Monday, October 19, 2020

Global Push To Achieve SDGs Vision and Words with Action Agenda 98

 

  EAG           ISPE 

              ECONOMIC ALLIANCE GROUP                                          INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR POVERTY ELIMINATION              

(Global Integrated Sustainable Solutions Organization)                                                        (Global Foundation)             

     ER&A     NEHMAP Initiative

           ER and Associates Limited                                  New End Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty                   

(International Development Cooperation Consultants)                                       (Global Cooperatives Management Organization)

 

NEHMAP Comment on UNGA75 General Debate, Global Goals Week,

Global Policy Dialogue for Results: Achieving SDGs in the

Wake of COVID-19: Scenarios for Policy Makers

 

Strengthening GIE, GIE-MLC, SCR, UNSC, UNDESA, UNESCO and UN System to Better Contribute Towards Rethinking War on COVID-19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Inequality, Injustice and Conflicts; War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity and Task to Achieve SDGs in All Countries by 2030 to avoid

Imminent Perishing of our Fragile Planet (4)

 

Quotation

 

“The recovery will require all tools to address a critical moment that may be as transformational (if World Leaders get it Right) as it is bleak (more frankly catastrophic, if World Leaders get it Wrong)”.

Ms. Christine Largarde, Managing Director European Central Bank

Italics ours

 

Foreword

 

On Saturday 24 October 2020, it will be 75 Years after Original UN Charter came into force. With ratification of the Founding Document by majority of its signatories, including the 5 Permanent Members of the UN Security Council; China, France, Russian Federation, UK and US, the United Nations Officially came into being.

 

October 24 has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In our World today, there is no other Global Organization with Global Legitimacy to deploy Global Power as Convener, Catalyst, Cultivator and Collaborator in the Global Quest to Find; Implement National and Global Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to National and Global Challenges facing each UN Member State, with effective Monitoring and Evaluation of this Implementation, as the United Nations.

 

The reality of National and Global havoc and devastation of COVID19 Pandemic and COVID19 Pandemic exacerbation of existing Pandemics – Climate, Poverty underline the Urgency for All North and South Countries to genuinely rededicate themselves Individually and Jointly towards fulfilling the Promise World Nations made in Original UN Charter Vision to Demonstrate and be seen to Demonstrate they Work Together to Succeed Together Fighting and Winning War on COVID19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Inequality, Injustice and Conflicts; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty and War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity linked to achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 (any Government or Institution still seeking to achieve SDGs by 2030 is in Denial, Deception or Delusion) and reaching Global Goals 2050 by end 2040 target date and in ways that Leave No One Behind in any North or South Country.

 

In NEHMAP Comment on UNGA75 Paper (1) we raised serious issues of serious business DEMANDING serious attention of entire UN Membership and All UN Member States Governments. These points effectively address answers to How Questions avoided or evaded by entire UN Membership and All Governments in All UN Member States, especially in the past 5 Years of SDGs Implementation.

 

In NEHMAP Comment on UNGA75 Paper (2), we focused on the Government of Kingdom of Netherlands, a Union of European and Caribbean Countries, through the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation letter of 12 April 2018 requesting for Advice on Human Rights and the SDGs from the Netherlands Advisory Council on International Affairs, AIV; the Independent Body which advices the Government of Kingdom of Netherlands on International Affairs; AIV Report of May 2019 responding to the Government of Kingdom of Netherlands Letter and drew attention of entire UN Membership and Governments in UN Member States to HOW they could benefit from transforming AIV Suggestions and Inputs from Vision and Words without Action to Vision and Words with Action and in ways that help UN and Countries Fight and Win War on COVID19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty; War on Inequality, Injustice and Conflicts; War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity linked to achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 (any Individual, Institution or Government still talking of achieving SDGs by 2030 is in Denial, Deception or Delusion) and reaching Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date.

