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Intercourse between Poverty And Sovereign Wealth Funds

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In this post i want to turn to what I call the next modern scourge that is going to pertuate poverty into the next colonization of the Universe. 

While the mass of collective media and politicians are obsessed by war on terror, the credit crunch, climate change SOVERIGN FUNDS ( SWFs) are attacking the very foundations of Democracy.

With reserves of trillions of dollars, they are geopolitical troublemakers, and are becoming major contributors to the problems of economic development / fair trade in the world.

The world of global investment is now in the early stages of a transformation more profound than anything it has witnessed in literally decades. There is a powerful, worldwide trend among major institutional investors to incorporate, “sustainability ” or “ESG” ( environmental, social, and governance) concerning notably climate change — into their global investments strategies. However profit for the sake of profit remains at the heart of SWF.

These funds have been in existence since 1953, but their power only mushroomed since the turn of the Millennium. The question is are they to be welcomed or feared? Are they the new form of Colonization.

Whether they are Politically motivated or not they already control well over 9% of total world assets. 

What are they?

Camouflaged in many forms and names they are assets of governments that are not applied principally in foreign treasury bonds.

They are countries reserves of trillions of dollars, turned into marauding investments that have the potential to inflict financial terrorism on unsuspecting countries. They invest through cloaked investment funds without any demands being made as to what social and economic goals are being served or to what degree they are serving broader or national objectives. Existing in a world without any frontiers. Immune to any form of transparency or regulation.

Western governments and the world have only recently woken up to the wealth and growing power being exerted by these funds. Their threat being acknowledge by Alistair Darling UK Chancellery, Anglea Markel President Germany, the European Commission, Barack Obama, Hank Pailson US Treasury Secretary, the IMF to mention a few.

We are all award of imbalance in world trade. Some countries are running huge surpluses while others are poverty stricken. So when you see China buying up Africa, offering the UK 6 billion to build their fast rail inter structure with a SWF loan one might stop to ask. Are our government’s transferring the Sovereignty of our Nations by allowing these funds buy up natural resources, new technologies, companies etc?

Surely the freedom of movement of Capital should mean that investments in global markets by foreign corporations/governments must benefit both the investor and the beneficiary, without inflicting damage on the communities of both the developed world and the undeveloped world.  Not so.  It is projected that the world as a whole will have holdings of Governmental assets in SFW funds on a 50/50  with the funds reaching 6.5 trillion $

I believe that it is our duty to lobby the United Nations To place a 0.0001% on all stock exchange transactions, currency transactions, SFW transactions.

Watching my TV yesterday over a hundred world leaders hope by be seen worldwide so that they might benefit from the glory of a life of a man called Nelson Mandela If they are to take any thing away with them let it be this . The power of ideas are not contained by prison walls. 

Changing World Poverty through the power of smartphones

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Right it’s time to return to the main reasons I started this blog.

And that is:

TO CREATE A WEB SITE THAT WILL ATTRACT THE WORLDS SMART PHONE USERS INTO A WORLD MOVEMENT THAT WILL USE THE COMBINED POWER OF THEIR PHONES TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE. ( see previous posts)

We know and most of us acknowledge the problems of the world.

The main problem is the distribution of Wealth i.e. POVERTY

It is my contention that no matter what the world does in its efforts to eradicate POVERTY – nothing will work. Why?

The geography, the resources distribution, the power struggles, lack of education, the digital age creating technological deserts, the lack of genuine will, consumerism, population growth, to mention a few reason

There is only one way:  To tap into the very reason why it exists in the first place.

GREED:

 There is no way of archiving this other than placing a Poverty commission on all trading on all the Stock Exchanges of the WORLD THAT EXITS NOW AND IT THE FUTURE.  To day there are approximately 103 Exchanges world wide. On very trade no matter what it is – stocks, bonds, derivatives, forex&inter bank, cash&spots, futures, equities, gilts, commodities, hedge-funds. You name it. If it can be traded for profit it contributes to eradicating poverty. Poverty is man-made with millions of people trapped in its prison. It can be overcome.

Greed will not even notice it. The income generated will be in the trillions.

No more : Donate just two pounds a month to save a child, a snow leopard, a whale, a donkey.  

