Davos Annual Meeting 2008 - The Future of Global Governance

http://www.weforum.org/annualmeeting 26.01.2008
The Future of Global Governance: Time for Government 2.0?
Future generations are set to inherit a world replete with global challenges requiring collaborative innovation such as climate change and energy security, but without any institutions to address them effectively.

How should existing governance institutions leverage new Internet platforms and embrace a "citizen-centric" approach to foster greater collaboration and innovation to address future global challenges?

Agustin Carstens, Secretary of Finance of Mexico
Kemal Dervis, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York
Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva
Kumi Naidoo, Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer, Civicus-World Alliance for Citizen Participation, South Africa; Young Global Leader
Sadako Ogata, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Japan
Robert B. Zoellick, President, World Bank, Washington DC

Moderator
David J. O'Reilly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chevron, USA; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008

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[flatl1n3]

global governance is not in my constitution

[joygarner]

Oh, so an UNELECTED few elite banking cartels will plan out NWO, global government? Oh great, we've got a guy from the IMF, World Bank, and WTO. SCUM!!! All of them.

How nice of them. And how will they fund their new global dictatorship? Oh yeah, with a "global" life-emissions CARBON TAX perhaps?

Oh, we want advice from the Mexican "finance" guy too? Oh yeah, Mexico is a stunning example of good finance.

[mrdolike]

DEAR DAVOS....DO YOU MIND TELLING US WHEN YOU BEGIN RULING THE WORLD PLZ....THNKS:)

[Dantex626]

Turkish economist and politician, former World Bank functionary, and currently Administrator of the United Nations Development Program..... not my vocie tho, Don't really like backdoors talk

[MegF142857]

Thankfully in the end they seem to realize that as of this talk in 2008 they were still stuck with working with "nation states", multi-lateralism, cooperation and networking. This is just a stage along the way, so how to shove their real goals along to be in ongoing discussions.

Interesting that they didn't mention the few months away disaster in the world economy. Not as bright as they think they are obviously! Or these guys weren't in on it!

[Marly61]

continued

I read to Lamy, the confidential document which begins with praise for free markets in derivatives and more, what the WTO calls liberalization.

GREG PALAST: Liberalization, is of benefit for all members, including developing and least developing countries. Given whats just happened after the financial crisis, isnt that kind of insane?"

PASCAL LAMY: All depends what you mean by liberalization; which by the way, a very ambiguous English word.

[mizzoulibertarian]

the banker bailout stole 8000 dollars from each american. IWANT MY 8000 dollars back

[videoptmine]

you're funny...but right

[KB1869]

Neither is the right of the federal government to regulate firearms, but they do it anyway. Just one example of many...

[ak47523]

it will be