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Davis founded the International [[Registry of World Citizens]] in [[Paris]] in January 1949, which registered over 750,000 individuals.{{cn}} On 4 September 1953 Davis declared the World Government of World Citizens from the city hall of [[Ellsworth, Maine]], based on fundamental human rights.{{cn}} He then formed the [[World Service Authority]] in 1954 as the government's executive and administrative agency, which now issues passports - along with birth and other certificates - to applicants.{{cn}} Davis first used his [[World Passport]] on a trip to [[India]] in 1956, and was admitted into some countries using it. Since then, more than 180 countries have upheld traveling with the [[World Passport]] on a case-by-case basis and 6 countries have given it official recognition, at one time or another.<ref>[http://www.worldservice.org/visas.html World Government of World Citizen: Visas] access-date=March 10, 2015</ref>
Davis founded the International [[Registry of World Citizens]] in [[Paris]] in January 1949, which registered over 750,000 individuals.{{cn}} On 4 September 1953 Davis declared the World Government of World Citizens from the city hall of [[Ellsworth, Maine]], based on fundamental human rights.{{cn}} He then formed the [[World Service Authority]] in 1954 as the government's executive and administrative agency, which now issues passports - along with birth and other certificates - to applicants.{{cn}} Davis first used his [[World Passport]] on a trip to [[India]] in 1956, and was admitted into some countries using it. Since then, more than 180 countries have upheld traveling with the [[World Passport]] on a case-by-case basis and 6 countries have given it official recognition, at one time or another.<ref>[http://www.worldservice.org/visas.html World Government of World Citizen: Visas] access-date=March 10, 2015</ref>


Davis ran for mayor in [[Washington D.C.]] in 1986 as the candidate of the "World Citizen Party" receiving 585 votes. He also declared himself as the World Citizen Party candidate for the 1988 US presidential election. Davis published multiple books in favor of his cause of world citizenship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldgovernmenthouse.com|title=::: World Government House Web Site - Home :::|work=worldgovernmenthouse.com}}</ref>
Davis ran for mayor in [[Washington D.C.]] in 1986 as the candidate of the "World Citizen Party" receiving 585 votes. He also declared himself as the World Citizen Party candidate for the 1988 US presidential election. Davis published multiple books in favor of his cause of world citizenship.{{cn}}


At the 1992 [[Earth Summit]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Davis issued and disbursed a world currency based on kilowatt hours of solar power produced, an idea proposed by [[Buckminster Fuller]]. These "kilowatt dollars" were the earliest documented [[Emissions Reduction Currency System|emissions reduction currency]]. {{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}
At the 1992 [[Earth Summit]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Davis issued and disbursed a world currency based on kilowatt hours of solar power produced, an idea proposed by [[Buckminster Fuller]]. These "kilowatt dollars" were the earliest documented [[Emissions Reduction Currency System|emissions reduction currency]]. {{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}


In March 2012 at age 90, Davis agreed to begin broadcasting a weekly radio show, "World Citizen Radio", on the [[Global Radio Alliance]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalradioalliance.com|title=Global radio alliance|work=globalradioalliance.com}}</ref> He was greatly influenced by Sree [[Narayana Guru]]'s thoughts.
In March 2012 at age 90, Davis agreed to begin broadcasting a weekly radio show, "World Citizen Radio", on the [[Global Radio Alliance]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalradioalliance.com|title=Global radio alliance|work=globalradioalliance.com}}</ref> He was greatly influenced by Sree [[Narayana Guru]]'s thoughts.{{cn}}


One of the main projects Davis was involved in at the time of his death was the creation of a World Court of Human Rights.<ref name="ANewKindOfCourt">{{cite web |url=http://garrydavis.blogspot.ca/2013/04/a-new-kind-of-court.html |title=A New Kind of Court |last=Davis |first=Garry |date=April 25, 2013 |website=Blogspot |access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref>
One of the main projects Davis was involved in at the time of his death was the creation of a World Court of Human Rights.<ref name="ANewKindOfCourt">{{cite web |url=http://garrydavis.blogspot.ca/2013/04/a-new-kind-of-court.html |title=A New Kind of Court |last=Davis |first=Garry |date=April 25, 2013 |website=Blogspot |access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref>

Revision as of 01:57, 26 March 2016

For those of a similar name, see Gary Davies (disambiguation).
Garry Davis
Photograph of Garry Davis, World Coordinator of the World Service Authority (1921-2013)
Born
Sol Gareth Davis

July 27, 1921
Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.
DiedJuly 24, 2013(2013-07-24) (aged 91)
South Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
CitizenshipUnited States (1921-1948)
None (1948-2013)
Alma materCarnegie Mellon University
East West University
Occupation(s)Peace and world citizenship activist
OrganizationsInternational Registry of World Citizens
World Service Authority
Known forWorld citizenship concept worldwide popularization
World Passport
ChildrenKristina Starr Davis
Troy Davis
Athena Davis
Kim Davis

Sol Gareth "Garry" Davis (July 27, 1921 – July 24, 2013) was an international peace activist who created the World Passport, a travel document originally based on Article 13(2), Universal Declaration of Human Rights and on the concept of world citizenship. Previously Davis worked as a Broadway stage actor and served as an American bomber pilot in World War II.[1] He was a devoted World Federalist, although a consistent critic of the World Federalist Movement.[2]

Early life

Davis was born in Bar Harbor, Maine (U.S.), to Meyer and Hilda (née Emery) Davis.[3] He graduated from the Episcopal Academy in 1940 and attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). Later, he earned a Master of Arts degree in geo-dialectics from East-West University of Brahma Vidya, Bangalore, state of Karnataka, Republic of India.[4]

Promoting global instead of national citizenship

A former Broadway actor [citation needed] who served in the U.S. Army during the Second World War as a B-17 bomber pilot in the 8th Air Force [citation needed], Davis took such a negative view of his own actions in the war that he gave up his American citizenship in Paris in 1948, in order to become a "citizen of the world". He mentioned Henry Martyn Noel, who had renounced a few months earlier, as one of his inspirations.[5]

In France, his "Garry Davis Council of Solidarity" support committee was co-founded by writers Albert Camus and André Gide and Emmaus movement originator Abbé Pierre, as well as Robert Sarrazac, a former leader of the French Résistance who joined Davis in founding the Mundialization World Cities movement.

