The G7 summit

The Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s call at the outreach meeting of the ongoing G7 summit, in Ise-Shima, Japan to the developed world to support the LDCs endeavour to get out of the poverty cycle is a timely reminder to the former about their moral responsibilities in meeting the SDGs. The Bangladeshi prime minister pertinently stressed on health, women empowerment, achieving sustainable development goals and cooperation in building advanced infrastructure in her statement.
 The G7, formed in the 1970s, is the group of the seven major developed countries in the world. As a result of this fact, the group has often been criticised and viewed as an "elite club". The Bangladesh premiere’s participation is an indication that the G7 is reaching out to the broader world and putting emphasis on global inclusive growth.
According to the World Bank, over a billion people—at least one quarter of the world's population—live in poverty and over half of these people live in South Asia. Justice demands that people be compensated for the harms and injustices suffered at the hands of others. Much of the poverty of developing nations is beyond doubt the result of unjust and exploitative policies of governments and industries in rich countries. The protectionist trade policies of rich nations have often driven down the price of exports of poor nations.
Moreover, contrary to what is regularly portrayed in sections of the Western media, it is the rich countries that pose a threat to the world's resource supply. The average Ameri­can uses up to 30 times more of the world's resources than does the average Asian or African. If our concern is to ensure that there is an adequate resource base for the world's population, policies aimed at decreasing consumption by rich nations should be adopted.
Bangladesh is experiencing the impact of climate change mostly caused by the industrial age of the developed world. If the world fails to limit global warming, major climatic changes and environmental disasters would lead to the destabilization of whole countries and entire regions. The richer countries must do more to meet the energy demands of all countries, and adhere to the principle of shared but differentiated responsibilities when addressing climate change.
The gap between rich nations and poor nations is very likely to grow as it did in the past. How the rich nations respond to the plight of the people in the LDCs will depend, in part, on how they come to view their duty to poor nations. We hope they pay heed to
Sheikh Hasina’s call for them to be gracious to the
poor countries.

 

The G7 summit

The Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinas call at the outreach meeting of the ongoing G7 summit, in Ise-Shima, Japan to the developed world to support the LDCs endeavour to get out of the poverty cycle is a timely reminder to the former about their moral responsibilities in meeting the SDGs. The Bangladeshi prime minister pertinently stressed on health, women empowerment, achieving sustainable development goals and cooperation in building advanced infrastructure in her statement. The G7, formed in the 1970s, is the group of the seven major developed countries in the world. As a result of this fact, the group has often been criticised and viewed as an elite club. The Bangladesh premieres participation is an indication that the G7 is reaching out to the broader world and putting emphasis on global inclusive growth. According to the World Bank, over a billion peopleat least one quarter of the worlds populationlive in poverty and over half of these people live in South Asia. Justice demands that people be compensated for the harms and injustices suffered at the hands of others. Much of the poverty of developing nations is beyond doubt the result of unjust and exploitative policies of governments and industries in rich countries. The protectionist trade policies of rich nations have often driven down the price of exports of poor nations. Moreover, contrary to what is regularly portrayed in sections of the Western media, it is the rich countries that pose a threat to the worlds resource supply. The average American uses up to 30 times more of the worlds resources than does the average Asian or African. If our concern is to ensure that there is an adequate resource base for the worlds population, policies aimed at decreasing consumption by rich nations should be adopted. Bangladesh is experiencing the impact of climate change mostly caused by the industrial age of the developed world. If the world fails to limit global warming, major climatic changes and environmental disasters would lead to the destabilization of whole countries and entire regions. The richer countries must do more to meet the energy demands of all countries, and adhere to the principle of shared but differentiated responsibilities when addressing climate change. The gap between rich nations and poor nations is very likely to grow as it did in the past. How the rich nations respond to the plight of the people in the LDCs will depend, in part, on how they come to view their duty to poor nations. We hope they pay heed to Sheikh Hasinas call for them to be gracious to the poor countries.