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  Do we have "Unalienable rights" granted by Our Creator or "Civil rights" granted by government?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Native citizens may fill any office; naturalized citizens may be elected or appointed to any office under the constitution of the United States, except the office of president and vice-president.
The constitution provides, that "the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states." Art.
"Citizens" are members of a political community who, in their associated capacity, have established or submitted themselves to the dominion of a government for the promotion of their general welfare and the protection of their individual as well as collective rights.
www.worldnewsstand.net /history/RIGHTS.htm   (753 words)

  
 World citizen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
World citizen is a term with a variety of meanings, often referring to a person who disapproves of traditional geopolitical divisions derived from national citizenship.
It may be used by activists such as the World Service Authority that promote an integrated, supranational world government.
Anti-nationalism, the humanist or humanitarian form of which generally corresponds to the world citizen concept.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_citizen   (252 words)

  
 World Citizen Update
For years, the ogre of all the world government "movements" has been the "red herring" of "relinquishing" our rights, "ceding our claims," "renouncing our sovereignty," all of which makes the would-be follower immediately fearful that he or she will be losing something of valuable self-interest.
The geopolitical corollary of world citizenship is, of course, world government the lack of which assigns "citizenship" to mere verbiage or at worst, obfuscation.
Throughout the world of jurisprudence, the threat of causing death is considered a crime in itself, a felony.
www.worldservice.org /update.html   (10315 words)

  
 Welcome to the Association of World Citizens !
Cronkite termed "five minutes to save the world," which refers the incident on the night of September 26, 1983, when then Lt. Colonel Stanislav Petrov was the duty officer at Serpukhov-15, the Soviet Union's main nuclear command bunker.
The World Citizen Award ceremony held in 2004 in Moscow, and at the UN this year, will also be in the film.
The Association of World Citizens (AWC) is an international peace organization with World Citizen Centers established in 50 countries.
www.worldcitizens.org   (1548 words)

  
 the neu-ark network | the djed report / world citizens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
A World Citizen accepts the dynamic fact that the planetary human community is interdependent and whole, that humankind is essentially one.
A World Citizen accepts a sanctioning telenetwork of all inclusive representative guidance, expressing the general and individual sovereign will in order to establish and maintain a system of just and equitable world law with appropriate legislative, judiciary and enforcement bodies.
As a World Citizen I acknowledge the WORLD TELENETWORK as having the right and duty to represent me in all that concerns the General Good of humankind and the Good of All.
neu-ark.net /world-citizens.html   (379 words)

  
 CITIZEN TO LAUNCH REVOLUTIONARY CURVED CLOCK - CITIZEN
Founded in 1930, Citizen Watch Co. was named after the policy, to provide the best products and services to all "citizens" in the world.
Citizen is recognized as a worldwide leader in Watch Industry, especially in advanced technology.
Citizen has consistently drawn on its leadership in watch technologies to create new possibilities in information and electric equipment, precision parts and industrial machinery.
www.citizen.co.jp /english/release/05/051212ei.html   (431 words)

  
 World government - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
World War II (WW2), 1939-1945, resulted in an unprecedented scale of destruction of lives (55 million dead, most of them civilians), and the availability of city-destroying atomic weaponry.
The most visible achievement of the world federalism movement during the 1990s is the Rome Statute of 1998, which led to the establishment of the International Criminal Court in 2002.
World Federalist Movement (WFM) is a global citizens movement with 23 member and 16 associated organizations around the globe working towards the establishment of a federated world government.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_government   (3397 words)

  
 Confessions of a Passionate World Citizen - World Beyond Borders
To live as a world citizen is to perpetually explore, to locate oneself at that place where imagination and perception intersect.
World citizenship, on the other hand, depends on the real links of air, water and life.
Yet the people who go to jail to save the lives of kids halfway around the world or who boycott Nike for using sweatshop labor are passionate world citizens, whether they call themselves that or not.
www.worldbeyondborders.org /conffessionworldcitizenjs.htm   (684 words)

  
 RPGPlanet - News, Screenshots, Previews, Reviews, Guides
One of Micro Forté's worlds in progress is a project entitled BigWorld: Citizen Zero.
In a futuristic, former penal colony, you are a citizen with an erased mind, free to explore three planets, and a myriad of environments.
Citizens of the game world are called "Zeroes," based on the fact that their citizen number defaults to zero, and are blessed with special talents and skills.
www.rpgplanet.com /features/firstlooks/bigworld   (360 words)

  
 Resources and Links - World Beyond Borders
The Trust believes that sustainable world peace, prosperity and justice will only be achieved when individuals see themselves as world citizens as well as citizens of their own nations."
World peace is not just some idealistic thing that would be nice to have.
Civitatis is a diverse non profit international research centre that addresses issues from the perspective that the individual citizen is the primary sovereign unit in international society and that this basis is the key to understanding the many issues challenging the international system today.
www.worldbeyondborders.org /resourcelinks.htm   (592 words)

