Appeal
to establish
a
COSMOPOLITAN
UNION
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Membership in the Cosmopolitan
Union is free. Its members support – without any personal obligation –
the following basic demands of the Cosmopolitan Union:
I
Everyone has the right to
secede from the State like from a church.
II
Cosmopolitans (people who
have voluntarily renounced their State membership) possess the right to
enter any country, settle, and work there.
III
Persons who have lost their
nationality against their will, may by simple option become either cosmopolites
or members of a State.
IV
The State recognizes as
rightful a condition of non-membership and recognizes cosmopolites as an
international minority according to modern international law.
V
The State respects the independence
of a protective association of cosmopolites and recognizes its right to
conclude treaties. This protective association may open branches with consular
rights.
VI
Cosmopolitan passports and
personal documents issued by the protective association to its registered
members, are to be recognized by all State departments.
VII
In case of war cosmopolites
are to be considered as neutral foreigners. The State has neither in peace
nor during times of war a right to infringe freedom and property rights
of cosmopolites. Cosmopolites may not be forced to serve in the armed forces
or auxiliary war services of a State, to contribute to war taxes or other
expenses connected with a war effort.
VIII
Nobody may be coerced in
any form and under any pretence to retain his nationality, not even in
wartime.
IX
The State respects the independence
of cosmopolitan benevolent and mutual benefit associations like welfare
centres, insurance companies, banking institutions, associations for legal
protection, archives, educational and training institutions, hospitals,
homes for aged people, etc. The State will not force any institution or
services upon cosmopolites which the cosmopolites are willing and capable
to supply themselves or which they do not desire.
X
The State will investigate
further demands resulting from the above fundamental principles of the
Cosmopolitan Union. Upon application by their protective association it
will enter into negotiations concerning an extension of the treaties concluded
between them. Regulations concerning the detailed application of the above
principles, including rules for the period of transition, will be worked
out between the State and the Cosmopolitan Union.