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Showing posts with label INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION. Show all posts
Showing posts with label INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION. Show all posts
Monday, August 17, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
Global governance in a broad sense refers to the efforts directed towards preservation of peace,promotion of human and civil rights and economic prosperity across the world.In the era of globalization, this term has acquired wider significance.
The 21st century has seen terrorism on a scale never experienced before.Incidences like 9/11 or 11/26 have shaken the very base of the world.Civil wars have torn many nations apart.Global warming has reached an alarming level.Selfish economic policies of a few nations have made poorer nations suffer.It is in this context that the importance of global governance has been realized by many thinkers of the world.However it must not be confused with the term"World Government".In fact it is the coordination of the efforts of all the governments to keep aside narrow interests and strive for overall prosperity of the world in socio economic and environmental matters.The unidirectional approach towards global governance is based on a few principles.These include-legitimacy of the use of power and its rooting,respect for other nations' sovereignty,competence and efficacy,cooperation and partnership,linking local demands with global ones to name a few.
However various challenges are ahead of the mammoth task of making Global Governance a reality.First of all it is essential to carry out reforms in the global institutions like UN, where still the grievances of the smaller nations are being ignored and majority of the decisions are being taken in the interest of the major nations like US or UK.Moreover in the age of so called"neoliberalism", organizations like WTO or IMF have to be more transparent in their governing policies so that economic interests of the poorer nations are not put at stake for the benefit of the big ones.Moreover there is an urgent need for coming to a global consensus for the restrictions to be imposed upon the industrialy developed nations for minimizing pollution.
Although the future of global governance does rosy, yet it is not impossible to achieve.What needed is the sense of cooperation among the bigger nations, so that a unilateral action plan can be chalked out.In the process, it is essential to shed off various prejudices that have so far isolated many nations from the world.Only with a greater degree of cooperation and better sense of brotherhood that the myth can be a soon be a reality.
The 21st century has seen terrorism on a scale never experienced before.Incidences like 9/11 or 11/26 have shaken the very base of the world.Civil wars have torn many nations apart.Global warming has reached an alarming level.Selfish economic policies of a few nations have made poorer nations suffer.It is in this context that the importance of global governance has been realized by many thinkers of the world.However it must not be confused with the term"World Government".In fact it is the coordination of the efforts of all the governments to keep aside narrow interests and strive for overall prosperity of the world in socio economic and environmental matters.The unidirectional approach towards global governance is based on a few principles.These include-legitimacy of the use of power and its rooting,respect for other nations' sovereignty,competence and efficacy,cooperation and partnership,linking local demands with global ones to name a few.
However various challenges are ahead of the mammoth task of making Global Governance a reality.First of all it is essential to carry out reforms in the global institutions like UN, where still the grievances of the smaller nations are being ignored and majority of the decisions are being taken in the interest of the major nations like US or UK.Moreover in the age of so called"neoliberalism", organizations like WTO or IMF have to be more transparent in their governing policies so that economic interests of the poorer nations are not put at stake for the benefit of the big ones.Moreover there is an urgent need for coming to a global consensus for the restrictions to be imposed upon the industrialy developed nations for minimizing pollution.
Although the future of global governance does rosy, yet it is not impossible to achieve.What needed is the sense of cooperation among the bigger nations, so that a unilateral action plan can be chalked out.In the process, it is essential to shed off various prejudices that have so far isolated many nations from the world.Only with a greater degree of cooperation and better sense of brotherhood that the myth can be a soon be a reality.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
G-8 SUMMIT 2009
BY VINOD ERAT
G-8 Summits provide global leaders an opportunity to review economic and political along with socio-cultural conditions prevailing across the world.This year the 35th G-8 Summit was held at L'Aquila, Italy from 8th to 10th July.Apart from the existing members of G-8, leaders of the five Emerging Economies of the world namely India, China,Brazil, Mexico and South Africa also attended the Summit and it came to be known as G8+5 Summit.
The main agenda of the Summit included Climate change,global financial crisis,Energy security and nuclear energy,millennium development goals,poverty in Africa,Intellectual property rights among others.The main decisions taken by the leaders are as follows
- Industrial nations to avoid protectionism and ensure credit flows
- Joint commitment to provide resources to international financial institutions
- Call for a balanced conclusion to the
- Participants to refrain from introducing any barriers to trade and investment
- WTO and other international agencies to monitor financial stability and the situation and report publicly on quarterly basis
- Commitment towards clean energy technology and reduction of Green House gas emissions
- Bridge the gap before the next G20 summit
- Next climate change summit in
The contentious issues at the summit were
- Reduction of emission of GHGs
- Funding and technology transfer for clean energy technology.The developed nations want IP protected clean energy technology to be transferred to developing nations at minimum or no license fee.
- Agriculture and Non Agriculture Market Access.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Amnesty International is a non governmental international organization with the objective of prevention of violation of human rights and demanding justice for those whose rights have been violated.Headquartered in London, it was established in 1961 by Peter Benenson.It has received Nobel Prize for Peace in 1977 and UN Human Rights Prize in 1978.Presently Irene Khan is the Secretary General of the organization.
Of the many activities of Amnesty International, most noteworthy is its role in protesting human rights violation in various prisons across the world, especially in camps like Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp or Abu Ghraib.It has argued constantly in favor of abolition of Death penalty and punitive actions like "Code Red".Its role in securing the rights of the children and women also have earned accolades.It vehemently opposed the apartheid regime in South Africa.It has over the years raised concerns over the socio-cultural and economic impacts of globalisation.It has also done a commendable job in securing the rights of the refugees.Most recently it has been vocal in protesting against the conducts of Israel and Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Despite many of the good deeds done, Amnesty International very often faces criticism especially from USA and the allies for biased approach towards various political or economic issues.Moreover, it is often accused of supporting the causes of the criminals and terrorists.It has faced harsh criticism from the Catholic Church for its stance on abortion.
Of the many activities of Amnesty International, most noteworthy is its role in protesting human rights violation in various prisons across the world, especially in camps like Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp or Abu Ghraib.It has argued constantly in favor of abolition of Death penalty and punitive actions like "Code Red".Its role in securing the rights of the children and women also have earned accolades.It vehemently opposed the apartheid regime in South Africa.It has over the years raised concerns over the socio-cultural and economic impacts of globalisation.It has also done a commendable job in securing the rights of the refugees.Most recently it has been vocal in protesting against the conducts of Israel and Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Despite many of the good deeds done, Amnesty International very often faces criticism especially from USA and the allies for biased approach towards various political or economic issues.Moreover, it is often accused of supporting the causes of the criminals and terrorists.It has faced harsh criticism from the Catholic Church for its stance on abortion.
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