Humanity will soon be facing a fork in the road. To the left, the current path, with nations competing against each other over the world's resources.
And to the right, the world finally coming together, to end war, starvation, and the diseases that face the third world.
This alone, should be good enough for anybody to agree with supporting an International Government, but it's not.
So let me point out another very important fact: those who fail to learn from history, our bound to repeat it. Human beings from the start, have gone to war over religion, resources, and power.
There are 7 billion people around the world, with an ever growing human population. Oil and fresh water are both running out, leaving 1st world nations with two choices: either go to war with another nation for their natural resources, or cull back their own population.
You can have a one child policy, but the population will still grow, just at a slower rate, so culling the population, will be the only option, unless you go to war.
Human beings like to pretend that they are not animals, but we are. We eat, piss, **** and **** like an animal, so we are an animal.
Think about it: if New York City shut down the power and water grid, how many people do you think would go around acting like savages? Nobody will know for sure, until it happens, but if just 1% of New York's population was to do so, you'd have hundreds of thousands of people.
That is why we need to transform the United Nations from an international organization, to the United Nations of Earth.
I have created a rough draft, of what the Constitution of Earth would look like.
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
PREAMBLE
WE THE PEOPLES OF EARTH DETERMINED
In order to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which has brought untold sorrow to humankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights and freedoms, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of women and men and of nations large and small, and to promote social progress and better standards of life for all.
AND TO THESE ENDS
To practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples.
HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS
Accordingly, our respective governments, through representatives assembled in New York City, who have exhibited their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the present Constitution of the United Nations, and do hereby establish an International Government to be known as the United Nations of Earth.
CHAPTER I: PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES
Article 1
The purposes of the United Nations are:
1. To guarantee every State in this Union a Republican form of International Government, and shall protect them against invasion and domestic violence.
2. To maintain international peace and security between Member States, and to that end: take effective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law.
3. To develop poor nations within this Union based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen that nation.
4. To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems such as environmental, disease, food and water concerns.
5. To be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.
Article 2
The United Nations of Earth and its Member States in pursuit of the purposes stated in Article 1, shall act in accordance with the following principles:
1. The United Nations is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its members.
2. In order to ensure all members the rights and benefits resulting from membership, they shall fulfill in good faith the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the present Constitution.
3. All members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means, and shall have the right to take their case to the International Court, and shall abide by the decision of the Court.
4. All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat of, or the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any Member State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Constitution.
5. All members shall give the United Nations assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the present Constitution, and shall refrain from giving assistance to any State against which the United Nations is taking preventive or enforcement action.
6. Nothing contained in the present Constitution shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any State, or shall require members to submit such matters to the International Court for settlement under the present Constitution.
CHAPTER II: MEMBERSHIP
Article 3
1. Membership in the United Nations is open to all nations which accept the obligations contained in the present Constitution in good faith; are able and willing to carry out the obligations assumed by them in accordance, and once a nation becomes a member, shall not be permitted to withdraw from this Union, unless Chapter I, Article 1, section (1) is broken.
2. Membership shall require Member States to be a democracy, as governments are not a divine right, and as such, shall require the approval from the People to govern them. Membership shall also require members to transfer their military, intelligence agencies, and administrative powers over issues of international concern, to the President of Earth, and legislative powers over issues of international concern, to the General Assembly. The President and the General Assembly must have full control over issues concerning the planet, while leaving regional matters to respective States.
3. No Member State shall print or coin money.
4. No region from within a Member State shall be allowed to separate to form a new nation, and it shall be illegal to form, or participate with any separatist or anarchist movement; individuals that do so, shall face one year in prison.
5. The powers not delegated to the United Nations by the Constitution, are reserved to the Member States respectively.
Article 4
Any nation that refuses membership shall face the Prime Directive – which dictates that there can be no interference with the internal development of non-Member States. These nations cannot be given or exposed to any information regarding advanced technology, or any other form of knowledge, or assistance of any kind, lest this exposure alter the natural development of these nations; therefore, it shall be illegal for any citizen to travel too, to communicate with, or to do business with any non-Member State, or with any person or business in that nation. Member States shall also be banned from communicating or doing business with these nations, businesses or persons. That nation and their population shall be one hundred percent isolated from the world community until they decide to join, and meet the obligations of membership.
CHAPTER III: THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
Article 5
The enumeration in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the People, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not guarantee the rights and freedoms set out in it, when they are criminal actions, to be prescribed by law.
(a) Individuals shall have freedom of speech, thought, beliefs, expression, privacy and free will.
(b) Individuals shall have the right to life, property, and fundamental government services essential to life.
(c) Individuals shall have freedom of assembly and freedom of association.
(d) Individuals shall have the right to freely enter, remain in, and leave any city, region, and country, and all persons born or naturalized in the Member States, are citizens of the Earth and of the country, region and city wherein they reside, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.
(e) No State shall deprive any individual of life, liberty, or property, without the due process of law, and if an individual cannot afford an attorney, one shall be provided for them. Property shall not be taken, unless the government can prove it is for the safety of the general public, or needed for public use, and there shall be just compensation, unless the property was illegal, or being used for illegal activity.
(f) No individual is above the law, and every individual is equal before the law and under the law, and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination, and, in particular, without discrimination based on national or ethnic origin, colour, beliefs, sex, sexual preference, age, mental or physical disability.
(g) Individuals shall have the right to be secure in their persons, homes, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, which shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath, and describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized, unless a Peace Officer has seen a person commit a criminal act, then they shall be allowed to pursue said person into a home, search and seize said person, papers, effects, and if the Peace Officer knows without a reasonable doubt said person has a dangerous item, but when searched, said person no longer has it, they shall be allowed to search any person or private property nearby without a warrant, and later swear by Oath in-front of a judge, and to be questioned by that judge, on the reason why this was done without the issue of a warrant. Failure to provide evidence, or unable to prove reasonable cause, shall be a criminal offense, to be prescribed by law.
