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Peoples' World Constituent Assembly (1950-51):
Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists:
On July 10, 1948, the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists passed the following resolution:
"Whereas, the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, having explored for two years all means other than world government for making responsible the control of atomic energy, has become convinced that no other method than world government can be expected to prove effective, and that the attainment of world government is therefore the most urgent problem now facing mankind,
Therefore, be it resolved
, That the Emergency Committee heartily endorses the effort now being made to secure American participation in the Crusade for a Peoples' World Convention, sponsored in Britain by the so-called Usborne Committee, as the most promising method now offered for promoting world government."
Ghent Committee:
Edgar Gevaert, Belgium
Fyke Farmer, USA
Prof. Paul Meyhoffer, Switzerland
Gerry Kraus, Great Britain
Ghent Conference:
At Hôtel de la Poste in Ghent, Belgium on March 10
th
– 12
th
1950, 100 representatives from 20 countries met as the Peoples' World Convention Planning Conference. They resolved that the Peoples' World Convention along with the World Constituent Assembly would meet in initial session at Geneva, Switzerland, December 30, 1950. A
Peoples' World Convention Executive Committee on Arrangements
was appointed. A Provisional Secretariat was established at Edgar Gevaert's House in Ghent, Belgium immediately after the Conference. On 12
th
June 1950, Secretariat was transferred and a permanent Secretariat for the Peoples' World Convention was established in Geneva, Switzerland with offices at Palais Wilson. An
International Liaison Council
was formed with 150 members from 36 countries.
Secretariat for the Peoples' World Convention:
Provisional Secretariat - Edgar Gevaert's House,
Sint-Martens-Latem, Ghent, Belgium
(12-03-1950 – 11-06-1950)
Permanent Secretariat - Palais Wilson,
Geneva, Switzerland
(12-06-1950 – 19--)
Peoples' World Convention Executive Committee on Arrangements:
Secretary: Gerry Kraus
A. R. Brent, Holland (Netherlands)
Brinda Prasad Sinha, India
Prof. Dr.
C. W.
de Vries, Holland (Netherlands)
Conrad Fink, Germany
Edgar Gevaert, Belgium
Prof. Edmond Privat, Switzerland
Fyke Farmer, USA
Gerry Kraus, Great Britain
Harry Knight, Great Britain
Ingvar Sigurdsson, Iceland
Jauko Paunio, Finland
Jean Diedisheim, France
John Popper, Israel
Mary Tibaldi Chiesa, Italy
M. Mukdim Osmay, Turkey
O. Holter, Norway
Prof. Paul Meyhoffer, Switzerland
M. Paul Schule, Switzerland
Rudolf Kastner, Austria
Sil V. Epistola, Philippines
Sponsors of the Peoples' World Convention:
"We, the undersigned, who believe that the world is in mortal danger of self-destruction through war, wish to recommend to you as seriously as we can the proposals for a Peoples' World Constituent Assembly to be held in 1950.
Confronted by the means of destruction that are now in the hands of men, differences of politics, race and creed are beside the point. These things will virtually cease to exist along with the human race unless mankind agrees to the establishment of a World Government, capable of enforcing world law. Only in this way can war be averted and peace and plenty for humanity, which we all desire, be made possible.
The choice is indeed between one world or none."
Albert Einstein
Physicist, Peace activist and Nobel laureate
Gerhard Domagk
Bacteriologist and Nobel laureate
Robert Hutchins
American educational philosopher
Kerstin Hesselgren
Swedish Social worker and Politician
John Steinbeck
American writer and Nobel laureate
William Beveridge
British economist and social reformer
Hu Shih
Chinese academic, writer, and politician
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, activist, and Nobel laureate
Toyohiko Kagawa
Japanese pacifist, social reformer, author and activist
Yehudi Menuhin
British musician, humanist and pacifist
Jacques Maritain
French philosopher, author and public intellectual
John Boyd Orr
Scottish physician, biologist, and Nobel laureate
Thomas Mann
German novelist, social critic, and Nobel laureate
S.
