World Federalist Movement

The World Federalist Movement (details of Movement's former names) "evolved out of a series of organizations and efforts that started in the 1930s as a response to the failure of the League of Nations. At the end of the violence of the Second World War, numerous citizens groups formed across Europe and North America to address the need for effective mechanisms of ensuring international peace and stability. The groups started working independently of each other, publishing newsletters and pushing for reform and monitoring of the newly formed United Nations. By 1947 these independent groups recognized the need for unity in their movement if they were to achieve unity in the world. They agreed to meet in Montreux, Switzerland in August 1947 to work on forming a cohesive and effective group...

"At first, world federalists sought fundamental revisions of the United Nations Charter. After 1965, however, it became apparent that any political will among the world’s national governments to change the Charter had dissipated. Later world federalists continued to propose reforms of existing institutions to make them more effective and democratic. Many focussed on the effort to transform the General Assembly into a world parliament that can enact world law instead of merely making non-binding resolutions. In addition, world federalists made proposals for new United Nations institutions and international organs, such as the Commission on Sustainable Development, International Development Authority, and International Criminal Court (ICC). In 1983 the Institute for Global Policy was founded to support research and writings about world federalism."


 * Lois Wilson, President (2007-) (served as acting President from 2004 until 2007)
 * Sir Peter Ustinov, President (1991-2004)

Council (2012)
Accessed May 2012:


 * Warren Allmand, WFM Canada
 * Kjartan Almenning, Én Verden
 * W. James Arputharaj*, South Asian Federalists
 * Paul Berendsen, Wereld Federalisten Beweging Nederland
 * Keith Best*, Association of World Federalists
 * Jean-Francis Billion, UEF Rhône-Alpes
 * Dambar Bir Thapa, WFNA of Nepal
 * Till Burckhardt, Young European Federalists
 * Edward Chobanian*, WFM
 * James Christie*, WFM Canada
 * Sukumar David, Asian Youth Centre
 * Peter Davidse, Wereld Federalisten Beweging Nederland
 * Jørgen Estrup, FN-Forbundet/Danish UNA
 * Giovanni Finizio, Union of European Federalists
 * Luigi Giussani, Union of European Federalists
 * Ramón Antonio Guzmán Rojas, Fundación Federalista
 * Tony Fleming*, Citizens for Global Solutions
 * Rolf P. Haegler, Weltföderalisten der Schweiz/Fédéralistes mondiaux de Suisse
 * Chris Hamer, World Citizens Association-Australia
 * Karen Hamilton, WFM Canada
 * Fernando Iglesias, Democracia Global
 * Yoshiharu Imamura, WFM Japan
 * Tadaakira Jo, WFM Japan
 * Kiyoko Kusakabe, WFM Japan
 * Takahiro Katsumi*, WFM Japan
 * Kenneth Kostyo, Wereld Federalisten Beweging Nederland
 * Toshio Kozai, WFM Japan
 * Don Kraus, Citizens for Global Solutions
 * Myron Kronisch, Citizens for Global Solutions
 * Lucio Levi*, Union of European Federalists
 * Peter Luff, Federal Union
 * Rebecca Luff, Federal Union
 * Ton Máčel, Wereld Federalisten Beweging Nederland
 * George Mathew, South Asian Federalists
 * Mitsuo Miyake, WFM Asian Center
 * Bente Nielsen*, FN-Forbundet/Danish UNA
 * Lars Olsson, Sveriges Varldsfederalister
 * Roberto Palea, Union of European Federalists
 * Francisco Plancarte y Garcia Naranjo, Planetafilia
 * Jean-Paul Pougala, African Federalist Movement
 * Vijayam Raghunathan, South Asian Federalists
 * Edward Rawson, Citizens for Global Solutions
 * [[Rommel Santos Dias, Fundación Federalista
 * Joseph Schwartzberg, Citizens for Global Solutions
 * Mahmoud Sharei, Democratic World Federalists
 * Prince Joseph Simbwa, Ugandan World Federalists
 * Joan Marc Simon, Union of European Federalists
 * [[Hugh Steadman, Sapiens Movement
 * Kenji Utsunomiya, WFM Japan
 * Nicola Vallinoto, Union of European Federalists
 * Barbara Walker, Citizens for Global Solutions
 * Fergus Watt, WFM Canada
 * Lucy Webster*, Citizens for Global Solutions
 * Erich Wettstein, Weltföderalisten der Schweiz/Fédéralistes mondiaux de Suisse
 * Lois Wilson*, WFM Canada
 * William R. Pace, WFM-IGP
 * Ade Adenekan, Pan-African Reconciliation Centre

(Note: An asterisk * denotes members of the WFM Executive Committee)

Executive Committee
Accessed December 2008:


 * Barbara Walker - United States
 * Bente Nielsen - Denmark
 * Edward Chobanian - United States
 * James Arputharaj - Sri Lanka
 * James Christie - Canada
 * Keith Best - United Kingdom
 * Lois Wilson - Canada
 * Lucio Levi - Italy
 * Tony Fleming - United States
 * William Pace - United States

Council
Accessed December 2008:


 * Akira Takagi - Japan
 * Barbara Walker - United States
 * Bente Nielsen - Denmark
 * Dambar Bir Thapa - Nepal
 * Don Kraus - United States
 * Edward Chobanian - United States
 * Edward Rawson - United States
 * Erich Wettstein - Switzerland
 * Fergus Watt - Canada
 * Fernando Iglesias - Argentina
 * Francisco Plancarte - Mexico
 * George Mathew - India
 * Giovanni Finizio - Italy
 * James Arputharaj - Sri Lanka
 * James Christie - Canada
 * Jørgen Estrup - Denmark
 * Jean-Francis Billion - France
 * Jean-Paul Pougala - Italy
 * Joseph Schwartzberg - United States
 * Karen Hamilton - Canada

Contact

 * Web: http://www.wfm.org

Books

 * Joseph Baratta, The Politics of World Federation: From World federalism to Global Governance (Praeger, 2004).

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * American Movement for World Government
 * One World Trust
 * UN Democracy Caucus
 * Global Action to Prevent War
 * Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
 * European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation
 * Colette Tamko
 * Lucy Law Webster
 * MacArthur Foundation: Human Rights and International Justice, Recent Grants
 * Urs Cipolat
 * Shariar Sharei
 * John O. Sutter
 * Responsibility to Protect - Project
 * John Roberts (OWT) - former chair
 * Robert Hutchins and G.A. Borgese’s Preliminary Draft of a World Constitution released in 1948
 * Donald Keys