(h) Individuals who are arrested shall be informed promptly, in an official language which they understand, of the reasons for their arrest, and shall have the right to retain and instruct counsel, and to be informed of that right, and shall not be questioned without counsel present, unless counsel is waived, which has to take place in-front of a judge, and it shall be explained of the consequences of waiving their right to counsel.
(i) Individuals have the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned without any evidence, and before an individual can be detained or imprisoned, they shall be brought promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial power, to determine the legality of one's arrest or detention and go to trial within a reasonable amount of time, or shall be released on their own recognizance, pending trial. If said person is dangerous to another person or the public at large, the judge, or officer authorized by law to exercise judicial power can deny said person's release, and if said person is denied release, any amount of time waiting for trial, shall count as time served.
(j) In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall be entitled to a public trial, by an impartial judge, and if the accused so chooses, an impartial trial by jury, of the state and district wherein the crime had been committed, which shall have been previously ascertained by law; to be confronted with any witnesses against said person; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in their favor, and has the right to the assistance of an interpreter.
(k) No Individual shall be compelled in any civil or criminal case to be a witness against thyself.
(l) A witness who testifies in any civil or criminal proceedings, has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence. Witnesses shall give their personal or professional opinion without receiving any benefit for giving their testimony.
(m) A party or witness in any civil or criminal proceedings, who does not understand or speak the language in-which the proceedings are conducted, has the right to the assistance of an interpreter.
No person shall be found guilty on account of any act unless counsel is present, unless waived, and cannot be found guilty of omissions unless counsel is present, unless waived.
(o) If acquitted of an offense, or found guilty and punished for an offense, said individual shall not to be tried or punished for it again, unless new evidence is provided, in-which said individual was not convicted and punished for, and there shall be a preliminary hearing to see if the new evidence is sustainable for trial.
(p) Individuals have the right not to be subjected to any cruel or unusual treatment or punishment, except in cases dealing with planetary security, or when people's lives are in-danger, where individuals can be detained and tortured for three hundred and sixty-five days, and sections (h), (i), and (t) shall not apply. Only the President can authorize torture of a person, and said document must be witnessed and co-signed by either the Inspector General of the United Nations, or the Speaker of the General Assembly. The witness who co-signed said document, shall report the authorization of detainment and torture to the General Assembly, one year and one day from the date and time it was authorized. If the witness who cosigned the document fails to inform the General Assembly, then they shall face a five year prison term. Torture shall not be used to get an omission of guilt, but to attain information, and the individual shall not be detained or tortured ever again, unless said individual has been convicted in a court of law. Those who die from torture, and have a spouse or children, shall be allowed compensation under section (t), and the individual doing the torture shall face life in prison.
(q) The only rights an individual incarceration has, is the right to have legal counsel, the right to see that counsel whenever, for an unlimited amount of days, for a maximum of twelve hours per day; the right to be safe from other prisoners, guards, visitors, and to have the necessary water intake, and be feed at least one portion size of food, per day, of nutritional value.
(r) Any individual who has been the victim of an unlawful arrest or detention, shall have an enforceable right to compensation at the rate of one hundred dollars per hour, tax free, and if said individual lost their employment because they went to prison, and are unable to be rehired, or if said individual wants new employment, they shall be compensated four years worth of salary, and have the option of receiving an upgrade in training or education, with the costs being covered up to a maximum of four years.
(s) In all civil cases, plaintiffs and defendants shall be entitled to a speedy and private trial, by an impartial judge, of the state and district wherein the issue has taken place, which shall have been previously ascertained by law. Defendants shall be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation in an official language which they understand. Defendants and Plaintiffs shall have the right to retain and instruct counsel; the right to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in their favour; to be confronted with any witnesses against them, and the right to the assistance of an interpreter. Whoever loses their case in court, or if the plaintiff withdraws their case, shall have to pay for the court's time. If their is a settlement, the cost of the court's time must be part of the settlement. Res judicata and collateral estoppel shall be part of all decisions in civil cases, therefore the plaintiff cannot take it to another court, unless new evidence has come to light that the plaintiff could not previously of had, or there are grounds that the judge, or in some cases, the jury, were not impartial.
(t) Individuals shall have the right to sue government for any wrong doing, as long as it can be proven that the government's actions was not in the best interest of the People, and did harm to the plaintiff. Plaintiffs shall hold the right to have an impartial trial by jury, and if an individual cannot afford an attorney, one shall be provided for them.
(u) Individuals shall hold the right to petition any law or bylaw passed, except for taxation laws, and only if they have voted in the previous election, in the jurisdiction in which they wish to petition. Petitions shall be signed in secret, and only the number of signatures for a petition shall be released. It shall take seventy-five percent of the signatures of people who voted in the previous election to remove a law or bylaw, and petitions shall have until twelve am, the day of the official writ to reach their quota, or it shall expire. Individuals shall have to go to their local chief electoral officer, sign the petition, and pay a non-refundable twenty-five dollars. Governments shall hold the right to question the petition process, but shall have thirty days from the date and time of a successful petition, to ask the highest court in the jurisdiction affected, to verify the petition process. Once the review is done, and if the Court finds that there are no irregularities, then the petition process shall be final. No petitioned law or bylaw can be reenacted, unless taken to a referendum with a seventy-five percent approval. If the judiciary in the jurisdiction in-which a law or bylaw was petitioned, finds the government has passed a similar law or bylaw, the Court shall reject it.
(v) Individuals shall not be fined more than five percent of their yearly gross income per offence; except in cases where an individual fails to prove their yearly income, or an individual's income derives from criminal activity. Once an individual has paid twenty-five percent of their yearly gross income in fines, the government shall not fine said individual again for the year, unless it can be proven in court, that the fines are resulting from continued bad behavior, and that the government is not targeting said individual.
(w) Government fees for any government service, shall not be more than one percent of an individuals yearly gross income, per service; except in cases where an individual fails to prove their yearly income, where fees can be higher. Once an individual has paid twenty-five percent of their yearly gross income in fees, that individual shall not pay any more government fees for the year, unless it can be proven in court, that the individual is trying to abuse the system.
(x) Every individual who is the Age of Majority, which shall be twenty years of age or older, has the right to one equal vote in a secret ballot for the election of President of Earth, and to be qualified for membership therein; except for those who have been convicted of election fraud, government corruption, or are currently in a mental facility, or incarcerated.
