By: Ahmed EL NAHAS, Montopoli January 31st 2012.
Ø “The Aspen Institute”, with its declared motto “Timeless Values, Enlightened Leadership”, is a non profit international organisation which came to light as early as 1950 having the objective of reinforcing the bonds between Europe and United States. Its functional debates are managed by the now known as the “Aspen System” meaning behind closed doors without press coverage and with the obligation of “Absolute Reserve”.
Ø The initiative of Dutch Prince “Bernhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld” gave birth in 1954 to the “Bilderberg Club” taking its name from the Hotel Bilderberg where took place its first meetings. The club has a Steering Committee of 18 members, however every meeting hosts over 100 participants from political leaders to business and intellectual exponents. The annual encounters are surrounded by the utmost maximum secrecy, as is the list of participants.
Ø Born in 1971 and baptised as “Foundation of the European Management Forum”; at the age of sixteen, and as of 1987, adopted its present identity as “World Economic Forum). Fathered by “Klaus Schwab”, the Swiss citizen who studied in Harvard where he intuited the necessity for the earth’s giants to periodically meet together in neutral territory (the Swiss Alpine town of Davos) to update, adjourn and discuss - either in round tables or informally - their “Agenda”!
In 1973 “David Rockefeller” founded the “Trilateral Commission” , to become an informal coordinating agent, a network; that is rigidly tripartite among Europe, Japan and the United States. Less closed than the Bilderberd Club, it is mainly concerned with international relations economic and political themes. It has a triumvirate helm.
“Anything that is kept hidden or done secretly, is of no benefit to the collective good”. (A.N)
The Alpine Town “DAVOS”: the Sanctuary of the WEF
The image that synthesise the true spirit of DAVOS is that of the toilets!! As reported by Federico Fubini of the Corriere della Sera: “…all toilets and WCs of the forum’s installations are reserved for the “Strong Guests” except only one left available for hundreds of journalists and thousands of delegates. A perfect synthesis of that necessity to revolt, preached by the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement, of the ‘99%’ against a narrow and arrogant élite”.
But the photos pasted below represents the activists of the now famous Ukrainian movement “FEMEN” while parading half naked, in spite of the freezing cold, lifting high slogans against the forum reading:
· “Poor because of you”.
· “The Crisis is made in Davos”.
· “Gangsters Party in Davos”.
Later on they were arrested.. What Else?
Pass On The Word.
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References: Repubblica Januaru 29th and Corriere della Sera January 28th editions.
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From: http://www.weforum.org
Issues
The World Economic Forum’s 1,000 Foundation Member Companies are at the heart of all the Forum’s activities and their support is essential in helping find truly sustainable and global solutions to improve the state of the world. The typical Member company is a global enterprise ranking among the top companies within their industry and/or country. Member companies play a leading role in shaping the future of their industry and/or region and, as such, are recognized among their peers and in the broader public as one of the world’s leading companies.
Foundation Members of the World Economic Forum benefit from:
1. A Multistakeholder Community: The Foundation Members represent an integrated and core component of the Forum’s multistakeholder community that has been developed to combine the spirit of entrepreneurship with the need for social responsibility to address global and regional challenges.
2. Interaction: The global Chairs and Chief Executives of Foundation Member Companies are invited to participate in the Forum’s Annual Meetings:
- The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, which has been providing for more than four decades leaders from industry, government, academia, civil society and the media with an unrivalled platform to shape the global agenda
- The Annual Meeting of the New Champions held in the People’s Republic of China, a unique gathering of the next generation of global leaders, emerging regions, competitive cities, Social Entrepreneurs, Young Scientists and Technology Pioneers from around the world.
Foundation Members also have privileged access to Regional Meetings in key regions of the world, which complement the experience of the Annual Meetings by bringing the regional dimension to the forefront.
3. Insight and Knowledge Exchange: Foundation Members have year-round and around the clock access to the Forum’s expert networks from politics, religion, not-for profit organizations and academia. The Forum’s Global Agenda Councils and virtual sessions offer multiples opportunities to share and exchange strategic insight on today’s most pressing issues.
4. Impact: Foundation Members contribute to the Forum’s mission by actively participating in key projects and initiatives such as PACI, Political and Economic Implications of Resource Scarcity and Corporate Global Citizenship. They create impact by collaborating, discussing issues, sharing best practices, implementing concrete action plans and committing to the economic and social development of a given industry and/or region.
Post Scriptum: (What are our politicians really doing by regularly frequenting that forum?)
Knowing that over 1000 International Corporations are brotherly associated within the forum, do you really believe that they would meet to uphold “Environmental Sustainability”, to ensure “Health for All”, or even to plan for “Social Development” aiming at establishing and ensuring global social justice? If not, more likely, they simply would meet regularly to review the “Financial Systems” that are indispensable for reinforcing and strengthening THEIR OWN “Economic Growth”??
These Corporations are in the business of making money and consolidating power, being the major players in the domains of: Finance, Information Technology, Banking, Automotive industry, Chemical & Petro-Chemical industry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Energy, Oil Exploring & Refining, Trading, Communications Systems, Constructions & Contracting, Weapons industry, Intelligence & Security Services and Strategic Consulting Groups..
So.. They are responsible for environmental pollution, deforestation, exploitation of minor labour, production of bacteriological weapons of mass destruction, chemical fertilisers and pesticides, arms trafficking, targeted regional economic crisis and financial weakening, and a lot of other activities completely contrary, if not offensive, to the concept of “Humanity”; as such they cannot solve the planet’s aches being the original cause of them.
Here are the “Strategic Partners” of the World Economic Forum: ABB, Abraaj Capital, Accel Partners, Accenture, Adecco Group, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Aetna, Agility, Alcatel-Lucent, Alcoa, Apax Partners, ArcelorMittal, AUDI AG, Bahrain Economic Development Board, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, Bain & Company, Bank of America, Barclays, Basic Element, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bombardier, Booz & Company, BP Plc, BT, Burda Media, CA Technologies, Chevron, Cisco, Citi, Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC, Clifford Chance, Credit Suisse, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Post DHL, Dogus Group, DuPont, Ernst & Young, Eskom Holdings SOC Limited, Fluor Corporation, GDF SUEZ, GE, Goldman Sachs, Google, Hanwha Group, HCL Technologies Ltd, Heidrick & Struggles, Hewlett-Packard Company, HSBC, Huawei Technologies, HIS, Infosys, Intel Corporation, JPMorgan Chase & Co., KPMG International, Kudelski Group, Lenovo, LUKOIL, Mahindra Satyam, Manpower Group, Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMCo), McKinsey & Company, Merck, METRO GROUP, Microsoft Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Morgan Stanley, National Bank of Kuwait, Nestlé, Nike Inc., Nomura Holdings, Novartis, NYSE Euronext, Omnicom Group, PepsiCo, Prudential, Publicis Groupe, PwC, Qualcomm, Reliance Industries, Renault-Nissan Alliance, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), Sberbank, Siemens, SK Group, Standard Chartered, Swiss International Air Lines, Swiss Re, System Capital Management, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Tata Consultancy Services, The Boston Consulting Group, The Coca-Cola Company, The Dow Chemical Company, The NASDAQ OMX Group, The Olayan Group, Thomson Reuters, Troika Dialog, UBS, Unilever, VimpelCom, Visa Inc., Vision 3, Volkswagen AG, VTB Bank, Wipro, WPP, Zurich Financial Services.
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