Rather : Enough funds – to stop conflicts, to stop exploitation ,to stop terrorism, to stop climate change, to live on one planet with dignity and respect for each other, to change the world. CASE CLOSED.

In Honor of Nelson Mandela

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THE UNVARNISHED FACT OF THE MATTER IS LIFE AS WE KNOW IT IS ON THE THRESHOLD OF A CHANGE.

THE LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING WORLD WIDE THANKS TO THE SALE OF SMARTPHONES WHICH IS AT A TORRID PACE. IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME ASK YOUR GRANDMOTHER HOW OLD IS SHE. THE ANSWER MIGHT BLOW YOU AWAY.

” WELL, LET ME THINK A MINUTE, I WAS BORN BEFORE:

TELEVISION, PENICILLIN, POLIO SHOTS,FROZEN FOOD, XEROX, CONTACT LENSES,FRISBEES, THE PILL. THERE WERE NO: CREDIT CARDS, LASER BEAMS, BALL-POINT PENS. MAN HAD NOT INVENTED: PANTYHOSE, AIR CONDITION, DISHWASHERS, CLOTHES DRYERS, ( cloths we’re hung out to dry in the fresh air)

MAN HADN’T YET WALKED ON THE MOON. YOU GRANDFATHER AND I GOT MARRIED FIRST, AND THEN LIVED TOGETHER. EVERY FAMILY HAD A FATHER AND A MOTHER. UNTILL I WAS 25,I CALLED MEN OLDER THAN ME, “SIR”. AFTER I TURNED 25, I STILL CALLED POLICEMEN AND EVERY MAN WITH A TITLE, “SIR”.

WE WERE BEFORE GAY-RIGHTS, COMPUTER-DATING, DUAL CAREERS, DAYCARE CENTERS, AND GROUP THERAPY. OUR LIVES WERE GOVERNED BY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, GOOD JUDGMENT, AND COMMON SENSE. WE WERE TAUGHT TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG AND TO STAND UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR ACTIONS.

SERVING YOUR COUNTRY WAS A PRIVILEGE. HAVING A MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP MEANT GETTING ALONG WITH YOUR COUSINS. TIME.-SHARING MEANT TIME THE FAMILY SPENT TOGETHER. WE NEVER HEARD OF FM RADIOS, TAPE DECKS, CD’S ELECTRIC TYPEWRITERS, YOGURT, OR GUY’S WEARING EARRINGS.

IF I SAW ANYTHING WITH ‘MADE IN JAPAN’ ON IT, IT WAS JUNK.

THE TERM ‘MAKING OUT’ REFERRED TO HOW YOU DID ON YOUR SCHOOL EXAMS.

PIZZA HUT, MC DONALD’S AND INSTANT COFFEE WERE UNHEARD OF. YOU COULD BUY A NEW FORD COUPE FOR $600, BUT WHO COULD AFFORD ONE? TO BAD BECAUSE PETROL WAS 4 CENTS A LITER.

IN MY DAY GRASS WAS MOWED, COKE WAS A COLD DRINK, POT WAS SOMETHING YOUR MOTHER COOKED IN. “AIDS” WERE HELPERS IN THE PRINCIPALS OFFICE. CHIP MENT A PIECE OF WOOD, “HARDWARE” WAS FOUND IN A HARDWARE STORE, “SOFTWARE” WASN’T EVEN A WORD. WE WERE THE LAST GENERATION TO ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT A LADY NEEDED A HUSBAND TO HAVE A BABY.

NO WONDER PEOPLE CALL. US “OLD AND CONFUSED”

HOW OLD DO YOU THINK I AM?

THIS WOMAN WOULD BE ONLY 61YEARS OLD, BORN IN 1952.

NELSON MANDELA LEGACY TO THE WORLD : THE USE OF TIME.

WORLD BIGGEST PROBLEMS

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IF YOU WERE ASKED TO LIST THE WORLDS BIGGEST PROBLEMS LEAVING OUT ALL THE CURRENT CONFLICTS I AM SURE ONE OF THE BELOW WOULD FEATURE.

