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Documentary is:
To indicate why the
awareness of the global dimension of development and the sense of
responsibility for contributing to making it sustainable and fair are the
indicators of the ethical and cultural development of a nation.
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Episode 9 - New Goals 1 - Recognise and protect our diverse identities and our
common heritage
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Robert F. Kennedy, June 6 1966 (South Africa address)
"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts
to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends
forth a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples build a current which can
sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance."
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Montek Singh Ahluwalia is the Deputy Chairman of the Planning
Commission, Government of India. He was interviewed in Delhi on the second
week of April 2010 by
Fausto Aarya De Santis
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There is a concept of World Citizenship developing, what is your
opinion on it?
I'm not aware of what it means. There
is certainly a concept that we are a global community. There is a
concept that each citizen much conduct himself in a manner in which his
country is seen as a country to be a good global citizen. But in my view
if you don't have global taxation you don't have global citizenship. So
the argument that there is global citizenship is an exaggerated claim.
You can only be citizen of one government, so if you ever had global
citizenship then everybody would be a citizen... the question is whether
he would be a good citizen or a bad citizen.
Ultimately individuals are citizens of
the country they belong to. There may be global values, universal values
but each citizen must operate in the confinement of the country he or
she is a citizen of.
Do you think you as an individual can make a difference to the poorest
in the world? If you are moving towards a world which
is more peaceful and more prosperous somehow, somewhere, on the whole yu
may make a difference to everyone in a positive way. But linking what
you do to the poorest in the world is romantic idea but it does not
translate itself into anything practical. In my present position i can
definitely make a difference to the poorest in India... i may not
succeed but can argue for policies in India which can do that. Rather
than distract myself with some global objective let us concentrate to do
something in India.
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Julian Parr,
Regional Manager, South East Asia for Oxfam
GB.
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3 - Can Common People Influence Policies? Absolutely. This is where new media has really helped. When
I was in the
Philippines and watching people being mobilized by mobile phones... over a
million people could converge in metro manila within two hours. I think
the world is getting smaller because of the amount of information. So all
the social networking site can become social mobilization site. I think
generation WHY is less about just giving money... institution trust has
declined over the years and people are much more interested to know where
that money is going and they want to be actively involved in that.
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13 - Do you think you as an individual can make a difference to the
poorest in the world? Yes. The day I stop getting angry, the day I stop sitting on platforms,
the day I stop talking to camera like this... is the day I will give up an
go and go and sell coca-cola somewhere around the world. Everybody not
only can make a difference but has a right to make a difference and should
make a difference. All of us can do a little bit for the environment,
using water more carefully and that can all add up to make a change. Some
individuals are community immobilizers and I think that by grouping such
individuals together you can also bring about a greater difference
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15 - What is your opinion on the concept of World Citizenship?
I think it is just a concept. Yes, we are all global citizens but only we
sign up to that by the nature of the fact that we are human beings. Beyond
that the disparity of the excess of what one will have in a remote area of
Afghanistan or Mongolia compared to someone born in an urban London is
completely different. I think it is slightly simplistic to say that we all
have equal right and access. A global citizen is simply a human being who
exist in the globe, I don't think the definition expands much beyond
that.
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J.M.
Balamorugan is a Indian
Government Official taking a 4-5 year service with Civil Society.
and is the CEO of Isha
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Spirituality is the ultimate sense of inclusiveness. When you are able
to understand and to feel in every cell of your body that what you are
and what everything else we know as life, is one and the same, that is
ultimate inclusiveness. When you are able to feel that you are in the
path of spirituality. And for a person wants to be in that path, it is
but natural that he would want to spend maximum time with life,
people, in all forms.
We are always thriving for personal growth; in the sense that, how as
a person I can attain to the maximum of my potential. And in that
pursuit you might be doing different things, but irrespective of what
you are doing, your ultimate aim is to maximize your potential and
grow in that direction. Ultimately, they say, existentially how much
you are involved with life is all that matters. It doesn’t matter who
you are or what you are or what you are doing. You may be the
prime-minister, a clerk in the government office or a farmer,
ultimately, how involved in the life process is what is going to
determine the quality of life. And your growth, in that sense, is also
determined in that. So showing your involvement in whatever you do is
what we call as spirituality. This in a sense also lays down the path
for your development. Its not about what you do or what you don’t do
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Anurag
Behar is the Co-CEO of the Azim
Premji Foundation and the Chief Sustainability Officer of WIPRO .
