The chaos that caused greed and hegemonic ambitions of a few countries
is evident as well as the total intergenerational
irresponsibility with which they have tried
to rule the world.
It
is necessary and urgent to implement the Charter of the United Nations and the scheme
of cooperation, solidarity, justice and freedom for the “equal dignity of all
human beings”, so well enshrined in the “democratic principles” of the UNESCO’s
Constitution.
The
ethical, social, political, economic, environmental crises that we are going
through are obvious and, as I have repeated many times, it requires multiple
transitions:
·
The
transition from an economy of speculation, productive delocalization and war to
an economy of world sustainable and human development.
·
The
transition from a culture of imposition, domain, violence and confrontation to
a culture of gathering, conversation, conciliation, alliance and peace.
·
In
conclusion, a transition from force to word.
The United Nations Charter begins with a paragraph that, I insist on,
summarizes “ the reason of being”
of the United Nations in 1945
-and today- providing solutions that could enable mankind as a whole begin a
"new era ": " We, the peoples ... have resolved to save the succeeding
generations from the scourge of war." Governments or States are not
mentioned but the people, who must have in their hands the reins of their common
destiny. And it does not apply, as has been done throughout history, the
perverse proverb "if you want peace, prepare for war." We should “avoid the horror of war", i.e.
peace must be constructed. Peace in oneself, peace in getting along with
others, in relation to our environment, peace at national, regional and world
scales. The Charter, at the beginning, provides us another essential key for tomorrow:
intergenerational responsibility, we must consider as supreme commitment, in
the words of President Nelson Mandela, the generation that comes next to ours.
We must take care of the habitability of Earth and we must also take care of our
legacy from a conceptual point of view, so that all human beings, and not just
a few, can live with dignity.
The globalizing neoliberalism replaced the United Nations by plutocratic
groups and the ethical values by stock-markets. The result is obvious: crises
of all kinds and of great depth, in which all criteria are worsened, indeed, with unbearable inequalities -85 persons in
accordance with OXFAM, accumulate wealth at the equivalent of half of humanity
(!) , estimated in 3,300 million of human beings who survive (or die ) in extreme
poverty; nuclear threat; supranational trafficking of drugs, people, weapons
... ; repeated failure in the responsibilities of democratic citizens as many of those behave as tax dodgers instead
of trying to appropriately represent the
popular will ... Many years ago, in the early eighties, I emphasized that the adoption
of measures could not be delayed, especially in cases of potential irreversibility.
And today, particularly in everything
that has to do with the social and natural processes, rather than assuming the
situation with appropriate criteria and scientific rigor, we are guided solely
by the short-term of cash benefits. The market controls all while the
habitability of the planet is deteriorating.
Just
the citizen’s power, just “We, the peoples…” can put an end to the regrettable
world situation and clarify the current somber horizons.
The following issues published
in the last few days in “El País” newspaper can encourage our reaction and
express our total rejection in a popular outcry,
conscience objection and civic disobedience to those who, try challenges
and threats that humanity suffers to increase the power of just a few while most
of the people see how their material, intellectual and cultural needs decrease
every day, despite the:
·
“Syria’s
secular rebellion breaks”
·
“Ukraine is sinking into violence”
and “The repression triggered a massacre”
·
“The excesses of Europe's largest copper mine
open-pit” (the multinational companies of copper keep causing environmental
disasters... overfilling their pockets and stretching tax havens).
·
“The business of
climate change. Enterprises and funds
betting on industries that will benefit from rising temperatures. For
investors, the key will be in the water ...”.
·
“Three
years after the Arab spring”... (and eleven years after the invasion of Iraq...
in the midst of utter confusion, but yes, the oil fields are already in the hands
of the “great energy power” although Sadam Hussein and Gadafi have disappeared).
·
“Lights
are seen, but there is no improvement
in the Middle East": it is urgent to end with the
shame of the" eternal "Israeli-Palestinian
conflict ... Only with the authority of a United Nations
provided with the world support and human, financial and technical resources, could be redirected appropriately without further delay, the future of Syria, Egypt...
·
“Flammable"(the news from Ukraine,
Thailand or Venezuela makes clear that history is a constant struggle...).
• "59 years of jail for seven accused of inducing a minor into
prostitution ..." (trafficking
and drug use, immensely lethal, will not be solved the appropriate regulatory
actions are adopted, considering them as health issues and not security ones, and stop
promoting very high prices, that results in immense dividends. Because of the existence
of tax havens, trafficking will never
disappear because they are feed by the richest countries on Earth, whose compass is unhinged by ambition).
·
“Small cold war: the counterattack from Brussels
to Switzerland tries
to hold back the
populist rise in Europe "...
• "Yes
to Universal Justice,
if it does not affect the friend ...
The political and
diplomatic pressure prevails on the rights if
the criminals are
partners. Geo-economics
is rewarded”...
• The G-20
promises a plan
to accelerate growth
by 2% in five years, and "the pressures arise due to the fragility of
the emerging countries”.
You see: if “One example will suffice to prove it", there are too many.
This devastating scene requires, with great urgency, an effective United
Nations System for all mankind, without exception. The Republican Party of the
United States will forever oppose –as it did in 1919 with the League of Nations-
to justice, security and peace being guaranteed by the union of all countries, able to react quickly and
decisively when a country turns to violence, infringing the principles of
democratic coexistence.
Democracy at a world scale is the solution.
For the first time in history, we can build democracy and incorporate it into
our everyday behavior. The time of the citizen obedience and submission is
over. We can express ourselves freely and we have to make possible the great
historical turning from oligarchy to democracy, from welfare of just a few to general
welfare, where every single human being can fully develop the faculties that
distinguish him.
"We, the peoples ..." have the word. Just a few have the
strength. Let us not be distracted or frightened: the big moment has arrived,
after many centuries of shame and submission, in which the word prevails over
force.
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