 

In NEHMAP Comment on UNGA75 Paper (3), we focused on UNDESA Survey 28 September – 9 October, extended to 15 October 2020 aimed at finding answers to the Main Research Question: Is COVID19 Impacting Countries abilities to engage Stakeholders in the Implementation and Follow Up of the SDGs? with Friday 9 October 2020 as deadline for interested Individuals, Institutions and Governments to respond to the Survey Invitation. We noted this was a Mute Question as the answer was already known to UNDESA ab initio; that it would have been quite different had the Survey Main Research Question been:  With 10 years remaining to end 2030 target date to achieve SDGs, How could Countries abilities to engage Stakeholders in the Implementation and Follow Up of the SDGs be reinforced within Comprehensive Response to COVID19 at Minimum Certain Levels required to achieve SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reach Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date and in ways that indeed ensure No One is Left Behind by end 2050? We noted that UNDESA and other UN Membership have in Multiple UN Events: 23 April 2020; 28 May 2020 in collaboration with the Governments of Canada and Jamaica; 15-16 June 2020 – UNGC; 1-2 and 7-9 July 2020 – ILO; 6-17 July 2020; UNGA75 6-29 September 2020 – General Debate, Global Goals Week and Global Policy Dialogue in collaboration with Governments of Canada and Jamaica contributed towards answering this Survey Question but apparently failed since UNDESA is still searching for answer to the Research Question and had to extend Survey Deadline. We further noted the Overarching Role of finding answer to How Questions, if our World is to Change Course from accelerating on MADning (Mutually Assured Destruction) Road to DOOM and start accelerating on MAPing (Mutually Assured Prosperity Road to BOOM and On Time to avoid Guaranteed Global Colossal Catastrophic Consequences of Failure to Change Course before irreversibility point is passed, at its extreme Resulting in All People in EU, Europe and rest of the World Dying 1st; All Businesses in EU, Europe and rest of the World Dying 2nd and entire Planet Earth Dying 3rd.

 

It is against this background that in this NEHMAP Comment on UNGA75 Paper (4) we share our thoughts on Priorities and Action Moving Forward in Urgent Global Interest.

 

Acid Test of Credibility of International Cooperation that Work for World Poor

 

“Already, we know that we need more — and more effective — multilateralism, with vision, ambition and impact. National sovereignty, a pillar of the United Nations, goes hand in hand with enhanced international cooperation based on common values and shared responsibilities in pursuit of progress for all. No one wants a world government, but we must work together to improve world governance”.

 

Message from H.E. UNSG Antonio Guteress

 

 “COVID19 is a clear Test of International Cooperation – a Test We (on entire UN Membership and All UN Member States Governments including Government of Kingdom of Netherlands) are Failing thus Far.

 

We need more and better Multilaterism that works effectively and delivers for the people we (on entire UN Membership and All UN Member States Governments including Government of Kingdom of Netherlands) serve.

Italics ours.

 

Message from H.E. UNSG Antonio Guteress

 

“There is No Other Way to meaningfully and effectively address Global Challenges COVID19, Climate, Poverty Pandemics and related Global Challenges but to act collectively at domestic and global levels. It is not enough to proclaim Multilateralism – We -  entire UN Membership: Headquarters, Regional Offices and Country Offices; All Arms of All Ties of Government in All North and South Countries / UN Member States – Creating DEMAND and Businesses: Micro, Small, Medium, Large and Transnational Enterprises / Social Enterprises; Universities and Higher Education Institutions: Academic Staff, Non Academic Staff, Postgraduate Students and Undergraduate Students and Consultants: Reform and Non Reform Creating SUPPLY, Must Prove its ADDED VALUE.

Italics ours.

 

Message from H.E. UNSG Antonio Guteress

The above clear messages from H.E. UNSG Antonio Guteress underline urgent need for entire UN Membership at Headquarters, Regional Offices and Country Offices; All Arms of All Tiers of Government in All North and South Countries and their Domestic and Global Partners on Business: Micro, Small, Medium, Large, Transnational Enterprises / Social Enterprises; Universities and Higher Education Institutions: Academic Staff, Non Academic Staff, Postgraduate Students and Undergraduate Students; Consultants – Reform and Non Reform sides to Jointly Find Correct Answers to above How Questions as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context and On Time before irreversibility point is passed in ongoing World acceleration on MADning Road to DOOM.

 

Facing Facts: World at Turning Point or End Point: The Way Forward – Restoring Original UN Charter Vision

China, in recognition of its long-standing fight against aggression, was accorded the honor of being the first to sign UN Charter. ... Thus, despite opposition from other leaders, especially Winston Churchill, China became a permanent member of the Security Council from its creation in 1945. China is an ancient World Power seeking increasing relevance in UN Fit for 21st Century and UN Fit for 22nd Century.

Russian Federation, a Permanent Member of the Security Council was a former World Power seeking increasing relevance in UN Fit for 21st Century and UN Fit for 22nd Century.

