👉The table of contents so far is here.
Chapter 7: Specifics of the Organization of the World Commonwealth - Part 1 -
7.2. The World Commons' Convention
In the previous chapter, I explained that in its final, completed form, the World Commonwealth will function as an transnational network organization, with the World Commons' Convention as its base and the Commons' Conventions of each of its constituent Zones organically linked together. In other words, the core of the World Commonwealth is the World Commons' Convention.
The organizational structure of the Commons' Convention has already been discussed in Chapters 3 and 4, but those chapters dealt exclusively with the organizational structure of the Commons' Conventions in each of the Zones that make up the World Commonwealth and the local authorities within those Zones. This chapter and the next chapter will deal with the organizational structure of the World Commons' Convention in the World Commonwealth.
The World Commons' Convention is an institution that serves as the general assembly of the World Commonwealth, and its official name will be the dual name such as "The World Commons' Convention-World Commonwealth General Assembly," but what makes it fundamentally different from the current UN General Assembly is its structure. The UN General Assembly is composed of UN member states, and as such, the General Assembly tends to be limited to an end-of-year "face-showing" ceremony by the leaders of each state, with no substantive deliberations on the agenda, and practical negotiations are carried out at the level of UN ambassadors (foreign affairs bureaucrats).
Moreover, since the UN General Assembly is a gathering of representatives of UN member states, each of which has equal sovereignty, it is natural that the interests of each state become intertwined, treaty negotiations become a game of political maneuvering, and the success or failure and content of UN treaties are heavily influenced by conflicts of interest within the five major states in particular.
The greatest task of the World Commons' Convention is also to deliberate and pass decisions on treaties, but unlike current UN treaties which are not binding on member states unless ratified by each member state, treaties of the World Commons' Convention as a "law" (world law), will bind each of the Zones that make up the World Commonwealth, without exception. Therefore, deliberations and decisions are made by delegates (ambassador delegates) who represent each Zone and have a certain democratic foundation.
However, they are not elected by direct election, but by an indirect Election system by the Commons' Convention of each Zone, and after election they will also serve as special delegates of the Commons' Convention of their home Zone (special delegates can participate in deliberations but cannot participate in voting).
In the case of a Joint-Zone made up of multiple Zones, each of the member Zones will send one ambassador delegate (joint delegate) to represent the Joint-Zone on a rotating basis every six months. However, in the case of a larger Joint-Zone of eight or more Zones, two joint delegates may be sent.
Joint member Zones that do not send a joint delegate may each send one vice-delegate. The vice-delegate assists the joint delegate and has the task of directing the joint delegate's activities so that they are not biased towards the interests of their Zone of origin, but rather for the benefit of the entire Joint-Zone.
👉The papers published on this blog are meant to expand upon my On Communism.
