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Frank-Jürgen Richter with Ramesh Thakur, Distinguished Fellow at Centre for
International Governance Innovation, India, former Deputy Secretary General of
the United Nations; and Kuni Miyake, President, AOI Foreign Policy
Institute, Japan |
An international conference on Responsibility to the Future has recommended
ground-breaking ideas for mitigating poverty, climate risks and violence in
a
simultaneous and holistic manner. It has also proposed innovative
innovations
for overcoming energy, water and food shortages. It has advocated ethical
and
responsible approach to investments, value-based education, and the use of
information technology to address large-scale humanitarian needs. In brief,
it
has provided elements of a blueprint for an inclusive globalization to make
the
world peaceful and sustainable. The conference was attended by 250 delegates
from 25 countries, including 50 speakers.
Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India, set the tone of the
conference in her inaugural address by calling for inclusive globalizaiton.
'Will the iscoveries of science and increased global wealth be deployed for
improving living tandards of the entire global population and for
preserving
the planet and life on it? How effectively will these challenges and issues
be
addressed? The pproaches adopted in this regard will be fundamental for the
peace, evelopment and sustainability of the future.'
Read the full conference report at:
http://www.strategicforesight.com/Short%20Report.pdf
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