OneShared.World
- quoted from Jamie Metzl
- May 16, 2020
- 2 min read
"The COVID-19 pandemic has powerfully reminded us that we are all one humanity facing common existential challenges."
"(But) the ultimate problem we face today is not the coronavirus, or deadly pathogens, or any other single one of these threats. It is our inability to solve most any global existential challenge we collectively face."
"Although our existing states and international institutions have made a tremendous contribution to global peace, security, stability, and well-being, these entities have proven incapable of sufficiently addressing many of our greatest common needs."
"These include but are not limited to:
-A failure to build the predictive, preventive, and responsive infrastructure to protect us from global pandemics like COVID-19;
-A failure to prevent the dangerous proliferation of nuclear, chemical, cyber, and other weapons of mass destruction;
-A failure to address climate change, to prevent environmental degradation, and to defend the survival of all species and the sustainability of our planet;
-A failure to protect the most vulnerable among us from hunger, malnutrition, discrimination, disease, and disorder; and
-A failure to establish structures that embed our most cherished collective values in the management of our global commons and financial system and in the applications of our powerful technologies."
"Our inability to meet these common challenges is rooted in a fundamental mismatch between the priorities of our national governments and our collective needs as humans sharing the same planet. While our existing states and international organizations remain essential, we can only address our greatest global challenges by expanding our concept of and capacity for collective action."
"In this spirit, we seek to build a third pillar of the global power structure beyond sovereign states and the essential international institutions our governments have created. This third pillar is a fully inclusive global social movement and political force representing the democratic expression of our common humanity."
"We demand from the leaders of these institutions at all levels a commitment to informed decision-making that balances national interests with global public interests for mutual benefit across geographies and generations."
"OneShared.World is a broad and inclusive movement of stakeholders working collaboratively across diverse cultures, communities, ethnicities, organizations, entities, interests, generations, and nations to ensure a better future for humankind and the sustainability of our collective home."
"We seek to establish the democratic expression of our common humanity as a pillar of global power and influence to drive tangible progress toward addressing our greatest shared challenges."
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