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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Some very wise and humane words from a former senior diplomat (from Singapore) with direct relevance to emerging Internet Governance and Enhanced Cooperation among other areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> caidp-rpcdi-bounces@list.web.net [mailto:caidp-rpcdi-bounces@list.web.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>V Nath<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 25, 2013 1:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> caidp-rpcdi@list.web.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [caidp-rpcdi] Future UN Brief : Why We – Especially the West – Need the UN Development System<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear Colleagues,<b><br><br></b>The latest brief by the FUNDS / Future UN project ( <a href="http://www.FutureUN.org">http://www.FutureUN.org</a> ) may be of interest to some colleagues!<b><br><br>Why We – Especially the West – Need the UN Development System</b><br>Kishore Mahbubani<br><br>Western countries have created a UN development system that is underfunded and hamstrung by politics. As the relative power of the West declines, these countries should invest more in the UN to ensure global stability.<br><br>As we move into an era of great convergence, the West must fundamentally rethink its policy that its long-term interests are served by keeping institutions of global governance weak. With only 12 percent of the population of the global village and a declining share of economic and military power, the West’s long-term geopolitical interests will switch from trying to preserve its "dominance” to safeguards to protect the West’s “minority” positionin a new global configuration of power.<br><br>Read the latest Future UN Development System (FUNDS) Brief at:<br><a href="http://futureun.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Briefing-4-Mahbubani.pdf" target="_blank">http://futureun.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Briefing-4-Mahbubani.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<br>Vikas Nath<br>Associate Director<br>Future UN Development System (FUNDS) project<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.FutureUN.org" target="_blank">www.FutureUN.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><i><br>Follow us at @FutureUN</i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>