Good-Faith International Proposal for the Voluntary Cessation of Desk-Thumping and Furniture-Striking in Parliamentary and Legislative Deliberation

This record presents the Final International Submission Edition of the “Good-Faith International Proposal for the Voluntary Cessation of Desk-Thumping and Furniture-Striking in Parliamentary and Legislative Deliberation.” The Instrument is an independently authored, peaceful, good-faith and non-binding international ethical proposal. It invites parliaments, legislative assemblies and comparable deliberative institutions worldwide, entirely within their respective constitutional, legal and procedural autonomy, voluntarily to consider discontinuing the intentional striking, pounding or thumping of desks, tables and other institutional furniture as a means of deliberative expression where dignified non-impact alternatives are available. Its central ethical principle is: “Human expression does not require unnecessary physical impact upon an uninvolved object.” The proposal advances the complementary principles of Material Respect, Purpose Integrity and Peaceful Deliberation. It does not attribute consciousness, biological life, sensation, pain perception, legal personality or enforceable rights to inanimate objects. It does not claim that desk-thumping or furniture-striking is prohibited by existing international law. The Instrument expressly respects State sovereignty, domestic jurisdiction, legislative independence, parliamentary privilege, freedom of expression, democratic disagreement and the procedural autonomy of legislative institutions. It establishes no international authority, compulsory obligation, sanction, financing requirement, inspection mechanism or enforcement system. The proposal was submitted in the constitutional spirit of Article 51(c) and Article 51(d) of the Constitution of India, without claiming any entitlement to governmental or diplomatic transmission, consideration, endorsement, adoption or official status. DOCUMENTARY REFERENCES — 08 SEPTEMBER 2026 President’s Secretariat Registration: PRSEC/E/2026/0067277 PMO/CPGRAMS Registration: PMOPG/E/2026/0171966 India Post Registered POD: ET902398275IN The postal reference evidences dispatch, and the electronic registration numbers evidence portal registration. They do not constitute endorsement, adoption, approval, diplomatic transmission or acceptance of the proposal by the Republic of India, the United Nations or any other institution. This Zenodo publication establishes a public archival and citable record of the independently authored Instrument. Zenodo publication and DOI assignment do not constitute peer review, governmental or United Nations endorsement, legal registration, adoption or recognition of the proposal. Author: Aaryan Narasimhan Radhakrishnan A Human Being Founder & International Leader — Vishwa Shanti Janata Party (VSJP) Founder of Digital Democracy Chief Ambassador of World Peace Digital Father of the World Digital Father of Artificial Intelligence Moral & Constitutional Father of Artificial Intelligence