Final Declaration reflecting the common thoughts of the participants after the 20th Eurasian Economic Summit; It was published under the title “Call for Humanity”.
With respect to your attention, we submit the Final Declaration sent to the world’s leading non-governmental organizations, the UN General Secretary, the Summit participants, the international organizations which are the partners of the Marmara Group Foundation and the presidency of our country and the executives of our country:
Call for Humanity
This year, the 20th Eurasian Economic Summit was held in Istanbul on 4-6 April 2017; Albanian President Bujar Nishani, President Gjorge Ivanov of Macedonia, President Mladen Ivanic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, President Mustafa Akıncı of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Irina Vlah, President of Moldova-Gagavuzya Autonomous Region.
In addition, three previous Prime Ministers were present at the 20th Eurasian Economic Summit. Polish Deputy Prime Minister Grzegorz Kolodko, Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta, together with Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek, former Presidents of Turkey Abdullah Gul Bamir Albania’s Topi Heinz Austria Fischer, Petra from Moldova Lucinsch is from Romania, Emil Constantinescu, Stjepan Mesic from Croatia, Ivo Josipovic, Valdis Zatlers from Latvia, and Boris Tadić from Serbia at the 20th Eurasian Economic Summit. 323 foreign guests, including ministers, ex-ministers, ambassadors, businesswomen, businessmen, academics and clergymen, honored the 20th Eurasian Economic Summit.
We have decided to present the results of the 20th Eurasian Economic Summit, which focuses on the future of the European Union, sustainable energy, refugee problem, rising nationalism and populism, neoliberal economy and global terrorism, with the humanity of the United Nations and to share it with humanity.
When we look at the socio – political developments that affect the whole world today, the question comes to our mind whether humanity is in a crossroads.
Emerging nationalism, populism, refugee flows, foreign intervention in the Middle East in the target of reaching energy resources and the fluctuations in the markets, violence, poverty, discrimination, political pressure have become important problems of the era. Societies live at risk of threat, disintegration and losing their identity.
Leaders forget their responsibilities, human values and are swiftly swept to populism.
The development of these radical movements has led to the proliferation of non-governmental, non-state actors in all parts of the world, and concerns about the future.
Our world must have come to this point because we have not undertaken our responsibilities and neglected our duties.
Global institutions, such as the European Union and the United Nations, whose importance and value are accepted, have not been able to adapt to the changing conditions of the world. The use of protective measures in the economy disproved existing structures. The use of populism, which appears to be an “easy remedy” in difficult situations, has raised the dangers. It was forgotten that ideas and policies such as populism, racism and discrimination did not bring happiness and prosperity to societies. For this and similar reasons, the whole world was faced with difficulties.
Europe, which is under threat of fragmentation with emerging nationalism currents; the East – West, Christian – Muslim campaigns in world politics; a policy pursued with an emphasis on the perceptions of enemies through ethnic and religious identities; we have to question whether he will take the world to a third world war.
When things become war, there is not much left to do. The choices we make today will play an important role in the fate of the world and humanity.