关于“和平联合国”（民间联合国）的设想

A Tentative Plan of the Peace UN

Hu Xingdou

1. A theory of the Peace UN.
a. The tenet of the Peace UN.
--- transcend countries, races,religions and ideology, wipe out selfishness, hatreds and disputes, carry forward the true love of human beings and promote the world peace .
b. Vision of the Peace UN.
--- turn war crys into kind smiles and melt down guns into working tools;
--- "In a good world, the horses should not be driven to fight. They should be employed in cultivation." (Zhuangzi);
--- build up a democratic, free, law-ruling, just, harmonious and humanistic new world.
c. Philosophy of the Peace UN: The philosophy of the Peace UN is based on the philosophy of peace, the philosophy of harmony and the philosophy of love. It has roots in the old oriental philosophic thoughts such as Yin and Yang theory, harmony idea etc. It also absorbs essentials from the thoughts of Confucius, Mozi, Mencius, Xunzi, Laozi, Zhuangzi,Sunzi,Guiguzi(They all lived in the spring autumn and warring states period,770—221,B.C.)
The Yin and Yang theory represents some features of Chinese thoughts: dialectic, symbolic and general. This theory thinks that
--- "Tao is a combination of Yin and Yang"《Yijing》;

--- "Everything embodys Yang with its Yin"《Laozi》;

--- "If Yin and Yang amalgamate perfectly, things come up";
--- "Yang has its roots in Yin and Yin comes from Yang";
--- "Supreme Ultimate(Taiji) produces the two sides of things and the two sides make the four aspects.
The harmony idea, which incarnates the monistic and harmonic values of the Chinese, refers to the sages’ teachings:

--- "Yin and Yang coexist harmonically";
--- "Perfect amalgamation makes things" ;
--- "Perfect amalgamation of Heaven and Earth is the fundamental way to produce things";
--- "Harmony and difference make things";
--- "the doctrine of the mean";
--- "Harmony is valuable";
--- "There is a unity of man and nature, knowledge and practice, substance and function, obligation and desire";
--- "Mind is the truth";
--- "Tao is heavenly principles";
--- "Ending means starting and starting means ending";
--- "Grand Unity"(Zhuangzi), etc.
The philosophy of Confucius, Mozi, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi,Sunzi,Guiguzi:

---- Confucius promoted "rule by a royal(benevolent) way", "universal society", "be kind to others", "treat the others in a way you want the others to treat you", "Never put your dislikes on others" ;

---- Mozi advocated "no aggression", "equal love", "universal love", "seek harmony";

---- Mencius brought up the ideas that, "People are more important than the ruler", "benevolent government", "no war", and "A best fighter deserves severest punishment";

---- Laozi pointed out "Weapon is an evil omen", "win the world by no action", "Never try to override the world with weapons", "Power leads to collapse as a rigid wooden stick can be broken easily", "action by no action", "Never trouble the people. They can cultivate themselves well and have good behaviors";

---- Zhuangzi held the views of "boundless", "no contradiction", "Dont conquer the others by fighting", "Ten suns appears together", "Tolerance in things", "spend time with all natural things", "I live together with the Heaven and the Earth, and all things and I form a unity".

Confucianists family value, universal government thought, idea that the world belongs to all people; the military strategist school(in the spring autumn and warring states period,770—221,B.C.)s "to conquer your rivals by no means of fighting", "the highest fight is no fight", "to win by no fight"; and political strategist school(in the spring autumn and warring states period,770—221,B.C.)s peaceful alignment idea can be the fundamental theories of the Peace UN.
Besides the traditional principles and the idea of peace, also, well introduce new theories reflecting current world issues and nowadays life, such as
--- the theory of peace;
--- the theory of ruling by people;
--- the theory of civil society;
--- the theory of NGO;

--- the theory of true love, general love ,fraternity and great love;
--- the theory transcending countries, governments, religions, and races;
---the theory of humanism, freedom, democracy, justice and harmony, human-centered theory.

2. The strategy of the peace UN:
a. Nongovernmental.
World affairs should be handled by the world people under democratic procedures, so nongovernmental organizations, independent celebrities, representative people and folk societies are the natural core of the Peace UN and the main forces to maintain world peace. Well do the following things within the Peace UN:
--- Unite nongovernmental forces of all countries to cease violence and call for a practice to solve conflicts both domestic and international through dialogues and negotiations.
--- Make an effort to promote peoples livelihood and the level of economy; develop market economy, private economy and folk economy.
--- Support to build a civil society,an autonomous society; make efforts to develop NGO and public-interest organizations.
--- Through media propagate widely the ideas of true love, universal love and peace; start from individuals, couples and families to create a culture of love and peace.
b. The organizations of the peace UN.
The Peace UN will be formed by a General Congress, a Council, a Standing Council.
--- The General Congress.
The Congress is composed of representatives from different countries through democratic election according to their population (for details,see the peace UN Charter below), so as to reflect their respective popularity.
--- The Council and the Standing Council.
To avoid the countries with a large population forming a supreme authority, we organize a council. The Council consists of members selected from representatives of the General Congress; one country, one member. This council then will elect the members of Standing Council. The Standing Council deals with ordinary affairs,relatively serious things or by request of any member of the Standing Council,some decisions must be voted in the Council. Vital decisions must be voted in the General Congress.