  
 Citizen Journalists
World Citizens Party, initiated in 1975, The Association of World Citizens (AWC) is an international peace organization with World Citizen Centers established in 50 countries.
Many attempts have been made in order for the nations of the world to harmonize their efforts; some of these attempts have failed, such as the League of Nations, while others, like the United Nations, are determined to achieve their goal of peace and security throughout the globe.
Established in 1946, many could say that the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) was the first NGO to devote their efforts to such a movement, and so with its knowledge and experience, would be the ideal institution that civil society needs to give a voice to their needs.
worldcitizenship.blogspot.com   (6592 words)

  
 Netdiver Articles -> on Being a world citizen by Carole Guevin
I was first hooked up on the network to the university mainframe via a 760 bauds terminal while very pregnant with daughter Emanuelle and working from home for a scientific research group.
The lessons I learned in world diplomacy, the value of public pressure as a mean to impact socio-political situations, the exposure to survivors' stories (some of whom were tortured) shaped and changed me.
Little did I know that these became an integral part of my vision of the net(work) as a world wide communication platform whereas changing the world is not an utopian dream.
www.netdiver.net /x_editorials/worldcitizen.php   (395 words)

  
 Become a World Citizen
Citizens for a United Earth is a group of volunteers in the area of Rochester, NY, who want a peaceful, sustainable, prosperous future for all the world's people.
Civitatis is a diverse non profit international research center that addresses issues from the perspective that the individual citizen is the primary sovereign unit in international society and that this basis is the key to understanding the many issues challenging the international system today.
We are inspired by the democratic principles of federalism." One World Trust www.oneworldtrust.org "The One World Trust was formed 50 years ago by the All-Party Group for World Government to promote a greater sense of world community.
homepage.mac.com /eliw/earthpledge/resources.htm   (2289 words)

  
 Reaction of an ordinary world citizen
We live in a world which is very, very hard indeed (not to say unlivable, hence the increase in suicides) for the poor and the weak.
The world must be managed by citizens and Peoples, in harmony, for their happiness, not by inhuman "nation-states" (an hypocritical name for independent sovereignties) which make, sell, buy, and use, arms, to augment their own power, instead of acting only for the welfare of their citizens.
As a World Citizen I should say that humankind should start from the ideal world society which it wants and deduce what should be the successive steps by which to reach this ideal.
perso.wanadoo.fr /mondanisto/reaceng.htm   (4585 words)

  
 Citizen Watches
If the Swiss are leaders in mechanical technology, Citizen is the innovator in quartz technology, primarily with their Eco-Drive, which offers unstoppable power for some of the finest designs in Japanese watchmaking.
Citizen manufactures every part of their quartz watches, and their watch empire manufactures one out of every four watches the world purchases every year.
Citizen's Eco-Drive technology harnesses power from any natural or artificial light source and converts it into energy which is stored in the Eco-Drive energy cell.
www.worldlux.com /citizen-watches.html   (168 words)

  
 WORLD PARLIAMENT - World Citizen Guide
The experience with the League of Nations as a loose voluntary association of sovereign states, which was structurally doomed to failure, led to the valiant cry "Federalists of the World, Unite!" Unfortunately the United Nations was not founded upon sober appraisal or the failure of the League.
Almost everything you see and hear in San Francisco is an affirmation of the absolute state, a denial of the world community- the flags, the martial music, the uniforms, the secret parley, the delicate balance, the firm position, the diplomatic retreat.
It was in the context of these historic failures that the first successful attempts at convening a World constituent Assembly to begin a bonafide World Constitutional Convention began when Philip Isely and others from this movement started the world Constitution and Parliament Association in 1958.
www.worldparliamentgov.net /citizen_guide_section02.html   (1139 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Letters To World Citizens: Books: Garry Davis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The 65 "Letters to World Citizens" are a new "language" Garry Davis has, over 50 years, learned out of sheer necessity to understand and practice his claim of world citizenship.
In World Citizen News, Davis accused the AG of "theft." 1994, he started writing his fourth book, Dear World, A Global Odyssey, which was published on January 1, 2001.
During this time, in 1996, he founded the World Government Institute, as the educational branch of the WGWC and in 1999, he founded the World Government House, as the publishing company for the World Government Institute.
www.amazon.com /Letters-World-Citizens-Garry-Davis/dp/0970648375   (1463 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: World Citizen: Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
World Citizen is the key track from the CHASM album.
Instead, he opts for a direct assault on the Bush administration and American multi-national shennanigans; The result of this approach is one of curious nievity and sincere honesty.
The music accompanyment in " World Citizen" is suprisingly pedestrian given his recently successful foray into glitch electronica and Improv experimentalsim with last years' "Blemish".
www.amazon.co.uk /World-Citizen-Ryuichi-Sakamoto-Sylvian/dp/B0001LGW1O   (457 words)

