Tuesday, 9 January 2018

CONTEMPLATING ACHIEVING 'EQUALITY' AND 'FAIRNESS.' PART 6.




Such dilemmas require us to consider the 'hierarchy of rights', and how they should be prioritised, especially when they are not mutually exclusive, but conflict both locally, nationally and globally.

However, we can see precedents in our regional and international organisation. 

The United Nations, the European Union, BRICS, the African Union, the Organisation of American States, the ASEAN, Organisation of Southeast Asian Nations.  

And the multitude of regional and international trade and climate and environmental protection organisations. 



These all need to be made to operate in a more comprehensive, integrated and coordinated way.

For sure, many countries will continue to be resistant to managing their resources in a more prescient manner, and wanting to be solely in charge of how they do it. 

Not just because they might consider allowing key inputs from global protection agencies to be patronising or interfering with 'their sovereignty'. 

But because the inclusion of that global oversight and guidance, will interfere with, if not prevent corrupt nationals from profiting from the less judicious husbandry of their national/global resources.



All of which we can readily understand, as each nation wants to be independent, to have its own autonomy. 

And each ruler wants his own kingdom to rule over. To be a big fish in his/her - thought the tendency is for it to be nearly invariably his, rather than her - national pool, instead of a small fish in the bigger global ocean. 

It does not take much analysis to come to the conclusion, that this preponderance amongst individual countries and nations for what they see as 'independence' and sovereignty.  

Cannot be said to be serving their citizens, in particular, and the global family well. 

To be continued!






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