CLIMATE CHANGE

SPECIES EXTINCTION

GLOBAL WATER

OIL

ECONOMIC COLLAPSE

IT IS OBVIOUS TO ANYONE THAT HAS A OUNCE OF INTELLIGENCE THAT WE HUMANS IF NOT WIPED OUT BY AN ASTRO OR SOMEHOW MANAGE TO BLOW OURSELVES INTO KINGDOM COME HAVE TO COME TOGETHER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR ALL OF US NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

LET’S TAKE CLIMATE CHANGE.

NO MATTER WHAT YOUR VIEWS ARE ON CLIMATE CHANGE THE BASIC EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING IS UNDENIABLE. DRIVEN BY HUMAN CAUSES IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY CONNECTED WITH THE OTHER PROBLEMS REFERED TO ABOVE. IT IS THE MOST URGENT THREAT TO THE MODERN WORLD AND WILL BE CATACLYSMIC WITHOUT ACTION.

SPECIES EXTINCTION

THIS VERY MINUTE ONE IN EIGHT SPECIES OF BIRDS, ONE IN THREE OF AMPHIBIANS AND ONE IN FOUR OF MAMMALS ARE ON THE VERG OF EXTINCTION.

WE ALL RELY ON ECOSYSTEMS TO LIVE.

PLANKTON – DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS DISAPPEARING. BEES ARE BEING DESTROYED BY POISONOUS PESTICIDES. TOP SOIL IS BEING WASHED AWAY. THE LOSS OF ALL THREE IS HAPPENING SO RAPIDLY THAT IT IS VITAL TO US ALL IF LIFE  IS TO CONTINUE THAT WE DO SOMETHING TO REVERSE THEIR LOSS.

TURNING TO WATER

A QUANTIFIABLE GIFT BROUGHT TO US FROM OUTER SPACE THAT GOVERNS OUR VERY EXISTENCE ON THE PLANET EARTH. WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

YOU MIGHT THINK THAT MOST OF THE WATER IS ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH. YOU BE WRONG.

IT’S A NON RENEWABLE FROM SUBTERRANEAN WATER REVERSERS WHICH IS BEING CONSUMED AT A UNSUSTAINABLE RATE. YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT IT IS NOT DISTRIBUTED EVENLY ( nor is it available at all times throughout the year)

THERE ARE NUMEROUS REASONS WHY THERE IS LESS AND LESS WATER.

IT’S POLLUTION IS AT EPIC PROPORTIONS. IF WATER CONSUMPTION AND POLLUTION TRENDS CONTINUE AT THE CURRENT RATE FOOD/ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION WILL BE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED CAUSING MORE AND MORE CONFLICTS WORLD WIDE.

OIL

THE WORLD’S ENERGY CONSUMPTION IS INCREASING BY 2% PER YEAR, WITH OIL PROVIDING ABOUT 40% OF THAT NEED. 80% OF ALL WORLD’S ENERGY IS GENERATED BY THREE FOSSIL FUELS, COAL,OIL,NATURAL GAS WE BECOMING ALMOST COMPLETELY DEPENDANT UPON THEM, ALL NON RENEWABLE.

WE MUST DEVELOP WAYS OF GIVING TO PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY IN THEIR HOMES.

NUCLEAR POWER IS BEYOND MOST NATIONS. EVEN WHERE IT IS POSSIBLE THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO SITE LOCATION FOR RADIO-ACTIVE WASTE. NOT TO MENTION URANIUM ANOTHER NON-RENEWABLE MINERAL REQUIREMENT TO PRODUCE NUCLEAR POWER.

THEN WE HAVE WIND POWER ALSO BEYOND MOST COUNTRIES AND THE WINDS DON’T BLOW ALL OF THE TIME.

BIO FUELS A MASSIVE USE OF LAND RESULTING IN DESTROYING ECOSYSTEMS .

THERE ARE MANY OTHER PROMISING TECHNOLIGES IN THE PIPE LINE WHICH OF COURSE WILL BE SURPRESSED BY THE WORLD OIL ORGANISATIONS FOR THE OBVIOUS REASONS.

SO IF WE ARE HONEST WITH OURSELVES MOST OF US COULD NOT GIVE A SHIT ADOPTING ” I AM ALL RIGHT JACK” ATTUTIDUE WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING TO EFFECT CHANGE.

