Pioneers of United Mankind
Starting small with the United Mankind Organisation and the democratic world federation
My proposal for a United Mankind Initiative is on the table. I have sent it to the initiators of "We The Peoples" and their supporters, if they can be reached by email. Not all of the 200+ supporter groups listed there seem to be really active or serious about their support. It looks as if some have just used the opportunity to draw attention to their own cause. But this is now normal for all collections of this kind on the Internet. Lots of colourful logos don't always reflect reality.
In May this year, a UN Civil Society Conference for NGOs with consultative status was held in Nairobi. It served as preparation for the UN Future Summit planned for the end of September in New York. The results of the conference give little hope for a reform of the United Nations and more opportunities for civil society to exert influence. But "We The Peoples" are not giving up so easily. The recently founded UN Charter Reform Coalition (UNCRC) has started its work and is still looking for volunteers.
So let's wait for the UN Future Summit and its results! Then we will see whether it is time to break new ground. I assume so. You don't have to give up the old path completely. But it makes little sense to continue running on this hamster wheel without alternatives. It will certainly take some time for the majority of NGOs to realise this. Those who already recognise this should consider the first steps and start on the new path. True to the motto "We The Peoples", it must move away from nation states and towards mankind.
As I have already explained several times, a second world organisation should be sought alongside the United Nations: the United Mankind Organisation. For this, we need a United Mankind Initiative, which should come from suitable NGOs. Part of this initiative could consist of launching a global movement that I would call the "Pioneers of United Mankind". In principle, this would correspond to Arnold Toynbee's recommendation:
"What has been needed for five thousand years - and has been technically feasible for a hundred years - is a worldwide political organisation consisting of individual cells on the scale of Neolithic village communities - so small and manageable that each member knows the others and yet is a citizen of the world state."
Such a movement could become the strongest driving force for the political unification of mankind in a democratic, federal world union.
Just as for the two interstellar space probes Pioneer 10 and 11, launched in 1972 and 1973, this is a long way off. In contrast to these space probes, however, we have a clear goal: the unity of mankind.