[governance] RE: [caidp-rpcdi] Future UN Brief : Why We - Especially the West - Need the UN Development System

[michael gurstein]

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.

 

M

 

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Subject: [caidp-rpcdi] Future UN Brief : Why We - Especially the West - Need
the UN Development System

 

 

Dear Colleagues,

The latest brief by the FUNDS / Future UN project ( http://www.FutureUN.org
) may be of interest to some colleagues!

Why We - Especially the West - Need the UN Development System
Kishore Mahbubani

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.

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.

Read the latest Future UN Development System (FUNDS) Brief at:
http://futureun.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Briefing-4-Mahbubani.pdf

Best regards,
Vikas Nath
Associate Director
Future UN Development System (FUNDS) project

www.FutureUN.org


Follow us at @FutureUN

 

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