The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Wednesday November 3rd, 2021
A World Government in Action by Rene Wadlow
Thomas Nordstrom has written a useful book which more accurately should have been calles “The Need for a World Government in Action”. He outlines many of the challenges facing the world society and stresses that the United Nations does not have the authority or the power to deal with these challenges adequately. The challenges are interrelated and thus must be faced in an interrelated way. Thus climate change has an impact on land use which has an impact on food production. To improve food production, there must be better education on food issues as well as greater equality among women and men, as in many countries women play a major role in food production, food preperation and food conservation.
As governments and U.N. Secretariat members become aware of an issue, the issue is taken up in one or another of the U.N. Specialized Agencies – FAO, WHO, ILO, UNESCO, or a new program is created : the Environment Programme, or different programs on the issue of women. Today, within the halls of the U.N. there are negotiations for a Global Pact on the Environment and for the creation of a World Environment Organization which would be stronger than the existing U.N. Environment Programme. Such a Global Pact for the Environment would clarify important environmental principles and relations between the existing treaties on the environment which have been negotiated separately.
In the United Nations, the international agenda reflects the growing influence of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the scientific community in shaping policy. We see this vividly in the discussions on the impact of climate change. The distinction that used to be made between national and international questions has almost entirely vanished. NGOs must be able to provide possible avenues of action based on an effective theoretical analysis that acknowledges the complexity of the international environment.
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“Midnight Poet” #poem #painting by Nikos Laios
“The city streets
Are cold and grey,
The rain is steady
And the crumpled
Leaves curl up in piles
Getting soaked
By the rain.”
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Tang & Ram 21#20 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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