Radhakrishnan
Indian scholar, philosopher, and 2
nd
President of India
Roberto Rossellini
Italian film director, screenwriter and producer
Hans Thirring
Austrian physicist, professor and pacifist
International Liaison Council of the
Assembly/Peoples World Committee
:
Dr. Liebeck - South Africa
Dr. Anakreon Stamtiadis - Grece
.
.
More Information will be posted shortly.
Financing the Assembly:
The Peoples' World Convention Executive Committee on Arrangements adopted the plan of issuing 'World Federal Government Certificates' for contributions. Peoples' World Convention Executive Committee on Arrangements pledges its best efforts to have them redeemed with interest by the future world government.
[Note: The
World Constitution and Parliament Association (WCPA)
, which has emerged from the
North American Council for a Peoples' World Constitutional Convention
established by the
Continuation Committee of the Peoples' World Convention
, recognizes the pledges made by the
Peoples' World Convention Executive Committee on Arrangements
. And as a organizing and development agency for the
Provisional World Government
, appointed by the
Second World Constituent Assembly
, WCPA urges holders of the World Federal Government Certificates—issued by the Peoples' World Convention Executive Committee on Arrangements—to register their certificates with the established
World Financial Administration
of the emerging World Government.]
Peoples' World Convention:
Peoples' World Convention (Geneva Conference).
Peoples' World Constituent Assembly:
.
.
More Information will be posted shortly.
Consultative Assembly for the Peoples' World Constituent Assembly:
.
.
More Information will be posted shortly.
Executive Committee (Continuation Committee):
.
.
More Information will be posted shortly.
Informational Content:
Page Last Updated: 2026-02-03
Peoples' World Constituent Assembly (1950-51)
(world constituent assembly of 1950-51)
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Peoples' World Constituent Assembly (1950-51)
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First World Constituent Assembly (1968)
Second World Constituent Assembly (1977)
Third World Constituent Assembly (1978-79)
Fourth World Constituent Assembly (1991)
Peoples' World Constituent Assembly (1950-51):
Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists:
On July 10, 1948, the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists passed the following resolution:
"Whereas, the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, having explored for two years all means other than world government for making responsible the control of atomic energy, has become convinced that no other method than world government can be expected to prove effective, and that the attainment of world government is therefore the most urgent problem now facing mankind,
Therefore, be it resolved
, That the Emergency Committee heartily endorses the effort now being made to secure American participation in the Crusade for a Peoples' World Convention, sponsored in Britain by the so-called Usborne Committee, as the most promising method now offered for promoting world government."
Ghent Committee:
Edgar Gevaert, Belgium
Fyke Farmer, USA
Prof. Paul Meyhoffer, Switzerland
Gerry Kraus, Great Britain
Ghent Conference:
At Hôtel de la Poste in Ghent, Belgium on March 10
th
– 12
th
1950, 100 representatives from 20 countries met as the Peoples' World Convention Planning Conference. They resolved that the Peoples' World Convention along with the World Constituent Assembly would meet in initial session at Geneva, Switzerland, December 30, 1950. A
Peoples' World Convention Executive Committee on Arrangements
was appointed. A Provisional Secretariat was established at Edgar Gevaert's House in Ghent, Belgium immediately after the Conference. On 12
th
June 1950, Secretariat was transferred and a permanent Secretariat for the Peoples' World Convention was established in Geneva, Switzerland with offices at Palais Wilson. An
International Liaison Council
was formed with 150 members from 36 countries.
Secretariat for the Peoples' World Convention:
Provisional Secretariat - Edgar Gevaert's House,
Sint-Martens-Latem, Ghent, Belgium
(12-03-1950 – 11-06-1950)
Permanent Secretariat - Palais Wilson,
Geneva, Switzerland
(12-06-1950 – 19--)
Peoples' World Convention Executive Committee on Arrangements:
Secretary: Gerry Kraus
A. R. Brent, Holland (Netherlands)
Brinda Prasad Sinha, India
Prof. Dr.