WHY? BECAUSE MOST OF US THINK IT IS A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME . NO ONE LISTENS SO WHY TRY. EVEN IF THEY DO YOU WILL NEVER BE HEARD BY ANY ONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN TAKING THE CAUSE UP.

THE POWER OF THE MOBIL PHONE CAN CHANGE THIS BY BRINING A COLLECTIVE WORLD VOICE TOGETHER THAT WILL HAVE TO BE LISTENED TO.

WITH THE APPLICATION OF 0.00001% ( see previous post) WE COULD TURN ALL THE WORLDS POOP 200 MILLION TONS OF IT PER YEAR OF WHICH 90% IS DISCHARGED DIRECTLY INTO OUR LAKES,RIVERS,OCEANS ——– INTO FUEL.

WHAT THE WEBSITE COULD ACHIEVE?

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SINCE THE WORLD HAS EXISTED THERE ARE INJUSTICES AND TO DAY WITH THE INTERCONNECTED WORLD IT IS MORE THAN POSSIBLE TO BECOME DISCOURAGED ABOUT THE INJUSTICE WE SEE EVERYWHERE. MOST OF WHICH ARE DRIVEN BY SHORT TERM PROFIT AND GREED.

SO WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH A WEBSITE THAT GATHERS TOGETHER THE COMMUNICATIONS OF THE INTERNET/ THE MOBILE PHONES/ SOCIAL MEDIA.

THE OBVIOUS ANSWER IS TO CREATE ONE VOICE THAT WILL HAVE TO BE LISTEN TO. A VOICE THAT STANDS UP TO BE COUNTED. WHAT WE SHARE MATTERS. A LIFE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE HUMAN TO BE GREAT. IF YOU ARE NEUTRAL IN SITUATIONS OF INJUSTICE YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSOR.

APART FROM THE MAIN ASPIRATION OF THE WEBSITE IN APPLYING O.0001% ON ALL WORLD STOCK EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS/ FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS/ SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS ACQUISITIONS. THE SITE CAN BE USED TO EFFECT CHANGES AT LOCAL LEVEL, TOWN LEVEL, CITY LEVEL, COUNTRY LEVEL.

EXAMPLES.

LOCAL LEVEL =  TARGET SUPERMARKETS TO STOP THE USE OF PLASTIC BAG AND TO PAY A LIVING WAGE TO THEIR WORKERS.

TOWN/CITY LEVEL = TARGET ELECTED COUNCILLORS TO PROVIDE MORE SAFE BIKEWAYS TO REDUCE INNER CITY POLLUTION.

COUNTRY LEVEL = TARGET ELECTED POLITICIANS RE CORRUPTION.

TO CLOSE THE PARASITES CALLED PAY DAY LOANS. TO DO AWAY WITH NO HOURS WORK CONTRACTS. TO CAP PROFITS MADE BY ENERGY COMPANIES WATER SUPPLY COMPANIES, FUEL COMPANIES, BANKS, MEGA SUPERMARKET CHAINS.

SAUDI ARABIA—WOMAN NOT ABLE TO DRIVE.

LESOTHO——–WOMAN NOT ABLE TO OWN LAND.

AFGHANISTAN—–WOMAN EDUCATION.

YEMAN,UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,SUDAN,NIGERIA,MAURITANIA—–DEATH PENELTY FOR HOMOSEXUAL.

FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT TAKE ON THE EARTH SHAKING TASK OF CREATING SUCH A SITE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY OF BUILDING INTO THE SITE WHAT I WOULD CALL A SATELLITE SITE FORMAT THAT COULD BE DOWNLOADED AND LINKED TO THE MOTHER SITE TO ENABLE SMALL COMMUNITIES CREATE A WEBSITE THAT FACILITATES  AUTOMATED CONTACT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BY EMAIL/TWITTER NOTICES.

THESE COMMUNITY SITES WOULD PROMOTE COMMUNITY COHESION BY ADVERTISING SUCH THINGS AS COMMUNITY EVENTS, JOBS, CHILD CARE, HOME HELP, BUY AND SELL, LOCAL BUSINESS, ETC. THE FORMAT FOR SUCH A SITE COULD BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE MOTHER SITE FOR A SMALL MEMBERSHIP FEE.

