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d Effecti w an ve Gl La oba rld n children a l G o illio nd g o W b en ve le o e rn b tw ra a a ’s ti n e d o c c l n e r r s o t o y o f W e n f t s E - a o t r o f e o e r - f b g u e u d t a u e b f r e o d N e r n h t 36,000 We want a united & peaceful world — Appeal by 36,000 CMS Students on behalf of World’s two billion children and generations yet-to-be born GLIMPSES OF THE INAUGURAL FUNCTIONS of the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES OF CHIEF JUSTICES OFOF THETHE WORLDWORLD on Article 51 of the Constitution of India organised by City Montessori School, Lucknow from 2001 to 2009 ARTICLE 51* “WE JUDGES, CAN CHANGE THE REALITIES” CONSTITUTION OF INDIA — Hon’ble Madam Justice Graciela Dixon, The State shall endeavour to; a) promote international peace and security; Chief Justice of Panama & b) maintain just and honourable relations between nations; President, International Association of Woman Judges (IAWJ) c) foster respect for international Law; and — 19th May 2007 d) encourage settlement of international disputes by arbitration. Compiled by World Unity Education Department (WUED) CityCity MontessoriMontessori SchoolSchool (CMS)(CMS) CMS is 12, Station Road, Lucknow-226 001, India Mobile: 0091-9415015274; Phone: 0091-522-2636244, 2638738, 2637655, 2637656 CMS is Fax: 0091-522-2638008, 2635497 World’s Largest City School E-mail: [email protected]; Website: www.cmseducation.org/article51 with over 36,000 students Why does City Montessori School organise International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World? Dear Friends, IMPLICATIONS OF ARTICLE 51 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF Robert Muller, Emery Reeves and Sri Aurobindo have supported the Being the world’s only school to receive the '2002 UNESCO Prize for INDIA: Here it would be pertinent to recallArticle 51 of the Constitution concept of a World Government. Peace Education' and recipient of the '2004 Nuclear-Free Future of India which, inter alia, provides, “The State shall endeavour to ... WHY CMS LAUNCHED THIS CAMPAIGN FOR CHILDREN'S SAFE Special Achievement Award' and listed by the Guinness Book of foster respect for International Law.” It should be noted that Article 51 FUTURE: As a Guinness World Record holder and UNESCO Peace World Records as the world’s largest school by pupils with a current of the Constitution of India says “the State ‘shall’ endeavour,”. It does Education laureate, CMS sees itself as the self-appointed advocate enrollment of over 36,000 students, CMS sees itself as the self- not state that the state ‘may’ or ‘should,’ implying that the State has to and custodian of the rights and welfare of world's two billion children appointed guardian of the rights and welfare of the world’s children endeavour and therefore, we have no choice in this regard. Moreover, and generations yet-to-be-born. It was for this reason that CMS and generations yet-to-be-born. the word ‘State’ denotes the government, and each and every citizen students collected nearly 100,000 signatures in 1999 on an appeal of India who owes allegiance to the Constitution of India. SCHOOL IS THE LIGHTHOUSE OF SOCIETY: CMS believes that asking UN Secretary General Dr. Kofi Annan had to initiate steps for ‘School is a building with four walls with tomorrow inside’ and the THERE IS NO ENFORCEABLE INTERNATIONAL LAW TODAY: formation of a World Government. Dr. Annan replied that UN was ‘destiny of a man is shaped in the classroom’. CMS, therefore, The fact is that there is no enforceable international law existing in the powerless to do anything, unless its member states decided to do upholds that 'a school must act as the Lighthouse of Society to provide world today that is equally applicable to all the countries and peoples something. He advised CMS to write to all Heads of State and meaningful education, spiritual direction and leadership to students, of the world. What is generally referred to as ‘International Law’refers Governments coming to the UN Millennium Summit of September parents and society — and that a modern school must be concerned to conventions and treaties between two or more countries and not 2000 to come prepared to take tough decisions for reforming the UN with the affairs of the age. Hence, this is a CMS initiative on behalf of duly enacted ‘International Law’. Moreover, a law that does not carry a and making it more effective to tackle problems of the 21st century. the world’s two billion children and future generations. penalty for its violation cannot be called a law at all. In this sense, there CMS did write to the world leaders but the leaders gathered at the is indeed no international law in the