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World Syntegrity News

Great strides were made in the World Syntegrity Project this past summer. We have three achievements in particular to share with you.

Infosets were held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 20-22; in Freetown, Sierra Leone, August 22-24; and in Accra, Ghana, August 24-26. All these Infosetters have made a bold move in exercising their personal sovereignty as world citizens, and we commend their dedication to creating a democratic world constitution.

Below you will find the Statements of Importance generated by the participants of the Infoset in Accra, Ghana. (We are still awaiting the materials from Bangladesh and Sierra Leone.)

Ghana Infoset: Small But Spirited

(The following report is provided to us by Philip K. Tossoukpe, secretary of the Regional World Syntegrity Project, Ghana.)

The Regional World Syntegrity Project, Ghana, held a three-day Infoset August 24-26, organized by Rev. Dennis W. Tarweh.

Although the number of participants was not what had been expected, the small group was happy to work under the world citizen flag. In the course of the Infoset, which was devoted to the topic, "How Can We, As Sovereign World Citizens, Govern Our World?", many suggestions were offered for inclusion in the compiled Statements of Importance, which are provided below: Global Needs

  1. Build a global institution to teach about the purpose of the World Citizen Foundation.
  2. Create global offices, which could be called World Embassies, in each country.
  3. Construct a Global Hospital with a medical school.
  4. Start a global farm to provide food for all citizens of the world.
  5. Convene a global forum once or twice in a year to discuss the importance of world citizenship and any important action the World Citizen Foundation will be undertaking.
Human Rights

Respect for human rights all over the world is important; thus, there is a need to form a special committee which will safeguard these rights.

Religion

There is a need to consider individuals' wisdom. Everyone should know something about every religion so that, as a world citizen. she or he will not be frustrated when hearing something concerning an other's religion.

Education

Education is the best investment anyone in the world will ever make; thus, in order to provide a good education and help people to develop their self-image and become well-qualified, resources have to be allocated to make education free for all people in the world.

Military

It is a fact that weapons are killing materials. So there is a need to stop nuclear weapons testing as well the manufacture of all other arms. Resources conserved in this way should be allocated to fields such as agriculture.

It is also obvious that every state should gradually convert its army into a national police, while an international armed forces should be founded to defend the whole world. It will then become necessary to create an International Military Academy to train world citizen-soldiers.

Health

Free health care for everybody is urgently needed. Cigarette-type drugs like marijuana should be banned.

The Infoset also noted that, while the United Nations is a grouping of all the world's states, it has not protected human rights.

In conclusion, we thought that international understanding on a cultural basis should be encouraged, with particular attention paid to interpersonal communication.


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