Citizens for Global Solutions

Citizens for Global Solutions is a grassroots-level membership organization in order to avoid future atomic wars.

It has promoted a world federal government, United Nations reform, legislative resolutions, and amendments to the U.S. Constitution to favor a world federal government.

History

The organization's lineage can be traced back to its precursor, the World Federalists, established in 1941. This group subsequently merged with other organizations in 1943 to create the Federal World Government, Inc. which evolved into the World Federalists, USA in 1945, and in 1947, it transformed into the United World Federalists (UWF). five world federalist organizations – Americans United for World Government (AUWG), World Federalists, USA (World Federalists of America), Student Federalists, Georgia World Citizens Committee (GWCC), and the Massachusetts Committee for World Federation (MCWF) – merged to form the United World Federalists, Inc. (UWF). By 1948, the organization had more than 34,000 members, including 7,000 students.

Cord Meyer IV was the first president of the organization, with Grenville Clark, Thomas K. Finletter, Wallace Trevor Holliday serving as vice-presidents.

Albert Einstein

In 1948, Cord Meyer was invited to attend a meeting of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists (ECAS) where he met Albert Einstein, Leo Szilard and many of the other leading nuclear physicists. and showed his support. Einstein and ECAS assisted UEF in fundraising on numerous occasions

In June, 1951, in his letter to Harrison Brown, Einstein described the United World Federalists as: "the group nearest to our aspirations".

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Thane Read

In 1949, Cord Meyer resigned and was succeeded by Alan Cranston. ultimately leading to the development of the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.

Later UWF was renamed as World Federalists USA.

List of Past Presidents

Cord Meyer (1947-1949)
Alan Cranston (1949-1952)
Norman Cousins (1952-1954)
C. Maxwell Stanley (1954-1956)
Donald Harrington (1956-1959)
Charles C. Price III (1959-1961)
Paul W. Walter (1961-1964)
C. Maxwell Stanley (1964-1966)
Neal Potter (1967-1968)
James G. Patton (1968-1969)
Joseph S. Clark (1969-1971)
Luther H. Evans (1971-1976)
Norman Cousins (1976-1990)

Recent years

In 2006, CGS launched a campaign to prevent the confirmation of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the UN. Bolton, who had been serving in the role as a recess appointment, withdrew from consideration that December.

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