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COMMISSION JOINT STATEMENT

 

The following joint statement of the Commission on Globalisation was published in the global edition of the Financial Times on December 13, 2001:

We the undersigned have come together to issue the following joint statement:

Moral, economic and political imperatives mandate that the world community take action to reconcile the contradictory tendencies inherent in globalisation. The global challenges before us must be understood and solved in a more comprehensive manner. In the aftermath of September 11, it is clearly the responsibility of the world community to build a sustained coalition against terrorism. It is also our responsibility to build an equally enduring coalition dedicated to building a more peaceful and just world order.

In this spirit, we have come together from around the world and across a spectrum of disciplines to establish a COMMISSION ON GLOBALISATION, which will convene at the London Business School December 13-15. The Commission is an international non-governmental network comprised of leaders from civil society, business, and government who believe that human security, economic prosperity and environmental stability must be developed in an integrated manner to ensure long term sustainability and for the benefits of globalisation to be enjoyed equitably throughout the world. Our goal is to convene leaders from all sectors to deliberate and take collaborative actions focused on the constructive reform of specific aspects of the globalisation process. Our recommendations will be presented to the member states of the United Nations.

Under current conditions, it is essential that those who might not normally consult with one another, or even sit at the same table, come together and share innovative thinking and best practices concerning the equitable and democratic governance of the global system. Nothing less will suffice to create the future to which we all aspire.
 

CO-CHAIRS

Mahnaz Afkhami Lloyd Axworthy Georges Berthoin
Carl Bildt Jane Goodall Mikhail Gorbachev
Cândido Grzybowski Noeleen Heyzer Enrique Iglesias
Yolanda Kakabadse Craig Kielburger Maria Livanos Cattaui
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo Koichiro Matsuura Queen Noor of Jordan Al-Ma’wa
Jose Ramos-Horta Shridath Ramphal Mary Robinson
John Ruggie Vandana Shiva George Soros
James Speth Sigmund Sternberg Joseph Stiglitz
Strobe Talbott Desmond Tutu Lori Wallach
William White Marian Wright Edelman Muhammad Yunus

COMMISSIONERS
 
Rebecca Adamson Ladan Afrasiaabi Techeste Ahderom
Mervat Badawi Alícia Bárcena Monique Bégin
Tom Bentley Chris Beresford Betty Oyella Bigombe
Angela Glover Blackwell Helga Breuninger Charlotte Bunch
Aspasia Camargo Paul Cappon Barry Carin
Nat Colletta Apela Colorado Thais Corral
Clare Cowan Linda Crompton Yeda Crusius
Jose Maria Dagnino Pastore Rosiska Darcy de Oliveira Gurcharan Das
Susan Davis Yael Dayan Juan de Castro
Boaventura de Sousa Santos Meghnad Desai Elizabeth Dowdeswell
William Drayton Hans-Peter Duerr Nick Dunlop
Bo Ekman Amr Enany Ruth Escobar
Daniel Esty Michael Fairbanks Alberto Forchielli
Shepard Forman Graham Galer Mark Gerzon
Anthony Giddens Ronni Goldfarb Pregaluxmi Govender
Jonathan Granoff Ted Hall Halle Hanssen
Khadija Haq Hazel Henderson Hanns Michael Hölz
Will Hutton Maria Ivanova Devaki Jain
Adam Kahane Lászlo Kapolyi Gail Koff
David Korten Bart Jan Krouwel Huguette Labelle
Michael Levett Walter Link Amory Lovins
L. Hunter Lovins Fred Matser Richard Medley
Paola Melchiori Xu Mingqi Uwe Morawetz
Harriet Mouchly-Weiss Caroline Myss Kumi Naidoo
Dragoljub Najman Jane Nelson Susan Nycum Buckley
Oscar Olivera Marcello Palazzi Martin Palmer
Prinn Panitchpakdi Berniece Patterson C.E. Patterson
Nicanor Perlas Howard Perlmutter Jacqueline Pitanguy
Aruna Rao Mark Ritchie Douglas Roche
Kumar Rupesinghe Francisco Sagasti Alison Sander
David Schneider John Sewell Leticia Shahani
Barbara Shailor Gordon Smith Tom Spencer
George Starcher Mervat Tallawy Majid Tehranian
Nuno Teixeira de Azevedo Wouter van Dieren Raymond Van Ermen
Paul van Seters Eduardo Viola Kathryn Williams
Judith Woodard Ngaire Woods Kees Zoeteman

 

 


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