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LONDON (Reuters) - The international financial crisis has given world leaders a unique opportunity to create a truly global society, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown will say in a keynote foreign policy speech on Monday.
In his annual speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet, Brown -- who has spearheaded calls for the reform of international financial institutions -- will say Britain, the United States and Europe are key to forging a new world order.
terrorism and extremism
and the need to reassert faith in democracy
the global economy
climate change;
conflict and mechanisms for rebuilding states after conflict
and meeting goals on tackling poverty and disease.
with a new facility for the International Monetary Fund, and agreement on a global trade deal, as well as reform of the global financial system.
My message is that we must be: internationalist not protectionist
interventionist not neutral;
progressive not reactive;
forward looking not frozen by events.
We can seize the moment and in doing so build a truly global society."
Originally posted by d2che
Does a new world order necessarily have to be a bad thing? I mean, wouldn't a paradigm shift be considered a new world order? Would that be so bad considering how majorly fubar'd the current world order is?
"The British government ... will begin to build a new Bretton Woods with a new IMF that offers, by its surveillance of every economy, an early warning system and a crisis prevention mechanism for the whole world," Brown was due to say in his speech at the annual Lord Mayor's banquet in London.