The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems, the thoughts, the reviews, the photos, the paintings and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Tuesday May 23rd, 2023
Politics Beyond National Frontiers by Rene Wadlow
In our current globalized world society, there is an increased role for politics without borders. Politics no longer stops at the water’s edge but must play an active role on the world stage. However, unlike politics at the national level which usually has a parliament at which the actors can recite their lines, the world has no world parliament as such. Thus new and inventive ways must be found so that world public opinion can be heard and acted upon.
The United Nations General Assembly is as close to a world parliament that we have today. However, all the official participants are diplomats appointed by their respective States – 195 members. U.N. secretariat members, the secretariat members of U.N. Specialized Agencies such as UNESCO and the ILO are in the hall ways or coffee shops to give advice. Secretariat members of the financial institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF are also there to give advice on costs and the limits of available funds. The representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGO) in consultative status with the U.N. who can speak at sessions of the Economic and Social Council and the Human Rights Council cannot address the General Assembly directly. However, they are also in the coffee shops and may send documents to the U.N. Missions of governments.
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Starving #poem by Bohdan Yuri
“Flowing silk saris
Surround painted faces,
Baubles and bangles
Still hang from the past.”
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Worming #66 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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