'Imfucumfucu Enkulu': Abahlomuli KaNobel Bacela Ukuncishiswa Kwama-2% Ekusetshenzisweni Kwezempi Emhlabeni Wonke

Ibhalwe nguDan Sabbagh, The Guardian, Disemba 14, 2021

Bangaphezu kuka-50 abahlomuli bemiklomelo kaNobel abasayine incwadi evulekile ethi wonke amazwe anciphise ukusetshenziswa kwawo kwezempi ngo-2% ngonyaka kule minyaka emihlanu ezayo, futhi afake ingxenye yemali eyongiwe esikhwameni se-UN ukulwa nobhubhane, isimo sezulu kanye nezimo ezibucayi. ubumpofu.

Kuhlanganiswe isazi sefiziksi sase-Italy UCarlo Rovelli, le ncwadi isekelwa iqembu elikhulu lososayensi nezibalo kuhlanganise USir Roger Penrose, futhi ishicilelwe ngesikhathi lapho ukungezwani okukhulayo emhlabeni wonke kuye kwaholela ekwandeni okuqhubekayo kwesabelomali sezikhali.

"Ohulumeni ngabanye bangaphansi kwengcindezi yokwenyusa imali esetshenziswa kwezempi ngoba abanye bayakwenza lokho," kusho abasayinileyo beseka lolu hlelo olusanda kwethulwa. Umkhankaso we-Peace Dividend. "Indlela yokunikeza impendulo isekela umjaho wezikhali ozungezayo - ukumosheka okukhulu kwezinsiza ezingasetshenziswa ngobuhlakani obukhulu."

Iqembu elisezingeni eliphezulu lithi lolu hlelo lufana "nesiphakamiso esilula, esibambekayo somuntu", yize lingekho ithemba elingokoqobo lokuthi ukuncishiswa kwezindleko zezempi kuzokwenziwa ohulumeni abakhulu noma abaphakathi, noma ukuthi noma yiziphi isamba esilondoloziwe zizonikezwa. ku-UN nasezikhungweni zayo.

Isamba esichithwe ezempi sifinyelele ku-$1,981bn (£1,496bn) ngonyaka odlule, okunyuke ngo-2.6%. ngokweStockholm International Peace Research Institute. Abantu abahlanu abasebenzisa imali enkulu kube yi-US ($778bn), China ($252bn), India ($72.9bn), Russia ($61.7bn) kanye ne-UK ($59.2bn) - bonke abanyuse isabelomali sabo ngo-2020.

Kukhula ukungezwani phakathi kweRussia nentshonalanga ngenxa yezimo ezifana ne-Ukraine naphakathi I-China ne-US kanye nabalingani bayo base-Pacific phezu kwe-Taiwan ziye zasiza ekukhuphukeni kwezindleko, kanti eminyakeni yamuva ezinye izivumelwano zokungabhebhetheki njengesivumelwano se-INF, esigcine imicibisholo yenuzi ingangeni eYurophu, bavunyelwe ukudlula.

Abasayini le ncwadi baphikisa ngokuthi imijaho yezikhali ingaholela “ezingxabanweni ezibulalayo nezicekela phansi” bese benezela: “Sinesiphakamiso esilula ngesintu: ohulumeni bazo zonke izifunda ezingamalungu e-UN baxoxisana ngokunciphisa ngokuhlanganyela izindleko zabo zempi ngo-2% unyaka ngamunye iminyaka emihlanu.”

Abanye abasekeli bale ncwadi bahlanganisa umholi wokomoya waseTibet uDalai Llama, owake wawina umklomelo wokuthula kaNobel, kanye nesazi sebhayoloji kanye noprofesa waseCambridge University uSir Venki Ramakrishnan kanye nesazi sebhayoloji yamangqamuzana saseMelika uCarol Greider.

Bacela abaholi bezepolitiki bomhlaba ukuthi bavumele “ingxenye yezinsiza ezikhululwe yilesi sivumelwano” ukuthi yabelwe “isikhwama somhlaba wonke, ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwe-UN, ukubhekana nezinkinga ezinkulu zobuntu: ubhubhane, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nobumpofu obudlulele”. Isikhwama esinjalo, bathi, singafinyelela ku-$1tn ngo-2030.