On April 3 Secretary General Kofi
Annan released the Millennium Report on the United Nations in the 21st
Century in preparation for the Summit. Considering the momentous
nature of this event, the report, as is usual, is very vague in its
language, overly optimistic in its goals, short on substance, and
drastically distorts its true intent—to restructure the UN into a world
government.
That is not what Annan claims,
however. Global governance, he insists, is not a "world government
of centralized bureaucratic behemoths trampling on the rights of people
and states." "Nothing," he claims, "is
less desirable." Instead, he avows that it is a loose group of
international "decision-making structures" which
articulates and advances the "cause of common humanity."
On the other hand, "Global civilization," claims Annan,
must be driven by a "robust international legal order"
within the "principles and practices of multilateralism."
(Bold added) What Annan doesn’t say is that his verbiage fits perfectly
the World English Dictionary definition of government: "a group of
people who have the power to make and enforce laws for a country or area,"
while governance is defined as "the system or manner of government."
To fully implement the "emerging
global legal order," claims Annan, nations must develop and apply
the rule of law by signing and ratifying "international treaties
and conventions." Hence, one of the purposes of the Millennium
Summit will be to allow world leaders to sign a variety of treaties while
they are attending. Annan is especially pushing the ratification of the
International Criminal Court (ICC) to "bring to justice,"
he claims, "those responsible for crimes against humanity."
Yet, numerous studies have revealed that the ICC has absolutely no checks
and balances. Its judges can bring charges against any citizen or elected
official for anything they deem as a crime against humanity. The accused
is guilty until proven innocent, and the court’s jurisdiction is
superior to national courts. It is the perfect tool to coerce elected
officials and citizens alike to toe the UN line.
Annan wants to lift at least 1
billion people out of poverty by 2015. While a noble goal, poverty rarely
stems from a lack of money or resources, but rather is more of a problem
of corrupt, unaccountable governments that ignore the rule of law and
stifle human initiative."
Annan
even acknowledges this truth in his report. "Economic success,"
he admits, "depends in considerable measure on the quality of
governance a country enjoys." "Good governance,"
continues Annan, "comprises the rule of law, effective State
institutions, transparency and accountability in the management of public
affairs, respect for human rights, and the participation of all citizens
in the decisions that affect their lives." A casual reader would
believe this is what Annan proposes for global governance. But, nowhere,
in any UN or NGO document is there any mention of a structure of
governance that would permit real checks and balances to absolute power.
There will be absolutely no direct accountability to the people governed.
In addition to the crisis of
poverty, Annan notes the dilemma of the escalating incidence of internal
conflicts and the enormity of the devastation suffered by millions. Driven
by "politics, greed and ethnic or religious hatreds,"
these wars are fueled, he claims, "by a hyperactive and in large
part illicit global arms market." "In the wake of these
conflicts," he contends, "a new understanding of the
concept of security is evolving." Not security from "external
attack", but rather security "of communities and
individuals from internal violence."
The solution to all of this, of
course, is UN control. Annan insists that "international
humanitarian and human rights laws" must be reasserted. To
enforce them, he contends, "the Security Council has a moral duty
to act on behalf of the international community." In other words,
the UN should intervene militarily like NATO did in Kosovo. But Annan
laments that the UN cannot do this job the way it is presently structured.
He implies that the UN needs its own army for peace making and keeping
purposes. Even so, small arms "endanger peacekeepers and
humanitarian workers" and benefit terrorists and "perpetrators
of organized crime." Of course, Annan’s one-dimensional
solution is gun control and the time-honored practice of all tyrants, the
establishment of a global police state.
The greatest justification for
global governance, according to Annan, is the need to protect the
environment. "Earth’s atmosphere is warming at an increasing
rate," he warns. The hottest 14 years since systematic
measurements began in the 1860s have all occurred in the past two decades."
Yet, the data used in the report to support his claim is a compilation
from a highly suspect database whose temperature records are corrupted by
a variety of sources. The best temperature data to date is from satellites
which can measure the earth’s temperature to 0.01 oC. This data shows no
warming at all since 1979. Over 17,000 verified scientists in the U.S.
have signed a petition saying that there is insufficient evidence of
global warming for a treaty to be passed.
Nonetheless, Annan calls for the
immediate ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, which, he claims will reduce
the global carbon dioxide (CO2) to "5 per cent below 1990 levels."
However, because only the industrialized nations are bound by the treaty,
leaving developing nations free to increase their emissions, the Kyoto
Protocol is not designed to accomplish any CO2 reduction. While the
U.S. must reduce its projected energy requirements by over 30 percent by
2012, nations like Mexico, Brazil, China and others can increase their
energy use at will. The Kyoto Protocol is nothing more than the greatest
income redistribution plan ever conceived in the mind of a socialist. In
the process, it will destroy the U.S. as an economic powerhouse.
While we do face environmental
problems, nearly all of them are caused by corrupt, repressive governments
that have no concern for the plight of either their people or the
environment. Incredibly, the one thing that can help solve the world’s
water and food shortage problem is increased carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere—the very thing global governance will reduce. Much research
has shown that a doubling of CO2 can increase crop and forest production
by up to 50 percent, and can dramatically increase the drought tolerance
of crops so that they can grow with less irrigation. Yet, Annan and global
governance seek to reduce the very thing that could save the world! It is
diabolical.
Annan’s solution to the world’s
problems is to bring every human activity under the control of the UN. The
root causes of poverty, war, and environmental destruction are greed,
power, hatred and corruption. These are issues of the soul and spirit.
Although they can be curtailed at the point of a gun, no amount of
governance can ever change it. Only God can do that by changing the heart.
The plan to implement global
governance is so diabolical it can come only from one source---Satan, the
father of all lies. Unless God intervenes humanity is on a collision
course with disaster. If so, remember John 4:4, "Ye are of God,
little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in
you, than he that is in the world." V
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