He was interviewed in Bangalore, India on the first week of March 2010
by Fausto
Aarya De Santis
Do you think we, as individuals,
can contribute in any way to the achievement these goals?
It is become the received wisdom, it is
become the only legitimate thinking of man, of that of an economic
man. “I the economic man, hunting for my current needs”. “I the
economic man, everywhere”. I think this kind of a prospective under
rates the goodness of man. And I think that is a tremendous folly,
tremendous folly. I think we've had that kind of a thought process for
the past 150 years. We should not undermine the importance of it, we
should not think that the economic man is not real, it is real, but
what I am saying that the “Good Man” is equally real. Goodness is
equally real and we should not under rate that. That goodness in
itself, the expression of goodness in itself, is sufficient for all
these different stakeholders to talk about to be able to talk
together, to work collaboratively and to work towards something which
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Amitabh Behar is the National Campaign Conveyor of
Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, a national campaign to hold the government
accountable to its promise to end Poverty, Social Exclusion & Discrimination
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What do the MDGs mean to you?
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Can common people influence policies? Common people can
influence their governments and government policies, however it needs
strategic advocacies, involvements of huge number of people and hard work in
terms of mobilizing people. But i would be uncomfortable drawing a linkage
between people's local process and global development agenda. This does not
happen and this is why you see a lager civil society coming up. At the local
level citizens have felt disempowered and they feel that they don't have a say
in their own government structure. Civil society then becomes a vehicle for
peoples voices and protest and is building alliances which goes beyond local
boundaries to create a much stronger network. We need today a strong
partnership between the Local and the Global civil society.
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Do you think that you as an individual can make a difference to the poorest in
the world?
Every individual can make a difference to the poorest in the world; it is
about having the will to make a difference, having the commitment and also a
strategy to make a difference.
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Why is it important to keep the Government accountable? "Governments always make promises, but we
must ensure that these promises are maintained. We must keep questioning the
work done in a constructive way."
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Anurag
Behar was interviewed in Bangalore, India on the first week of March 2010
by Fausto
Aarya De Santis . At that time he was
is the Co-CEO of the Azim
Premji Foundation and the Chief Sustainability Officer of WIPRO
and the leader of the sustainability initiatives of Wipro.
Do you think we, as
individuals, can contribute in any way to the achievement these goals?
It is become the received wisdom, it is
become the only legitimate thinking of man, of that of an economic man. “I
the economic man, hunting for my current needs”. “I the economic man,
everywhere”. I think this kind of a prospective under rates the goodness
of man. And I think that is a tremendous folly, tremendous folly. I think
we've had that kind of a thought process for the past 150 years. We should
not undermine the importance of it, we should not think that the economic
man is not real, it is real, but what I am saying that the “Good Man” is
equally real. Goodness is equally real and we should not under rate that.
That goodness in itself, the expression of goodness in itself, is
sufficient for all these different stakeholders to talk about to be able
to talk together, to work collaboratively and to work towards something
which is better for society not just for today but also for tomorrow and
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Zulfiquar Haider
is the National Programme Coordinator for the
Planning Commission (GoI) - UN, Joint Programme on Convergence. He was
interviewed in Delhi on the 13th of April 2010 by
Fausto Aarya De Santis
Everyone has the capability to
respond to life around, there is always a way to make a difference.
It is about...are we willing to
recognize the humanity in others? Are we willing to recognize that
instead of all the time just thinking about ourselves can we can think
of others, can we see pain around us... can we say "whatever means i
have let me respond to it!".
Even if something good is being done,
how many of us have the real ability to celebrate that; rather than
think "if good is happening from somebody else, I don't really care.
If it happens through me and it boosts my image, ego, my stature, then
it is worthy". I think we are caught in that trap. I think it is
fundamentally about, just offering ourselves to life and just
responding to it... and recognizing the sense of responsibility and
interconnectedness of life around us.
