About Cities, Towns, Communities for World Federation

Association of Cities, Towns, Communities for World Federation

Whereas

cities, towns and communities are primary units of human society, and important for the nuture of human cooperation and civilization;

cities, towns and communities all over the world are threatened by the military programes of national governments and the threat of war between nations, which take on such huge proportions and priorities in the present divsion of the world among sovereign national governments;

the peace, security and progress of human affairs in all cities, towns and communities, as well as the health of the natural environment and opportunities for equitable economic development, depend in large measure on the development of institutions to solve problems peacefully on a global scale;

Therefore

it is essential that cities, towns and communities of all countries cooperate for the aim of achieving a democratic world federation and world government, able to eliminate wars, obtain disarmament, protect the environment, and provide the means to solve all kinds of world problems peacefully for the good of all.

Toward this end

we do establish an Association of Cities, Towns and Communities for World Federation which shall be open for membership above party and above religions, by all cities, towns and communities which ratify or give provisional ratification to the Constitution for the Federation of Earth, and to be open for Associate Individual Membership by the mayors or former mayors, of all such ratifying cities, towns and communities.

The Purposes of the Association of Cities, Towns and Communities for World Federation shall include the following:

To appeal to the Mayors and Cities and Town Councils of all capital cities of all countries and States of the world, and of many other cities, towns and commumnities of the World, to ratify or give provisional ratification to the Constitution for the Federation of Earth;
To appeal to the same cities, towns and communities to mobilize support for the actions of the Provisional World Parliament (organized under Article 19 of the Constitution for the Federation of Earth) by ratifying the World Legislative Bills of the Provisional World Parliament, and in other ways. In particular, to ratify and join in the implementation of Weapons of World Legislative Bill # 1 to outlaw nuclear weapons and other mass destruction and establish a World Disarmament Agency; World Legislative Bill # 6 for an Emergency Earth Rescue Administration to save the environment, climate, and agriculture of Earth for human survival; and of world Legislative Bill # 2 for equitable economic development.
To ask all ratifying Cities, Towns and Communities to send delegates to the Provisional World Parliament.
To hold a World Convention of the Association of Cities, Towns and Communities for World Federation concurrent with future Sessions of the Provisional World Parliament.
To take such other actions, consistent with the above, as may be decided at annual conventions or by the governing board of the Association of Cities, Towns and Communities for World Federation.