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The World Service Authority (WSA), founded in 1954, is a non-profit organization that claims to educate about and promotes "world citizenship", "world law", and World Government. It is best known for issuing World Passports.
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Organization
WSA has an office in Washington, D.C. The office in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, closed as of 1 January 2010. WSA is currently headed by David M. Gallup, an attorney.
History
The WSA was founded by Garry Davis, a former Broadway actor and World War II bomber pilot, who officially gave up his U.S. citizenship in 1948 to live as a "citizen of the world". It was set up to be the administrative agency of the "World Government of World Citizens" which he declared on 4 September 1953. Besides issuing World Passports, the WSA registers applicants as "world citizens" and issues "world citizen" identity documents, such as birth certificates, identity cards, and marriage certificates.
Acceptance and use
Among cases of individuals who have used the World Marriage Certificate are couples in Israel unable to have a religious marriage, according to Garry Davis. The WSA has also allegedly sold World Government Postal Stamps which, according to Garry Davis, helped to convey thousands of letters between China and Taiwan in the early 1980s.