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The World Service Authority (WSA), founded in 1953 by Garry Davis, ^[1] is a non-profit organization that claims to educate about and promote "world citizenship", "world law", and world government. It is best known for selling unofficial fantasy ^{[2] [3]} documents such as World Passports.

Organization

The WSA has an office in Washington, D.C., the United States. The office in Shanghai, China, was closed on 1 January 2010. As of 2017 ^[update], attorney David M. Gallup was the president of the WSA. ^{[4] [5]}

History

The WSA was founded by Garry Davis, a former Broadway actor and World War II bomber pilot, who officially gave up his U.S. citizenship in 1948 to live as a "citizen of the world". It was set up to be the administrative agency of the "World Government of World Citizens" which he declared on 4 September 1953. ^[6] The first office was opened in New York City in 1954. ^[6] In the past, WSA also had offices in Basel, London and Tokyo. ^{[7] [8]}

Activities

Besides selling World Passports, ^[9] the WSA registers customers as "world citizens" and sells "world citizen" identity documents, such as fantasy ^{[2] [3]} birth certificates, identity cards, marriage certificates, political asylum cards, "International Exit Visas" and "International Residence Permits". ^[10] The organization's legal department is responsible to assist holders of its documents. ^[11] The organization also promotes programs, such as "Mundialization" – declaring cities and towns as "world territories"; "World Syntegrity Project" – an attempt to create a World Constitution through meetings of citizens; and other programs. ^[12]

The WSA is also involved in a project to establish a World Court of Human Rights. ^[13] The WSA has also allegedly sold World Government Postal Stamps, ^[14] which, according to Garry Davis, helped to convey thousands of letters between China and Taiwan in the early 1980s. ^[15]

Countries that have accepted the World Passport

The World Service Authority claims that 189 countries have accepted the World Passport, by stamping a national visa and/or entry/exit stamp. ^[16] The World Service Authority requests that travelers send photocopies or scans of visa/entry/exit stamps to the Washington, DC office.

The World Service Authority also claims legal recognition of their documents by Burkina Faso, Ecuador, Mauritania, Tanzania and Zambia. ^[16]

See also

• Bitnation
• Commonwealth of World Citizens
• World Passport
• World Constitution and Parliament Association (WCPA)

References

External links

• World Service Authority official website
• Carter, April (4 July 2013). The Political Theory of Global Citizenship. Routledge. ISBN  978-1-134-70108-7.