| Conclusively, with problems of war prevailing today | | | | and even Zimbabwe want to look to themselves and |
| we do look at the history of our leaders and | | | | other people of color for their solutions. They might |
| question their motives. When they meet as World | | | | have given up on or want to have very little to do |
| powers to maintain control over the social services | | | | with the European Leadership, as problem solvers. |
| and economic development of poor people we notice | | | | Overall, some African leadership is left fearing the |
| their goals for economic development are most | | | | possibility that insincere humanitarian operators are still |
| especially attached to resource rich developing | | | | at the helm. Consequently, it is difficult to be sure |
| countries in Africa. With this in mind, we need to | | | | who the real humanitarians are? In this case, there is |
| keep them on track and need a champion to insure | | | | a need for a Champion to step up, like those that |
| that non governmental agencies can participate to | | | | supported Harriet Tubman anonymously, and support |
| insure human welfare systems functions with the | | | | other programs or services more sensitive to |
| principles of ethics and justice. Revisit Liberia, Sierra | | | | protecting Human rights of African people, and |
| Leone, Congo, South Africa, and now Sudan-all of | | | | supporting global peace specifically. |
| these countries that have reserves or mineral | | | | In the final recollection of historical events reviewing |
| resources and the land and people both have been | | | | global wars such as Iraq and various wars in Africa: |
| exploited and left trying to develop or in civil distress: | | | | slavery, apartheid, colonialism etc., Can we at least |
| Rubber, Oil, Gold, Diamonds, Aluminium, Iron and | | | | admit that our leaders who are the primary |
| numerous other mineral resources among those | | | | caretakers of Africa and the world are having a few |
| needed to drive the economies of developed nations | | | | problems with conflict management and bringing |
| are surely at the root of many of African problems. | | | | peace to humanity. And just maybe they are not as |
| These same countries are among those manipulated | | | | successful as they would like to be in ridding the |
| by national and international politics for control of | | | | world of the causes of war, poverty, famine and |
| resources and may be driven without concern for | | | | disease. Otherwise, they have planned not to |
| the human rights of its citizens into chaos. This results | | | | educate or put services in place that would |
| in huge numbers of innocent people, such as | | | | effectually heal societies and create sustaining |
| refugees and displaced children to die or suffer as a | | | | economies and provide solutions in developing nations. |
| result. | | | | If this is the case then their education and training |
| Most of us know that Africa is resource rich, so why | | | | systems cannot possibly evolve to create leaders |
| can't the people themselves be economically | | | | that work for peace or sustainable economic |
| sustainable and not suffer since their resources are | | | | development. Neither would it foster the |
| used for the benefit of others? Why do poverty and | | | | development of the good attributes through |
| disease persist since all of the Leading governments | | | | education that would produce future effective |
| are in Africa providing human services and developing | | | | leadership sincere about achieving sustainable results |
| assistance? Is someone or something driving | | | | in Africa. A final remedy is that any people interested |
| economic, social and development problems and | | | | in a future of peace for the world MUST see how |
| distress in African nations instead? | | | | they can support getting better results from our |
| It is mostly a known fact that African resources | | | | leadership. Let them know we are aware that |
| have been specifically manipulated for centuries, this | | | | Leadership is having problems leading the world in the |
| aim to have power over the resources many believe | | | | pathway of peace and security and they need good |
| also 'drives' war, and many also drive counter | | | | guidance. There must be respect for life. Even |
| development and genocide activities. Genocide | | | | though some of humanity experience the quality of |
| activities would cause war, famine and diseases such | | | | life, no life is useless enough to kill. |
| as HIV to kill innocent people. Another major problem | | | | Many Americans live in comfort. Overall Americans |
| that resource driven wars cause in Africa is | | | | have a few worries about having a future of peace |
| displacement and killing of men, women and children | | | | and security in place for their children. It is certain |
| which creates Refugees, widows, orphans and | | | | that the majority of Americans and other nationalities |
| trauma. These human problems also need immediate | | | | want to see the end of the war in Iraq and also see |
| attention and especially some especially concerned | | | | peaceful resolutions to all conflicts in the Middle East |
| caretakers to provide services to protect the human | | | | and elsewhere. It is also certain that the majority of |
| rights and to prevent genocide of innocent victims. | | | | Americans and other nations want to see an end to |
| Look at the genocide affecting Sudan, but to even | | | | the distress and suffering of Africans and other poor |
| think genocide and the killing of innocent people could | | | | people and any resulting human calamity such as the |
| be driven by resources, or to even think that | | | | Refugee plight, Disease-plagues, War and Famine. It is |
