force.
- All States have the duty to coexist in tolerance and live
together in peace, irrespective of differences in political,
economic, social and cultural systems, and to facilitate
trade between States having different economic and
social systems.
- The sea-bed and ocean floor and the subsoil thereof,
beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, as well as the
resources of the area, are the common heritage of
mankind. On the basis of the principles adopted by the
General Assembly in resolution 2749 (XXV) of 17
December 1970, all States shall ensure that the exploration
of the area and exploitation of its resources are
carried out exclusively for peaceful purposes and that the
benefits derived there from are shared equitably by all
States, taking into account the particular interests and
needs of developing countries.
- The protection, preservation and enhancement of the
environment for the present and future generations is the
responsibility of all States.
- All States have the duty to contribute to the balanced
expansion of the world economy, taking duly into
account the close interrelationship between the wellbeing
of the developed countries and the growth and
development of the developing countries, and the fact
that the prosperity of the international community as a
whole depends upon the prosperity of its constituent
parts.
- No State may use or encourage the use or economic,
political or any other type of measures to coerce another
State in order to obtain from it the subordination of the
exercise of its sovereign rights.
The complete text of the ‘Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of Nations’ is documented here.
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