Individuals who do vote in presidential elections, shall have the right to recall the President of Earth, and vote in international referendums. To petition a recall of the President of Earth, it has to be after three hundred and sixty-five days in office, and shall require the signatures of fifty percent plus one of the people who voted in the previous presidential election, and petitions shall have until twelve am, thirty days prior to election day to reach their quota, or it shall expire. Individuals shall have to go to their local chief electoral officer, sign the petition, and pay a non-refundable twenty-five dollars. Petitions shall be signed in secret, and only the number of signatures for a petition shall be released. The President shall hold the right to question the petition process, but shall have thirty days from the date and time of a successful petition to ask the International Court to verify the petition process. Once the review is done, and if the Court finds that there are no irregularities, then the petition process shall be final.
(z) The People shall be entitled to a democratic federal, regional and municipal government, and to be qualified for membership therein. The People shall also hold the right to one equal vote in a secret ballot in every general election, by-election, and referendum. Any stipulation for an individual who has reached the Age of Majority not being allowed to vote, or to hold membership therein, shall need to pass a referendum of seventy-five percent. No elected government can be dissolved without the prior consent from the People, requiring a referendum approval of seventy-five percent.
CHAPTER IV: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS OF EARTH
Article 6
1. The city of New York shall be the capital of Earth.
2. The United Nations flag shall become the flag of Earth.
3. The United Nations building shall hold the Office of the President, the Residence of the President, the General Assembly, World Press Gallery, and governmental offices.
Article 7
1. There shall be a world currency shared by all Member States, and the world currency shall be one hundred percent digital.
2. The monetary system shall be based on population growth and government expenditures; with funding to be issued by the Central Banks, which every Member State shall have.
3. The International Monetary Fund shall be incorporated into the World Bank, and shall take over all international financial dealings of the World Bank. The International Monetary Fund shall decide the monetary value of a population, and any government that wishes to spend outside their budget for government expenditure spending, shall need the approval of the International Monetary Fund. The International Monetary Fund shall also make annul budget recommendations for the United Nations. The International Monetary Fund's primary goals shall be to stimulate the world's economy and to keep the international economic system stable.
4. The United Nations shall use a social-capital economic policy: which shall mean the International Monetary Fund shall issue all the currency needs for public services and expenditures of the United Nations, while having a free market economy for everything else:
which shall mean no state-owned corporations, or regulating the international economy, unless it deals with planetary concerns.
5. There shall be no international income or business taxation of any sorts; nor on any goods or services.
Article 8
1. There shall be a World Free Trade Agreement, which shall allow businesses to freely expand across Member States; monopolize the market, be free of tariffs, and market prices shall not be dictated, unless it is under a State of Emergency.
2. All trade disputes between Member States, between businesses, or between Member States and businesses, can be taken to the World Trade Organization by any party for resolution, but the World Trade Organization shall not arbitrary intervene in any party dispute, unless it is affecting international trade.
3. To prevent a wage war to lure business, there shall be a minimum international wage agreement for each industry of trade, so all businesses shall have to pay their employees the same minimum salary, no matter where they wish to operate.
4. If there is no wage agreement, then there shall not be free trade in that particular industry: so if an automobile manufacturer wishes to sell their vehicles worldwide, they shall have to manufacture their vehicles in every Member State they want to sell them in; food and water shall be exempt from this.
Article 9
1. Whenever the President, Apprentice, Cabinet Member, presidential staff, or civil servant are approached by an individual and offered a bribe, it shall be reported to the Inspector's General Office as soon as possible.
2. If the President, Apprentice, Cabinet Member, presidential staff, or civil servant are involved in corruption, there shall be an automatic public inquiry. The Inspector General shall run the public inquiry commission, and all evidence shall be turned over to the International Court for judgment.
3. If the President, Apprentice, Cabinet Member, presidential staff, or civil servant are found guilty of corruption, they shall be executed, but before execution, shall be questioned, and if there is no co-operation, they shall be tortured.
4. Any individual who has been found guilty of offering the President, Apprentice, Cabinet Member, presidential staff, or civil servant a bribe, shall be executed, but before execution, shall be questioned, and if there is no cooperation, they shall be tortured.
Article 10
1. There shall be a Freedom of Information Act, where any person can request information not made public, for a fee of twenty-five dollars, except for when it is regarding classified information. The full spending of the operating budget for each year shall be made public the following year.
2. All forms of communication used for work by the President, Apprentice, Cabinet Members, presidential staff and civil servants, as well as all meetings that involve members of the general public, shall be documented and saved for ten years. The use of personal communication to do government business shall be banned, and it shall be illegal to discuss or do government business outside sanctioned government functions, to be prescribed by the Inspector's General Office. The Inspector General shall have the power to fire or fine any civil servant up to one hundred thousand dollars that does so, and the power to fine the President, Apprentice, Cabinet Member or presidential staff up to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The Inspector's General Office shall be responsible for monitoring and keeping this information, and whether to release or delete it.
3. There shall be open-bidding on all government contracts.
4. Lobbying of the President, Apprentice and Cabinet Ministers shall be legal, but not of the civil service or presidential staff. Any attempt to lobby presidential staff or civil servants, shall be seen as attempted bribery, and Article 9 shall take into affect.
Article 11
1. There shall be whistle blower protection for civil servants. Civil servants shall be protected from facing criminal punishment, being fired or fined for exposing government scandals, except for when it comes to classified information. Any civil servant that releases classified information, shall be fired, and shall have thirty days to make an appeal to the International Court. If the Court rules that the leak was in the best interests of the People, then the civil servant shall get their job back, with back pay, but if the Court rules against the civil servant, or the civil servant fails to make an appeal within thirty days, they shall serve a term of twenty-five years in prison.
2. Civil servants shall be banned from going on strike. If government employees are unionized, and if there is no contract after ninety days of talks, then it shall go to arbitration. The arbitrator shall be agreed upon by both sides, and both sides shall submit their proposals on each issue, where the arbitrator shall decide between the two. If there is no agreement on an arbitrator within thirty days, then one shall be randomly chosen. No more than ten percent of the civil service can quit or retire during any given year, unless given approval.
