Project

Proposal

The world is grappling with two sets of nations, one the developing ones and the other the developed. The former are a mixed bunch of third world nations, who were mostly colonized for many centuries by the developed nations and subsequently granted independence around 50 to 60 years ago.

Most of the developing nations have grappled with the democracy that has been thrust upon them by the colonizing developed nations and are still struggling to make ends meet in order to come out of the difficult times they have suffered through the decades gone by. The lack of basic education amongst the masses has been one of the significant factors that has contributed to a rather flip-flop style of governance that has evolved after independence where candidates who are totally unfit to rule have been elected into office. This fact, coated with a thick layer of corruption, a total lack of respect for the rule of law, ethnic rivalry and hatred, religious fanaticism, cultural conflicts, sectariansim, castism, and other forms of divisive phenomena, has created a state of chaos and mayhem within most of these growing nations. The only possible exception, in Asia, could be classified as Singapore, where one single man, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, has taken the country into a developed state in double quick time, unlike most of the others.

It is noteworthy to mention that in the prevailing concept the developed nations are moving ahead while the develoing ones are actually falling behind, hence moving in dimaterically opposite directions, in terms of social integration, economics, education, healthcare, and development.

Militant struggles by various groups, espousing a variety of causes and justifications, have also sprouted up and created many fires across the planet, causing total mayhem, violence, killings and a tremendous loss to infrastructure and growth. While afew elite members of the populatios of these nations have chosen to seek greener pastures through migration and overseas expatriate status over the years since independence, the majority have had no choice but to stay behind and suffer the consequences.

Basic human needs, viz; food, clothing, shelter, education and freedom, in most of these nations are totally absent across a great mass of people who have to resort to various other illegal and criminal means for their meagre subsistence. The corruption factor has seeped from the top all the way to the bottom rungs of society and in the current context of the world, seems totally irreparable and uncontrollable.

1. Project Name: Uniting Nations

2. Concept:

First World Developed Nations choosing to come together with a Third World Developing Nation on a mutual agreement between the two for an agreed time span that will endeavor to mutually benefit both nations from each others resources, infrastructure, people, produce, technology and culture.

3. Methodology:

3.1 First World Developed Nation and a Third World Developing Nation
will mutually agree to work together, for an agreed span of time, to
collaborate in sharing social, economic, people and infrastructure development

3.2 The two nations will work closely at the Government and Private
Sector Levels to cooperate in infrastructure, people economic,
employment, training, land, and habitat development,

3.3 The two nations will agree, mutually, to treat each others
territory as one sovereign nation with all tariffs, duties, movement
of people & goods, employment, business, and engagement, open to all citizens of both nations.

3.4 Passports of each nation will be recognized as if they belong to
each other with no restrictions. In other words all citizens of both
nations will hae dual nationality.

3.5 The developed nations Government will act as the Central
Government under which the Government of the Developing Nation will
function as if it is a Federal State within the Central Government,
irrespective of the manner in which it has been elected or established
in power at the time of the agreement.

3.6 The two nations will endeavor to benefit, in all areas, from all
the resources that exist within each of them without any conditions.

3.7 Ownership of lands, businesses, enterprises, etc will be freely
open and available to all peoples from both nations within each others
territory.

3.8 There is no need for the two nations to be in close proximity to
one another geographically.

3.9 The time-frame agreed for the implementation wll be reviewed by
both nations and extended if and when it is felt necessary. It may be
that the nations decide to keep it going forever if the success
factor of the project is deemed to be extremely valuable and
beneficial to both nations.

3.10 On completion of a successful project between any two nations,
the combined entity may then want to extend the project to incorporate
a third or even more nations into the group as may be approprately suitable, viable and desired.

3.11 The idea and concept behind this suggestion is to try and bring
nations closer to each other while sharing each others resources and
spreading out the common wealth across all the peoples and across borders, more like the EU concept but on a much more open and broader basis.

3.12 Freedom of religion, culture and practise of beliefs will be open
and available to all peoples. The ruling Central Goernment will
declare itself a secular Governmental system based on Electoral Democracy for
both nations.

3.13 The outcome of such a relationship could easily lead to the continuous maintenance of the Uniting status and also bringing in newer players into the Uniting concept eventually working towards a true Global Village status.

4. Success Stories

4.1 The European Union
4.2 Germany (East and West)
4.3 United States of America
4.4 HongKong under its previous British Colony Status

The above is only an idea. It needs more work for elaboration and details. In my view, it is one big step that can bring in enormous benefits to millions of people across the globe.