France, a Permanent Member of the Security Council was a Leading European Power seeking increasing relevance in UN Fit for 21st Century and UN Fit for 22nd Century.

UK, a Permanent Member of the Security Council was a World Power and Leading European Power, before UK-EU Brexit, seeking increasing relevance in UN Fit for 21st Century and UN Fit for 22nd Century.

US, a Permanent Member of the Security Council is most recent World Power, most likely in decline as serving World Power and need to seek increasing relevance in UN Fit for 21st Century and UN Fit for 22nd Century.

The point being made is that:-

1.    Each of the 5 UN Security Council Permanent Members is in Crises and each of the 5 UN Security Council Permanent Members is the Crisis; EU is in Crises and EU is the Crisis; entire UN is in Crises and entire UN is the Crises and World is in Crises and World is the Crisis. These Crises/Crisis DEMAND Comprehensive Solutions that Work for Poor Children, Youth, Women, Man and Elders in EU, Europe and rest of the World.

2.   If each of the 5 UN Security Council Permanent Members want Original UN Charter Vision to Work it will Work; if EU want Original UN Charter Vision to Work it will Work and if World Leaders on Powerful North and South Countries sides want Original UN Charter Vision to Work it will Work.

3.  The Design and Delivery of National and Global Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to real and complex National and Global Challenges on the ground within (1) and (2) as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context greatly depends on World Leaders genuinely appreciating the urgent need to Rethink Capitalism, Rethink Social Welfare, Rethink Human Rights and Rethink Development Rights alongside other Rethinkings including Rethinking Globalization, Rethinking Governance, Rethinking Digitization, Rethinking 4th Industrial Revolution and Rethinking 4th Agricultural Revolution etc to be Fit for 21st Century and as appropriate or applicable in each specific North or South Country specific National Context and in ways that Best Support Domestic and Global Stakeholders in the North or South Country context Working Together to Success Together Fighting and Winning identified 5 Wars linked to achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050 and in ways that ensure No One is Left Behind by end 2050 within Framework of UN Fit for 21st Century and UN Fit for 22nd Century.

The point being made is that without Restoring Original UN Charter Vision, seeking to find National and Global Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to real and complex National and Global problems on the ground Challenging entire UN Membership and all Governments in All North and South Countries is Mirage.


Facing Facts: World at Turning Point or End Point: The Way Forward – Rethinking UN75 Initiative for Delivery on SDGs and Global Goals 2050

In Post COVID19  Era any serious attempt at Build Back Better, Build Back Greener and Recover Better as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context MUST be Designed and Delivered on the Principles of:-

1.  UN75 Global Dialogue Initiative Meaningfully Addressing Design and Delivery of National and Global Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to National and Global Challenges: Research, Data, Planning; Implementation; Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, Results; Measuring Success Transparency, Accountability, Participation, Leadership as One

2. Correct Diagnosis; Correct Prescription; Correct Surgery and Correct Recovery Management using One Worldwide Approach- Whole of Community, Whole of Country; Whole of Agenda, Whole of Society; Whole of Institution, Whole of UN; Whole of Bank, Whole of Government Approach as One

3.   Meaningfully Involving Original Ideas Creators – People on both UN and Non UN sides, who through their unadulterated struggle and commitment use their God given Talents to seek TRUE Peace, Security, Equality, Equity; Justice, Dignity for All Peoples within Partnerships Driving Prosperity for All in Ways that Sustain our Planet for Present and Future Generations

4.   Penalty for Failure of Political Will (responsibility of Elected Politicians and Political Appointees), and Public Will (responsibility of the People – Citizens and Migrants) as well as Failure of Decision Makers responsibility of Elected Politicians and Political Appointees) and Policy Makers (responsibility of Senior Civil Servants and Senior Public Servants).

Corruption starts with and is sustained by ‘yes-men’ and women, the cronies who create an echo chamber of lies and subservience to maintain their proximity to power. Corruption is essentially flaws and failures in Government Systems and Services.

The implication is that to effectively deliver on (1) – (4) above, Corruption – Grand Corruption and Petty Corruption as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context must be effectively tackled.