THE WEB SITE

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TO ALL WEB DESIGNERS.

HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO CREATE A WEBSITE THAT COULD CHANGE WORLD SOCIETY.

IN TODAY’S INTERCONNECTED WORLD YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THE POWER OF THE MOBILE PHONE IS UNTAPPED.

THE MOBILE PHONE HAS DONE MORE FOR AFRICA THAN ALL THE AID IT HAS RECEIVED TO DATE. THEY CAN BE USED TO BRAKE CONCENTRATED WEALTH THAT HOLDS A LOCK-GRIP OVER OUR ECONOMY AND DEMOCRACY.

A WEBSITE THAT GALVANISES WORLD OR LOCAL SUPPORT FOR A CAMPAIGN/PROJECT/OR CAUSE BY PROCURING PLEDGES IN THE FORM OF  EMAILS/ TWEETS SO THEN CAN BE ACTIVATED IN A COORDINATED MANNER TO HIT THEIR TARGET ALL TOGETHER ON A GIVEN DAY WILL HAVE TO BE LISTENED TO.    

THE RESULTING COMMUNICATION DISRUPTION ALONE WOULD CAUSE HAVOC. WE CAN WITH OUR PHONES FORCE CHANGE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR FINANCED BY OUR TAX, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR FINANCED BY MARKETPLACE TRANSACTIONS.

WHAT DOES THE WEB SITE NEED TO ACHIEVE ?

1)   TO RECEIVE POSTS LOOKING FOR SUPPORT.  LETS SAY NO MORE THAN 500 WORDS.

2)   AN INFORMATION/ PLEDGE BOX TO BE COMPLETED BY THE AUTHOR OF THE POST.

I.E. NAME NATIONALITY E MAIL LOCATION ETC.

3) TO BE ABLE TO CATEGORIES THE POSTS SO AS TO AVOID DUPLICATIONS.

4)  EACH POST TO BE GIVEN A REFERENCE WITH A MONITORING CLOCK IN                 ORDER TO SHOW NUMBER OF  PLEDGES  RECEIVED.

5)   SHOW THE TOP TEN POSTS

6)   EACH POST WITH A LINK TO ITS PLEDGE BOX. ON REACHING LETS SAY  TEN THOUSAND PLEDGES  THE PLEDGERS ARE AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFIES BY E MAIL AS TO WHEN TO ACTIVATE THEIR E MAILS AND TWEETS. i.e. the targets e mail details and dates to send.

7) A COPY OF THE WORDING OF E MAIL/ TWIT THAT THERE BEING ASKED TO SEND.

RECIPIENT;  YOU HAVE BEING SENT THIS E MAIL/TWIT IN SUPPORT OF POSTING REF IAI DATED ——– ON WEBSITE  ” THE WORLD MOBIL PHONE MOVEMENT” A NON POLITICAL SITE PROMOTING JUSTICE FAIRNESS AND CHANGE. THE E MAIL/TWIT IS INTENDING ONLY TO EXPRESSES MY/OURS CONCERN THERE IS NO NEED TO RESPOND TO THIS E MAIL.

THE QUESTION AS TO WHO OR HOW THE WEBSITE WOULD BE REGULATED IS OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS .

PERHAPS SELF REGULATION COULD BE THE SOLUTION BY SETTING PREDETERMINED PERCENTAGE POPULATION SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS.

LOCAL/VILLAGE  UNDER 10,000 POPULATION  50%  =  5000 PLEDGES REQUIRED

TOWNS.       30,OOO – 500,000 POPULATION 25%   =   25,000 PLEDGES REQUIRED

CITIES.        100,000 –  UP TO 20 MILLION 15%        =   200,000 PLEDGES REQUIRED

COUNTRY.

WORLD.

To solve a problem you first have to recognise that there is a problem

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OK. OK.

As if we needed more proof that there is a problem just look at the human tragedy unfolding on our TV in the Philippines.  TYPHOON HAIYAN

NOT TO MENTION ALL THE OTHERS COCKED UP AID PACKAGES.

