Editing World government (section)

==== Albert Einstein and World Constitution ====
{{stack|[[File:Albert Einstein Head.jpg|thumb|Einstein (1947; age 68).]]}}
[[Albert Einstein|Einstein]] grew increasingly convinced that the world was veering off course. He arrived at the conclusion that the gravity of the situation demanded more profound actions and the establishment of a "world government" was the only logical solution.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Feld |first=Bernard T. |date= March 1979|orig-date=March 1979 |title=Einstein and the politics of nuclear weapons |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7goAAAAAMBAJ |journal=[[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]] |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=11–15 |doi=10.1080/00963402.1979.11458591 |bibcode=1979BuAtS..35c...5F |access-date=2023-08-24 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=A policy for survival: A Statement by the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists |url=https://thebulletin.org/archive/a-policy-for-survival-a-statement-by-the-emergency-committee-of-atomic-scientists/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists |language=en-US}}</ref> In his "Open Letter to the General Assembly of the United Nations" of October 1947, Einstein emphasized the urgent need for international cooperation and the establishment of a world government.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Einstein |first1=Albert |url=http://archive.org/details/einsteinonpeace00eins |title=Einstein on peace |last2=Nathan |first2=Otto |last3=Norden |first3=Heinz |date=1968 |publisher=New York, Schocken Books |others=Internet Archive |pages=440–443}}</ref>  In the year 1948, Einstein invited [[United World Federalists|United World Federalists, Inc.]] (UWF) president [[Cord Meyer]] to a meeting of the [[Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists]] (ECAS)<ref>{{Cite web |year=1948 |title=LIFE – Hosted by Google |url=https://images.google.com/hosted/life/5995548573839d10.html |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=images.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |year=1948 |title=LIFE – Hosted by Google |url=https://images.google.com/hosted/life/9bf19f221511e092.html |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=images.google.com}}</ref> and joined UWF as a member of the advisory board.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Einstein |first1=Albert |url=http://archive.org/details/einsteinonpeace00eins |title=Einstein on peace |last2=Nathan |first2=Otto |last3=Norden |first3=Heinz |date=1968 |publisher=New York, Schocken Books |others=Internet Archive |pages=405}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Meyer |first=Cord |url=http://archive.org/details/facingrealityfro00meye |title=Facing reality : from world federalism to the CIA |date=1980 |publisher=New York : Harper & Row |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-06-013032-9 |page=47}}</ref> Einstein and ECAS assisted UEF in fundraising<ref name=":2" /> and provided supporting material.<ref>{{Citation |title=Meares, L.M., August 9, 1947. |url=https://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/omeka/items/show/21071 |access-date=2023-08-24}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Kirstein, William A., July 11, 1947. |url=https://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/omeka/items/show/27971 |access-date=2023-08-24}}</ref> Einstein described [[United World Federalists]] as: "the group nearest to our aspirations".<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last1=Einstein |first1=Albert |url=http://archive.org/details/einsteinonpeace00eins |title=Einstein on peace |last2=Nathan |first2=Otto |last3=Norden |first3=Heinz |date=1968 |publisher=New York, Schocken Books |others=Internet Archive |page=558}}</ref> Einstein and other prominent figures sponsored the [[Peoples' World Convention]] (PWC), which took place in 1950–51<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Einstein |first1=Albert |url=http://archive.org/details/einsteinonpeace00eins |title=Einstein on peace |last2=Nathan |first2=Otto |last3=Norden |first3=Heinz |date=1968 |publisher=New York, Schocken Books |others=Internet Archive |pages=539, 670, 676}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=[Carta] 1950 oct. 12, Genève, [Suiza] [a] Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile [manuscrito] Gerry Kraus. |url=http://www.bibliotecanacionaldigital.gob.cl/bnd/623/w3-article-137193.html |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=BND: Archivo del Escritor}}</ref>  and later continued in the form of [[World Constituent Assembly|world constituent assemblies]] in 1968, 1977, 1978–79, and 1991.<ref name=":112">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Global Strategies & Solutions : Preparing earth constitution |url=http://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/strategy/193465 |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-07-15 |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of World Problems |publisher=Union of International Associations |via=uia.org |archive-date=2023-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719215501/http://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/strategy/193465 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=PANDIT |first=M. P. |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20544 |title=WORLD UNION (JANUARY-DECEMBER) 1979 |date=1979 |publisher=WORLD UNION INTERNATIONAL, INDIA |pages=107}}</ref> This effort was successful in creating a [[world constitution]] and a [[Provisional World Government]].<ref name=":112"/>

[[Constitution for the Federation of Earth]] drafted by international legal experts during [[World Constituent Assembly|world constituent assemblies]] in 1968<ref>{{Cite web |title=Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961 |url=https://www.afb.org/HelenKellerArchive?a=d&d=A-HK01-07-B149-F04-022.1.8 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Helen Keller Archive |publisher=American Foundation for the Blind}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Letter from World Constitution Coordinating Committee to Helen, enclosing current materials |url=https://www.afb.org/HelenKellerArchive?a=d&d=A-HK01-07-B154-F05-028.1.6 |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Helen Keller Archive |publisher=American Foundation for the Blind}}</ref> and finalized in 1991,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Preparing earth constitution {{!}} Global Strategies & Solutions {{!}} The Encyclopedia of World Problems |url=http://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/strategy/193465 |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=The Encyclopedia of World Problems {{!}} Union of International Associations (UIA) |archive-date=2023-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719215501/http://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/strategy/193465 }}</ref> is a framework of a world federalist government. A Provisional World Government consisting of a [[Provisional World Parliament]] (PWP), a transitional international legislative body, operates under the framework of this world constitution.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Provisional World Parliament {{!}} UIA Yearbook Profile {{!}} Union of International Associations |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100012539 |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=uia.org}}</ref> This parliament convenes to work on global issues, gathering delegates from different countries.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-08-15 |title=World Parliament a necessity: CM |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/world-parliament-a-necessity-cm/articleshow/815591.cms |access-date=2023-07-18 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>