4‧23 WORLD BOOK DAY CREATIVE COMPETITION 2015
Senior Secondary English Category
NG SIN HOI 5C
Global Cooperation Facilitates Harmony
"What is Harmony?” “How does Global Cooperation and Harmony affect us?” “How can we achieve the perfect balance?” These questions have become rather controversial and disputable nowadays. The World Harmony states – “Our world has reached a fork in the road...... The new road is based on love, harmony, excitement and support. It is also unlimited, constructive, works with nature and benefits the whole planet and everything that lives upon it?” Is this true? Could this be a too arbitrary statement to suggest the judgement that future roads must be glorious and brilliant?
“1f I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” We stand on the shoulders of people experienced in war and pain, we must take great care in any future decision making in order to ensure that the same mistake will not be made again. The more considerations to any future plan, clearly the better the future. A bright future is based on cautious planning and not on speech and promise.
What is Harmony? Does it refers to a no-war society? Actually, harmony is a concept which varies with each person in many different situations. In my opinion, it is dependent on less conflict and reduced social differentiation. We will enjoy a better living environment if we have a higher degree of harmony, since this provides us with a sense of safety and fulfilment. If we live in a place without harmony, anxiety and nervous tension will be the norm. We can build a more agreeable living environment by global cooperation.
In order to attain this goal, we can embrace global cooperation through many aspects. Countries can safeguard agreements through communication and cooperation. People can share opinions under globalization. In this technologically advanced epoch, both communication and transportation technology are well-developed, which makes global cooperation possible.
Economically, businesses in different countries can trade in a convenient technological way. Entrepreneurs can trade and discuss via online conference, electronic mail, smartphone etc. Under the supervision of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other worldwide commerce organizations, trade become impartial and efficient. China is a good example of a forward-minded country benefitting through global economic cooperation. The State Council of the People's Republic of China (The Chinese Government) adopted the economic reform and the open-door policies in 1978. It has generated many opportunities for the Chinese to understand more about the world market. In brief, global cooperation has released a vital importance in facilitating the economic growth of China. Furthermore, global economic cooperation brings the world closer together with less hindrance, and helps to encourage a more harmonious world. On the other hand, global cooperation in economic activities also has some disadvantages and shortages: "One coin has two sides." The risk behind the benefits of economic growth should never be ignored. Cooperation also makes economies close and thus global economies have a higher risk of financial crisis. Since the WTO reduced the country to country trade barriers, the collapse of one economy may lead to an overall slump of all economies. For example, the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the 2008 Credit Crunch, the 2009 European debt crisis and so on. All of the aforementioned indicate that economic cooperation brings benefits as well as risks globally. On the whole, whether global cooperation in economic can bring a positive influence to global harmony or not, mainly depends on the market conditions. If cooperation leads to an economic growth, people clearly feel more content with their living environment and therefore the atmosphere becomes more harmonious, and vice versa.
Concerning the political atmosphere, unfortunately this has become more complicated and unpredictable recently. Due to global cooperation in politics, many countries and political parties have formed Intergovernmental organizations. The most well-known one is the United Nations. The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights (1).To accomplish these objectives, the Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco. Under the supervision of International Regime, many international conflicts were settled by global cooperation. In addition, the global political cooperation fosters the idea of a conglomerate global community. Conflicts and arguments between countries and countries can be settled by multilateralism. Hence, it helps build a more harmonious global political environment.
Socially and culturally, communication among people will undoubtedly improve human relationship and global harmonization. One could hardly deny that more interpersonal communication effectively reduce cultural barriers. Netizens can share ideas and knowledge about design, fashion, music and even opinions on social issues. As a consequence, not only international organizations and countries can benefit from global cooperation, the general public (including you and me) can enjoy the advantages brought by global collaboration. The revolutionary development in technology encourages the sharing and flow of information. People have the opportunity to learn more about social issues, such as the energy crisis and environment pollution, enabling people to be more aware of global issues. Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) is a typical non governmenta1 organization. It delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare (2).
Voluntary doctors from countries far and wide pool their recourses and experience to aid people in times of desperate need. They get the information from the Internet and raise donations from international society. The existence of this kind of organization helps countless people and helps to make the world a more harmonious place.
To sum up, global cooperation in all its different aspects helps maintain global harmony. No matter whether economic, political or social global cooperation lives with us every moment and influences us without consciousness. It is high time for us to concentrate all our effort to maintain global harmony in the future.
