World Service Authority celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2014. As we move into the new year, we reflect on WSA’s accomplishments and on current and new projects. The WSA was founded on January 1, 1954 to act as the administrative branch of the World Citizen
The UDHR and the WCHR On this 66th anniversary of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), we have a milestone in the progression of human rights to celebrate — the first phase of the creation of a World Court of Human
Disease knows no borders. In an ungoverned world, Ebola and other viruses can potentially wipe out a large part of the human species. National governments cannot handle an epidemic, let alone a pandemic, because they take a parochial, short-term view of events outside their claimed
Recent events in Crimea demonstrate the dangerous fiction of the nation-state, that one day a part of the planet “belongs” to one country and, on the next day, as troops and weapons are brandished, to another. Virtually overnight Crimea passed from Ukraine to Russia. Whether
“As a Citizen of World Government, I affirm my awareness of my inherent responsibilities and rights as a legitimate member of the total world community of all men, women, and children, and will endeavor to fulfill and practice these whenever and wherever the opportunity presents
President, World Service Authority Every December 10th since 1948, we have celebrated the unanimously signed Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as a momentous occasion in humanity’s evolution. This is our yearly reminder to make every day a human rights day, to advance social, economic
“Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.” Article 6, Universal Declaration of Human Rights Unlike all preceding courts throughout human history based on local or national units, a “world court of human rights” must by definition be grounded on
JANUARY 1, 2013 The definition of “humanity” is 1. “All human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.”[1] As “sovereignty” is defined as “supreme,” “preeminence,” “indisputable sovereign power,” humanity as such enjoys sine qua non such attributes. Sovereignty therefore has passed historically and legally from the
Letter to Heads of State and Press Release May 1, 2006 To Presidents and Prime Ministers George W. Bush, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac, Ehud Olmert, Pervez Musharraf, Abdul Kalam, Hu Jintao, Kim Jong Il Conscious of my rights and responsibilities as a
“We are living in a geocentric world of nation-states. We look upon economic, social and political problems as ‘national’ problems. No matter in which country we live, the centre of our political universe is our own nation.” — The Anatomy of Peace, Emery Reves People
