Climate Change, Nuclear disarmament and humane Global Governance

Climate Change, Nuclear disarmament and humane Global Governance

Dr. Jassim Taqui

The Climate Change  is linked with the proliferation of nuclear weapons both of which poses a grave danger to the future of humanity. This issue is serious and needs a solution. The global forces came up with Plan B to prevent the worst outcome of the world disorder. However, the global stability needs Plan A to ban completely the nuclear weapons. Ideally, Plan A should have been suggested and implemented by the United Nation. This could not work due to the primacy of the geopolitical forces. There is, however, another difficult solution, which is to mobilize people at the grass-root level against the National States and force them to accept the Global States that would follow Humane Global Governance to save the human race from annihilation.

The above were the highlights of a lectured delivered by Professor Dr. Richard Anderson Falk, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University and former UNHCR Special Rapporteur on Palestine at ISSI.

Chairman ISSI Ambassador Khalid Mahmood acted as a moderator. He agreed completely with Dr. Falk. However, Dr. Hilal Albert disagreed. In her remarks, Dr. Albert maintained that the world does not need Plan A or Plan B. It needs a Humane Global Governance.

The Questions-Answers session witnessed some lively debate. Almost all intellectuals disagreed with both Dr. Falk and Dr. Albert.

It seems to me that a message was intended to be given to the Government that if it failed to toe the line of the Global Humane Governance, it would face its “Arab Spring.” The message was conveyed to the government in a rather humiliating manner. The two distinguished speakers underestimated the intellect  of the audience. Their notion was that the government should accept the dictates of the United States and freeze or even dismantle the nuclear weapons. They ignored the fact that the Obama administration has not acted as a humane when he agreed to export nuclear technology to India in total violation of international norms. India was given a waiver. The Obama administration went to the extent of signing a military pact with India, enabling it to use over 700-800 US military bases across the world under the pretext of fighting terrorism. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also agreed to let the US forces to use all bases of India in its fight against terrorists.

One would ask Dr. Falk and Dr. Albert how can you dare to perceive that the audience does not understand your message. Would you think the audience did not know your message, that is, “sacrifice Pakistan nation state in favour of Global governance.”