A Global Community

In December 2008, the G192 met in Doha to discuss the global financial crisis and how it would impact financial aid for countries.  This is the General Assembly of the United Nations–delegations from every country.  The news often covers the G8, a body made up of the global superpowers, and now is hyping up more and more the G20 economic powers, but the G192 gives equal voice to every nation in the world.  And as it turned out, the consensus was, that the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the big players in the global aid scene were unfairly influenced by the superpower nations that were supplying them with the most money, and actually creating policies that were hurting the developing nations that depend on the institutions' aid.

What the majority of nations said was that the G8, G20, and other bodies that underrepresent the make up of the world of the world should be abolished.  NGOs, experts, and people around the world agreed, and thought the United States and other nations might not be willing to hand over their political capital, but the fact that a G20 has been created is a sign that the world wants more voice in global decision-making.  But if the world is going to value the voice of all its nations equally, at some point, political leverage will be meaningless because no one will be able to have it.

In North Ireland, even Iraq and Palestine, democracy is trying to foster itself in fair representation in the respective governments.  In Tehran, there is even a Jewish representative in the government.  The United States and others seem to rate others on how fairly represented their citizens are.  But if the world begins to equally represent all of its member nations, then it would be as though the United Nations, the IMF, World Bank, and all of these organizations are the ultimate democracies.

It's strange to imagine, but it seems that if the world is truly moving towards a platform where the world is literally "flat," then countries will have their borders open to business, trade, ideas, and different peoples.  In a sense, the world would be like one nation, without borders.  Diverse. The world is becoming less and less divided.