I'm familiary (a little) with the temporary command. I read about it often when I do the ProCoalition/Multinational forces ping lists.
But from what I saw on Michael New's site, this sounds a little different. I think you reference to pawn may be more accurate. The significance seems to be the date. The date this happened was during the development of the Earth Charter and our relationship with it.
From what I've read, Michael New has too "good" a legal team to have come up with this on his own. I think he is doing this at someone's behest. They may have just been looking for somebody gullible enough to go along with it.
I'm not sure, does he have blond hair?