Only with sustainable harmony and development we can hope to obtain a bright and desirous future. The more consideration to our future plans, the better the future.
Global cooperation and harmony is the key to the next page of history.
“1f I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” We stand on the shoulders of people experienced in war and pain, we must take great care in any future decision making in order to ensure that the same mistake will not be made again. The more considerations to any future plan, clearly the better the future. A bright future is based on cautious planning and not on speech and promise.
What is Harmony? Does it refers to a no-war society? Actually, harmony is a concept which varies with each person in many different situations. In my opinion, it is dependent on less conflict and reduced social differentiation. We will enjoy a better living environment if we have a higher degree of harmony, since this provides us with a sense of safety and fulfilment. If we live in a place without harmony, anxiety and nervous tension will be the norm. We can build a more agreeable living environment by global cooperation.
In order to attain this goal, we can embrace global cooperation through many aspects. Countries can safeguard agreements through communication and cooperation. People can share opinions under globalization. In this technologically advanced epoch, both communication and transportation technology are well-developed, which makes global cooperation possible.
Economically, businesses in different countries can trade in a convenient technological way. Entrepreneurs can trade and discuss via online conference, electronic mail, smartphone etc. Under the supervision of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other worldwide commerce organizations, trade become impartial and efficient. China is a good example of a forward-minded country benefitting through global economic cooperation. The State Council of the People's Republic of China (The Chinese Government) adopted the economic reform and the open-door policies in 1978. It has generated many opportunities for the Chinese to understand more about the world market. In brief, global cooperation has released a vital importance in facilitating the economic growth of China. Furthermore, global economic cooperation brings the world closer together with less hindrance, and helps to encourage a more harmonious world. On the other hand, global cooperation in economic activities also has some disadvantages and shortages: "One coin has two sides." The risk behind the benefits of economic growth should never be ignored. Cooperation also makes economies close and thus global economies have a higher risk of financial crisis. Since the WTO reduced the country to country trade barriers, the collapse of one economy may lead to an overall slump of all economies. For example, the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the 2008 Credit Crunch, the 2009 European debt crisis and so on. All of the aforementioned indicate that economic cooperation brings benefits as well as risks globally. On the whole, whether global cooperation in economic can bring a positive influence to global harmony or not, mainly depends on the market conditions. If cooperation leads to an economic growth, people clearly feel more content with their living environment and therefore the atmosphere becomes more harmonious, and vice versa.
Concerning the political atmosphere, unfortunately this has become more complicated and unpredictable recently. Due to global cooperation in politics, many countries and political parties have formed Intergovernmental organizations. The most well-known one is the United Nations. The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights (1).To accomplish these objectives, the Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco. Under the supervision of International Regime, many international conflicts were settled by global cooperation. In addition, the global political cooperation fosters the idea of a conglomerate global community. Conflicts and arguments between countries and countries can be settled by multilateralism. Hence, it helps build a more harmonious global political environment.
Socially and culturally, communication among people will undoubtedly improve human relationship and global harmonization. One could hardly deny that more interpersonal communication effectively reduce cultural barriers. Netizens can share ideas and knowledge about design, fashion, music and even opinions on social issues. As a consequence, not only international organizations and countries can benefit from global cooperation, the general public (including you and me) can enjoy the advantages brought by global collaboration. The revolutionary development in technology encourages the sharing and flow of information. People have the opportunity to learn more about social issues, such as the energy crisis and environment pollution, enabling people to be more aware of global issues. Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) is a typical non governmenta1 organization. It delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare (2).
Voluntary doctors from countries far and wide pool their recourses and experience to aid people in times of desperate need. They get the information from the Internet and raise donations from international society. The existence of this kind of organization helps countless people and helps to make the world a more harmonious place.
To sum up, global cooperation in all its different aspects helps maintain global harmony. No matter whether economic, political or social global cooperation lives with us every moment and influences us without consciousness. It is high time for us to concentrate all our effort to maintain global harmony in the future.
Only with sustainable harmony and development we can hope to obtain a bright and desirous future. The more consideration to our future plans, the better the future.
Global cooperation and harmony is the key to the next page of history.
(1) Objectives and aims of the United Nations, extracted from the website of United Nations-http://www.un.orglenlaboutunlindex.shtml
(2) Introduction of Medecins Sans Frontieres , extracted from the website of Medecins Sans Frontieres -http://msf-seasia .orgJ4818
(2) Introduction of Medecins Sans Frontieres , extracted from the website of Medecins Sans Frontieres -http://msf-seasia .orgJ4818