World Citizenship – Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Posted by Fausto Aarya De Santis on April 12, 2010 under Interviews, News, Video | Be the First to Comment

“I’m not aware of what it means. There is certainly a concept that we are a global community. There is a concept that each citizen much conduct himself in a manner in which his country is seen as a country to be a good global citizen. But in my view if you don’t have global taxation you don’t have global citizenship. So the argument that there is global citizenship is an exaggerated claim. You can only be citizen of one government, so if you ever had global citizenship then everybody would be a citizen… the question is whether he would be a good citizen or a bad citizen.
Ultimately individuals are citizens of the country they belong to. There may be global values, universal values but each citizen must operate in the confines of the country he or she is a citizen of.”

by Fausto Aarya De Santis

World Citizen – Interview with Vrinda Dar

Posted by Fausto Aarya De Santis on February 15, 2010 under Interviews, News, Video | Be the First to Comment

Potentially all of us can feel to be, and behave like, a World citizen – said Vrinda Dar, General Secretary of Kautilya Society for Intercultural Dialogue – but it is especially the responsibility of people like us- conscious and educated people, who have traveled and worked across countries, who have the capacity to look beyond our boundaries, to share our thoughts, emotions and positive experiences, share the spirit of tolerance, non-violence, brotherhood and peace – to convey these messages to other people and contribute, as individuals, to build “world citizens” whenever we can.

People can support and influence policies and lead their implementation at all levels of governance, if empowered to be part of the decision making process It is only when policies are based on people’s choices that people feel ownership of policies and hold governments accountable for implementing the same. Otherwise they will remain on paper and will never be translated into action.

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