SUBJECT: Summary of Maharishi's conference held on global economy, held on 14 January 2003, and press invitation for Maharishi's next global news conferences

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(20 January 2003) His Majesty Raja Raam, First Ruler of the Global Country of World Peace, offered to heads-of-state the complete scientific knowledge of Total Natural Law to bring fulfilment to the aspiration of wise rulers throughout time for a golden age of affluence and peace. And his Cabinet Ministers presented the practical programmes now being offered to governments to create a crime-free, pollution-free, problem- free world.

These historic pronouncements came during the fourth day of a six-day series of international conferences to inaugurate His Majesty Raja Raam's "Master Plan to Create Prevention-Oriented, Problem-Free Administration". The conferences were held from 10 to 15 January at the Capital of the Global Country of World Peace in Meru, Holland, and were broadcast globally via satellite, Internet webcast, and teleconference.

The theme of the 14 January conference, on global economy, was "Creating a crime-free, pollution-free, problem-free world through the Global Development Currency of the Global Country of World Peace - the Raam - and through the nourishing, life-supporting programmes of Maharishi Vedic Organic Agriculture and Maharishi Vedic Architecture in harmony with Natural Law".

In his opening address, His Majesty Raja Raam said that purity of world consciousness will be the hallmark of a crime-free, pollution-free, problem-free world. This can now be easily achieved, he said, by engaging the supreme intelligence of Total Natural Law, which administers the infinite diversity of the universe with perfect order. "His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has bestowed upon the Global Country of World Peace his Vedic technologies of consciousness to enliven Total Natural Law in individual and national life so that everyone's thinking and behaviour will be spontaneously in harmony with the evolutionary power of Total Natural Law - naturally pollution-free, crime-free, problem-free," he said.

The inauguration of His Majesty Raja Raam's Master Plan celebrates the tenth anniversary of his scientific discovery that human physiology is the expression of consciousness. His discovery reveals that every individual has cosmic creative potential, which can be enlivened to create enlightenment for the individual and peace in the world through the Consciousness-based programmes of the Global Country of World Peace.

On the 12 January, Maharishi inaugurated 2003 as "The Year of Ideal Government", and called for establishing several large groups in India of 8,000 Vedic Pandits reciting the Vedas to create indomitable harmony and coherence in the world. His Majesty Raja Raam also issued his "Royal Decree Number 12: Invitation to Every Government to Create Prevention- oriented, Problem-free Administration." The Decree invites every head-of- state to contract with the Global Country of World Peace for a World Peace Project to train, house, and permanently employ groups of peace- creating experts to prevent all problems in the nation. The Decree makes it clear that the financial obligations of the project can be fulfilled without any financial pressure to the government.

During the conference on global economy, His Excellency Dr Benjamin Feldman, Minister of Finance and Planning of the Global Country of World Peace, outlined the financial plan for the project.

"Any government or private organization can take advantage of His Majesty Raja Raam's generous offer," Dr Feldman said. "The Global Country of World Peace has issued a Global Development Currency - the Raam - to serve as a 'catalyst currency' in any country to cover start-up costs for development projects. By allocating some unused land with agricultural potential to the World Peace Project, for example, healthy food will be grown and marketed through His Majesty Raja Raam's Global Chamber of Commerce, which connects together 100 countries. From the sale of these crops, the Raam can then be exchanged for hard currency to recover start- up costs and provide annual profits to the government. Income from the agricultural production will provide ongoing support for the World Peace Project."

Dr Feldman said that the Raam is currently in circulation on several continents, including in Holland, where it is circulating side-by-side with the Euro, and in the United States, in Maharishi Vedic City in Iowa, where it is circulating side-by-side with the dollar. Farmers' associations worldwide, including in Paraguay and in countries in Africa, are also requesting to use the Raam as a catalyst currency. In addition, World Peace Bonds backed by the Raam are floating in Europe and the USA, and are being used to support groups of peace-creating experts and to build 3,000 Peace Palaces in the world's largest 3,000 cities - which will be home to groups of 100 to 200 experts. This includes 51 Peace Palaces in the UK.

His Excellency Dr Eike Hartmann, Minister of Global Reconstruction of the Global Country of World Peace, said that His Majesty Raja Raam's Master Plan upholds the farmer as the "Father of the Nation" for his precious role in providing nourishment to the whole population. For this reason, His Majesty Raja Raam will provide farmers with the technologies of consciousness to rise to higher states of consciousness, and the ideal living conditions to promote their perfect health, happiness, and success.

"The Global Country of World Peace will build Ideal Agricultural Villages for farmers and their families," Dr Hartmann said. "All housing, roads, schools, health clinics, and agricultural lands will be designed and constructed in harmony with Natural Law according to Maharishi Vedic Architecture to promote the lively link between individual life and Cosmic life. All transportation and state-of-the-art communication systems will be solar-powered. There will be no pollution, no dust, no noise. The farmers and their families who live in the village will spontaneously enjoy a crime-free, pollution-free, problem-free life. This is the supreme gift from His Majesty Raja Raam of a prevention-oriented, problem-free administration, which can now be enjoyed by any government that signs a contract with the Global Country of World Peace."