STWR - Share The World's Resources

The CEOs of three-quarters of the world's 100 largest companies have just completed an uncomfortable weekend at the tiny Swiss ski resort of Davos, while their companies' share prices nosedived on global stock markets, amid concern that the U.S. economy was staggering towards recession.

People around the world celebrate the new year with the mix of heady hope and unsettling uncertainty that contemplating the future inevitably inspires. One difference from years past, a difference that grows more marked as globalisation proceeds apace, is that the world's people have increasingly come to see that their destiny on this planet is shared; no man and no nation is an island.

The UN has a chance to salvage its reputation and redefine itself for the 21st century, but not until the situation in Darfur is stabilised.

On the 17th and 18th of November 2007, the finance ministers and reserve bank governors of the G20 countries, along with leading International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank officials, will be gathering in the seaside village of Kleinmond, South Africa.¹ 

An ambitious survey of public opinion around the world contains valuable findings of great interest to the world's citizens and policymakers alike. The project was conducted by Voice of the People for the European Council on Foreign Relations and was released on 25 October 2007.

The human population is living far beyond its means and inflicting damage on the environment that could pass points of no return, according to a major report issued Thursday by the United Nations.

Anti-poverty activists Wednesday organized thousands of meetings and demonstrations across the world to highlight the plight of the downtrodden and the poor.