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0. Introductory provisions
 
  0.3 Civil standards and social objectives  
  Article 17-The concept of human communities  
17.1 Human social need  
  Human beings are a social animal. We prefer to live in communities, rather than alone. One hundred years ago, 8 out of 10 of all human lived in settlements of less than 5,000 inhabitants. Today, 1 in 3 people live in major metropolis centres of one million or more people.  
17.2 Human communities  
  Our lives are lived within communities, whether it be in towns or cities.
  
  A town may be defined as a small community of less than five thousand people whose economic and social structure is self sustained and contained.
  
  A city may be defined as a medium to large community of more than five thousand to millions of people whose economic and social structure is self sustained and contained.
  
17.3 History of humanity and communities
  
  Cities are one of the prime architectures of human settlement and have remained the essential same structure since the very first cities.
  
  The quality of life for most citizens of cities has been poor for the entire history of humanity.
  
  People accept the poor quality of housing as an argument for accepting continuing the same model.
  
  Lack of city planning has created massive social problems around the world as the sheer weight in numbers of people have made many cities unworkable and structural entities.
  
  The lack of function of a city will inevitability be reflected in decline.
  
  Judges and magistrates have a solemn duty to the citizens of Arabian Union in the professional conduct of their duties.  
  The long term lack and decline in standards of inner city living will result in higher crime and health problems of the citizens.
  
17.4 Types of communities  
  There are different types of communities, some large and some small. Our communities may be sophisticated cities, or they may be small villages.
  
  All types of positive communities in which the individual rights of human beings are respected are also to be respected even if they may be different culturally.
  
17.5 The community model  
  The community model is the structural components upon which the community is constructed.
  
17.6 Community Life  
  Community life is the general quality of life for the citizens of a community. The ultimate goal of every elected government and every citizen should be to see the highest quality of life for themselves and for the rest of their community.
  
  Quality of life is seen distinct from standard of living and other economic indicators which may or may not accurately reflect important qualities in the lives of the citizens of a community such as pristine environment and localized industry and services.
 
17.7 History of community life  
  While ample land and resources may have existed, for most human beings, their community lives have been difficult and sad. While not every person without means is also without happiness, for most of humanity, their lives have been touched by great poverty, disease, sadness and death.
  
  The great communities of humanity, the great cities of history have also been great centres of child exploitation, disease, hunger and depravity towards fellow human beings. Citizens of wealth, protected from the poverty of their fellow citizens have for their own reasons perpetuated such conditions even until this day.
  
17.8 The future of community life
  
  There is nothing to say that the future of humanity and community life is doomed, nor that we shall perish in great disasters, nor that we shall forever life in inequality of masters and workers, of those with great wealth and those with nothing.
  
17.9 The power to change our destiny
  
  It within the power of each and every human to change their own destiny. In choosing to contribute in some way to making the world better place we show we have the power to change our collective destiny.
  
17.10 Happy community living  
  In taking control of our future and our destiny, it is the goal of this Declaration that all communities may exist in peace and happiness and that the quality of life continues to improve for all human beings no matter what creed, culture, race or belief system.
  
     
 
 

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