The very notion of ‘bipartisanship’ may seem painfully ludicrous right now, but to effectively tackle politicization and polarization in communities and countries where it exists in Post COVID19 Era for Design and Delivery of Build Back Better, Build Back Greener and Recover Better that Work for All or Leave No One Behind, we need a path out of impenetrable gridlock and vicious sniping as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context and this will involve leaders in each of the identified specific location context who genuinely prioritizes common ground and civility over alienation, bullying, and scorched-earth tactics.

If UN75 Initiative is to succeed where past similar UN Initiatives had failed, there is urgent need for entire UN Membership Leaders as well as Leaders in All UN Member States to genuinely appreciate that:-

1.     Victories against inequality were rooted in mass organizing – the change in each case was collective, never individual – because winning the battle against inequality has required power, which for ordinary people is only ever collective. The Montgomery bus boycott is sometimes told as if it was only a story of Rosa Parks sitting down and Martin Luther King speaking. But it was planned, and trained for. Rosa Parks wasn’t just tired!

2.      Citizens in newly independent countries were clear that the role of the new governments was to reshape society by tackling inequality. When later the era of adjustment came, tackling inequality was excised from many countries’ mainstream narratives of nationhood, where once it had been inseparable. Activist musicians and writers are organising now to ensure that the story is retold. This underlines the urgent need for all Rethinkings identified above.

3.      Looking back, we can observe how victories against inequality did not just ‘happen’, and were not just ‘given’, but were won, by ordinary people who were challenging, organized, and painted a picture of the world that could be. We have won before, we can win again.

4.      As all SDGs 17 Goals are Interrelated, Interdependent, Interlinked and Interconnected, achieving the Inequality Goals greatly depends on achieving all remaining Goals.

5.  The Great Global Task of Fighting and Winning identified 5 Wars are Interrelated, Interdependent, Interlinked and Interconnected with Global Task of achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and pressing forward to reach Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date.

6.    COVID19 has exacerbated that feeling that we are not in control of events, that things are all just going on around us, that we are always and only objects, never subjects. But the COVID19 Crisis has also meant that changes that had once seemed impossible have now been shown to be plausible.

7.      The hardened structures are molten again. We can shape what happens – not alone, but with each other. Now, too, we must make our own history. This greatly depends on entire UN Membership Leaders and all Governments in All UN Member States Leaders Changing Course and On Time before irreversibility point is passed in ongoing acceleration on MADning Road to DOOM.

8.   In Shaping What Happens to achieve Build Back Better, Build Back Greener and Recover Better and in Ways that Leave No One Behind, entire UN Membership Leaders and Leaders of North and South Countries need to genuinely appreciate that there is lack of effective and efficient Platform for Domestic and Global Central Coordination of: Political and Peace Building Affairs; Economic and Social Affairs; Intergovernmental and Peace Operations Affairs; Environment and Climate Change Affairs; Religion and Cultural Affairs; Solidarity and Public Goods Affairs; UN Innovation and Non UN Innovation Affairs; UN DaO (Delivery as One and UN Reform Affairs and  

9.  Without effectively filling all identified Gaps – Information, Research, Knowledge, Innovation and Ambition on the part of DEMAND Creators – entire UN and All Governments as well as on the part of SUPPLY Creators – Businesses: Micro, Small, Medium, Large, Transnational Enterprises / Social Enterprise; Universities and Higher Education Institutions: Academic Staff, Non Academic Staff, Postgraduate Students and Undergraduate Students and Consultants – Reform and Non Reform, seeking to achieve increasing convergence between Original UN Charter Vision is Mirage and this in turn guarantee Global Goals will not be achieved and 5 Wars will not be Won and this in turn Guarantee Global Colossal Catastrophe at its extreme resulting in People in EU, Europe and rest of the World Dying 1st; Businesses I EU, Europe and rest of the World Dying 2nd and entire Planet Earth Dying 3rd.


The implication of (1) – (9) above is that in Post COVID19 Era for Build Back Better, Build Back Greener and Recover Better and in ways that Leave No One Behind, deeply serious concern the farmer, producer or processor or trader has for the future of his/her industry — and the fate of his/her country need to be meaningfully and professionally addressed and without further delay.

 

This underlines Urgent Need to Rethink UN75 for achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030; reaching Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 Target date Driven by Fighting and Winning War on COVID19; War on Climate Change Mistakes; War on Inequality, Injustice and Conflicts; War on Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty and War on Corruption, Indiscipline and Impunity as One and as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global/Planet location context.

