The Davos Question
17 January 2008
Regular visitors to YouTube may have noticed a video titled The Davos Question, which has been doing the rounds for the last few weeks.
If you've not heard of it before, Davos is an area located high in the Swiss mountains. Aside from being popular with skiers and the mega rich, Davos is also famous as the host of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Each year at the WEF, representatives of governments, companies, and the global community, come together to discuss global social and economic problems, with the rather impressive intention of working out how to make the world a better place.
At this year's WEF, taking place between 23 - 27 January, Oxfam GB Director, Barbara Stocking, will be there to lobby the influential and powerful to play their part in the fight against poverty and suffering.
As you probably guessed already, The Davos Question YouTube video is not a debate about winter holidays.
It's a short film asking YouTubers to submit answers to the question: "What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?"
The best video-replies will be shown at the WEF, with the leaders attending posting their replies (via YouTube) during the conference.
To save you the trip to YouTube, we've imported the video for you to watch below.
After playing it through, why not submit your own reply? You could ask an important question about cutting carbon emissions, or making sure poor countries have the teachers and doctors they need to help their citizens. Or, alternatively, something less taxing, like asking Bill Gates where he gets those lovely sweaters.
Comments
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seipChipShica | February 5, 2008 11:03 PM
Can the "poor" anywhere have more without the "better off" having less?
jimwells | January 27, 2008 10:27 AM
BeautifulIinteresting site!
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roolvenly | January 27, 2008 12:01 AM
Ask those representatives of governments, companies and world communities to meet with Thich Naht Hanh in order 'to look deeply' into the world social and economic problems. He will help people understand and see what solutions humans can bring to problems they have caused in the first place and these solutions will be born from clarity and understanding.
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florence | January 25, 2008 10:47 AM
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CadaGreag | January 23, 2008 5:28 PM
Promote more fair trade, let all people operate on the basis of treating others how they themselves would want to be treated, reduce unfair trade subsidies and abolish the hypocrisy and autocracy operated by politicians and states people in the so called first world of "civilised" countries.
Paul Dunn | January 18, 2008 5:32 PM
Conserve the environment, have fair trade and the developed nations to consider a cut in the brain drain on the developing nations. Have African resources like oil and minerals processed and sold from source to develop the local population. What happened to Corporate Social Responsibility on the part of the Multi-National Corporations?
Susan | January 18, 2008 7:23 AM