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I. WCND 2028 — WHY?

1928: The Civilizational Peace Treaty — A Turning Point in Human History
In 1928, the international community witnessed an unprecedented civilizational commitment to peace through the Kellogg–Briand Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris, whereby sovereign states collectively renounced war as an instrument of national policy. Emerging from the devastation of the First World War, the Treaty reflected a profound moral awakening: that militarised conflict threatened not only individual nations, but the very foundations of human civilisation. Initially signed by major global powers and subsequently endorsed by more than sixty countries, the Pact represented the first global attempt to replace war with law, diplomacy, and shared moral responsibility—thereby laying the ethical and legal groundwork of the modern international peace order.

II. What the 1928 Peace Treaty Explicitly Stated

• War was formally renounced as a legitimate instrument of national policy.
• Signatory states committed themselves to the peaceful settlement of all disputes, regardless of their nature or origin.
• The Treaty prioritised moral responsibility and collective conscience over military power.
• It introduced the revolutionary principle that aggressive war is illegal, not merely undesirable.
• The framework relied on normative commitment rather than enforcement, trusting in international ethics and shared accountability.

III. Achievements and Historical Significance of the 1928 Treaty

• Established the first global legal and moral rejection of war as a policy tool.
• Provided the foundational legal basis for post–World War II international law, including:
• The Charter of the United Nations
• The doctrine of “crimes against peace”
• Influenced the evolution of international accountability and collective security mechanisms.
• Shifted global discourse from power-based peace to law-based and norm-driven peace.
• Inspired subsequent peace movements, diplomatic practices, and multilateral institutions worldwide.

IV. Structural Limitations and Historical Failures

• The Treaty contained no enforcement or compliance mechanisms.
• It failed to prevent the outbreak of World War II within little more than a decade.
• It overlooked deep structural causes of conflict, including:
• Economic inequality
• Colonial and imperial exploitation
• Ideological extremism and exclusion
• It remained fundamentally state-centric, excluding peoples, civil society, and nature.
• Peace was treated as a legal declaration, rather than a continuous civilizational practice.

V. WCND 2028 Proposal — From Treaty-Based Peace to Living Peace

WCND 2028 is envisioned as a civilizational renewal of the unfinished promise of the 1928 Peace Treaty, marking one hundred years of humanity’s formal renunciation of war, while consciously responding to its historical limitations. At a time when the world is again confronted by armed conflicts, ecological breakdown, democratic erosion, and ethical crises in governance, WCND 2028 advances peace not merely as the absence of war, but as a living, participatory, and ecological process.

Anchored in the philosophy of Natural Democracy, the Congress seeks to integrate humanity, nature, institutions, and future generations into a shared framework of responsibility and co-existence. Dr. Jawaid Abdullah, Founder of World Natural Democracy (WND) and philosopher-writer of the Natural Democracy framework, has proposed that the year 2028 be consciously observed as a global year of remembrance and renewal of the 1928 Peace Treaty, not as a ceremonial milestone, but as a civilizational call to re-embed peace in democratic practice, ecological balance, and ethical governance.

WCND 2028 thus redefines peace as continuous global engagement, rooted in dialogue, justice, sustainability, and collective conscience—affirming that peace is not a treaty to be signed once, but a civilisation to be consciously lived every day.

In the centenary year of the 1928 Peace Treaty, WCND 2028 invites reflective participation in advancing its unfinished civilizational promise. Individuals and institutions willing to contribute to the Congress’s thematic and steering processes are welcome to express their interest.