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The United States of America is a federation of the 50 states that make up America. These states have given up their individual sovereignty to the American federation; they have local sovereignty within their borders but all other sovereignty resides with the national government. This system works quite well within itself but when this nation interacts with other nations there are problems.
National sovereignty
The problem with individual national sovereignty is it ignores the rest of planet Earth. When any segment of humanity arbitrarily separates itself from the rest of our sisters and brothers, declares sovereignty isolated from everyone else, an unnatural situation occurs. Since we are one planet, one collection of humanity, existence of individual sovereign nations does not compute; it is not logical or moral. It is not logical because how can one group declare sovereignty isolated from the rest of humanity. It is not moral because when sovereignty is arbitrarily segmented, invariably there are masses of humanity who are degraded and marginalized.
The only valid sovereignty is that of all mankind.[1] We are one Earth, one beautiful blue marble in space, one people; every thinking mortal is equally indwelt by a fragment of God. The fractured condition of our society is a consequence of our not realizing the inherent unity of mankind; we need to recognize we are all cosmic citizens. The only valid sovereignty is global sovereignty and an Earth Federation is the logical consequence of global sovereignty.
Earth Federation
The Earth Federation was initiated in the mid twentieth century. A Constitution for the Federation of Earth was approved and amended in 1991. More information can be obtained from the World Constitution and Parliament Association (www.earth-constitution.org and www.worldparliament-gov.org). The Constitution is a masterful document detailing the structure of the Federation.
The focus of the Earth Federation is the sovereignty of all humanity. It seeks to promote the welfare of all individuals equally based on their equal sovereignty. Its constitution is based on the moral foundations of the sovereignty of the people of Earth; it certainly has a solid foundation.
The Earth Federation will be a sovereign global unity based on the truth that the only valid sovereignty is that of all humanity. The so called sovereign nation-states of today have no valid basis for their claim to absolute sovereignty within their national borders. Looking at our native sphere from space discloses no reason one grouping of humanity should have any more validity or sovereignty than any other arbitrary grouping.
Eliminating war
The reason we still have wars and constant threats of wars is because individual nation-states have this delusion of absolute sovereignty within their national boundaries. As long as we have absolute sovereign nations not recognizing any higher authority of law we will have wars, even global wars threatening the destruction of all mankind.
The only way to prevent these destructive wars and conflicts is to implement and enforce global government, which is elected by everyone on the face of the Earth voting in a free election.
Eliminating armies and weapons of mass destruction is the main requirement for any nation wanting to join Earth Federation. Nations must freely and fully give up sovereignty to Earth Federation in the same manner that individual states gave up sovereignty to the American Government. Any disputes between nations are settled at the global level while the individual states regulate affairs within the state according to Earth Federation guidelines. Each national government will regulate its own affairs according to the Federation laws, but all international affairs will be governed at the world level. Armed conflicts between nations will be prohibited.
The Constitution of the Federation of Earth is a blueprint for building a more equitable society recognizing the equal value and sovereignty of each person on Earth. Human rights, human dignity, the demand for freedom and the demand for equal justice are universal; no evolved society can meet these vital demands; only Federation of Earth can bring about global peace.
Further reading
“Light of Truth: Anticipating the Triumph of Righteousness”
Chapter 6 – Earth Federation
Urantia Book
Paper 72 Government on a Neighboring Planet
Paper 134 The Transition Years
Especially section 3 – The Urmia Lectures
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“World Revolution Through World Law, Basic Documents of the Emerging Earth Federation;” Edited with an introduction and other writings by Glen T. Martin, Institute for Economic Democracy Publisher, Sun City, AZ, p 66 ↑