World Legislative Bill Number One

(Enacted as World Law on 11 September, 1982, by unanimous vote at the First

Session of the Provisional World Parliament, meeting in Brighton, England,

convened and organized under Article 19 of the Constitution for the

Federation of Earth.

TO OUTLAW NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND OTHER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND TO

CREATE A WORLD DISARMAMENT AGENCY

RECOGNIZING that the abolition of war requires complete nuclear disarmament

and the elimination of all weapons of mass death and destruction as the

first priority for survival of humanity on Earth;

Recognizing that any arms limitation or disarmament schemes or proposals

which do not immediately provide for complete and universal disarmament are

inadequate, and that life on Earth is not safe so long as any nuclear weapon

or facilities for producing nuclear weapons remain;

Recognizing that disarmament negotiations among nations, together with

protests against armaments by people, have continued over decades, while

wars have followed one after the other and armaments have greatly increased

and continued to increase;

Recognizing, further, the immediate and extreme dangers of nuclear war, and

that as a consequence immediate action by an agency representing the welfare

of humanity asa a whole is required to take actions to secure complete and

universal nuclear disarmament and the elimination of all weapons of mass

death and destruction;

THEREFORE, be it enacted by this Provisional World Parliament in first

session, September, 1982:

I. From the date of adoption of this bill by the Provisional World

Parliament, all nuclear weapons, and all weapons of mass death and

destruction as defined in the appendix to this bill, shall be outlawed

in the eyes of humanity and under the Constitution for the Federation

of Earth. It shall be universally outlawed and prohibited anywhere on

Earth to design, engage in research thereon, test, produce,

manufacture, fabricate, transport, deploy, install, maintain, store,

stockpile, sell, buy or use any nuclear weapons or other weapons of

mass death and destruction as defined herein.

II. There shall be established within three months after the adoption of

this bill a World Disarmament Agency, which shall have the authority

and responsibility to implement this bill and to supervise disarmament

throughout the world, for the purpose of immobilizing, dismantling,

conversion to peaceful uses or otherwise elimination from Earth all

nuclear weapons and other defined weapons of mass death and

destruction, including the elimination of the design, research thereon,

testing, manufacture, transport, deployment, storage, maintenance or

use of any such weapons.

III. Until a more fully operative democratic world federation is

established, the World Disarmament Agency shall be responsible to the

Provisional World Parliament, and to a Provisional World Cabinet which

shall be created by the Parliament. The World Disarmament Agency (WDA)

shall have a Board of Trustees of from 15 to 275 members, of which not

more than 30 may come from any one continent and not more than 10 may

come from any one country, with not more than one-third at any time

from any single continent. The Board of Trustees shall determine the

organization and functioning of the World Disarmament Agency in

accordance with the terms of this bill and under the Constitution for

the Federation of Earth, while at all times responsible to the Cabinet

and Parliament. No Nation may have veto powers in the Decisions of the

World Disarmament Agency.

The Board of Trustees of the WDA shall be composed as follows:

o Up to 50 members shall be appointed by the Provisional World

Cabinet, or by a Standing Parliamentary Committee on Disarmament

if the Provisional World Cabinet is not functional within three

months from the date of the adoption of this bill;

o Up to 50 members may be named by ratifying countries;

o Up to 50 members may be named by ratifying local or regional

authorities;

o Up to 25 members may be named by ratifying universities or

colleges;

o Up to 100 members may be named by other ratifying non-governmental

organizations.

IV. As part of the process of implementation, this bill shall be submitted

for ratification and compliance by all national governments and by all

national parliaments, together with an invitation for ratification and

compliance by communities, cities, states, provinces, or other

political districts, and by universities, colleges, schools,

institutes, labor unions, professional associations, corporations,

cooperatives, other businesses, and by individual citizens throughout

the world and of every country. The U.N. Center for Disarmament shall

be advised of this legislation and the actions arising from it. The

disarmament required by ratification shall be consistent with the

provisions of Article 17, Section A-9, of the Constitution for the

Federation of Earth relating to paired ratification and disarmament.

