World Legislative Act Number One

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 as 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:

1. 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.
   
   
2. 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.
   
   
3. 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.
   
   
   1. The Board of Trustees of the WDA shall be composed as follows:
      
      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;
      
      
   2. Up to 50 members may be named by ratifying countries;
      
      
   3. Up to 50 members may be named by ratifying local or regional authorities;
      
      
   4. Up to 25 members may be named by ratifying universities or colleges;
      
      
   5. Up to 100 members may be named by other ratifying non-governmental organizations.
   
   
   
4. 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.
   
   
   
   1. 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.
   
   
   
5. 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.
   
   
6. 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.
   
   
7. 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.

Appendix - A

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.