SEVEN DAYS FOR THE FIRST SHIP LOAD OF INTERNATIONAL AID TO ARRIVE.

WHY DOES IT TAKE THE WORLD ORGANISATIONS SO LONG TO REACT?

THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE ——- MONEY.

TOTAL AID FUNDING REQUIRED:  $301 MILLION ( REF – RELIEFWEB.INT)

A DROP IN THE OCEAN:

INSTEAD OF HEARING APPEALS FOR DONATIONS. It’s time to toss away the donor-recipient model of the past.

JUST THINK WHAT THE 0.0001% WORLD AID COMMISSION ON ALL STOCK EXCHANGE, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, AND SOVEREIGNTY FUNDS ACQUISITIONS WOULD DO.

– IT WOULD ENABLE THE WORLD TO SET UP A NETWORK OF AID DEPOTS.  FULLY EQUIPPED AND SUPPLIED, WITH THEIR VERY OWN FLEET OF DELIVERY HELICOPTERS/ PURPOSE BUILT SHIPS

NO MORE DONATIONS THAT RELY ON HUMAN KINDNESS.

WHY A TV CHANNEL?

THE AVERAGE ADULT IN HIS OR HERS LIFE SPENDS 9 YEARS WATCHING TV 

THE UNITED NATIONS HAS ITS OWN NEWS AND MEDIA ORGANISATION USING WEBCAST, TV, RADIO, TWITTER, FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, WITH A UN LIBRARY OF OVER 80,000 IMAGES THAT CHRONICLE THE HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION.

IT PROVIDES LIVE FEEDS OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE UN HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK AND AROUND THE WORLD. IT ALSO PRODUCES TWO TELEVISION SERIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. A MONTHLY 30 MINUTES NEWSMAGAZINE FEATURING HUMAN INTEREST STORIES. PROVIDING THE DISASTER, THE WAR, OR THE RESOLUTIONS IS DRAMATIC ENOUGH THE FOOTAGE IS RELEASED TO GETTING THE ODD MENTION ON WORLD NEWS.

HOWEVER TO THIS DAY THE UN OVERALL IMAGE IS BEST KNOWN FOR ITS USE OF HEART WRENCHING IMAGES OF STARVING INFANTS/REFUGEES IN ORDER TO RAISE FUNDS FOR AID THAT INEVITABLY ARRIVES TOO LATE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE WORLD POPULATION HAS LITTLE OR NO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE WORKINGS OF THE UNITED NATIONS OTHER THAN IN A PERVERSE WAY IT LEGALIZES SANCTIONS AND WARS BY PASSING RESOLUTIONS THAT REQUIRE THE SENDING TROOPS WITH BLUE BERETS.

 THE UNITED NATIONS TV IS IN FACT A VIDEO PROVIDER, NOT A DEDICATED CHANNEL.  

ALL OF ITS GOOD WORK IS SERVED UP TO AN EVER INCREASING DESENTIZED AUDIENCE WHETHER IT BE ON U TUBE OR MAINSTREAM TV CHANNELS.

THE NEW WORLD UN AID ORGANISATION (COVERING ALL OF THE UN  PRESENT PROGRAMS SEE BELOW*) WILL DISTRIBUTE ITS AID PROJECT FUNDS BY WAY OF AN YEARLY TELEVISED DRAW THAT WILL CAPTURE WORLD ATTENTION.  THE NEW DISASTER FUND WILL NOT HAVE TO BEG FOR TV VIEWING TIME TO RAISE FUNDS.

WHY A DRAW?

ALL PROJECTS ( OTHER THAN HUMAN AID) SUBMITTED TO THE NEW ORGANISATION WILL BE VETTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MODERN DAY BUSINESS PRACTICES TO ESTABLISH THEIR VIABILITY/COSTS ETC.

ON APPROVAL THEY WILL BE ALLOCATED AN ID NUMBER AND ENTERED INTO THE YEARLY CATEGORIES DRAWS EG: UP TO 10 MILLION, 5, 3,2, 1 DESCENDING TO WHATEVER.

