The Encyclopedia
of World Problems
& Human Potential

Lack of international policy on specific issues

Visualization of narrower problems

Name(s):

Policy fragmentation on global issues

Absence of common policy on regional aggression

Absence of policy consensus on environmental hazards

Absence of policy consensus on human rights abuses

Incidence

The international community remains far from any common policy on regional aggression, disaster relief or major abuses of human rights. There is no provision for dealing with anarchical social breakdown (as in Somalia). There is no collective political will to act. Existing mechanisms of common action (such as the United Nations) are discredited by the effectiveness of the acts of defiance of those who disturb the peace.

Broader

Policy vacuum

Inadequate global policy-making

Narrower

Ineffectual environmental policy

Fragmentation of environmental law

Lack of consensus in regional disputes

Lack of indigenous environmental rights

Non-global priorities for use of world resources

Conflicting interpretations of universal human rights

Fragmented social structures for environmental protection

Inadequate global consensus concerning problems and prospects of humanity

Absence of policies to associate international nongovernmental organizations in regional development

Aggravates

Regional tensions

Abandonment by the international community ^{[in 1 loop]}

Limited acceptance of human rights treaties

Uncertain environmental impact of current policy ^{[in 1 loop]}

Inadequate implementation of plans and programmes against problems

Aggravated by

Uncoordinated policy-making

Conflicting international priorities

Strategy(ies)

Building administrative structures for sustainable development

Integrating international policy

Appeasing aggression

Establishing global governmental responsibility

Needing consensus on international policy

Developing common policy on regional aggression

Reaching policy consensus on human rights abuses

Reaching consensus on environmental hazards

Providing sufficient international policy on specific issues

Abstaining from international policy on specific issues

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

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The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

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