| Should the G8 be in charge of education, sustainable | | | | pursuit of Happiness. -- That to secure these rights, |
| development and humanitarian services in the | | | | Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their |
| Developing world? | | | | just powers from the consent of the governed, -- |
| Lessons in life come via formal and informal | | | | That whenever any Form of Government becomes |
| education, while formal education by most is valued | | | | destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the |
| as a human right it can also be utilized to train and | | | | People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new |
| develop partakers into self-sufficient contributors and | | | | Government, laying its foundation on such principles |
| participants towards the development of sustainable | | | | and organizing its powers in such form, as to them |
| societies. Many others take education for granted | | | | shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and |
| and use it to spread general and even useless | | | | Happiness....But when a long train of abuses and |
| knowledge. Education must be taken seriously to | | | | usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object |
| protect Human Rights and enhance peace and | | | | evinces a design to reduce them under absolute |
| sustainable environments in developing societies. Since | | | | Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw |
| there are immediate troublesome conditions | | | | off such Government, and to provide new Guards |
| throughout the world, and especially in developing | | | | for their future security. -- |
| states in Africa, one must deeply consider what role | | | | When the initial colonies wanted freedom from Britain |
| formal education can play to hasten holistic | | | | their aim was to create a government that would |
| development of the people towards bringing solutions | | | | protect human rights and they themselves were |
| to conflicts. Many of the G8 nations have been the | | | | champions of liberty. Today have Americans lost |
| caretakers of the developing world for at least the | | | | sight of the initial purpose of America---to protect |
| last century. Although this time has proven to be | | | | Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness for all men? |
| quite successful for most of the developing nations, | | | | Since most of us really have faith in life and Liberty it |
| has there really been any measurable success for | | | | is certain that many would like to support the |
| African people? Has there been measurable success | | | | protection of the quality of life that our constitution |
| for poor people? And not to unfairly place blame, has | | | | as human, as opposed to animal stands for. We do |
| anyone besides the G8 even taken the interest or | | | | not want to believe that there are leaders operating |
| responsibility to find solutions to help educate and | | | | in 2007 who no longer care about protecting this |
| assist development in poor countries otherwise? | | | | quality of life. It appears that something has gone |
| These strong European and American alliances are | | | | astray from the initial declaration of Independence |
| the foremost leaders in education and development | | | | that greatly supported the protection of Human |
| across the globe. They are creators of most of the | | | | rights and the happiness of mankind? |
| religious, social, economic and political organizations | | | | Consequently, some are not very confident that |
| that provide programs and services that assist | | | | leading governments want to be successful in |
| developing nations and they work together to | | | | providing human services or champions of peace. |
| provide humanitarian support to developing peoples | | | | Certainly, the last 50 years had not hosted a global |
| throughout the world. Yet, ironically, these European | | | | environment of peace and security to warrant |
| partners are also among those since the beginning of | | | | success. Even less than 40 years ago, numerous |
| the slave trade in the 1600s, 1885 and beyond that | | | | martyrs were assassinated and imprisoned in the |
| have combined resources to trigger colonialism and | | | | name of human rights and development or peace: |
| neo-colonialism, and setting up bureaucracy that has | | | | remember, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Marcus |
| played a very significant role in the | | | | Garvey, Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, Patrice Lumumba |
| under-development of African states as well. For | | | | and Kwame Nkrumah just to name a few. In more |
| centuries, this leadership has gathered valuable | | | | recent history Leaders in the African-American |
| resources from especially Africa and from other | | | | community are still arrested or detained for unifying |
| developing nations in South America and had utilized | | | | their communities to enhance the quality of life of |
| both human and natural resources to service their | | | | economic development: remember Yahweh Ben |
| own national interest and drive their economic and | | | | Yahweh who was arrested and detained from |
| technological development. If in truth this is a | | | | 1990-2007. It is thought, he was arrested just |
| historical fact about the history of our leaders, then | | | | because his community became economically |
| have our leaders evolved to be good stewards since | | | | sustainable. This happened in America. It would |
| the active practice of enslavement, apartheid and | | | | appear that government leaders in today are not in |
| colonialism? Have they become willing and able | | | | the business of supporting education systems or |
| enough to create educational services, and social | | | | services that support the development of leaders |
| welfare systems that can empower those they once | | | | that seek to protect human rights, at least this |
| sought to dominate? | | | | proven to be the case for African related or poor |
| A brief 'stroll down memory lane' will allow us to | | | | people specifically. |
| remember the roles that our leaders have played in | | | | If this is so, can the G8 or other super powers be |
| crimes against humanity. Hate, racism, greed, and | | | | supported in their lead especially in sustainable |
| having little regard for the human life of poor peoples | | | | development programs and global peace for Africa or |
| are some of the human dis-eases recognizable as the | | | | elsewhere? Can they continue to take charge of |
| causes of both the exploitation and genocide of | | | | programs and services that are established to |
| African related and other peoples. Certain systems of | | | | protect human rights if their evaluation is not good? |
| domination were implemented by most of the G8 | | | | The European alliances through religious missions or |
| governments that severely exploited human rights. | | | | programs are the foremost providers and pioneers of |
| One such exploitation existed in slavery. Slavery is a | | | | services to humanity and continually raise money to |
| system noted by the United Nations Human Rights | | | | serve and protect the needs and wants of |
| Charter, to be a severe violation of human rights. | | | | developing peoples especially. Consequently, they |
| Although many of the G8 nations have offered | | | | have had the most potential to champion human |
