Editing World government (section)

===Founding of the United Nations===
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[[File:Emblem of the United Nations.svg|thumb|Emblem of the [[United Nations]] ]]

[[World War II]] (1939–1945) resulted in an unprecedented scale of destruction of lives (over 60 million dead, most of them civilians), and the use of [[weapons of mass destruction]]. Some of the acts committed against civilians during the war were on such a massive scale of savagery, they came to be widely considered as [[crimes against humanity]] itself. As the war's conclusion drew near, many shocked voices called for the establishment of institutions able to permanently prevent deadly international conflicts. This led to the founding of the [[United Nations]] (UN) in 1945, which adopted the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] in 1948.

Many, however, felt that the UN, essentially a forum for discussion and coordination between [[sovereignty|sovereign]] governments, was insufficiently empowered for the task. A number of prominent persons, such as [[Albert Einstein]], [[Winston Churchill]], [[Bertrand Russell]], [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], called on governments to proceed further by taking gradual steps towards forming an effectual federal world government.

The United Nations main goal is to work on international law, international security, economic development, human rights, social progress, and eventually world peace. The United Nations replaced the League of Nations in 1945, after World War II. Almost every internationally recognized country is in the U.N.; as it contains 193 member states out of the 196 total nations of the world. The United Nations gather regularly in order to solve big problems throughout the world. There are six official languages: [[Arabic]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[Russian language|Russian]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].

The United Nations is also financed by some of the wealthiest nations. The flag shows the Earth from a map that shows all of the populated continents.

==== United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) ====
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[[File:Uno unpalogo.svg|thumb|Emblem of the [[United Nations Parliamentary Assembly]] ]]
A [[United Nations Parliamentary Assembly]] (UNPA) is a proposed addition to the [[United Nations System]] that would allow for participation of member nations' legislators and, eventually, [[direct election]] of UN parliament members by citizens worldwide. The idea of a world parliament was raised at the founding of the [[League of Nations]] in the 1920s and again following the end of World War II in 1945, but remained dormant throughout the [[Cold War]].<ref>See a detailed history in: Jo Leinen/Andreas Bummel, [https://www.democracywithoutborders.org/world-parliament-book/ A World Parliament: Governance and Democracy in the 21st Century], Democracy Without Borders, 2018</ref>

In the 1990s and 2000s, the rise of global trade and the power of world organizations that govern it led to calls for a [[International parliament|parliamentary assembly]] to scrutinize their activity. The [[Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly]] was formed in 2007 by [[Democracy Without Borders]] to coordinate pro-UNPA efforts, which as of January 2019 has received the support of over 1,500 [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]] from over 100 countries worldwide, in addition to numerous non-governmental organizations, [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] and [[Right Livelihood Award|Right Livelihood]] laureates and heads or former heads of state or government and foreign ministers.<ref>[https://en.unpacampaign.org/supporters/ unpacampaign.org], Supporters, accessed January 2, 2019</ref>

==== Garry Davis ====
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In France, 1948, [[Garry Davis]] began an unauthorized speech calling for a world government from the balcony of the [[United Nations General Assembly|UN General Assembly]], until he was dragged away by the guards. Davis [[renunciation of United States citizenship|renounced his American citizenship]] and started a [[Registry of World Citizens]]. On September 4, 1953, Davis announced from the city hall of [[Ellsworth, Maine]], the formation of the "World Government of World Citizens" based on three "World Laws": One God (or Absolute Value), One World, and One Humanity.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldservice.org/ells.html |title=Worldservice.org |access-date=2010-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205043653/http://www.worldservice.org/ells.html |archive-date=2010-02-05 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following this declaration, he formed the United World Service Authority in [[New York City]] as the administrative agency of the new government. Davis claimed this agency was mandated by Article 21, Section 3 of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. Its first task was to design and begin selling "World Passports", which the organisation argues is legitimatized by on Article 13, Section 2 of the UDHR.