“State of the World Forum” to Advance “Global Governance” for Everyone

By Austin Ruse | August 4, 2000

 

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM)  International leaders from government, business and civil society will meet in New York for seven days in September to muse about mankind and his future. Founded in 1995 by former Soviet Communist leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the “State of the World Forum” meets regularly to advance a bundle of mostly far left ideas.

     The State of the World Forum “was founded with the explicit purpose of gathering together the creative genius of the human family, its elders and innovators, in a search for solutions to the critical challenges facing humanity in the 21st century.” Organizers call it “a powerful common evolutionary enterprise for our species.”

     Three main principles drive the State of the World Forum; “ecological sustainability” as opposed to the “generation of wealth,” “global governance” rather than “national sovereignty”, and a “compassionate society” as opposed to the “global flow of capital.”

     What is most striking about the Forum is the long list of international heavyweights who participate. Even conservatives have turned up, including former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brezinski, and new Mexican President Vincente Fox. Sprinkled with world leaders has been a large number of New Age proponents, including author Marianne Williamson, guru Deepok Chopra, and “mythologist” Jean Houston.

     The seven-day meeting beginning in New York on September 4 is intended to coincide with a number of other important conferences attached to the United Nations. The UN will convene a Millennium Summit of up 150 heads of state and the World Peace Summit of world religious and spiritual leaders meets just before the Forum begins.

     This State of the World Forum will address “Shaping Globalization: Convening the Community of Stakeholders.” Forum organizers contend the violent riots that occurred during the last meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle last December highlighted “the inadequacies of the current system of global governance.” This session of the State of the World Forum is being pitched as a “global town meeting in which the private sector and civil society can come together for substantive dialogue with selected heads of state.” Speakers include Earth Council Institute Chairman Maurice Strong, UN Population Fund Executive Director Nafis Sadik, and Haitian President Jean Bertand-Aristide.

     The Forum will feature major sessions on business, children, education, sustainable development, globalization, global governance, global security, health, science and spirituality, and social development. While the Forum is viewed as a democratic meeting, it is unlikely that most people will have ever heard the terms “global governance” and “sustainable development.” It is also unlikely that most people have ever heard of those from civil society who will represent them at these meetings. At some point it is likely that large new programs and new laws will evolve from the State of the World Forum and other such bodies.

 

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