Each member of the General Congress, the Council and the Standing Council has only one vote.
--- The Court of the peace UN.
Apart from the General Congress, we create a Court which works independently.
c. The steps of creating peace UN.
1). Cooperate with the United Nations and communicate with all countries to discuss the matter of building the Peace UN and try to win their support in finance and activities. Meanwhile, try other ways to ensure an abundant outlay.
2). Draw up a charter of the peace UN, regulations of the General Congress and Councils,rules of the Court.
3). Elect representatives in each country through democratic way.
4). Form the General Congress, the Council, the Standing Council and the Court.
d. some practices:
(a). The slogan of the peace UN:

True love creates peace.
(b). Anthem of the peace UN:
             Heart Is Vaster
>
>      Theres no space vaster than heart.
>      Theres no treasure more perpetual than peace.
>      Theres no feeling more beautiful than love.
>      Theres no humanity more noble than tolerance
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>      Long live the heart,
>      Long live the peace,
>      Long live the love,
>      Long live the tolerance.
>

     Sky is vast and heart is more,
>      Time never ceases and peace neither,
>     Life is beautiful and love is more
>      Humanity is noble and tolerance is greater

Long live the heart,
>        Long live the peace,
>        Long live the love,
>        Long live the tolerance.
>
3. A draft of the peace UN Charter
Article 1.
The tenet of the Peace UN is,

--- transcending countries, races and religions;
--- wiping out selfishness, hatreds and disputes;
--- carrying forward the true love of human beings;
--- promoting the world peace.
Article 2.
The Peace UN consists of the General Congress and the Court.
Article 3.
The General Congress is composed of representatives from different countries through democratic election according to their populations and reflects the popularity. It is re-elected every four years. A country with a population less than 10 million has 4 representatives or less in the General Congress; 10 million to 20 million, 6 representatives or less; 20 million to 40 million,8 representatives or less; 40 million to 80 million,10 representatives; 80 million to 100 million,12 representatives or less; 120 million to 220 million,14 representatives or less; more than 220 million,16 representatives or less. The General Congress ,at least, holds meetings once every year. Through the nomination of the Council, the Congress elects a person as the chairman of the congress.
Article 4.
Elected members among the Congress representatives form the Council; one country,one member. The Council, at least, holds meetings twice every year and makes a re-election every four years to form the Standing Council. The Standing Council is the standing body of the Peace UN. And also, if need be,the Standing Council can set up a Secretariat.
Article 5.
The director of the Council and the Standing Council, namely the Secretary General of the Peace UN, is the legal person who represents the Peace UN and in charge of presiding over the meetings of the Council and the Standing Council. Also, there are some deputy directors. Directors and deputy directors are elected by the Council.
Article 6.
The Standing Council deals with common affairs of the Peace UN. Important decisions like financial budget and final accounts, expenditure over 100 thousand US dollars, matters concerning all countries,or by requests of any members of the standing Council,the decision must be voted in the Council. Vital decisions like financial budget and final accounts, expenditure over 1 million US dollars, constituting and modifying the Charter, making a statement of war and peace,must be voted in the General Congress.
Article 7.
The General Congress sets up Economy Committee, Society Committee, Culture Committee, Human Rights Committee etc. Each committee consists of 15 members. Members are from the General Congress through election. Each country has no more than 1 member in each committee. Members of each committee elect a Chairman to call or preside over its meetings.
Article 8.
The Court is founded to make nongovernmental trial and condemnation. It, apart from the General Congress, the Council and the Standing Council, works independently. The General Congress elects 15 judges for the Court. The judges term is 6 years. A country has no more than one judge in the Court. Judges elect a person among them as the head of the Court.
Article 9.
The Council elects 20 or 21 members for the Standing Council. And, the chairman of the General Congress, the chairmen of the committees and the head of the Court are the natural members of the Standing Council. The number of the Standing Council is odd.
Article 10.
The General Congress, the Council, the Standing Council, the committees, the Court and its tribunal adopt one-member-one-vote system. Resolutions are valid only when two thirds or above of the total representatives or judges attend.
Article 11.

Resolutions about common affairs can be passed under the agreement of half members or above. Vital decision, like constituting or modifying the Charter, impeaching the director of the Council (Secretary General), making a decision and a declaration about war and peace, is valid only when it gains two-third or above favourable votes.
Article 12.
The General Congress ,the committees, the Council, the Standing Council and the Court must formulate working rules and regulations in accordance with the Charter.
Article 13.
This Charter becomes effective immediately upon signature by the sponsor countries (no less than 20).

(Hu xingdou,a professor of economics and China issues at Beijing Institute of Technology, an ambassador for peace of IIFWP.Hu’s influential web: www.huxingdou.com.cn。 E-mail:[email protected],Tel:86-10-68946812)