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In the 1980s, while serving as Norway’s prime minister, I chaired the World Commission on Environment and Development, at the invitation of then-United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.
Politics did not keep pace, and the result was the rise of pathological ideologies – fascism and communism – that divided nations and the world.
At the same time, the participation of small countries, many of them poorer nations, is not being overlooked: the IMF agreement calls for a tripling of so-called “basic votes,” which ensures that these countries’ voices will be better heard.
In the run-up to the PCA’s decision, China drummed up support in far-flung African countries, where it has investments, and among more easily influenced members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, such as Brunei, Cambodia, and Laos.
For example, marine fish populations that were once reliable sources of food for billions of people, and vital parts of the economies of nations, have been decimated.
Competition among nations and among peoples trumps cooperation, and regional and global conflicts obstruct the pathways to a sustainable future.
Human nature is such that voluntary actions, either by individuals or by nations, cannot be relied upon to lead to the essential constraints on profligate tendencies at such a large scale.
But all of these mistakes pale in comparison with what China did to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in July.
Is the purpose of using military force to prevent future attacks against Syrian civilians, or is the proper goal to punish President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for violating the law of nations?
This is the second leg of America’s new “Pacific offensive,” aimed at offering nations in the region an alternative to excessive and rapidly growing dependence on a rising China.
NATO’s members essentially said: “We Western nations do not trust you.
Here, the model to follow is not the euro, but Latin America’s Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
They recognized the need for an agreement that all nations can embrace – in line with their capabilities, consistent with what science requires, and grounded in “green jobs” and “green growth,” the lifeline of a twenty-first century global economy.
Japan issued a challenge, agreeing to cut CO2 emissions by 25% by 2020 if other nations follow.
Negotiators will gather for another round of UN talks on September 28 in Bangkok, and we are considering a smaller meeting of major emitting and most vulnerable nations in November.
Yet listening to the world’s leaders speak, last week, I was struck by their passion, commitment, and collective determination to turn a page from a past of countries divided by narrow interests to nations united in the cause of a global common good.
But as nations united, the United Nations can.
To its scattered ethnic groups, it performed the twin roles of referee and bouncer, pacifying indigenous rivalries and protecting pint-sized nations from predatory states.
So long as it performed these functions, Austria was viewed as a “European necessity” – a balancer of nationalities and of nations for which there was no conceivable substitute.
The old standoff between the two nations is beside the point to ordinary people; they desire a closer relationship with the US, where many of their families and friends live.
Thus, the stalemate between the two nations really concerns only Cubans who have time to contemplate lofty political questions.
These officials should take the money spent trying to convince other nations about the generous nature of Cuba's public health and education systems and apply it to the needs of Cuba's people.
All ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are at the table, along with Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, and India, which have free-trade agreements with ASEAN.
The prophecy of an Asian Century also ignores all of Asia’s disorderly and declining nations, such as Thailand and Japan, respectively.
All Arab nations have agreed to full recognition of Israel if it will comply with key United Nations resolutions.
The rhetoric of energy independence in the oil-consuming countries makes the situation even worse: the oil-producing countries are building energy-intensive industries to guarantee a market for their oil once consuming nations wean themselves of imported oil.
Leadership is needed, within the countries in need as well as among the rich nations that can help to launch and finance the solutions.
Engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – something that the Congress government was always reluctant to pursue – must also become a priority, if only to ensure regional stability.
It could start with a more respectful attitude toward the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Why has the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) been so slow and weak in its response to a natural calamity that ravaged one of its own members?
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