Baha'i Web Talks #10 |Building a World Federation: Solving Our Global Crises |Sovaida Ma’ani Ewing

• published: 26 Oct 2015
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Global Crises and Solutions To learn more: http://www.cpgg.org To learn more about the Baha'i Faith and the Wilmette Institute: http://wilmetteinstitute.org/20th-anniversary-talks/ THE WORLD IS IN CRISIS Our Options: Paralysis or Hope? OVERARCHING MOVE TOWARDS DEEPER UNITY Four steps forward…..Three steps back HUMANITY IS GOING THROUGH A TURBULENT ADOLESCENCE NEXT STOP: LONG-AWAITED MATURITY ------------------------------ TIMELINESS OF NEXT STEP •Unprecedented Interconnectedness and Interdependence •Collective Problems Demand Collective Solutions ------------------------------ WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? Start Building a United States of the World ------------------------------ WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE? Collective Retardation ------------------------------ WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET US GOING? INTENSE SUFFERING, both mental and physical Becoming convinced that the advantage of the part can best be served by ensuring the collective interest ------------------------------ WHAT DO WE NEED TO START BUILDING A WORLD FEDERATION? 1. A VIABLE BLUEPRINT/DESIGN 2. TOOLS and MATERIALS 3. SUCCESSFUL MODELS ------------------------------ ELEMENTS OF THE DESIGN -WORLD PARLIAMENT -WORLD EXECUTIVE -WORLD COURT ------------------------------ WORLD PARLIAMENT: SOME KEY FUNCTIONS 1. Collective Decision-Making i.e. Laws for the International Community 2. Certain Rights to Taxation 3. Manage and Equitably Distribute Critical Natural Resource 4. All Rights to Make War ------------------------------ WORLD EXECUTIVE: KEY ROLES 1. Enforce Laws of the Parliament and Judgments of the World Court 2. Oversee International Standing Army ------------------------------ WORLD COURT: KEY POWERS Mediate Disputes to Avoid War Compulsory Jurisdiction Binding and Enforceable Judgments TOOLS = FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES •IDENTIFY THEM •ACHIEVE CONSENSUS AROUND THEM •APPLY THEM WITHOUT COMPROMISE ------------------------------ EXAMPLES OF FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES •Advantage of the Part is Best Achieved by Assuring the Advantage of the Whole •Oneness •Nations Must Cede a Modicum of Sovereignty •Collective Security •Force to be Used as A Servant of Justice ------------------------------ OTHER CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS •UNITY IN DIVERSITY •ENCOURAGE A SANE AND INTELLIGENT PATRIOTISM •AVOID EXCESSIVE CENTRALIZATION ------------------------------ LEARNING FROM PAST EXPERIENCE Applying Principles of Federalism •THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE •THE EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE ----------------------------- RESPONDING TO SKEPTICS Success Creating Federal Infrastructure: -United States -European Experiment Success Agreeing Upon Principles: -R2P ------------------------------ TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE DISTURBING TREND: DRIVE TOWARDS FRAGMENTATION and AWAY FROM INTEGRATION THE PROBLEM WITH FRAGMENTATION: WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE TOWARDS FRAGMENTATION? ADVANTAGES OF A WORLD FEDERATION •Addresses and balances the legitimate needs and aspirations of the local and global communities •Represents the next inevitable step in our collective social evolution •Leads to the well-being, peace and happiness of humanity Sovaida Ma’ani Ewing ------------------------------------ Join Us in Solutions! THE CENTER FOR PEACE AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE (CPGG) Providing Principled Solutions to Global Problems To learn more about us please visit us at: www.cpgg.org Inspired by Baha'u'llah, the Founder of the Baha'i Faith. More: http://www.bahai.org