Citizens for Global Solutions
Founded in 1947 as the United World Federalists, Citizens for Global Solutions is a nonpartisan membership organisation based in Washington, DC. It works through advocacy, education and coalition building for enforceable world law and human rights, and co-publishes Mondial with World Federalist Movement – Canada.
Adapted from globalsolutions.org.
Articles
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The Best Thing You Can Do to Save Humanity from Itself
June 2024
Wars and environmental ruin persist because the UN is a club of sovereign states with a veto-wielding few. A federal government limited to global issues, as the US and EU show on smaller scales, would protect national sovereignty, but only if citizens demand it.
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Israel, Russia, and International Law
June 2024
Vetoes, courts many nations refuse to recognise and a criminal court the largest powers avoid leave rules unenforced, which is how Israel and Russia defy them. Limiting the veto and strengthening the courts could end that impunity.
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The Forgotten Element in Averting Nuclear Catastrophe
May 2024
Nuclear arsenals grow out of rivalry among sovereign nations, a lesson the first antinuclear campaigners of the 1940s understood and later movements forgot. Treaties bought time, but ending the danger means reforming the international system itself.
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Einstein’s Postwar Campaign to Save the World from Nuclear Destruction
March 2024
Albert Einstein campaigned for world federalism to prevent nuclear war. He argued for a supranational organization to end war and ensure global security.
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It’s Getting Late
February 2024
Modern warfare and environmental collapse threaten human survival. Nuclear war and climate catastrophe pose existential risks.
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Time to Unite and Prosper: 75th Anniversaries of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the World Citizenship Movement
December 2023
Universal rights cannot be secured by nation-states that guard absolute sovereignty. The task for the coming decades is to build world law and a legal status of world citizen, so the rights proclaimed in 1948 are finally made real.
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Pope Francis’ “Laudate Deum” (2023)
October 2023
Climate change is human-made and partly irreversible, Pope Francis writes in his 2023 letter, and no nation can stop it alone. He calls for binding global rules, an end to fossil fuels and a more democratic multilateral order.
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Time to Abandon International Anarchy
October 2023
The Arab-Israeli Conflict and Russia-Ukraine War illustrate persistent violations of international law. The article critiques ongoing failures to enforce global governance norms.
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World Peace and Security Require a Stronger United Nations
September 2023
As long as any permanent member can veto Security Council action, aggressors like Russia in Ukraine go unchecked. Letting two thirds of the General Assembly override a veto, and suspending members that attack their neighbors, would give the Charter real force.
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Daniel Ellsberg Remembrance (1931-2023)
September 2023
Daniel Ellsberg, renowned anti-nuclear analyst, is remembered for his wisdom and activism. His legacy includes pivotal contributions to nuclear disarmament and global federalist thought.
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From the Partial Test Ban Treaty to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
September 2023
Public alarm over fallout pushed Washington and Moscow into the 1963 test ban, and the treaties that followed cut arsenals from 70,000 warheads to about 12,500. A treaty banning nuclear weapons outright can halt the new arms race, if people demand it.
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The Parliaments of the World’s Religions
September 2023
The World Parliament of Religions convenes in Chicago to address global peace and justice. Over 7,000 participants from 100 countries engage in interfaith dialogue on war, human rights, and environmental issues.
