''World Peace Through World Law'' was a book by
Louis B. Sohn and
Grenville Clark in 1958 that proposed a Revised
United Nations Charter
Some of their suggestions included the following:
*Allocating votes in the
UN General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; , AGNU or AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as its main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ. Currently in its 79th session, its powers, ...
based on the populations of member nations;
*Replacing the
UN Security Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, an ...
with an Executive Council with China, India, USSR, and the U.S. as permanent members, and no veto power; and
*Making a World Police Force that would become the only military force permitted in the world.
Cultural references
In one passage of
Rex Stout
Rex Todhunter Stout (; December 1, 1886–October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and ...
's 1959
detective
A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency. They often collect information to solve crimes by talking to witnesses and informants, collecting physical evidence, or searching records in databases. This leads the ...
novel ''
Champagne for One'', the character
Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe is a brilliant, obese and eccentric fictional armchair detective created in 1934 by American mystery (fiction), mystery writer Rex Stout. Wolfe was born in Principality of Montenegro, Montenegro and keeps his past murky. He lives in a ...
is described as sitting behind his desk reading ''World Peace Through World Law''. Wolfe is greatly impressed with the book, to the point of forgetting the current mystery he is involved in solving, and suggests to his colleague
Archie Goodwin that he must read it too (ch. VII).
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