On 15 November the so-called G-20 will meet in Washington, where the director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Khan, will propose a new plan for global governance.
A plan that would include 5 issues:
1- Release a new loan to provide liquidity in the short term.
2- Increase the resources of the IMF.
3- Draw lessons from the economic policies that have led to the current situation.
4- Supervise the implementation of new financial regulations that the Financial Stability Forum (a group of major central banks) and the IMF have made.
5- Rethink a global system more coherent.
It is therefore to propose a decisive reform of the global governance. So far, I totally agree. But, as well as the financial crisis, there is a crisis of poor countries affected by the rise of food prices. The fact is that while for rich countries, the crisis means reduced purchasing power, for poor ones; this represents an increase in the number of people suffering from hunger and malnutrition, especially in children.
I repeat that I find very positive the proposal of Mr. Strauss-Khan who will be in the negotiations’ table. There will be the same people who were and who have allowed or caused this crisis? Who will defend countries suffering from hunger? És important que, a la taula, s’hi asseguin també altres que, com a mínim, ofereixin el benefici del dubte, alhora que busquin una solució justa a tot aquest despropòsit global. It is also important that at the negotiations table were attending other countries seek a just solution to all this nonsense global situation.
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