World government is necessary to solve global problems, since national governments have been unable to do so. It
is hardly a surprise that national governments have failed to solve global problems, since they have also failed to solve their own
domestic problems. Here in the United States, our federal government has created and/or sustained most domestic problems
by increasing its power and resources under the guise of "solving" them. Governments don't solve problems; they create them.
People, on the other hand, can solve problems if government keeps out of their way. There is simply no reason to believe that
huge government entities at the international level can "solve" global problems any better than big national governments have
"solved" such domestic problems as inflation, debt, crime, welfare, poverty, drug trafficking, health care, etc.
The UN concept of human rights is similar to that of our own Bill of Rights. There are essentially two basic concepts of the origin of rights. One holds that they derive from government, which means that government can modify or abolish them at whim. The other asserts that rights come from a source outside of government, and government's job is to protect (not infringe or abolish) them. As we have already indicated, the U.S. system is based on the latter view and the UN system on the former. This fundamental difference is perhaps best illustrated by comparing the First Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights with Article 29, paragraph 3 of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The First Amendment clearly states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." In stark contrast, Article 29, paragraph 3 of the Universal Declaration asserts (referring to the supposed rights and freedoms specified elsewhere in the document): "These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations." Soviet spokesman Andrei Vishinsky was expressing the Universal Declaration's view of rights when he stated during the debate on its adoption: "The rights of human beings cannot be considered outside the prerogatives of governments, and the very understanding of human rights is a government concept."
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