| formal apologies for enslavement of humans there | | | | development and the peace process. They have |
| had been no reparations or solutions to the poverty | | | | been the Global leaders in developing systems in |
| that slavery and apartheid and colonialism created, | | | | Education, Health, Economics, Social Welfare, Business |
| given to most of the people that have suffered and | | | | and Commerce and the pioneers in implementing |
| chiefly those of African descent. | | | | related programs, services and activities across the |
| These African related people are themselves not | | | | globe. Certainly they have been successful in |
| respected by other nations and thought to be | | | | protecting the human rights of some, but it is also |
| abusers of themselves and indifferent, and are | | | | evident that they have not supported the sustainable |
| among the same populations that present in large | | | | development of Africa. Maybe they need guidance to |
| numbers as the impoverished and needy. On the | | | | direct their Human development and Education to |
| other hand, since there has been no formal display of | | | | insure a better progress for African-related and poor |
| remorse to show respect for life in their behalf and | | | | people in the future. |
| no sentiments that seek to replace or rejoin families | | | | A look at recent history reflects that they need |
| that were separated. And are there any sincere | | | | support in providing effective programs or services |
| activities by leading governments to make amends | | | | to Africa specifically. The protection of Human Rights |
| for land, possessions or lives lost for those enslaved | | | | in the last 50 years in Africa shows little progress in |
| or exploited? Has there been a real effort to provide | | | | peace and sustainable economic development. A 2005 |
| reparations for the lost of life, dignity and human | | | | UN Human Development magazine about Africa |
| rights? Additionally with no formal activities to | | | | reported 70 percent of the worlds HIV cases were |
| address the trauma that these certain groups | | | | in Africa alone and 27 percent of the worlds |
| experienced for generations, is there any wonder | | | | Refugees came from Africa, while Africa only |
| how serious social problems including poverty might | | | | contributed to being 10 percent of the world |
| prevail among those with former slave, apartheid or | | | | population. If the G8 have been in charge of |
| colonial experiences? | | | | Education programs in Health; Peace building and |
| And finally, some ask, how can the same Leaders | | | | conflict management, then the amount of Refugees |
| who appear not to support the reparation of crimes | | | | and bad health alone reflect little progress with |
| against humanity perpetrated on specific peoples | | | | government programs to support peace or human |
| seek to bring other leaders of countries to justice for | | | | development and education in Africa. |
| similar atrocities, RE-SURFACE as the teachers and | | | | Maybe Government leaders need others to help |
| healers of those same societies and the world? It is | | | | them with their health education and global peace and |
| possible that governments do have remorse and | | | | conflict management programs because something |
| seek healing from somewhere to learn how to show | | | | has gone astray from the intention of American |
| respect for people they once hated or abused. But | | | | Founding Fathers. We as consumers have a right to |
| let's ask the Afrikaners, if they have healed from the | | | | direct our support to programs and services that can |
| system of Apartheid in the last 20 years, where | | | | better relate to the Life, Liberty and pursuit of |
| suddenly in the last 20 years almost 70 percent of | | | | happiness for all people it intends to serve. There are |
| the cases of HIV are in Africa, with the most cases | | | | other leading agencies that can lay the foundation |
| in South Africa. Why are these Black African | | | | that will protect and service the rights of all humans |
| populations suddenly the most infected with HIV, and | | | | in the future, which are usually non-governmental and |
| they appear not to thrive specifically? Could there | | | | have a genuine interest with no strings attached for |
| really be a plan of genocide targeting specific people | | | | human service. Governments in the business of |
| to gain their resources? I pray genocide in 2007 is | | | | Human Rights and protection should carefully review |
| not a reality, but if this is the case, human-kind and | | | | the Declaration of Independence and restructure to |
| particularly those who stand up as global leaders are | | | | effectively champion Life; Liberty and pursuit of |
| still terrible offenders of Human rights and need | | | | happiness for the good of all humanity. The specific |
| serious support in their recovery. | | | | target of groups of human beings for genocide or |
| But maybe the same religions that were used to | | | | exploitation is a crime against humanity. |
| enslave Africans and others are working towards the | | | | For those whose rights are continually and maybe |
| healing of man-kind and can mend the dis-respect for | | | | even unintentionally disrespected, a Champion must |
| life that caused exploitation and crimes against | | | | arise to help open the door for non-governmental |
| humanity such as slavery and genocide? Maybe the | | | | agencies to save innocent people and provide some |
| government and leadership of yesterday active in | | | | immediate relief. Many will benefit and many more |
| committing crimes against humanity did eventually | | | | warrant the protection of their human rights, but |
| want to rectify human dis-eases that caused | | | | targeting those in the most distress in a beginning. |
| exploitation and so they produced a document that | | | | Every life is precious even though it appears that |
| would eventually manifest justice as created in the | | | | poor or people in developing countries are taken for |
| Declaration of Independence of 1776, | | | | granted. This makes it obvious that Governing bodies |
| When in the Course of human events it becomes | | | | need assistance with their global peace and |
| necessary for one people to dissolve the political | | | | development objectives, especially when they try to |
| bands which have connected them with another and | | | | serve the poor. The wars that exists today in Africa |
| to assume among the powers of the earth, the | | | | and the Middle East do demonstrate the lack of |
| separate and equal station to which the Laws of | | | | progress of super powers in protecting human rights |
| Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent | | | | and being real champions of peace. |
| respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they | | | | While there is respect for our powerful leaders some |
| should declare the causes which impel them to the | | | | guidance is needed in education and social affairs so |
| separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, | | | | that meaningful servicing of Human rights can |
| that all men are created equal, that they are | | | | progress. Non-governmental agencies can better |
| endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable | | | | support developing peoples with no strings attached. |
| Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the | | | | |