3. No civil servant shall receive any gifts or emolument from any source that can be seen as a conflict of interest.
CHAPTER V: THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Article 12
1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a General Assembly of the United Nations, which shall consist of the Heads of State of each Nation.
2. Members of the General Assembly shall each have one weighted vote. The weighted voting system shall be determined by three different factors: population, landmass, and gross domestic product; which Member States shall be given points based on where they rank in each given category, and the total number of points shall determine a Member State's weighted vote.
3. It shall take seventy-five percent from the total number of available points to approve a bill, then it shall be presented to the President, to be signed and stamped by the President to become law. The President shall have veto power over all bills, unless a bill passes with a one hundred percent approval from the General Assembly, with all members present.
4. Any Member of the General Assembly may present a bill to the Assembly, either in-person to the Speaker of the General Assembly, or by sending a signed memo, which then shall be forwarded to all Members of the General Assembly, including the President; with a confirmation memo to the member who submitted the bill, where it shall sit for at least thirty days, before being voted on. At anytime if the member who presented the bill to the Speaker wishes to withdraw or amend said bill before it enters the Assembly, they can do so either in person, or by sending the Speaker a signed memo withdrawing or amending the bill, then the Speaker shall then send a memo about the withdraw or amendment of the bill, with a confirmation to that member.
5. Members shall either say Yes, to approve a bill, or say No, to reject a bill. All votes shall be made available for public record.
6. All laws that are passed by the General Assembly, shall carry a sentence anywhere from one year to life in prison. It shall be up to the Sentencing Jury to give the International Court a mandatory sentence guideline.
Article 13
1. The General Assembly shall only meet when sessions are required to discuss world issues, vote on bills, and so forth. Sessions can be convoked by the President, Speaker, Inspector General or Public Hearings Committee. A quorum can be done either over a teleconference, or in person at the United Nations, which shall require an attendance of seventy-five percent of the Member States.
2. All General Assembly sessions and public hearings shall be broadcast live, but there shall be closed sessions, when in the judgement of the General Assembly requires secrecy.
3. There shall be no filibusters.
4. The General Assembly shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
Article 14
1. The General Assembly may discuss any questions or matters within the scope of the present Constitution, or relating to the powers and functions of the United Nations provided for in the present Constitution, and may make recommendations for changes.
2. The General Assembly may recommend measures for the peaceful adjustment of any situation, regardless of origin, which it deems likely to impair the general welfare or friendly relations among nations, including situations resulting from a violation of the provisions of the present Constitution.
3. Only the General Assembly shall have the power to declare War, and shall have the power to mandate the President to attempt to enter into Peace talks. This power can only be convoked by the General Assembly when all members are present, with a one hundred percent approval.
4. The President of the United Nations shall notify the General Assembly at anytime, of any matters relative to the maintenance of international peace and security which are being dealt with by the President, and shall similarly notify the General Assembly immediately once such matters are dealt with.
Article 15
1. The General Assembly shall be responsible for appointing the International Court, Inspector General of the United Nations, Speaker of the General Assembly, and such subsidiary structures as may be found necessary; may be established in accordance with the present Constitution, and appoint their principal officers and assign their duties for their respective offices.
2. General Assembly appointments shall serve a term of five years; the International Court is exempt from this.
3. The General Assembly shall set the budgets for all appointments they make.
4. The salaries and benefits of all appointees shall be decided by the General Assembly, and shall not be decreased or taken away from a sitting appointee. If the President finds a decrease in salary or benefit taken away to be out of malicious, the President shall have the power to reject it.
5. Appointees may not engage in any other occupation of a professional nature, or receive any gifts or emolument from any other source that can be seen as a conflict of interest.
6. Every year Members of the General Assembly (unless a seat becomes vacant before then) shall elect from within, twenty-five members to sit on the Public Hearings Committee. The committee shall have the power to call upon the President, Apprentice, Cabinet Members, presidential staff, civil servants, or General Assembly appointees to address the committee on behalf of the General Assembly. Public hearings shall last as many days as needed, but no longer than twelve hours per day, until the committee feels it has the answers it seeks. Individuals addressing the committee shall hold the right to ask the General Assembly to take a vote on ending the public hearing; it shall take fifty percent plus one from the General Assembly to do so. When there are issues of planetary concern, the President shall have the power to suspend the hearing process.
7. No Member of the General Assembly shall be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United Nations.
8. Whenever the General Assembly is called upon to appoint a Secretary-General to take the place of the President, the Secretary-General shall not be allowed to run for President in the next election.
Article 16
The role of the Speaker of the General Assembly shall be to maintain the order of business, moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, defend the rights and privileges of members, discipline members who break the procedures of the Assembly, while staying impartial to preserve the trust of the Assembly. The Speaker shall not participate in debate, nor vote. The Speaker of the General Assembly shall be appointed from outside the General Assembly.
CHAPTER VI: THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Article 17 (I'm too lazy to continue to separate each line past this point)
The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United Nations. The President shall hold office for a term of five years with no term limits, and shall be elected as follows:
1. A President shall be elected by the majority of votes in total from all Member States, and election day shall take place in the month of January, in the years ending with a 0 or 5. The dates and times to be decided by the International Elections Commission.
2. A preferential ballot shall be used in electing a President; it shall take fifty percent plus one of the total votes cast to be elected.
3. None of the above shall be put on the ballot, allowing voters to choose none of the above if they do not like any of the candidates, or do not feel they are well informed enough to make a decision.
4. There shall be no acclamation, so the voters shall still have the option of choosing none of the above over the sole candidate. If by chance NOTA is elected, then the General Assembly shall appoint a Secretary-General to serve the term in office.
5. If there is no candidate for President, then the General Assembly shall appoint a Secretary-General.
6. Presidential candidates are banned from running for President under any political affiliation.
7. There shall be public funding for presidential candidates, excluding the current President. Public funding shall come from the working population. Every candidate shall receive one dollar from every worker's paycheque, up to a maximum of twenty-five dollars in total can be taken off.
