World Legislative Bill Number Eight

Adopted unanimously at the Second Session of the Provisional World

Parliament, March, 1985, New Delhi, India

WORLD COMMISSION ON TERRORISM

WHEREAS:

* In a world already beset with many global crises and difficult

problems, the situation is made more difficult by terrorism;

* Both organized terrorism and random terrorist acts serve to confuse

issues, enflame passions, exaggerate problems and make peaceful and

reasonable solutions more difficult;

* Sometimes terrorism is organized by States against other States or

against people, even their own citizens; sometimes terrorism is

organized by people against States or against other people;

* In some situations, regardless of basic issues, the economic and social

fabric of entire countries is disrupted, the living and working

conditions of people made dangerous and miserable, and many innocent

people are killed and their property destroyed;

* In order to cope with terrorist activities, some smaller countries

which might otherwise desire to apply resources for peaceful

development, are forced to divert funds for military defense against

terrorism;

* Instead of an end to terrorism, more and more situations appear to be

caught up in terrorism complications and intrigue;

THEREFORE:

Article One

A WORLD COMMISSION ON TERRORISM is hereby created.

Article Two

Terrorism is defined as the use of violence against lives or property, or

threat to use such violence, without a formal declaration of war, for the

purpose of trying to achieve objectives which may appear difficult to

achieve by peaceful means.

Article Three

The objectives and functions of the World Commission on Terrorism (W.C.T.)

shall include the following:

A. To investigate and clarify the issues and circumstances of any

particular situation in which terrorism is involved, and in particular

any situation in which terrorism appears to be organized on a

transnational or worldwide level;

B. To discover, uncover, clarify and define any just grievances or partly

just grievances which may be involved;

C. To discover, uncover, clarify and define any extraneous, ulterior,

hidden, manipulative, devious or false issues or reasons for terrorist

activities;

D. To uncover and clarify the true facts and nature of situations where

terrorist activities may be used to enflame or confuse and utilize

local or transnational situations, e.g., ethnic conflicts, for the

achievement of objectives pursued by third parties.

Article Four

To discover and define possible solutions to particular situations involving

terrorism, and solutions to any aspects of terrorism which transcend

national boundaries; in particular, to define, recommend and encourage

solutions in the context of an emerging World Federation:

A. To expose and seek an end to all transnational shipment or trade in

arms and terrorists supplies of all kinds;

B. To expose and seek an end to all training of persons to engage in

terrorist activities, particularly where terrorists are trained in one

country for terrorist actions in another country;

C. To publicize the true nature of situations where violations of human

rights may be involved, and to have such problems taken up for peaceful

solutions by the World Ombudsmus, to be set up under the Constitution

for the Federation of Earth;

D. To publicize the true nature of economic problems which may be

involved, where such problems transcend national boundaries, and to

have such problems taken up for peaceful solutions by the World

Economic Development Organization, with adequate resources applied to

implement peaceful solutions;

E. To expose and seek the apprehension of any terrorist agents or

individuals engaged in transnational terrorist activities, without just

cause, and to seek to bring such agents and individuals before World

Courts of Justice.

Article Five

The nucleus of the WCT shall consist of members of the Provisional World

Parliament, at a minimum of one from each country.

Article Six

The WCT shall be empowered to invite each country affected by the activities

of terrorists to send both government and peoples representatives to serve

on the World Commission on Terrorism.

Article Seven

The WCT is authorized to begin its work forthwith.

Article Eight

Funding for the WCT shall be from the World Government Funding Corporation,

which is set up under World Legislative Bill #7.