“The world is swinging between two conflicting poles—Peace or War. On one side there gleams the distant beacon of hope for peace, while on the other, dark clouds of war hover on the horizon ………The World, today, is in the worst critical phase of its existence, no one can predict future of modern man whether he is to survive or get extinct, in the event of a Global Nuclear War.”— Late Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
The world today is passing through one of the most crucial periods in his history. Mankind is standing on the edge of a precipice, banging perilously on the tenuous and fragile stone of peace. The world may be engulfed in the mighty deluge of destruction at any ticking of the deck. There is a mad race for Nuclear-armaments among the most powerful nations of the world; Space-ships are being launched one after another to find new possibilities of world domination. The world is gradually drawing close to the brink of the Third World War. And the Third World War if it breaks our, would be a thermo-nuclear war, that might erase the very existence of human life from the earth. The danger of nuclear bomb has been coupled with the still grimmer danger, released by the space puncturing rockets.
As such in a world of tension, living under the shadow of nuclear holocaust, if man has to survive, he will have to fight with the evils of the world and with the forces of destruction and war. As such there is the need of international understanding. The world is full of ‘ideologies’. If we want to live in a world free from war and destruction, we will have to break the barriers of ‘ideologies’ and ‘isms’. We will have to accept the principle of peaceful coexistence. We will have to strive for international understanding, for a world authority under which all the nations of the world will be undoubtedly free to change their course of action according to their genuine Deed without any consideration of political ideologies.
The problems of all the men of all the countries are the same. The people of the world are fighting to conquer nature and to master science and technology. Their aim is to bring peace in the world with prosperity and sufficiency of everything. But this peace, prosperity and sufficiency cannot be achieved without international understanding. If there is tension in the mind of man, if there is the fear of war, man cannot try for peace People of the world will have to crush the tension of war and destructive elements to conquer peace and prosperity. For this aim, we will have to fight for international understanding and will have, to strive for one world Government.
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Now, the world has realized that the national barriers must be broken. These barriers divide men and nations. Men have realized this because they wish to survive and not to be perished. Now men have started thinking over the problem of international under standing. As such the men are thinking to have one world authority— a World Government based on international understanding and good will. This International Government or Government will ensure peace and progress it will give the chance of prosperity to the people of the World.
If we want to serve the human race, we will have to consider this point. If really we are interested in living and progress, some sort of a world state based international understanding is sure to be founded. This is the age when all the barriers are breaking down, when science with technology is trying to remove poverty and maintaining peace. The goal appears to be in our grip. We have simply to held it and make it our state. If we do not solve this problems, the problems of international understanding, we are sure to he ruined.
It would not be here to describe something about two great world wars and their consequences. This will enable us to lay force on international understanding. We all know that First World War (1914-1919) and the Second World War (1939-1945), shattered the entire economic edifice of the world. It gave birth to fear, distrust and suspicion. As a result of these wars, the nations are always in the fear of the next world war, and so they have become self-centered.
All the nations are fighting single-handed to defeat poverty and unemployment but they can do nothing separately. The people will have to be international minded giving up narrow national outlook. They will have to co-operate with one-another in defeating poverty and unemployment. The feeling of nationalism must be changed into internationalism. A concern of universal brotherhood friendliness and good will must prevail. As soon as this feeling arises in our mind, the problem of international understanding will arise itself.
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There should be political freedom and economic freedom for all people of the world Inequality in any sphere is highly objection-able and hateful. All the big nations of the world and ill the prosperous nations of the world must see that no nation of the world should remain poor and starved. They must join their hands together, and try to help such poor nations where the men are at the verge of death due to starvation. All the militarily powerful nations must see that no weak country is ruined or conquered by the strong countries. The bad consequences of the First and Second World Wars have opened the eyes of the World. As such, the nations of the world must unite together and see that no man of the World is going to die of starvation. All the nations must help the backward and under-developed countries of the world without any selfish motive.
Our beloved Prime Minister, Pt. Nehru warned the nations of the world again and again while he was alive, that aid which stinks of selfish motives, defeats the very purpose for which it is given. India was then running in a shortage of food supplies. Pt. Nehru accepted the aid of America but declared clearly that India was not bound morally or in any other way to be a slave of America. The people of India would prefer to die if America was intending to put some conditions on India while giving aid to her. As such, we see that aid must be given freely without any political or economic conditions imposed upon hard hit countries.
We have come to the conclusion that there is great need of international understanding to defeat poverty and to bring prosperity among the nations of the world. There are certain conditions for maintaining international understanding. The more important ones are—
(1) First of all, we shall have to scrap all military pacts and will have to renounce narrow nationalism.
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(2) We will have to try that no further blocks or pacts are going to be framed. We will have to wipe off the differences and conflicts for international understanding.
(3) There is the great need of common ideology among all the nations of the world. International brotherhood cannot be considered without the common ideology. So long as there are the conflicting political ideologies, mutual fear, suspicion and political and economic exploitation will exist in the world, and this will be the greatest hindrance in the way of international understanding.
(4) For the foundation of international understanding, exploitation, racial hatred and narrow national interest must be completely avoided. All the nations of the world must be joined together and they must obey the order of the international body. Justice, both political and economic, equality and co-operation must be the principle of the one-world body.
In the end, it may be said that there is great need of international understanding today to wipe off poverty from the world and to secure peace and order. The idea of international understanding is not a dream. The world of today is marching ahead and if the people have to exist in the world, the feeling of international understanding will not be far away. This is the way for peace and prosperity of the world.