http://worldcitizen.tv The news yesterday is that active citizen networking has never received suchopen space media and intercitizen invitations-
will ESP be Entrepreneurially*Sustainably*Peer2Peer up to uniting other change networks
or do we have to look somewhere esle within the next 5 years of events of Passports to Sustainability http://passports.jp . Dunno. It will need a lot of co-creativity beyond Info-Tech. I have written asking a pop star whether she/he will write
up Browns Song - who knows , that will be the day...
Gordon B Un July 31
If not now, when?
If not us,
who?
If not together, how?
And I believe the scale of the challenge is such that we cannot now leave it to some
other time and some other people but must act now, working together.
And so my argument is simple: the greatest of evils
that touches the deepest places of conscience demands the greatest of endeavour.
The greatest of challenges now demands
the boldest of initiatives.
To address the worst of poverty we urgently need to summon up the best efforts of humanity.
I want to summon into existence the greatest coalition of conscience in pursuit of the greatest of causes.
And
I firmly believe that if we can discover common purpose there is no failing in today’s world that cannot be addressed
by mobilising our strengths, no individual struggle that drags people down that cannot benefit from a renewed public purpose
that can lift people up.
For you also know what I know: that the world has the technology to cure, the science to heal,
the medicine to save lives.
Past generations had the old excuse.
They could say:
If only we had the knowledge
If only we had the technology
If only we had the medicine
If only we had the science
If only we had the wealth.
Today we have the science, technology, medicine and wealth: what we now need is the unity and strength of purpose to employ
the ingenuity and resources we have – and to employ them well - to help those who need it.
And we need a compact
– the rich accepting their responsibilities to invest, to support, to end protectionism and to deliver our promises;
the developing countries accepting their responsibilities to reform, to open up to trade, and to be transparent and free of
corruption.
But our objectives cannot be achieved by governments alone, however well intentioned; or private sector alone,
however generous; or NGOs or faith groups alone, however well meaning or determined – it can only be achieved in a genuine
partnership together.
So it is time to call into action the eighth of the Millennium Goals so we can meet the first seven.
Let us remember Millennium Development Goal eight – to call into being, beyond governments alone, a global partnership
for development, and together harness the energy, the ideas and the talents of the private sector, consumers, NGOs and faith
groups, and citizens everywhere.
The sum of all the individual actions working together to achieve real change.
Some
people call it the mobilisation of soft power…I call it people power.
People power in support of the leadership
of developing countries.
So let me say to governments of developing countries: you are the leaders in charge of the destiny
of your countries. And you have told us that that destiny is not to be poor. The world has moved from the age of colonialism
to the age of political independence but economic dependence, to what must become the new age of empowerment: and our task
is to support and empower you in the open, transparent decision-making and reforms you need to make, and to keep our promises.
Let me say to business: you know better than anyone that in the long run you simply cannot succeed in places where the roads
are impassable, where people have no access to markets, where employees are under-educated or under-fed, where the rule of
law is poorly established or poorly respected. Not only does business have the technology, the skills, the expertise for wealth
and job creation that if fully mobilised for global purpose will help meet our goals, it is also in your best business interest
to help poor countries develop.
Let me say to faith groups and NGOs -- your moral outrage at avoidable poverty has led
you to work for the greatest of causes, the highest of ideals, and become the leaders of the campaign to make poverty history.
Imagine what more you can accomplish if the energy to oppose and expose harnessed to the energy to propose and inspire is
given more support by the rest of us—businesses, citizens, and governments.
Let me say to individuals….I
know that many of you want to help make a difference, want to be responsible consumers, want to make your voices heard, want
to be active citizens of the world. You can play a part as individuals in ensuring that when the history books look back on
2007 and 2008, they talk of a popular campaign for change so big, broad, deep and wide that governments around the whole world
had to sit up, listen and act.
Let me say to all our global institutions and international financial institutions: We
have been standing at the crossroads of change for too long. It is time to implement the reforms needed, prove your relevance
for the global age, and make the difficult choices that will give us an international system that is truly fit for the 21st
century agenda ---- one that reflects new shared purpose for the age of globalisation, delivering change to those who need
it most.
And let me say to governments of developed countries: We must deliver on our previous promises --- on 0.7 per
cent, on making our aid more effective, on debt cancellation, on trade, on universal access to AIDS treatment, on reducing
carbon emissions. And let us not just fulfil the commitments we have already made but work with everyone who has a contribution
to make. Not just more reports or more studies - for we know what needs to be done - but action.
A programme of action
on education to end illiteracy and to ensure opportunity for all.
A programme of action on trade and economic development
to end poverty and ensure prosperity for all.
A programme of action to challenge degradation and to protect the environment,
to promote safety and security for all.
And a programme of action to eradicate disease to ensure decent health for all.
So today 12 world leaders and 20 top businessmen and women have come together to sign up to a new commitment to action to
meet this development emergency.
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