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Annalisa Gandini, married and mother of four children, is a
Teacher of Religion at the Technical
Industrial Secondary School ITIS E.FERMI of
Modena (Italy). She participated to TVP
consultations. She says that teachers are challenged by the
difficulty of explaining why student can be enriched with values from
other cultures. They say that teacher cannot just "illustrate
different cultural issues"; they need to educate their students out of
so many preconceptions and fears that are deeply embedded even in the
mind of the educated ones. But this is also the reason why
"inter-cultural education" is such a powerful human development
opportunity; because it is more than "learning a new topic"; it is
really learning about how to learn; inter-cultural education is
empowering persons to be more open, more critical, more curious of
life, more eager to learn. In her
interview she also told
us about the way how many teachers, in the school of Modena where she
works, updated their teachings in order to add Development issues too,
and the way how those program adjustments were useful and successful
both for students and for teachers.
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Prof. P.Krishna, an educator (he is rector of the Krishnamurti
Foundation of India, Varanasi, India) was interviewed by
the TVP documentary team while documenting the scope and
the progress for achieving the second MDG, i.e. achieve
universal primary education. He thinks that old
distinctions between "international aid" and "local aid" are
no longer valid, because the world is now a global village
and we feel global ethical responsibilities. What is
important is to understand how to make aid effective and
fair. In cases of emergencies the aid given as external
"assistance" surely provides immediate relief; but it
should not continue for long; aid should become development
cooperation, otherwise it will weaken the recipients and
make them chronically aid dependent. "If instead we can
educate them to stand on their own legs, we have really
helped them." The real long term empowerment is only through
education. See more in ⇒ the
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Wilma Massucco, Freelance
journalist, member of Armadilla
(Italy) talks about her idea of who is the Citizen of the World.
She defines the
Citizens of the World as persons who “think globally and act locally”,
characterized by two essential features: curiosity and sense of
responsibility. They are curious, which means interested in whatever is
different from themselves (people, ways of thinking, places where living);
they are also fundamentally trustful and optimistic. They believe in human
beings and they continuously look for the difference, not being worried at all
by that, as they know that it’s through the difference that they can widen
their own soul and mind. As a freelance journalist, Wilma tries to live such a
kind of behaviour in her own daily work: discover the way how
See more in
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Vrinda Dar, who is the General Secretary of the Kautilya
Society, says:
- “World citizenship” is a modality of self
awareness that can potentially achieved by each one of us. We only need to
step outside ourselves and look around us. And we will notice that the
consequences of what happens in the world has started entering our homes. We
can no longer be local citizens even if we want to.
- It is especially the responsibility of
conscious and educated people, who have traveled and worked across
countries, who have the capacity to look beyond our boundaries, to share our
thoughts, emotions and positive experiences, share the spirit of tolerance,
non-violence, brotherhood and peace. And contribute, as individuals, to
build "world citizens" whenever we can.
see more in her
interview
For Ana Maria Solis, senior consultant of CEASS,
a Centre for Education to Environmental Sustainability in Modena
(Italy), 'th'e Citizen of the World is a person aware of the existence
of other people, who moves himself towards the others, trying to understand
the others’ needs. A citizen of the World is also aware of the “Global
Environmental issues”, considering them from a social, urban and environment
point of view. Working in CEASS, she experienced however that common citizens
are usually very far from this kind of behavior, as our tendency nowadays is
to see the others as a threat, and to think that we’re right, no matter what
the other thinks. She realized, as consequence, that people need to be
educated to develop such a kind of behavior, and education is much different
from simply providing information: it needs time. She experienced also that
it's responsibility both of Institutions and Municipalities and citizens
themselves to take care of developing this “way of living” . Read more in 'her
interview
Annalisa Gandini , married and
mother of four children, is Teacher of Religion at the Technical
Industrial Secondary School ITIS E.FERMI of
Modena (Italy). Being involved in experiences of International Cooperation for
Development since she was very young, she has been trying to convey her
students the personal enrichment deriving by living such a kind of experience,
an essential “brick” to build a World Citizen personality. "When I hear my
little baby , attending the maternal school, talking about his little friend
referring to him not as my black
friend but as Ismail, I can say
we’re building a Citizen of the World" she says. In her opinion the role of
school is essential to promote this kind of awareness and this way of living,
but the usual scholastic program hardly deal with these matters. There’s no
time enough, always no time, as the scholastic programs are very compressed,
and however she thinks it’s responsability of the teachers to be able to
insert these matters inside their own usual program. Read more in her
interview .