| governments that are created to protect people | | | | also certain that Americans and other nations want |
| may knowingly support the killing of human life, brings | | | | to see real efforts in education and in all other social |
| great pain to many. | | | | services that can help our societies evolve into a |
| It is not imaginable that our leaders would be involved | | | | future of global peace and security, have their human |
| in any such 'counter development activities' like the | | | | rights be served justly. If these are certain pointer's |
| creation of disease or wars that intentionally | | | | addressed to leadership to help them create specific |
| depopulate or kill specific people. However, I was | | | | conditions that foster peace and sustain and protect |
| once told that the Indians were given gifts of | | | | the quality of life. |
| 'smallpox' infected blankets, by the Pilgrims, and that | | | | Some pointers to follow below are: |
| these blankets caused infections that killed off the | | | | 1. Leaders must reorganize formal education systems |
| Indians and helped win America. I was also told that | | | | towards the meeting of the holistic development |
| there was an experiment in Alabama where | | | | needs of the people they seek to lead or dominate |
| African-American men who had or were infected | | | | in a just and equitable way. |
| with Syphilis were intentionally given placebos instead | | | | 2. Leaders should learn how to use formal and |
| of a cure just so doctors could study the effects of | | | | informal education as a tool to reduce conflicts, |
| Syphilis in the human population: most died. I had also | | | | enhance peace, build character and ethics, and build |
| been told that through vaccinations certain | | | | self-reliance. |
| populations in Africa were infected with HIV. To say | | | | 3. Leaders should teach one to create and maintain |
| the least, even if any of the above is true, then | | | | sustainable communities if they really want to |
| certainly there is a prevalent human disease that | | | | enforce a positive change in the world today. |
| needs a real loving and peaceful cure. Yet, the overall | | | | If Leaders cannot do these things they must accept |
| consequence: whether genocide was or is planned or | | | | help from others more sensitive to human welfare |
| whether these wars, diseases and famines in | | | | and human rights for specifically poor or developing |
| resource rich countries full of poor people are merely | | | | nations. It is certain that Humanitarian workers must |
| happenstance: one point is evident, there is a battle | | | | both be sincere and capable to provide services such |
| over the control of resources by national and | | | | as education and training that can build lasting global |
| international leaders that has resulted in suffering, | | | | peace and sustainable environments. LEADERS must |
| pain, torture, death and the separation of families. | | | | seek to bring REAL solutions to poverty. Good |
| In 2007, these 'battles' that exist in Africa and in the | | | | leaders will practice justice and ethics and work to |
| Middle East are causing people all over the world to | | | | preserve and sustain human life with no strings of |
| grieve either for the soldiers or the victims. Our global | | | | 'genocide' attached! |
| human family is suffering the loss of our brothers, | | | | While there is respect for our powerful leaders some |
| sisters, daughters and sons, while war and the fleeing | | | | guidance is needed in education and social affairs so |
| from war creates the impoverished climates | | | | that meaningful servicing of Human rights can be in |
| internationally that causes thousands of Refugees, | | | | progress. We must support Leadership and help them |
| widows and orphans. | | | | overcome the human dis-eases that cause the lost |
| 1. In 2007, the people in both developed and the | | | | of human life. |
| developing world are not at peace, because their | | | | Blood is a terrible thing to Waste and it cries from |
| sons and daughters are dying in the Middle East from | | | | the ground |
| wars that could be driven by resource control or | | | | If you are not aware, please be informed that there |
| manipulation. | | | | are humanitarian service providers who do care and |
| 2. In 2007, sub-Saharan Africa is still suffering from | | | | are available to help enforce positive changes |
| wars, disease and massive displacement of people | | | | towards global healing and economic sustainability of |
| and Refugees, conditions that could be created by | | | | the poor and are harbingers of global peace. Most of |
| resource control and manipulation | | | | the world is demanding that the real humanitarians |
| And finally, in the case of African related peoples, can | | | | please stand up, be a champion and support the |
| leaders of today be successful in contributing to the | | | | establishment of systems and services that protect |
| positive development of people they have | | | | human rights of developing people in Africa and |
| oppressed, or do they really not have their best | | | | throughout the world. |
| interests at heart? Do they only want to reduce the | | | | Global Institute of Leadership and Sustainable |
| populations of poor people instead and continue to | | | | Economics uses formal education as a tool to |
| dominate? And if there is really no remorse for past | | | | enhance peace and sustainable environments. |
| deeds and no sincere interests in the true | | | | There are people who need their human rights |
| development of disadvantaged communities, then it | | | | protected as their survival is threatened today! |
| may be understandable why nations such as Sudan | | | | |