[governance] Global governance structure outdated, says India

[Riaz K Tayob]

Dominique

Labels at this level tend to be imprecise. So concepts like South, Third 
World, Global South are NOT to be dogmatically affirmed in all 
circumstances. However in many instances there is a South/TW/GS position 
that stands counterposed to the developed countries, Group B, G7/8... 
for instance in CIR while there were some exceptions it would not be out 
of order to put it into a North-South context...

What is important from a civil society point of view for me is that the 
Third World and concepts like this serve as an organising principle.

And On Milton's query Non-Aligned from what is a query that has 
historical roots, but that is given shape by the uber-neoliberalisers 
(for others and themselves, but for themselves they are a little fussy) 
or the dominant or hegemons - or what have you, typically but not always 
the North.

And yes, good initiatives can come from the North, hence it is not to be 
dogmatically affirmed. However, some of us do choose to "look a gift 
horse in the mouth" like GMO corn for Zambia during a famine or CIR. 
Institutions have a lag in adapting to change - like the UN Security 
Council. Another institution of interest to the North would be the G7, 
in charge of maintaining financial stability ; ) (yea go figure...)

Riaz


On 2012/08/29 03:22 PM, Dominique Lacroix wrote:
> Sorry, a very short and rapid insight, because I'm overbooked these days.
>
> myself I don't like a lot the geo-economied 'South'.
> Because a write rationale for peace and development could be supported also by Northern and Western organizations. Even by American organizations and famous personnalities.
>
> I should propose for example a Peace Group, because our concern, here in my European group, are:
> - the militarization of Internet
> - the strenght of quasi-monopoly positions of a group that will create great frustrations in a lot of countries
> - the privatization of everything, even words, that lead to war-minded processes.
>
> But still open to other proposals.
>
> @+, best
> -- 
> Dominique Lacroix
> Société européenne de l'Internet
> http://www.ies-france.eu
> +33 (0)6 63 24 39 14
>
>
> Le 29/08/12 14:28, Riaz K Tayob a écrit :
>> Sure there is lots to a definition of a group... except that the G77 
>> on a daily basis at the UN in New York speaks...
>>
>> And claims for legitimacy in the 'Global South' also meet with the 
>> inevitable list of collaborators... so it is not easy, but in this 
>> case definitions can be reduced to mere platitudes... myself I prefer 
>> the unadjectivised 'South'
>>
>>
>> On 2012/08/29 01:36 PM, McTim wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:53 AM, Guru गुरु <Guru at itforchange.net 
>>> <mailto:Guru at itforchange.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Some mails have questioned the notion of a 'global south'...
>>>
>>>
>>> or at least the notion that one person can speak for such a diverse 
>>> grouping of folk....
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> McTim
>>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A 
>>> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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