Ilaria Leonardi , who has been
working for the Office
of International Cooperation, Municipality of Modena (Italy)
thinks that we are all Citizens of the World, no matter if you are aware of
that or not, as we live nowadays inside a system which links everybody to the
same future. But there’s a lot of indifference towards that, and most
responsibility is due to education, in the family and at school, first. In her
interview she talks about her
experience with a school of Modena and what she tried to do to abate that wall
of indifference.
Andrea Alfieri, blogger and expert of Communication through Media Social
Network, thinks that being
web-users may help to become Citizens of the World. Web
2.0 has been a bottom up venture, spontaneous, cross-boundaries and unchecked.
It is by definition a subjective sphere rather than an objective one; this is
to say that everyone is free to use the web for his/her own individual
purposes, in their own times and means. Everyone will get there eventually.
Thus I do not see it possible to assign anyone the responsibility to exert any
kind of pressure in order to create awareness. Remember pull not push!
Read more in his
interesting interview
We cannot refer to
the concept of “world citizenship”! I can have a global conscience, when I act
and I think about the whole world but not global citizenship. Lately, with all
the information coming from all over the world, there is this increasing sense
that the world is coming together. I personally do not agree with that, we are
all one of a kind and have different problems that are viewed differently.
There is room to increase the consciousness, that is true. However, we leave
in a world of states and until we are creating a new political organization,
world citizenship is not even desirable!
From my point of
view, media is limited to the informing level. Media cannot form a person to
become a European citizen, it can certainly show him/her the characteristics
of an European citizen. Most of our communications don’t go beyond the news
stage, there is need for much more than that.
Besides, unfortunately we analyze everything according to the rating. We need
to try and change the current course of events, to be less caught up into the
idea that only if we publicize certain popular topics our rating will
increase. Both, the TV audience and the reader could be educated. We need to
have the patience to go through a decline in the rating first until we trigger
the reader’s curiosity.
While we are seeking an increased rating, we can also form the reader’s taste.
Once you offer success models, they can motivate the readers and even change
their media consumers’ habits. We could actually attract new individuals and
promote with models – Romanians who choose to get involved in certain projects
of this kind.
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In the book The
Geography of Human Life (1903), Tsunesaburo
Makiguchi , a
forward-thinking geographer, educational theorist and religious
reformer,founder, in 1930, of the Soka
Gakkai , defined,
against a global competition based on military, political or economic
force, a new form of win - win competiton, conducted within a
consciously acknowledged framework of cooperation, that he termed the humanitarian
competition.
This concept
of Humanitarian Competition introduced by Makiguchi about one century
ago has been deepened and developed nowadays by Daisaku
Ikeda, the current
President of Soka
Gakkai, with his Peace
Proposal to United Nations, 2009: Toward
Humanitarian Competition: A New Current in History
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a
declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly
on December 10, 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. The
Declaration has been translated into at least 375 languages
and dialects, making it the most widely translated document
in the world. The Declaration arose directly from the
experience of the Second World War and represents the first
global expression of rights to which all human beings are
entitled. It consists of 30 articles which have been
elaborated in subsequent international treaties, regional
human rights instruments, national constitutions and laws.
The International Bill of Human Rights consists of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its
two Optional Protocols. In 1966 the General Assembly adopted
the two detailed Covenants, which complete the International
Bill of Human Rights.
Over the last decade, important progress has been made in
many agencies and areas of work across the U.N. system, from
integration of human rights into policies and guidelines to
strengthening the capacity of UN country teams. Some of the
noteworthy milestones in human rights mainstreaming efforts
at global level include:
- Adoption of a “UN
Common Understanding of a human rights-based approach to
development cooperation” in 2003;
- Integration of human
rights in agency policy documents and programming
guidelines as well as increased number of
agency-specific and joint programs on human rights.
Notwithstanding the progress made in recent years, human
rights mainstreaming in the UN system remains a work in
progress. Achieving effective mainstreaming of human rights
would ultimately mean that all activities of the United
Nations would work towards protecting the rights-holders and
enhancing the capacity and accountability of duty-bearers.
We resolve to integrate the promotion and protection of
human rights into national policies and to support the
further mainstreaming of human rights throughout the United
Nations system” (2005 World Summit Outcome Document,
A/RES/60/1, para. 126)
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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR) represents the world's commitment to
universal ideals of human dignity. It has the mandate from
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