1. Individuals who ratify this bill will agree not to perform any

kind of work related to nuclear weapons or other defined weapons

of mass death and destruction, neither in factory, laboratory,

university, government agency, or otherwise, nor in any capacity

in the design, testing, fabrication, transport, production,

deployment, storage, or maintenance of any nuclear weapon or

defined weapon of mass death and destruction.

2. Communities, cities, counties, provinces, states or other

political units within nations which ratify this bill, including

those areas already declared as nuclear free zones, shall be

declared zones free of nuclear weapons and free of other weapons

of mass death and destruction; and shall immediately proceed,

within their constitutional powers and insofar as possible, to

immobilize or render inoperable any such weapons within their

boundaries. They shall also require the cessation of all design,

testing, production, deployment, transport, storage or maintenance

of any such weapons with their boundaries, and shall transfer

control and supervision of any such weapons within their

boundaries to the World Disarmament Agency for complete

dismantling, conversion to peaceful uses or elimination, together

with the means for producing such weapons.

3. Universities, colleges, institutes and schools which ratify this

bill shall immediately cease and prohibit within their

administration or control any design, research, testing, training

or any other work in connection with nuclear weapons and other

weapons of mass death and destruction.

4. Unions, corporations, professional associations, and other

businesses and groups which ratify this bill, shall immediately

cease any work in connection with nuclear weapons and other

weapons of mass death and destruction, and shall require their

members, officers, and employees to comply so that none shall

engage in any design, testing, research, production, transport,

deployment, maintenance, or other work with any such weapons.

5. Each National Government or National Parliament which ratifies

this bill shall require the immediate immobilization and defusing

of any nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass death and

destruction within its borders or under its jurisdiction or

direction anywhere in the world, together with the immediate

cessation of all design, testing, research, production, transport,

deployment, maintenance, sale or purchase of any such weapons; and

shall transfer the supervision and control over any such weapons

after immobilization, as well as any facilities for production or

delivery of such weapons, to the World Disarmament Agency for

complete dismantling, conversion to peaceful uses, or elimination

otherwise from Earth.

+ All governments are called upon to include in their penal

codes the provision that the manufacture, possession and use

of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass death and

destruction are a crime against humanity, and that any

individual responsible for engaging in such activities, shall

be indicted and brought to trial accordingly, by due process

of law.

V. After six months from the adoption of this bill by the Provisional

World Parliament, any nation, national government, corporation,

university, laboratory, or other entity, or officials thereof, found in

violation of Section I of this Bill, shall be declared in violation of

world law and as acting as a world outlaw or outlaws, and may be

brought before any suitable international court or world court

established under the Constitution for the Federation of Earth, for

appropriate trial and disposition.

VI. To finance the work of the World Disarmament Agency until further

financing is available, each country, state, city, local authority,

corporation, university or other agency or entity ratifying this bill

shall be asked for a subscription or contribution equal to at least one

percent (1%) of its annual budget if possible. In the case of

countries, each ratifying country shall be asked for a subscription

equal as near as possible to five percent (5%) of its last military

budget.

VII. To work out all necessary details for the inauguration of the World

Disarmament Agency, this first session of the Provisional World

Parliament shall elect a standing Parliamentary Commission on

Disarmament (PCD). The PCD shall be composed of 9 members elected by

the Provisional World Parliament, and 8 members to be co-opted by the

elected members. The PCD shall be responsible to and answerable to the

Provisional World Parliament.

Definition of Other Weapons of Mass Death and Destruction:

* Bio-chemical weapons, including nerve gas, bacterial weapons, mass

defoliants, any other kind of poison gas or bio-chemical weaponry;

* Fire bombs, block-buster bombs, anti-personnel bombs, cluster bombs,

neutron bombs, and other kinds of bombs;

* Cruise missiles, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, short range

missiles, and other missiles used to deliver nuclear or other weapons

of mass death and destruction;

* Bombers, military aircraft, and military aircraft carriers;

* Battleships, military submarines and any other ocean launched weaponry;

* Satellite weaponry or weapons stationed in or maneuverable from upper

or outer space or the Moon;

* Laser ray weapons, and any other weapons which might in future be

developed for mass death and destruction;

* Delivery systems for nuclear weapons, bio-chemical weapons and all

other weapons defined herein;

* Delivery systems of means when used to convey military weapons across

national boundaries;

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