World citizenship movement

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The global citizenship movement was launched in 1948 by Garry Davis , who referred to himself as " World Citizen No. 1".

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On November 22, 1948, Davis and sympathizers interrupted the United Nations General Assembly . The group called for a world assembly, the establishment of a world constitution and a world government . Following this, well-known intellectuals formed a support committee, including Albert Einstein , Albert Camus , Emmanuel Mounier , André Breton , Richard Wright and Carlo Levi . 17,000 people attended a large gathering in Paris . All people in the world were called to declare themselves “citizens of the world”.

On January 1, 1949, the International Register of World Citizens was opened in Paris. Within two years, 750,000 people from more than 150 countries registered as global citizens.

Various organizations and institutions have emerged from this movement, including Registre des Citoyens du Monde ( World Citizens Register ) in Paris, Association of World Citizens based in San Francisco , World Government of World Citizens , World Citizen News and World Service Authority in Washington, DC , World Citizen Foundation in New York and World Constitution and Parliament Association in Colorado .

Registered global citizens who actively supported the cause in public included: the Nobel Prize winners Linus Pauling , Lord John Boyd Orr , Alfred Kastler and Bertrand Russell .

The "World Passport"

The World Service Authority issues a fantasy “world passport” for a fee , but this is nowhere officially recognized. Citing visa stamps and very old government letters, she claims that the passport is accepted or even recognized in several countries. In reality, however, it is a matter of mistakes and negligence on the part of immigration officials and government officials. In the meantime, employees are officially advised that the fantasy passport is not an acceptable travel document. As a PR campaign, the WSA also had the Fantasy Pass made out for Julian Assange and Edward Snowden .

Differentiation from world federalism

As world federalists to people who work for organized according to federal principles world order called. The nation- states should not be abolished, but rather all sovereignty rights should be transferred to international institutions for the common good.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Appeal to the world population of March 3, 1966.
  2. ↑ World Citizens Number One , Tages-Anzeiger , December 30, 2012.
  3. ↑ visas - World Government of World Citizens - Welcome. Retrieved May 25, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Ecuador acceptance letter of August 5, 1954.
  5. ^ World Government of World Citizens: WSA Passport Acceptance - Visas on WSA Passports. Retrieved January 31, 2017 .
  6. ↑ http://www.slate.com/id/2138567/
  7. ↑ World Service Authority press release , Yearbook of Experts, August 17, 2012.
  8. ↑ World Service Authority press release , Yearbook of Experts, July 7, 2013.
  9. ^ World Service Authority issued the world citizen passport to Edward Snowden , inserbia.info, July 10, 2013.