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And to the right, the world finally coming together, to end war, starvation, and the diseases that face the third world.
This alone, should be good enough for anybody to agree with supporting an International Government, but it's not.
So let me point out another very important fact: those who fail to learn from history, our bound to repeat it. Human beings from the start, have gone to war over religion, resources, and power.
There are 7 billion people around the world, with an ever growing human population. Oil and fresh water are both running out, leaving 1st world nations with two choices: either go to war with another nation for their natural resources, or cull back their own population.
You can have a one child policy, but the population will still grow, just at a slower rate, so culling the population, will be the only option, unless you go to war.
Human beings like to pretend that they are not animals, but we are. We eat, piss, **** and **** like an animal, so we are an animal.
Think about it: if New York City shut down the power and water grid, how many people do you think would go around acting like savages? Nobody will know for sure, until it happens, but if just 1% of New York's population was to do so, you'd have hundreds of thousands of people.
That is why we need to transform the United Nations from an international organization, to the United Nations of Earth.
I have created a rough draft, of what the Constitution of Earth would look like.
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
PREAMBLE
WE THE PEOPLES OF EARTH DETERMINED
In order to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which has brought untold sorrow to humankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights and freedoms, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of women and men and of nations large and small, and to promote social progress and better standards of life for all.
AND TO THESE ENDS
To practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples.
HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS
Accordingly, our respective governments, through representatives assembled in New York City, who have exhibited their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the present Constitution of the United Nations, and do hereby establish an International Government to be known as the United Nations of Earth.
CHAPTER I: PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES
Article 1
The purposes of the United Nations are:
1. To guarantee every State in this Union a Republican form of International Government, and shall protect them against invasion and domestic violence.
2. To maintain international peace and security between Member States, and to that end: take effective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law.
3. To develop poor nations within this Union based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen that nation.
4. To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems such as environmental, disease, food and water concerns.
5. To be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.
Article 2
The United Nations of Earth and its Member States in pursuit of the purposes stated in Article 1, shall act in accordance with the following principles:
1. The United Nations is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its members.
2. In order to ensure all members the rights and benefits resulting from membership, they shall fulfill in good faith the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the present Constitution.
3. All members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means, and shall have the right to take their case to the International Court, and shall abide by the decision of the Court.
4. All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat of, or the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any Member State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Constitution.
5. All members shall give the United Nations assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the present Constitution, and shall refrain from giving assistance to any State against which the United Nations is taking preventive or enforcement action.
6. Nothing contained in the present Constitution shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any State, or shall require members to submit such matters to the International Court for settlement under the present Constitution.
CHAPTER II: MEMBERSHIP
Article 3
1. Membership in the United Nations is open to all nations which accept the obligations contained in the present Constitution in good faith; are able and willing to carry out the obligations assumed by them in accordance, and once a nation becomes a member, shall not be permitted to withdraw from this Union, unless Chapter I, Article 1, section (1) is broken.
2. Membership shall require Member States to be a democracy, as governments are not a divine right, and as such, shall require the approval from the People to govern them. Membership shall also require members to transfer their military, intelligence agencies, and administrative powers over issues of international concern, to the President of Earth, and legislative powers over issues of international concern, to the General Assembly. The President and the General Assembly must have full control over issues concerning the planet, while leaving regional matters to respective States.
3. No Member State shall print or coin money.
4. No region from within a Member State shall be allowed to separate to form a new nation, and it shall be illegal to form, or participate with any separatist or anarchist movement; individuals that do so, shall face one year in prison.
5. The powers not delegated to the United Nations by the Constitution, are reserved to the Member States respectively.
Article 4
Any nation that refuses membership shall face the Prime Directive – which dictates that there can be no interference with the internal development of non-Member States. These nations cannot be given or exposed to any information regarding advanced technology, or any other form of knowledge, or assistance of any kind, lest this exposure alter the natural development of these nations; therefore, it shall be illegal for any citizen to travel too, to communicate with, or to do business with any non-Member State, or with any person or business in that nation. Member States shall also be banned from communicating or doing business with these nations, businesses or persons. That nation and their population shall be one hundred percent isolated from the world community until they decide to join, and meet the obligations of membership.
CHAPTER III: THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
Article 5
The enumeration in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the People, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not guarantee the rights and freedoms set out in it, when they are criminal actions, to be prescribed by law.
(a) Individuals shall have freedom of speech, thought, beliefs, expression, privacy and free will.
(b) Individuals shall have the right to life, property, and fundamental government services essential to life.
(c) Individuals shall have freedom of assembly and freedom of association.
(d) Individuals shall have the right to freely enter, remain in, and leave any city, region, and country, and all persons born or naturalized in the Member States, are citizens of the Earth and of the country, region and city wherein they reside, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.
(e) No State shall deprive any individual of life, liberty, or property, without the due process of law, and if an individual cannot afford an attorney, one shall be provided for them. Property shall not be taken, unless the government can prove it is for the safety of the general public, or needed for public use, and there shall be just compensation, unless the property was illegal, or being used for illegal activity.
(f) No individual is above the law, and every individual is equal before the law and under the law, and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination, and, in particular, without discrimination based on national or ethnic origin, colour, beliefs, sex, sexual preference, age, mental or physical disability.
(g) Individuals shall have the right to be secure in their persons, homes, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, which shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath, and describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized, unless a Peace Officer has seen a person commit a criminal act, then they shall be allowed to pursue said person into a home, search and seize said person, papers, effects, and if the Peace Officer knows without a reasonable doubt said person has a dangerous item, but when searched, said person no longer has it, they shall be allowed to search any person or private property nearby without a warrant, and later swear by Oath in-front of a judge, and to be questioned by that judge, on the reason why this was done without the issue of a warrant. Failure to provide evidence, or unable to prove reasonable cause, shall be a criminal offense, to be prescribed by law.
(h) Individuals who are arrested shall be informed promptly, in an official language which they understand, of the reasons for their arrest, and shall have the right to retain and instruct counsel, and to be informed of that right, and shall not be questioned without counsel present, unless counsel is waived, which has to take place in-front of a judge, and it shall be explained of the consequences of waiving their right to counsel.
