Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General 
United Nations Headquarters
First Avenue at 46th Street, New York, NY 10017 
Email: ecu@un.org 
Page: http://www.un.org 

Dear Sir: 

I am John C. "The Engineer" Turmel listed in the Guinness 
Book of Records for having contested more elections than 
anyone in history and I attended the Millennium Forum as 
leader of the anti-debt-slavery Abolitionist Party of 
Canada. 

As the world's foremost Professor of Banking Systems 
Engineering, I have over 35 years experience operating zero-
interest pure-service-charge banking systems including being 
Consulting Engineer of the LETS (Local Employment-Trading 
System) anti-poverty program. My Advanced Banking Systems 
Engineering Analysis at 
johnturmel.com/bankmath.htm  has held 
sway on matters related to currency and banking in both the 
sci.engr and sci.econ USENET newsgroups for the past decade. 

I was invited to make the presentation on May 22 2000 to the 
Millennium Forum of 1350 Non-Governmental Organisations on 
"restructuring the global financial architecture" with a 
"UNILETS interest-free alternative time-based currency" 
which was adopted in Resolution C6 to governments of the 
un.org/Millennium/declaration.htm 

C. The Forum urges The United Nations:
6. To make serious commitments to restructure the global 
financial architecture based on principles of equity, 
transparency, accountability, and democracy, and to balance, 
with the participation of civil society organizations, the 
monetary means to favor human endeavor and ecology, such as 
an alternative time-based currency. 

Globalization Declaration Themes 
millenniumforum.org/html/papers/Globaliz_currentpaper.htm  

Section 5: What the UN must do. 
h) Another area of study should be the UNILETS (United 
Nations International Local Employment-Trading System). 
i) Local Exchange, Trade and currency practices should be 
developed further and examined for international 
application. The abolition of debts and the eradication of 
interest are essential components in pursuing sustainable 
human development. 
j) The UN should convene a conference similar to the Bretton 
Woods conference of 1944 to discuss what sort of new 
financiala rchitecture is needed for our rapidly globalising 
world. The adoption of the time standard of money and 
abolition of interest rates are both ideas worthy of 
consideration.

The UNILETS resolution was also adopted by the Students of 
the Millennium Cyberschoolbus Conference held at the United 
Nations in New York on Dec. 6-8 2000. 
un.org/cyberschoolbus 
groups.yahoo.com/group/unyouth2000 

The LETS social currency movement has since spread to over 
54 nations around the world. There were two major 
international conferences, one in Germany in August and the 
other at the University of Quebec at Montreal just this last 
November reporting on major developments in Japan. The 
International Timedollar Congress takes place this year in 
Toronto in August. The use of interest-free time-truequing 
social-credits to save Argentine economy was the hit of the 
2003 World Social Forum and should be the hit of this 2004 
World Social Forum where I will be seeking their singular 
attention and support for the UNILETS Resolution C6 of the 
Millennium Declaration. 

LETS have been established in Israel for Arabs and Jews in 
both Haifa and Jerusalem and are the only instance of 
cooperation to date. As LETS is leading to peaceful and 
prosperous trading relations in Israel, UNILETS will make 
peaceful and prosperous trading relations possible around 
the whole world. 

I am further known for my demand for ASA, Global Aspirin: 
Amnesty for all financially-induced crime, Security with a 
UNILETS interest-free credit-card and Anonymity by name-
change for all who so desire. 

On 2003 Dec 20, Hank Ketchum's Dennis the Menace at
johnturmel.com/dennis.jpg  told the "department store Santa" 
hearing his Christmas wish list: "Just bring me a credit card 
and I'll take care of the rest." 

The Secretary-General's Report on the Implementation of the 
Millennium Declaration 2003 fails to mention any 
implementation of the Section C6 UNILETS resolution. The 
Time Standard of Money must be adopted by the UN to deliver 
on the promise to restructure the global financial 
architecture with an upgraded UNILETS interest-free time-
based credit card and let the world's children "take care of 
the rest" themselves. 

 I request and require that this demand be added to the 
agenda of the United Nations General Assembly and that the 
Assembly invite me, at its pleasure, to plead it before the 
members. You are obliged to bring the matter to the 
attention of the General Assembly, which alone can consent 
to my appearance -- as it did to the appearance of Yasser 
Arafat. I expect you to respond by strict adherence to 
protocol and refer the matter to the heads of delegations to 
the General Assembly who will advise their respective 
governments and seek instruction.

I am a slave to their debt system who shall never tire of 
fighting for my freedom. The greatest revolution of slaves 
of yore was lost by Spartacus challenging Rome when he 
should have marched on the true oppressors, Rome's creditors 
in Babylon. 

I am, my dear Secretary-General, with profound respect, 
Spartacus At Babylon
Jan 14 2004