What is Globalization? Thomas L. Friedman has a definition for it and so does Noam Chomsky. In simple words, it is supposed to be International Integration in all forms. But ask the 3.4 million refugees of Zimbabwe, millions of Tibetans and followers of Dalai Lama, or the ruffed-up Monks of Burma (Myanmar). They would find this question a very bad joke. I do not apologize for the decade-old success of Brazil, China, India or Russia. On the contrary, more power to all these countries and more. But to call this Globalization is a stretch. At best one can agree to identify this recent global phenomena as ‘International Economic Integration’.
What was the purpose of creating the “United Nations”, a term coined by Franklin D. Roosevelt (US President) in January of 1942? The stated aims of the United Nations were to prevent any future war, safeguard human rights around the world, establish some form of international law, promote social and economic justice, improve the living standards of people in all the countries and to fight deadly diseases. Have we achieved any of that? If yes, how much? It will be 63 years since UN was formed.
The United Nations was officially created on October 24, 1945. Representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco to draw up the United Nations Charter. It replaced the League of Nations, created in 1919, after the First World War. The UN Charter was ratified by China, France, Soviet Union, United Kingdom and the United States. These five countries became permanent members of the UN Security Council, each with a veto power on any UN resolution. Today, there are 192 member states, representing almost every recognized independent country in the world. Unfortunately, the UN Security Council represents less than 30% of the world population. There is no representation from the continents of South America and Africa or for that matter any part of Muslim world or the Indian sub-continent.
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