(i) Individuals have the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned without any evidence, and before an individual can be detained or imprisoned, they shall be brought promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial power, to determine the legality of one's arrest or detention and go to trial within a reasonable amount of time, or shall be released on their own recognizance, pending trial. If said person is dangerous to another person or the public at large, the judge, or officer authorized by law to exercise judicial power can deny said person's release, and if said person is denied release, any amount of time waiting for trial, shall count as time served.
(j) In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall be entitled to a public trial, by an impartial judge, and if the accused so chooses, an impartial trial by jury, of the state and district wherein the crime had been committed, which shall have been previously ascertained by law; to be confronted with any witnesses against said person; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in their favor, and has the right to the assistance of an interpreter.
(k) No Individual shall be compelled in any civil or criminal case to be a witness against thyself.
(l) A witness who testifies in any civil or criminal proceedings, has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence. Witnesses shall give their personal or professional opinion without receiving any benefit for giving their testimony.
(m) A party or witness in any civil or criminal proceedings, who does not understand or speak the language in-which the proceedings are conducted, has the right to the assistance of an interpreter.
No person shall be found guilty on account of any act unless counsel is present, unless waived, and cannot be found guilty of omissions unless counsel is present, unless waived.
(o) If acquitted of an offense, or found guilty and punished for an offense, said individual shall not to be tried or punished for it again, unless new evidence is provided, in-which said individual was not convicted and punished for, and there shall be a preliminary hearing to see if the new evidence is sustainable for trial.
(p) Individuals have the right not to be subjected to any cruel or unusual treatment or punishment, except in cases dealing with planetary security, or when people's lives are in-danger, where individuals can be detained and tortured for three hundred and sixty-five days, and sections (h), (i), and (t) shall not apply. Only the President can authorize torture of a person, and said document must be witnessed and co-signed by either the Inspector General of the United Nations, or the Speaker of the General Assembly. The witness who co-signed said document, shall report the authorization of detainment and torture to the General Assembly, one year and one day from the date and time it was authorized. If the witness who cosigned the document fails to inform the General Assembly, then they shall face a five year prison term. Torture shall not be used to get an omission of guilt, but to attain information, and the individual shall not be detained or tortured ever again, unless said individual has been convicted in a court of law. Those who die from torture, and have a spouse or children, shall be allowed compensation under section (t), and the individual doing the torture shall face life in prison.
(q) The only rights an individual incarceration has, is the right to have legal counsel, the right to see that counsel whenever, for an unlimited amount of days, for a maximum of twelve hours per day; the right to be safe from other prisoners, guards, visitors, and to have the necessary water intake, and be feed at least one portion size of food, per day, of nutritional value.
(r) Any individual who has been the victim of an unlawful arrest or detention, shall have an enforceable right to compensation at the rate of one hundred dollars per hour, tax free, and if said individual lost their employment because they went to prison, and are unable to be rehired, or if said individual wants new employment, they shall be compensated four years worth of salary, and have the option of receiving an upgrade in training or education, with the costs being covered up to a maximum of four years.
(s) In all civil cases, plaintiffs and defendants shall be entitled to a speedy and private trial, by an impartial judge, of the state and district wherein the issue has taken place, which shall have been previously ascertained by law. Defendants shall be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation in an official language which they understand. Defendants and Plaintiffs shall have the right to retain and instruct counsel; the right to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in their favour; to be confronted with any witnesses against them, and the right to the assistance of an interpreter. Whoever loses their case in court, or if the plaintiff withdraws their case, shall have to pay for the court's time. If their is a settlement, the cost of the court's time must be part of the settlement. Res judicata and collateral estoppel shall be part of all decisions in civil cases, therefore the plaintiff cannot take it to another court, unless new evidence has come to light that the plaintiff could not previously of had, or there are grounds that the judge, or in some cases, the jury, were not impartial.
(t) Individuals shall have the right to sue government for any wrong doing, as long as it can be proven that the government's actions was not in the best interest of the People, and did harm to the plaintiff. Plaintiffs shall hold the right to have an impartial trial by jury, and if an individual cannot afford an attorney, one shall be provided for them.
(u) Individuals shall hold the right to petition any law or bylaw passed, except for taxation laws, and only if they have voted in the previous election, in the jurisdiction in which they wish to petition. Petitions shall be signed in secret, and only the number of signatures for a petition shall be released. It shall take seventy-five percent of the signatures of people who voted in the previous election to remove a law or bylaw, and petitions shall have until twelve am, the day of the official writ to reach their quota, or it shall expire. Individuals shall have to go to their local chief electoral officer, sign the petition, and pay a non-refundable twenty-five dollars. Governments shall hold the right to question the petition process, but shall have thirty days from the date and time of a successful petition, to ask the highest court in the jurisdiction affected, to verify the petition process. Once the review is done, and if the Court finds that there are no irregularities, then the petition process shall be final. No petitioned law or bylaw can be reenacted, unless taken to a referendum with a seventy-five percent approval. If the judiciary in the jurisdiction in-which a law or bylaw was petitioned, finds the government has passed a similar law or bylaw, the Court shall reject it.
(v) Individuals shall not be fined more than five percent of their yearly gross income per offence; except in cases where an individual fails to prove their yearly income, or an individual's income derives from criminal activity. Once an individual has paid twenty-five percent of their yearly gross income in fines, the government shall not fine said individual again for the year, unless it can be proven in court, that the fines are resulting from continued bad behavior, and that the government is not targeting said individual.
(w) Government fees for any government service, shall not be more than one percent of an individuals yearly gross income, per service; except in cases where an individual fails to prove their yearly income, where fees can be higher. Once an individual has paid twenty-five percent of their yearly gross income in fees, that individual shall not pay any more government fees for the year, unless it can be proven in court, that the individual is trying to abuse the system.
(x) Every individual who is the Age of Majority, which shall be twenty years of age or older, has the right to one equal vote in a secret ballot for the election of President of Earth, and to be qualified for membership therein; except for those who have been convicted of election fraud, government corruption, or are currently in a mental facility, or incarcerated.