THE DRAW WILL ENSURE AN EQUAL FOOTING FOR EACH PROJECT. CUT OUT LOBBYING  AND ESTABLISH TOTAL TRANSPARENCY FOR  ALL TO SEE.

THE WINNING PROJECTS (WITH ALL THE ATTACHED LIFE STORIES) WILL  BECOME THE SUBJECT MATERIAL FOR THE NEW DEDICATED  UN TV CHANNEL.

THE RUNNING COSTS OF WHICH CAN BE OFFSET AGAINST REVENUES RAISED BY ADVERTISING AND DOCUMENTARIES ETC.

THE COST OF ESTABLISHING AN TELEVISION CHANNEL ( ABOUT $1 MILLION)

WHO WILL RUN THE CHANNEL?

IT CAN BE SET UP AS BROADCASTING CHARITY TRUST, WITH ALL REVENUE AFTER OPERATION COSTS WILL BE PLACED IN THE FUND DISTRIBUTED AS GRANTS TO WORLD CHARITIES.

PRESENT DAY UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME*

UNHCR    –   OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES

UNICEF   –   CHILDREN’S FUND

ITC         –  INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER

UNDP      – DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

UNCDF   –  CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND

UNIFEM   –  FUND FOR WOMEN

UNV        – VOLUNTEERS

UNEP      –  ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME

UNHSP    –  HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME

UNODC   – OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME

UNFPA    – POPULATION FUND

UNRWA   – PALESTINE REFUGEES

WFP       – WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

AS ALWAYS ALL CONTRIBUTIONS/ OPTIONS/ SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME.

REMEMBER:  THAT THE POWER OF THE SMART PHONE  MOVEMENT CAN BE APPLIED TO EFFECT CHANGE FOR BAD OR GOOD.

THE WEB SITE THAT GALVINES THE POWER OF WORLD MOBILES WILL REQUIRE A VETTING PROTOCOL BEFORE IT RELEASING ANY ATTACK TO GUARD AGAINST ANY LOUP- GAROU SYNDROME. ALL SUGGESTION AS TO HOW THIS COULD BE ACHIEVED WOULD ALSO BE OF INTEREST.

 

THE PLAN

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The PLAN.

STAGE ONE:               CREATE A NEW WEBSITE

NAMED FOR EXAMPLE

SMART PHONE WORLD POWER.

OR.                 THE UNIVERSAL SMARTPHONE MOVEMENT

MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH YOU SMART PHONE

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE WEB SITE.

1) TO FORMULATE; A PEOPLE’S OF THE WORLD UN RESOLUTION.

Example:

WE THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD (THE SPONSOR’S) MOVE THAT THE SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE FOLLOWING DRAFT RESOLUTION.

THE UNITED NATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE WORLD’S PEOPLE IT REPRESENTS CALL ON ALL OF THE WORLD STOCK EXCHANGE ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPLEMENT AN

WORLD AID COMMISSION OF 0.00001%

ON ALL STOCK AND CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS AND SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS ACQUISITIONS.

2)      TO COORDINATE/INFORM THE WEB SITE FOLLOWERS/SUBSCRIBERS. AS TO HOW AND WHEN AND WHERE TO SEND THEIR E MAILS OF SUPPORT.

MONITOR RESULTS.

GIVE A WORLD PLATFORM FOR DEBATE/DISCUSSION / SUGGESTIONS ON WHERE TO DIRECT PRESSURE NEXT.

THE DRAFT RESOLUTION WOULD SPONSOR:

A NEW UNITED NATIONS AID PROGRAMME: WITH ITS OWN WEB SITE AND DEDICATED TELEVISION STATION.

TO REPLACE THE EXISTING WORTHLESS INEFFECTIVE BEGGING PROGRAM THAT WE SEE APPEALING TO THE WORLD FOR FINANCE WHEN EVER THERE IS A NATURAL DISASTER.

THE NEW PROGRAM WOULD BE SELF FINANCING – TOTALLY TRANSPARENT.  NOT SUBJECT TO THE HUNDREDS OF PRESSURE NCO GROUPS AND THEIR LIKE.

