This constitutes a very fundamental issue of the fairness of mankind. Resources on the earth are limited. Depriving the earth of its ability t.o restore is the most irresponsible action. The earth is becoming uninhabitable at an extremely high speed. How should we hear responsibility toward future generations that have not yet been born? How should we deal with problems of fairness among generations and countries?
Though the total population of industrial countries accounts for 20% of the world population, they produce two-thirds of COQ emissions. Pollutants from developing countries, whose population accounts for 80% of the world population, is very small in quantity.
Also, biological diversity is being undermined. Mass murder in terms of biology has begun. Approximately a million species of living creatures have already become extinct.
Regarding food problems, new medicines should be developed to combat diseases. What should be done to cut the vicious circle? Poor countries have a high rate of population increase, which aggravates environment further.
Industrial countries allocate 15% of their national budget to their own social security, whereas only 0.3% to foreign assistance. Despite the fact that they call the world a global village," what a large difference lies between the two allocations.
As the U.N. insisted enthusiastically two years ago, there are piles of basic necessary
tasks, such as water for all the people in the world, hygiene, primary education, and vaccination. There are countless malnourished children. However, 30 to 40 dollars of donation per head annually could save these poorest people. Then, why can't the money he provided? The amount is so small that it will not affect even a tiny part of the meaningless armaments expenditure.
I wonder what consciousness we have as a human beings. How does it look like inside our
heads?
You can be proud, however, since Japan provides the greatest amount of financial contribution to the U.N. Still, even in Japan the amount falls far short of 1% of the national budget, though I think Japan makes a relative effort. However, from a global perspective, there is a wide gap that cannot he understood using common sense. With an extremely simple vision and one effort, and without bearing heavy budgetary burden, developed countries can provide minimum necessities to the world.
The fact that developed countries cannot provide the necessities to the world might be a great stain on human beings. Now our conscience is to be put to the test. There is no