world, in the absence of which Millennium Summit failed to take any decision regarding reforming of CMS IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF ‘VASUDHAIV there is total lawlessness as reflected in the increased instances of UN and instead focused only on issues related to their individual KUTUMBAKAM’ : (The earth is but one country and mankind its international terrorism and stockpiling of weapons of mass countries. The Second Millennium Summit held in September 2005 citizens) CMS was established 50 years ago, in 1959, with the vision destruction by various countries of the world. (There are nearly has also failed to meet the expectations of reforming the U.N.O. and of making children spiritually aware and for implanting in their tender 36,000 nuclear bombs in the world: Russia 22,500, USA 12,070, has not taken up important issues like giving us a nuclear-free world. hearts the ideas of world unity and world peace based on the ancient France 500, China 450, UK 380, India 65 and Pakistan 25.Apart from Indian philosophy of'Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam' , that is, the Earth is but LOOKING UP TO THE WORLD JUDICIARY: Having failed to elicit the above, 80 countries in the world have stockpiled chemical and support from world leaders, CMS then decided to approach the World one country and mankind its citizens. Therefore, for the School's biological weapons of mass destruction). motto, the founders, Mr and Mrs Gandhi, selected the words ‘Jai Judiciary for supporting the children's appeal for peace and a safe Jagat’ (Glory be to the World) which was coined by Mahatma Gandhi CHILDREN’S SITUATION IN THE WORLD TODAY: A report of the future and started organizing annual conference of Chief Justices of and propounded by his disciple Saint Vinoba Bhave. Consequently, Washington-based Population Research Bureau states that over the World. The first conference was attended by delegates of 8 CMS strives to teach every student the lofty ideals of the oneness of THREE MILLION children die every year due to pollution, while countries, the second by delegates of 14 countries, the third by God, unity of humankind, universal brotherhood, world unity and another study by the National Geographic says that over 19,000 delegates of 22 countries, the fourth by delegates of 30 countries, the world peace, in addition to the teaching of the prescribed school children die EVERY DAY due to starvation. Clearly, there is an urgent fifth by delegates of 52 countries, the sixth by delegates of 64 syllabus. need for immediate action to safeguard the rights of the world’s countries and seventh by delegates of 86 countries and the eight by children. delegates of numerous countries. PEOPLE OF LUCKNOW HAVE APPRECIATED THE VISION OF Now a new, more deadly threat to the safety and security of children all SUPPORT OF WORLD JUDICIARY CAN HELP CREATE A NEW CMS: The people of Lucknow have so greatly appreciated the CMS over the world has emerged in the form of international philosophy of ‘Jai Jagat’ and the school’s globalism-oriented ONE-WORLD ORDER: We believe that world Judiciary is the last terrorism—particularly in view of the reported attempts of terrorist approach to education that their support helped CMS grow in strength hope of humanity's survival. Only the support of the World Judiciary groups to obtain some of the over 36,000 strong nuclear stockpile of from only five students in 1959 to over 36,000 students presently on can create a favourable climate for the formation of a duly constituted warheads and the threat of a third world war intensified by the fear roll, and is recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the World Parliament empowered to enact Enforceable International psychosis. Countries are spending precious resources on arms and world's largest school in a single city. laws, a World Government to implement these laws, and a World armaments even as their citizens suffer from lack of clean drinking Judiciary to ensure that the laws are followed. The very survival of life CMS IS A DISTINCTIVE SCHOOL: CMS is a distinctive school water and health benefits. on our planet is under threat. Whether the unification of humankind where the first period of 30 minutes is solely devoted to morning ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT CANNOT BE SEPARATED BY will happen after unimaginable horrors precipitated by humanity’s prayers and in which prayers of all religions are said on a common NATIONAL BOUNDARIES: Since ecology and environment cannot stubborn clinging to the old patterns of behaviour, or is to be embraced platform. Its moral education books contain teachings from all major now by an act of consultative will is a choice before all.