World at Turning Point or End Point: The Way Forward - Warning

If World Leaders on UN and UN Member States sides are serious about Fighting and Winning identified 5 Wars linked to achieving SDGs as soon as possible after 2030 and reaching Global Goals 2050 by end 2050 target date through Domestic and Global Stakeholders in All North and South Countries Work Together to Succeed Together and in ways that Leave No One Behind by end 2050, these Leaders need to recognize that:-

1.  Double Whammy of Brexit as Force for Evil and COVID19 as Force for Evil will certainly increase acceleration on MADning Road to DOOM in EU, Europe and rest of the World

2.   Should irreversibility point be passed in ongoing acceleration on MADning Road to DOOM imminent looming Guaranteed Global Colossal Catastrophe become reality and at its extreme resulting in all People on EU, Europe and rest of the World sides Dying 1st; all Businesses on EU, Europe and rest of the World sides Dying 2nd and entire Planet Earth Dying 3rd.

3.      Should Leaders of Governments on EU, Europe and rest of the World as well as entire UN Membership sides Change Course now to Start accelerating on MAPing (Mutually Assured Prosperity) Road to BOOM (before irreversibility point on MADning Road to DOOM is passed noting that 1 Day Delay may be 1 Day too late) and with renewed Determination Individually and Jointly Decide to Make Original UN Charter Vision Work through Jointly Deploying Brexit as Force for Good and COVID19 as Force for Good towards the Organization, Orientation and Discipline of Citizens in all North and South Countries to be the Moving Force Driving Transformation of Society at each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent and Global location context for achieving National Goals and Global Goals

4.   National and Global Interventions that Work in (1) – (3) cannot be done by Words, Wishes, Slogan, Rhetoric but by Thoughtful Conceptualization with Practice and Action and in ways that effectively fill all identified Information, Research, Knowledge, Innovation and Ambition Gaps as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent and Global location context.


World at Turning Point or End Point: The Way Forward – 3 Day HLPF/HLVM

It is clear that UNGA75 Global Debate, Global Goals Week and Global Policy Dialogue Events have again repeated Past ERRORS, thus contributing little or NOTHING towards Design and Delivery of UN Innovations and Non UN Innovations as One that meaningfully address the 4 Point Agenda for Moving Forward that Work set out above.

The points made by H.E. UNSG Antonio Guteress quoted above underline urgent Need for relevant UN Headquarters Entities to Approve scheduling of 3 Day High Level Political Forum / High Level Virtual Meeting, HLPF Suggestion put forward by NAHMAP/EAG for Mid November 2020 with entire UN Membership Leadership and Leadership of all Governments in All UN Member States genuinely committing themselves at the Event to effectively supporting Pre Summit Days, Summit Days and Post Summit Days as One Technical and Political Process Discussions.

The 3 Day HLPF/HLVM will have as Working Documents:-

1.      New UNSG Annual Report on Work of the UN September 2020

2.      New UN Comprehensive Response to COVID19 September 2020

3.      Dutch AIV Human Rights and SDGs Report May 2019

4.      EAG Valuable Suggestions and Inputs to UN Distilled from EAG Submissions to UN April – September 2020.

 

In Sum,

 

UN Member States are looking up to UN Principal Organ Entities, especially UN Secretariat Entities for Practical Help and Support to respond effectively to National and Global Challenges identified above, that each Government is grappling with.

 

UN Secretariat Entities cannot give what they do not have. Yet UN Membership and Governments know where to go for Inspiration supporting better design and delivery of National and Global Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to National and Global Challenges facing entire UN Membership and all UN Member States.

 

No One Know when our World will race past irreversibility point in ongoing acceleration on MADnig Road to DOOM. If UN and Governments are to Change Course and On Time to avoid Guaranteed Global Colossal Catastrophe of Triple Failures – Failure to Win 5 Wars; Failure to achieve SDGs asap after 2030 and Failure to reach Global Goals 2050, then One Day Delay Scheduling the 3 Day HLPF/HLVM may be One Day too late. It is therefore in Urgent Global Interest that Pre Summit Days, Summit Days and Post Summit Days as One Technical and Political Process Discussions start immediately.

 

Should UN and Governments in North and South Countries take all necessary measures to ensure this Bright Prospects of Success become reality; UN and Governments in North and South Countries would have helped Save our Fragile Planet from Imminent Guaranteed Perishing.

 

 

God Bless UN. God Bless our World.

 

 

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October 2020                        

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