Individuals who do vote in presidential elections, shall have the right to recall the President of Earth, and vote in international referendums. To petition a recall of the President of Earth, it has to be after three hundred and sixty-five days in office, and shall require the signatures of fifty percent plus one of the people who voted in the previous presidential election, and petitions shall have until twelve am, thirty days prior to election day to reach their quota, or it shall expire. Individuals shall have to go to their local chief electoral officer, sign the petition, and pay a non-refundable twenty-five dollars. Petitions shall be signed in secret, and only the number of signatures for a petition shall be released. The President shall hold the right to question the petition process, but shall have thirty days from the date and time of a successful petition to ask the International Court to verify the petition process. Once the review is done, and if the Court finds that there are no irregularities, then the petition process shall be final.
(z) The People shall be entitled to a democratic federal, regional and municipal government, and to be qualified for membership therein. The People shall also hold the right to one equal vote in a secret ballot in every general election, by-election, and referendum. Any stipulation for an individual who has reached the Age of Majority not being allowed to vote, or to hold membership therein, shall need to pass a referendum of seventy-five percent. No elected government can be dissolved without the prior consent from the People, requiring a referendum approval of seventy-five percent.
CHAPTER IV: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS OF EARTH
Article 6
1. The city of New York shall be the capital of Earth.
2. The United Nations flag shall become the flag of Earth.
3. The United Nations building shall hold the Office of the President, the Residence of the President, the General Assembly, World Press Gallery, and governmental offices.
Article 7
1. There shall be a world currency shared by all Member States, and the world currency shall be one hundred percent digital.
2. The monetary system shall be based on population growth and government expenditures; with funding to be issued by the Central Banks, which every Member State shall have.
3. The International Monetary Fund shall be incorporated into the World Bank, and shall take over all international financial dealings of the World Bank. The International Monetary Fund shall decide the monetary value of a population, and any government that wishes to spend outside their budget for government expenditure spending, shall need the approval of the International Monetary Fund. The International Monetary Fund shall also make annul budget recommendations for the United Nations. The International Monetary Fund's primary goals shall be to stimulate the world's economy and to keep the international economic system stable.
4. The United Nations shall use a social-capital economic policy: which shall mean the International Monetary Fund shall issue all the currency needs for public services and expenditures of the United Nations, while having a free market economy for everything else:
which shall mean no state-owned corporations, or regulating the international economy, unless it deals with planetary concerns.
5. There shall be no international income or business taxation of any sorts; nor on any goods or services.
Article 8
1. There shall be a World Free Trade Agreement, which shall allow businesses to freely expand across Member States; monopolize the market, be free of tariffs, and market prices shall not be dictated, unless it is under a State of Emergency.
2. All trade disputes between Member States, between businesses, or between Member States and businesses, can be taken to the World Trade Organization by any party for resolution, but the World Trade Organization shall not arbitrary intervene in any party dispute, unless it is affecting international trade.
3. To prevent a wage war to lure business, there shall be a minimum international wage agreement for each industry of trade, so all businesses shall have to pay their employees the same minimum salary, no matter where they wish to operate.
4. If there is no wage agreement, then there shall not be free trade in that particular industry: so if an automobile manufacturer wishes to sell their vehicles worldwide, they shall have to manufacture their vehicles in every Member State they want to sell them in; food and water shall be exempt from this.
Article 9
1. Whenever the President, Apprentice, Cabinet Member, presidential staff, or civil servant are approached by an individual and offered a bribe, it shall be reported to the Inspector's General Office as soon as possible.
2. If the President, Apprentice, Cabinet Member, presidential staff, or civil servant are involved in corruption, there shall be an automatic public inquiry. The Inspector General shall run the public inquiry commission, and all evidence shall be turned over to the International Court for judgment.
3. If the President, Apprentice, Cabinet Member, presidential staff, or civil servant are found guilty of corruption, they shall be executed, but before execution, shall be questioned, and if there is no co-operation, they shall be tortured.
4. Any individual who has been found guilty of offering the President, Apprentice, Cabinet Member, presidential staff, or civil servant a bribe, shall be executed, but before execution, shall be questioned, and if there is no cooperation, they shall be tortured.
Article 10
1. There shall be a Freedom of Information Act, where any person can request information not made public, for a fee of twenty-five dollars, except for when it is regarding classified information. The full spending of the operating budget for each year shall be made public the following year.
2. All forms of communication used for work by the President, Apprentice, Cabinet Members, presidential staff and civil servants, as well as all meetings that involve members of the general public, shall be documented and saved for ten years. The use of personal communication to do government business shall be banned, and it shall be illegal to discuss or do government business outside sanctioned government functions, to be prescribed by the Inspector's General Office. The Inspector General shall have the power to fire or fine any civil servant up to one hundred thousand dollars that does so, and the power to fine the President, Apprentice, Cabinet Member or presidential staff up to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The Inspector's General Office shall be responsible for monitoring and keeping this information, and whether to release or delete it.
3. There shall be open-bidding on all government contracts.
4. Lobbying of the President, Apprentice and Cabinet Ministers shall be legal, but not of the civil service or presidential staff. Any attempt to lobby presidential staff or civil servants, shall be seen as attempted bribery, and Article 9 shall take into affect.
Article 11
1. There shall be whistle blower protection for civil servants. Civil servants shall be protected from facing criminal punishment, being fired or fined for exposing government scandals, except for when it comes to classified information. Any civil servant that releases classified information, shall be fired, and shall have thirty days to make an appeal to the International Court. If the Court rules that the leak was in the best interests of the People, then the civil servant shall get their job back, with back pay, but if the Court rules against the civil servant, or the civil servant fails to make an appeal within thirty days, they shall serve a term of twenty-five years in prison.
2. Civil servants shall be banned from going on strike. If government employees are unionized, and if there is no contract after ninety days of talks, then it shall go to arbitration. The arbitrator shall be agreed upon by both sides, and both sides shall submit their proposals on each issue, where the arbitrator shall decide between the two. If there is no agreement on an arbitrator within thirty days, then one shall be randomly chosen. No more than ten percent of the civil service can quit or retire during any given year, unless given approval.
