GENERAL PRESS RELEASE
For 12:00 Noon. Tehran, 11 Dec. 56
WORLD GOVERNMENT BUREAU OPENS IN TEHRAN WITH GOVERNMENT SANCTION
Garry Davis, Coordinator for World Government, will inaugurate the first provisional
World Government bureau in Iran (and the Middle East) at the Gilan Hotel during the
remainder of his stay in the country. Inquiries and registration for world citizenship
will be taken between the hours, 5 and 8 P.M. every day except Friday. Registration fee is
1 World Dollar, i.e. 75 rials. Applicants for the official World Government passport must
be registered World Citizens.
Mr. Davis has been given special privileges by the Iranian Govt. which can be likened
to those of diplomats of other nations. He is recognized de facto as of 10 Dec. when the
Government brought him into Iran from Egyptian territory, yet remains outside national law
which prescribes for "foreigners" either legal extension of their stay, or else
deportation or imprisonment. The Iranian Government, however, has gone beyond this
standard diplomatic recognition which includes extra-territorial rights with regard to an
Embassy or Legation by lodging Mr. Davis at government expense at the Gilan Hotel which
action might be considered a further endorsement of his world citizen status.
GARRY DAVIS STATEMENT:
"Based on fundamental human rights, world citizenship finds a natural home in
Persia, so rich in the universal philosophy of wisdom and brotherhood. The Iranian
Government's endorsement of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights eight years ago in
the UN General Assembly just recently reaffirmed on Human Rights Day by HIM The Shah and
Senate President Taquizadeh inevitably leads to full recognition of and support for world
citizenship as the only means by which these inalienable rights may be universally secured
and implemented.
"World Government thus becomes the logical global mechanism of this security and
implementation. It deserves the unqualified support of all serious, intelligent people
interested in world peace with freedom and justice. To recognize our innate world
citizenship is the way to give such support. We are at your service, citizens of
Iran."
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