Note: This post includes excerpts from the mainstream news - those who averse or allergic to such things should probably skip this post.
Well, I have to admit - that didn't take long.
Excerpts from an article titled Gordon Brown calls for global government to tackle coronavirus, taken from The Guardian, March 26.
Gordon Brown has urged world leaders to create a temporary form of global government to tackle the twin medical and economic crises caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The former Labour prime minister, who was at the centre of the international efforts to tackle the impact of the near-meltdown of the banks in 2008, said there was a need for a taskforce involving world leaders, health experts and the heads of the international organisations that would have executive powers to coordinate the response.
A virtual meeting of the G20 group of developed and developing countries, chaired by Saudi Arabia, will be held on Thursday, but Brown said it would have been preferable to have also included the UN security council.
. . .
Brown said there had been resistance in 2008 to using the G20 as a vehicle for tackling the financial crisis, but that it should be clear to world leaders that there was no possibility of a go-it-alone approach working.
“We need some sort of working executive,” Brown said. “If I were doing it again, I would make the G20 a broader organisation because in the current circumstances you need to listen to the countries that are most affected, the countries that are making a difference and countries where there is the potential for a massive number of people to be affected - such as those in Africa.”
It's great to see all these people who saved the world in 2008/2009 are more than willing to step up to the plate one more time to save humanity from imminent disaster.
Bless 'em.
I love the inclusion of the word "temporary" when mentioning global governance there Gord. Very slick.
Well, I have to admit - that didn't take long.
Excerpts from an article titled Gordon Brown calls for global government to tackle coronavirus, taken from The Guardian, March 26.
Gordon Brown has urged world leaders to create a temporary form of global government to tackle the twin medical and economic crises caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The former Labour prime minister, who was at the centre of the international efforts to tackle the impact of the near-meltdown of the banks in 2008, said there was a need for a taskforce involving world leaders, health experts and the heads of the international organisations that would have executive powers to coordinate the response.
A virtual meeting of the G20 group of developed and developing countries, chaired by Saudi Arabia, will be held on Thursday, but Brown said it would have been preferable to have also included the UN security council.
. . .
Brown said there had been resistance in 2008 to using the G20 as a vehicle for tackling the financial crisis, but that it should be clear to world leaders that there was no possibility of a go-it-alone approach working.
“We need some sort of working executive,” Brown said. “If I were doing it again, I would make the G20 a broader organisation because in the current circumstances you need to listen to the countries that are most affected, the countries that are making a difference and countries where there is the potential for a massive number of people to be affected - such as those in Africa.”
It's great to see all these people who saved the world in 2008/2009 are more than willing to step up to the plate one more time to save humanity from imminent disaster.
Bless 'em.
I love the inclusion of the word "temporary" when mentioning global governance there Gord. Very slick.
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