  
 World Affairs Council
The question for the 2006 World Citizen Essay Contest was: "Imagine that you are a diplomat whose mission it is to represent a country to the world community.
The question for the 2005 World Citizen Essay Contest was: "Imagine that you are the new U.S. Secretary of State, head of the U.S. Department of State, whose mission is to create a more secure, democratic, and prosperous world for the benefit of the American people and the international community.
Since 1997, the World Affairs Council has honored an outstanding teacher who promotes international understanding in the classroom and contributes to the development of resources so that other educators and community members are better prepared to meet a predominant challenge of our time: to educate youth about world affairs.
www.world-affairs.org /globalclassroom/awards   (524 words)

  
 world citizen
I hereby 'serve NOTICE' to the nation/state(s) of which I have been a citizen, that I am from this day forward, first and foremost, a 'world citizen'.
Accordingly, I hereby accept the 'rights and obligations' of a world citizen including the freedom to exercise my birthright and the obligation to defend humanity’s collective birthright.
Whereas lawful contracts require all parties to enter said contracts conscientiously, of their own free will, absent of coercion or duress, I hereby affirm that I shall not be bound, nor held liable for obligations of which I was entered into at birth or which caused me to unwittingly relinquish my birthright.
www.uksociety.org /world_citizen.htm   (888 words)

  
 World Citizen - Home
World Citizen, Inc. is a non-profit organization that empowers the education community to promote a just and peaceful world through activities for children and youth.
World Citizen, Inc. positively impacts thousands of young people through its three programs, the Peace Education Program, the International Peace Site Program, and the Nobel Peace Prize Festival.
Join the many educators who have found what they've been looking for, a community of educators who see peace education as a way to 1.) promote non-violent conflict resolution in their classroom, their school, and in their community and 2.) expand their students' awareness of themselves as responsible world citizens.
www.peacesites.org   (783 words)

  
 Micro Forté   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Combining the guts and muscle of action shooters with the depth and broad scope of online RPGs, Citizen Zero is set to change the way people think about online gaming.
Delve into the murky and Machiavellian world of factions to advance your character and unlock special content.
Uncover the lost secrets of Typhron’s past and battle the ageless denizens of the dark places of the world.
www.citizen-zero.com   (421 words)

  
 Thomas Paine: World Citizen
But I know of no other man in the history of the world who combined not only these qualities but, in addition, possessed a still rarer virtue in the fact that he lived the life that was the basis of his philosophy and the underlying moral principle of his humanitarianism.
The magnificent brain which conceived the Republic of the World and the Religion of Humanity, that wrote new systems of government and from whose cauldron of fire poured forth sentiments of wisdom and justice for a better life, no longer exists.
The world was truly his country and the product of his brain has spread over the face of the earth.
www.positiveatheism.org /hist/lewis/lewtp101.htm   (2147 words)

  
 Are You the Perfect World Citizen?
Yet the devil rules the world at large, so when you conform to this environment, you are really conforming to the image of Satan.
The conflict arises when we begin to be transformed into the image of Christ, and refuse to bow down to the idols of religion and world systems, like governments, politics, educational institutions, and social clubs that are designed to make us conform to this world.
Everyone must bear his or her own burden and decide whether to live bound by the lies of this world or seek the truth to be made free.
www.jesuscult.org /citizen.htm   (961 words)

  
 Stanislav Petrov
The Association of World Citizens presented a special World Citizen Award to Colonel Stanislav Petrov on May 21, 2004.
The award ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Moscow News, Russia's leading liberal newspaper.
To contribute make checks out to "World Citizens Foundation" (exact same organization as Association of World Citizens, but with non-profit status).
www.worldcitizens.org /petrov.html   (166 words)

  
 World Citizen Foundation: President George W. Bush
From geopolitical risk, the weighing down of the U.S. and world economy, to terrorism, the loss of U.S. reputation and the setting of a precedent that others may use as pretext, we must do everything to avoid war.
The entire world, including Britain, says that more time is needed for inspections.
The old idea of a government in exile promoted by the Pentagon was rightly rejected by the State Department, as it would not have been perceived as independent from the U.S (and the power of such a government derives from its public credibility around the world).
www.worldcitizen.org /?id=73   (1579 words)

  
 Public Citizen | Water For All - Water for All   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
As the world's water becomes scarce and corporations seek to exploit this scarcity for profit, people around the world are losing ownership and control of water resources on which they depend.
Public Citizen's Water for All Campaign is dedicated to protecting water as a common resource, stopping water privatization and bulk water sales, and defending access to clean and affordable water around the world.
But that means we depend on the generosity of concerned citizens like you for the resources to fight on behalf of the public interest.
www.citizen.org /cmep/Water   (279 words)

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