AMMAN — Her Majesty Queen Rania urged the
international community to embrace a paradigm shift in its response to the
world’s multiplying crises, calling on all stakeholders to “treat this moment
like the shake-up it is,” according to a press statement by the Her Majesty's office.
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Speaking at the fifth edition of the Paris Peace
Forum on Friday, Queen Rania said that the world is facing “a convergence of
crises,” including the COVID-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine, climate change,
inequality, and a general erosion of trust.
“Yet, too often, we are failing to meet our common
threats with a spirit of common cause,” she said.
“Our world is off-balance; simply trying to keep
things steady is not enough,” Her Majesty asserted, calling for four critical
realignments in humanity’s approach to shared challenges: “Renewing our faith in truth, recognizing
that we all have equal worth, safeguarding the future, and believing in our
ability to remake the world as we wish it could be.”
Expanding on the first measure, the Queen
underscored the importance of speaking the truth and following up words with
real action. “Honesty is the foundation of trust, but words are not enough.
Cynicism flourishes in the gap between words and deeds,” she said.
Citing the world’s response to climate change as an
example, Her Majesty highlighted the “chasm between promises and policies,”
noting the stark contrast between pledges made as part of the 2015 Paris
Agreement to prevent global temperatures from rising, and recent UN climate report
findings, which estimate that “temperatures will rise a full degree past safe
conditions.”
“It’s too late for wish lists,” Queen Rania
cautioned. “We need binding to-do lists to save both our credibility and our
planet.”
Moving on to the second realignment of the paradigm
shift, Queen Rania emphasized the importance of honoring our common humanity,
particularly with regards to refugee populations. “Self-sufficiency is an
illusion,” she said. “Until we embrace the reality of our connectedness, we’ll
continue to bear the worst of its consequences.”
The Queen explained that the global refugee crisis
has reached “epic proportions” with the number of displaced people around the
world now exceeding 100 million, equal to “one-and-a-half times the population of
France.” She also highlighted the difference in reception of refugees from
Ukraine to those from countries such as Syria, Myanmar, and South Sudan, who
had also been driven from their homes.
“What accounts for the contrast in compassion? Does
skin color make all the difference?” she asked. “Too often, the barrier isn’t
budgets. It’s bigotry and bias.”
Elaborating on the third aspect of the paradigm
shift, the Queen said: “We have to act in the service of future generations,”
clarifying that our choices will directly impact those who will inherit our
legacy, even if we will never meet them in our lifetimes.
“Our job is to be good stewards of our time,” she
said. “What matters is not the next election, or the next financial quarter, or
the next generation of smartphones. What matters is doing right by the next
generation of humanity.”
Reaching the paradigm shift’s final necessary
realignment, Her Majesty made clear the need for “renewing hope and confidence
in ourselves.”
“Despite the multi-crises we face, humanity has made
enormous progress,” she reflected, relaying that, over the past few decades,
one billion people have risen out of extreme poverty, infant mortality has
fallen by more than half, and more children are attending school and less are
going hungry.
“It’s not just technology that’s enabled these
wins,” the Queen continued. “It’s collaboration and trust. The instinct to
help. The goodness that resides in human hearts.”
Explaining that hope resides in our ability to
believe that things can improve, Queen Rania encouraged the audience to resist
complacency and try to anticipate crises earlier, “so that we can fix problems before they
become perils, and prevent tomorrow’s crises before they start,” she said.
Launched in 2018, the Paris Peace Forum convenes
yearly with the aim of contributing to bridging the governance gap by bringing
together multiple stakeholders to advance concrete solutions to global problems
where none exist. The annual event is often attended by public and private
organizations from around the world that present their governance projects to
global leaders, elected officials, experts, and other stakeholders.
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