C. W.
de Vries, Holland (Netherlands)
Conrad Fink, Germany
Edgar Gevaert, Belgium
Prof. Edmond Privat, Switzerland
Fyke Farmer, USA
Gerry Kraus, Great Britain
Harry Knight, Great Britain
Ingvar Sigurdsson, Iceland
Jauko Paunio, Finland
Jean Diedisheim, France
John Popper, Israel
Mary Tibaldi Chiesa, Italy
M. Mukdim Osmay, Turkey
O. Holter, Norway
Prof. Paul Meyhoffer, Switzerland
M. Paul Schule, Switzerland
Rudolf Kastner, Austria
Sil V. Epistola, Philippines
Sponsors of the Peoples' World Convention:
"We, the undersigned, who believe that the world is in mortal danger of self-destruction through war, wish to recommend to you as seriously as we can the proposals for a Peoples' World Constituent Assembly to be held in 1950.
Confronted by the means of destruction that are now in the hands of men, differences of politics, race and creed are beside the point. These things will virtually cease to exist along with the human race unless mankind agrees to the establishment of a World Government, capable of enforcing world law. Only in this way can war be averted and peace and plenty for humanity, which we all desire, be made possible.
The choice is indeed between one world or none."
Albert Einstein
Physicist, Peace activist and Nobel laureate
Gerhard Domagk
Bacteriologist and Nobel laureate
Robert Hutchins
American educational philosopher
Kerstin Hesselgren
Swedish Social worker and Politician
John Steinbeck
American writer and Nobel laureate
William Beveridge
British economist and social reformer
Hu Shih
Chinese academic, writer, and politician
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, activist, and Nobel laureate
Toyohiko Kagawa
Japanese pacifist, social reformer, author and activist
Yehudi Menuhin
British musician, humanist and pacifist
Jacques Maritain
French philosopher, author and public intellectual
John Boyd Orr
Scottish physician, biologist, and Nobel laureate
Thomas Mann
German novelist, social critic, and Nobel laureate
S.
Radhakrishnan
Indian scholar, philosopher, and 2
nd
President of India
Roberto Rossellini
Italian film director, screenwriter and producer
Hans Thirring
Austrian physicist, professor and pacifist
International Liaison Council of the
Assembly/Peoples World Committee
:
Dr. Liebeck - South Africa
Dr. Anakreon Stamtiadis - Grece
.
.
More Information will be posted shortly.
Financing the Assembly:
The Peoples' World Convention Executive Committee on Arrangements adopted the plan of issuing 'World Federal Government Certificates' for contributions. Peoples' World Convention Executive Committee on Arrangements pledges its best efforts to have them redeemed with interest by the future world government.
[Note: The
World Constitution and Parliament Association (WCPA)
, which has emerged from the
North American Council for a Peoples' World Constitutional Convention
established by the
Continuation Committee of the Peoples' World Convention
, recognizes the pledges made by the
Peoples' World Convention Executive Committee on Arrangements
. And as a organizing and development agency for the
Provisional World Government
, appointed by the
Second World Constituent Assembly
, WCPA urges holders of the World Federal Government Certificates—issued by the Peoples' World Convention Executive Committee on Arrangements—to register their certificates with the established
World Financial Administration
of the emerging World Government.]
Peoples' World Convention:
Peoples' World Convention (Geneva Conference).
Peoples' World Constituent Assembly:
.
.
More Information will be posted shortly.
Consultative Assembly for the Peoples' World Constituent Assembly:
.
.
More Information will be posted shortly.
Executive Committee (Continuation Committee):
.
.
More Information will be posted shortly.
Informational Content:
Page Last Updated: 2026-02-03