Adopted as World Legislative Act Number Four at the first session of the provisional World Parliament, meeting at Brighton, England, 12 September 1982. Amended at sixth session provisional World Parliament, meeting at Bangkok, Thailand, December 2003. Formatting amendments adopted at eighth session of Parliament, Lucknow, India, August 2004.
World Legislative Act #4 Act for Inaugurating a World University System with a Graduate School of World Problems Short title: World University System
WHEREAS, one of the powers given to World Government under the Earth Constitution is to “develop a world university system,” (Article 4, paragraph 35);
Whereas, there is a great and immediate need for persons who are trained and competent to work on world problems from a global and human point of view;
Whereas, it is within the realm of feasibility for the provisional World Parliament to inaugurate a Graduate School of World Problems as a first part of a World University System;
THEREFORE, this first session of the provisional World Parliament meeting in September, 1982, does hereby grant the Charter for a Graduate School of World Problems as a first part of a World University System, under the following conditions:
1. Purposes :
*To prepare individuals to work on peaceful solutions to all kinds of world problems from a global and human point of view;
*To prepare competent personnel to staff the emerging and developing agencies of democratic world government, as well as personnel with a global orientation to staff corresponding agencies of national governments, and to staff transnational corporations and independent agencies, as well as to work independently;
*To prepare individuals to complete the design and implementation adequately, professionally and with vision the various departments, agencies, bureaus, etc. of the world government, as defined in the Earth Constitution;
*To prepare individuals to become competent global statesmen and stateswomen, who will be particularly well qualified to hold public office; To provide a central campus for studies, research, training and other activities appropriate to the above defined purposes, with schools at branch campuses later;
*To attract and assemble together both faculty and students who are qualified and committed to the studies, research, preparations and activities necessary for accomplishing the above purposes;
*To provide the library, laboratories, research and other facilities needed for a Graduate School dedicated to the above purposes;
*To assemble all current information and studies about world problems, as well as to foster new studies and research;
*To engage consultants and visiting professors and resource persons in addition to a resident faculty;
*To provide a favorable environment for both informal and formal associations and extra-curricular activities which students and faculty dedicated to the above purposes may wish to pursue;
*To include programs for graduate students who may pursue off-campus studies and work in connection with the courses of study and preparation offered by the Graduate School;
*To arrange and schedule work and employment opportunities along with academic studies as part of the educational program of the School.