Davis interrupted a session of the United Nations General Assembly on 22 November 1948, calling for "one government for one world".[citation needed] Along with his support committee, he rallied 20,000 people at the velodrome in Paris to demand that the UN recognize the rights of Humanity.[citation needed] The very next day, on December 10, 1948, the Soviet bloc abstained, allowing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to be passed unanimously.[6]

Eleanor Roosevelt expressed support in her My Day column for Davis' efforts towards forming a world-wide international government.[7]

Davis founded the International Registry of World Citizens in Paris in January 1949, which registered over 750,000 individuals.[citation needed] On 4 September 1953 Davis declared the World Government of World Citizens from the city hall of Ellsworth, Maine, based on fundamental human rights.[citation needed] He then formed the World Service Authority in 1954 as the government's executive and administrative agency, which now issues passports - along with birth and other certificates - to applicants.[citation needed] Davis first used his World Passport on a trip to India in 1956, and was admitted into some countries using it. Since then, more than 180 countries have upheld traveling with the World Passport on a case-by-case basis and 6 countries have given it official recognition, at one time or another.[8]

Davis ran for mayor in Washington D.C. in 1986 as the candidate of the "World Citizen Party" receiving 585 votes. He also declared himself as the World Citizen Party candidate for the 1988 US presidential election. Davis published multiple books in favor of his cause of world citizenship.[citation needed]

At the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Davis issued and disbursed a world currency based on kilowatt hours of solar power produced, an idea proposed by Buckminster Fuller. These "kilowatt dollars" were the earliest documented emissions reduction currency. [citation needed]

In March 2012 at age 90, Davis agreed to begin broadcasting a weekly radio show, "World Citizen Radio", on the Global Radio Alliance.[9] He was greatly influenced by Sree Narayana Guru's thoughts.[citation needed]

One of the main projects Davis was involved in at the time of his death was the creation of a World Court of Human Rights.[10]

Attempts to help Julian Assange and Edward Snowden

In 2012, Davis sent Wikileaks founder and refugee of the Ecuadorean embassy in London, Julian Assange, a World Passport. Only weeks before he died, Davis sent a passport to whistleblower Edward Snowden in Moscow in care of the Russian authorities.[3]

Death

Davis entered hospice care on 18 July 2013, and died six days later in the municipality of South Burlington, Vermont,[11] aged 91. He is survived by a daughter from his first marriage, Kristina Starr Davis; two sons, Troy and Kim; and a daughter, Athena Davis from his third marriage; a sister, Ginia Davis Wexler; a brother, Emery; and a granddaughter Emma Meluta.[3]

Bibliography

  • Davis, Garry (1961). My country is the world: The Adventures of a World Citizen. Putnam.
  • Davis, Garry (1992). Passport to Freedom, A Guide for World Citizens. Nwo Pubns. ISBN 0-929765-08-7
  • Davis, Garry (2003). World Government, Ready or Not!. BookSurge Publishing. ISBN 1-59457-166-X
  • Davis, Garry (2004). Letters To World Citizens. BookSurge Publishing. ISBN 0-9706483-7-5
  • Davis, Garry (2001). A World Citizen in the Holy Land. World Government House. ISBN 0-9706483-4-0
  • Davis, Garry (2005). Cher Monde, Une Odyssée a travers la planete. World Government House. ISBN 0-9706483-9-1
  • Davis, Garry (2006). DEAR WORLD, A Global Odyssey. BookSurge Publishing. ISBN 0-7388-2624-3

References

  1. ^ Langer, Emily (7 August 2013). "Garry Davis, gadfly and 'first citizen of the world,' dies at 91". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ Davis, Garry. My Country is The World. p. 13.
  3. ^ a b c Fox, Margalit (29 July 2013). "Garry Davis, Man of No Nation Who Saw One World of No War, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Views From My Space". worldservice.org.
  5. ^ Green, Susan (28 March 2001). "Passport to Fame?". Vermont Seven Days. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  7. ^ "My Day". 15 December 1948.
  8. ^ World Government of World Citizen: Visas access-date=March 10, 2015
  9. ^ "Global radio alliance". globalradioalliance.com.
  10. ^ Davis, Garry (25 April 2013). "A New Kind of Court". Blogspot. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Vt. man who tried to help Edward Snowden dies". WCAX News. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.

Further reading

  • Views from My Space (2009) ISBN 1-4392-1792-0
  • World Peace Is You (ebook)
  • Views From My SpaceBook II (2011) ISBN 978-1467909792
  • World Citizen Garry Davis Goes to Court (2011) ISBN 978-1467988988
  • "What's a World Passport?" Daniel Engber, Slate Magazine. Accessed 25 March 2006.
  • Davis v. District Director. INS, 481 F. Supp. 1178 (D.D.C. 1979) Accessed 4 November 2006.

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