The
hurried Chinese customer was angry and raising her voice. She was demanding in
broken English why the girl behind the cosmetics counter could not understand
her long shopping list written in Chinese. “You learn Chinese if you to survive,”
she said. The girl’s eyes were brimming with tears at the abusive and rude treatment.
I
walked away, upset at the unnecessary verbal dress-down. Was the Chinese lady a
tourist or an employee of the 247 plus Chinese free trade zones that have
sprung up around the country? I am not sure which is going to be worse, being
under the boot of communist China who is buying more and more of our debt,
land, buildings, military equipment, food producers such as Smithfield Foods,
GM (dubbed “General Tso’s Motors”), the
ideology of Islam, or United Nation’s global governance? All spell potential
trouble for what is left of our freedom.
On
May 30, 2013 a letter was sent to the Secretary-General of the United Nation,
signed by the Presidents of Indonesia, Liberia, and the Prime Minister of
United Kingdom, David Cameron. This letter was informing Ban Ki-moon, the
Secretary-General that the task he assigned to a panel of twenty-seven individuals
has been completed, and the report published.
The
distinguished panelists represented Indonesia, Liberia, UK, USA, Cuba, Benin,
India, Sweden, Mexico, Colombia, Japan, Yemen, Republic of Korea, Germany,
Mozambique, Kenya, Russian Federation, Nigeria, Latvia, Timor, Netherlands,
Jordan, France, Brazil, Turkey, and China. Representing the United States was
John Podesta, chair of the Center for American Progress and of the Center for
American Progress Action Fund, advocates for progressive policy.
The
task was to decide United Nations’ Post-2015
Development Agenda. The 69-page
report is entitled, “A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform
Economies through Sustainable Development.” The U.N. Agenda 21 marches on.
Progressives do not give up in spite of the Rio +20’s failure.
The
financial contributors were the governments of Colombia, Denmark, Germany,
Indonesia, Japan, Liberia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom,
the United States of America, the Ford Foundation, Havas, and the Hewlett
Foundation.
The
report was developed in consultation with the United Nations Development Group
(UNDG), the UN Global Compact, Regional Commissions, scientists, the academic
community through Sustainable Development Solutions Network, 5,000 civil
society organizations, and 250 chief executive officers of major corporations.
A complete list can be found at www.post2015hlp.org.
The
main goal of this new agenda is to end poverty through sustainable development
in one generation, by 2030 to be exact.
Sustainable
development as the United Nations envisions it includes development of good
governance as they see it, rule of law, free speech, open and accountable
government. Sounds lofty, however, should governments be accountable to the United
Nations?
The
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of 13 years ago did not include the
economic, social, and environmental aspects of sustainable development – it did
not promote sustainable patterns of consumption and production and left out
guidelines for consumption and production. Most importantly, climate change was
not addressed. Substituting global warming for climate change might pass the
scrutiny.
The
UN report says on page 5, “Scientific evidence of the direct threat from
climate change has mounted.” There is no such scientific evidence. On the
contrary, U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the main purveyor
of global warming/climate change said, “There is insufficient evidence to
determine whether trends existed in small-scale phenomena such as tornadoes and
hail.” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said,…a
discernible trend was not present over the past 30 years, and that, unless new
findings suggest otherwise,… a claim to attribution (to human impacts) is thus
problematic.” (Preliminary Assessment of Climate Factors Contributing to the
Extreme 2011 Tornadoes, July 8, 2011)
The
Congressional Report Service released a 26-page report on May 22, 2013, “Severe
Thunderstorms and Tornadoes in the United States.” Peter Folger, Specialist in
Energy and Natural Resources Policy, said, “It is not clear whether changes to
climate over the past half-century have increased the frequency or intensity of
thunderstorms and tornadoes, or whether climate changes were responsible for
the intense and destructive tornado activity in 2011, or for the extremely
destructive EF-5 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20, 2013.”(www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40097.pdf)
The
UN’s “Post-2015 Development Agenda” report continues, “The stresses of
unsustainable production and consumption patterns have become clear, in areas
like deforestation, water scarcity, food waste, and high carbon emissions.
Losses from natural disasters – including drought, floods, and storms – have
increased at an alarming rate.” Because the UN bureaucrats know better, here is
what they have proposed, following conferences in New York, London, Monrovia,
and Bali.
In
New York, they have discussed social justice, better accountability, variables
of poverty, and end to violence against women. The fact that women are treated
like chattel and second class citizens in some cultures was not an issue.
In
Monrovia, they talked about economic transformation, social inclusion, and
business for sustainable development.
In
Bali, they agreed on a “global partnership for a people-centered and
planet-sensitive agenda, based on the principle of common humanity” by
regulating global financial and commodity markets and by managing the world’s
consumption and production patterns in more sustainable and equitable ways.” I
translate this as re-distribution of wealth in the name of saving mother Earth,
from “evil” capitalists to third world nations by telling us what to consume,
what to produce, what to sell, how much, and where. Capitalism is “evil” and
global communism must reign supreme with the United Nations at the helm because
unelected foreign bureaucrats know better.