3. No civil servant shall receive any gifts or emolument from any source that can be seen as a conflict of interest.
CHAPTER V: THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Article 12
1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a General Assembly of the United Nations, which shall consist of the Heads of State of each Nation.
2. Members of the General Assembly shall each have one weighted vote. The weighted voting system shall be determined by three different factors: population, landmass, and gross domestic product; which Member States shall be given points based on where they rank in each given category, and the total number of points shall determine a Member State's weighted vote.
3. It shall take seventy-five percent from the total number of available points to approve a bill, then it shall be presented to the President, to be signed and stamped by the President to become law. The President shall have veto power over all bills, unless a bill passes with a one hundred percent approval from the General Assembly, with all members present.
4. Any Member of the General Assembly may present a bill to the Assembly, either in-person to the Speaker of the General Assembly, or by sending a signed memo, which then shall be forwarded to all Members of the General Assembly, including the President; with a confirmation memo to the member who submitted the bill, where it shall sit for at least thirty days, before being voted on. At anytime if the member who presented the bill to the Speaker wishes to withdraw or amend said bill before it enters the Assembly, they can do so either in person, or by sending the Speaker a signed memo withdrawing or amending the bill, then the Speaker shall then send a memo about the withdraw or amendment of the bill, with a confirmation to that member.
5. Members shall either say Yes, to approve a bill, or say No, to reject a bill. All votes shall be made available for public record.
6. All laws that are passed by the General Assembly, shall carry a sentence anywhere from one year to life in prison. It shall be up to the Sentencing Jury to give the International Court a mandatory sentence guideline.
Article 13
1. The General Assembly shall only meet when sessions are required to discuss world issues, vote on bills, and so forth. Sessions can be convoked by the President, Speaker, Inspector General or Public Hearings Committee. A quorum can be done either over a teleconference, or in person at the United Nations, which shall require an attendance of seventy-five percent of the Member States.
2. All General Assembly sessions and public hearings shall be broadcast live, but there shall be closed sessions, when in the judgement of the General Assembly requires secrecy.
3. There shall be no filibusters.
4. The General Assembly shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
Article 14
1. The General Assembly may discuss any questions or matters within the scope of the present Constitution, or relating to the powers and functions of the United Nations provided for in the present Constitution, and may make recommendations for changes.
2. The General Assembly may recommend measures for the peaceful adjustment of any situation, regardless of origin, which it deems likely to impair the general welfare or friendly relations among nations, including situations resulting from a violation of the provisions of the present Constitution.
3. Only the General Assembly shall have the power to declare War, and shall have the power to mandate the President to attempt to enter into Peace talks. This power can only be convoked by the General Assembly when all members are present, with a one hundred percent approval.
4. The President of the United Nations shall notify the General Assembly at anytime, of any matters relative to the maintenance of international peace and security which are being dealt with by the President, and shall similarly notify the General Assembly immediately once such matters are dealt with.
Article 15
1. The General Assembly shall be responsible for appointing the International Court, Inspector General of the United Nations, Speaker of the General Assembly, and such subsidiary structures as may be found necessary; may be established in accordance with the present Constitution, and appoint their principal officers and assign their duties for their respective offices.
2. General Assembly appointments shall serve a term of five years; the International Court is exempt from this.
3. The General Assembly shall set the budgets for all appointments they make.
4. The salaries and benefits of all appointees shall be decided by the General Assembly, and shall not be decreased or taken away from a sitting appointee. If the President finds a decrease in salary or benefit taken away to be out of malicious, the President shall have the power to reject it.
5. Appointees may not engage in any other occupation of a professional nature, or receive any gifts or emolument from any other source that can be seen as a conflict of interest.
6. Every year Members of the General Assembly (unless a seat becomes vacant before then) shall elect from within, twenty-five members to sit on the Public Hearings Committee. The committee shall have the power to call upon the President, Apprentice, Cabinet Members, presidential staff, civil servants, or General Assembly appointees to address the committee on behalf of the General Assembly. Public hearings shall last as many days as needed, but no longer than twelve hours per day, until the committee feels it has the answers it seeks. Individuals addressing the committee shall hold the right to ask the General Assembly to take a vote on ending the public hearing; it shall take fifty percent plus one from the General Assembly to do so. When there are issues of planetary concern, the President shall have the power to suspend the hearing process.
7. No Member of the General Assembly shall be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United Nations.
8. Whenever the General Assembly is called upon to appoint a Secretary-General to take the place of the President, the Secretary-General shall not be allowed to run for President in the next election.
Article 16
The role of the Speaker of the General Assembly shall be to maintain the order of business, moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, defend the rights and privileges of members, discipline members who break the procedures of the Assembly, while staying impartial to preserve the trust of the Assembly. The Speaker shall not participate in debate, nor vote. The Speaker of the General Assembly shall be appointed from outside the General Assembly.
CHAPTER VI: THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Article 17 (I'm too lazy to continue to separate each line past this point)
The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United Nations. The President shall hold office for a term of five years with no term limits, and shall be elected as follows:
1. A President shall be elected by the majority of votes in total from all Member States, and election day shall take place in the month of January, in the years ending with a 0 or 5. The dates and times to be decided by the International Elections Commission.
2. A preferential ballot shall be used in electing a President; it shall take fifty percent plus one of the total votes cast to be elected.
3. None of the above shall be put on the ballot, allowing voters to choose none of the above if they do not like any of the candidates, or do not feel they are well informed enough to make a decision.
4. There shall be no acclamation, so the voters shall still have the option of choosing none of the above over the sole candidate. If by chance NOTA is elected, then the General Assembly shall appoint a Secretary-General to serve the term in office.
5. If there is no candidate for President, then the General Assembly shall appoint a Secretary-General.
6. Presidential candidates are banned from running for President under any political affiliation.
7. There shall be public funding for presidential candidates, excluding the current President. Public funding shall come from the working population. Every candidate shall receive one dollar from every worker's paycheque, up to a maximum of twenty-five dollars in total can be taken off.
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