HOW CAN IT BE SELF-FINANCING: By tapping into the one thing that Capitalism has at its heart Unrestricted Greed. I LET YOU DO THE MATHS.  0.00001% OF

 Trading in foreign exchange markets average                $5.3 trillion per day.

(Ref: Wikipedia April 2013)

World stock market Capitalization

(Ref: Dr Mark J Perry, A=IDEAs Jan 2013)                          $ 54 trillion.

Top 36 Sovereign wealth funds (SWF)                                 $ 6 trillion.

(Ref:Global Finance 2012 Rankings)

I RECOGNIZE AT THIS POINT AND TIME THAT THE PLAN LEAVES MANY QUESTIONS UNANSWERED:

 THIS SECOND POST IS INTENDED ONLY TO OUTLINE THE CONCEPT. THE NEXT POSTS WILL ADDRESS IN MORE DETAIL THE WORKINGS OF THE PLAN. 

 WHY A DEDICATED TV CHANNEL?

WHO WILL RUN THE WEB SITE?

HOW WILL THE FUNDS BE USED?

HOW TRANSPARENCY WILL BE ACHIEVED.

HOW CORRUPTION WILL BE STAMPED OUT.

WHO WILL RUN THE NEW PROGRAM?

HOW WILL THE PROGRAM DECIDE WHAT AID PROJECTS TO SUPPORT

ACCOUNTABILITY.

 It is said that when God revealed his holy name to Moses he said EHYEH ASHER EHYEH.

“I am what I am” PERHAPS TO BECOME our battle cry.

 “ You have just receive an e-mail/notification the first of billions from I am what I am.  A SUPPORTER NOT A VOICE THAT SCREAMS AND CRIES AND HEAR NO MORE. 

CAPITALISM CONTINUES TO PRIVATIZE THE PLANET.

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This is the first post to this blog .

 The purpose of this blog is to start a world mobile phone movement to effect change by Uniting the combined Communication Powers of us all into one world voice that will have to be listened to by World Organizations  and World Corporations.

These days we are  served up doom and gloom daily with the last decade leading us down the path to disillusionment. 

DEMOCRACY ERODED, LIVELIHOODS DESTROYED.  WITH GOVERNMENTS EVERYWHERE BETRAYING THE MANDATES THAT BROUGHT THEM INTO POWER.

September 11 tragedy now turned into a convenient Excuse for any anti-people legislation denying civil liberties worldwide. The Arab Spring is a quagmire>The Euro a nightmare >The Afghan War a needless lost of life>The Israel Palestine Question a dark cul-de-sac>NATO a war machine>The United Nations a gum shield between the west and the rest>China a supermarket>Climate change a trading commodity>Football a religion>Austerity a goal>Economic Growth an aspiration that no one seems to know how to achieve.

IF WE ARE ALL HONEST WITH OURSELVES THE WORLD IS GOING WRONG:

By the year 2030 there will be 50% more of us-6 million a month.

Humanity will have to put aside the deep divisions it has maintained for thousands of years.

Find a new spirit of human co- operation. Stop spending trillions on arms. One-fifth of the world’s present days population live in the “rich world” consuming 86% of the world’s goods. While over half the people on Earth live on 2$ a day with the absolute  poor on a !$ making up billions. Where is the justice that the gross domestic product of the poorest 48 Nations is less than the wealth of the World’s three riches people.

You don’t have to look far to see why we have Terrorism. Poverty and lack of Education spawns it.

While we turn back the evolutionary clock pumping 8 billion tons of Carbon into the Atmosphere each year wiping out 50,000 species a year in collective denial.

There can be no trade-off between economic development and the protection of the Environment Even if it is possible looking back from the Moon and see no trace of human activities that show up.

Our Democracies seem unable to achieve any progress such as mitigating climate change, better managing ecosystems, creating a fair global trading system. However we have the knowledge, the data and the technologies to do all of these things.

The question is not so much ” How could we have learned so little in all these years after two World Wars? But ” How could we have learned so much and done so little?

So it’s time to stop supporting large World Corporations and the like that don’t show a corporate social responsibility and use the power of getting Smart with our smart phones.

Any comments, suggestions, are welcome.  My next blog posting will out line a plan to create a World Aid Tax to be applied on all World stock Exchanges.