Global
environmental constraints for every country must include the concepts of “carrying
capacity,” “sustainable consumption and production,” “guardrails,” “tipping
points,” “footprints,” “safe operating space,” and “planetary boundaries.” This
paper states, “For the first time we are seeing evidence of human-induced
changes on how the Earth system operates – from accelerated melting of ice
sheets to shifts in rainfall patterns and the undermining of ecosystems and
biodiversity.” There is no such definitive evidence tied to human existence,
just environmentalist talking points.
The
authors have determined that planetary boundaries for economic growth involve
the rich countries “substantially reduce their standard of living, and
developing countries can grow until they converge at the lower income of
high-income countries. At that point economic growth would need to stop…. The
rich world is lucky to have a reached a high level of income first.” I
personally do not call it luck; I call it hard work and entrepreneurship in a
free society.
Another
recommendation was to switch the entire global economy to low-carbon economy,
citing the scaremongering and unproven 2012 World Bank data that “the world
will likely experience a likely 3-5 degree C increase in
temperatures by the end of this century that would expose all countries to
catastrophic climate change, including sea level rise, ocean acidification,
extreme storms, droughts, floods, crops failures, and the collapse of whole
ecosystems.”
Five
primary goals are listed in the Executive Summary of the Post-2015 Agenda.
“We
outline five transformational shifts, applicable to both developed and
developing countries alike, including a new Global Partnership as the basis for
a single, universal post-2015 agenda that will deliver this vision for the sake of humanity.” This universal agenda (their emphasis) must
be driven by:
1.
Leave no one
behind.
United Nations wants to ensure that “everyone
must accept their proper share of responsibility” for the ending of poverty. To
reach this goal, UN wants to “track progress at all levels of income.” Nobody
can be denied “universal human rights and basic economic opportunities,
regardless of ethnicity, gender, geography, disability, race, or other status.”
Uncle UN is going to make sure that our wealth is evenly distributed across the
planet in its global communism vision.
2.
Put sustainable
development at the core.
Developed countries have to adopt “social
inclusion” and must reduce “unsustainable consumption” by switching to a green
economy and by eradicating poverty for eight billion people by 2030 if the
planet is to survive the alarming pace of climate change. Climate has been
changing for eons but our brainwashed youth have developed now into the low
information adult voters who believe the scaremongering tactics of gloom and
doom.
3.
Transform
economies for jobs and inclusive growth.
The developed world must reduce their
consumption and must build “diversified economies, with equal opportunities for
all.” In this utopian view, it is our responsibility that “everyone has what
they need to grow and prosper, including access to quality education and
skills, healthcare, clean water, electricity, telecommunications, and
transport.” We must rapidly urbanize because “cities are the world’s engines
for business and innovation.” I wonder how UN plans to feed 8 billion people
living in high density urban areas. Who is going to grow food?
4.
Build peace and
effective, open and accountable institutions for all.
Peace and good governance is a
fundamental human right provided through a “transparency revolution.” Where is
this governance coming from? Who decides what a transparency revolution is? Who
decided that peace and good governance are human rights?
5.
Forge a new
global partnership.
Giving North to South aid is no longer
enough – everyone must be fully accountable to Uncle UN for “corruption,
illicit financial flows, money laundering, tax evasion, and hidden ownership of
assets.” I guess there will be no more off-shore or Swiss Bank accounts for
well-off “citizens of the world.”
Trade must be fair, technology must be “transferred
and diffused,” and financial stability must reign supreme. Who will police
compliance and how will non-compliance be punished? Would technology
development occur if it must be “shared” for free?
Multinational corporations must pay
taxes fairly to the countries in which they operate. The financial system must
be heavily regulated. This Post-2015 Agenda is counting on the world’s savings
of $18 trillion. “Finance will come not just from aid but private capital,
major pension funds, mutual funds, sovereign wealth funds, private
corporations, development banks, and other investors.” (p. 12)
The five goals
will be considered achieved for “all relevant income and social groups” after a
“rigorous monitoring system.” Who is going to be in charge of this monitoring
system and who will conduct it?
This entire UN
report, “The Post-2015 Development Agenda” is still UN Agenda 21’s Sustainable
Development morphed from old into new, revamped talking points of arresting
economic growth, re-distribution of wealth, and de-developing the United
States, the one stumbling block in the path of UN’s global communist governance.
The tiresome
talking points are still based on debunked man-made global warming caused by
greenhouse gas emissions. If EU flatulence tax did not work, perhaps Mark Steyn’s
suggestion would work that scientists should genetically engineer non-flatulent
cows. The methane gas problem would be solved and ergo, the planet would
survive.
I don’t want to
burst anybody’s transformational bubble, however, having lived under both
socialist and capitalist economies, and under freedom of speech vs. communist
tyranny, I would choose capitalism (not the crony variety) any day.
