13 September 2011
A note from Stephen M. Apatow, Director of Global Infrastructure
Analysis
and Contingency Planning for the Year 2000 Conversion. [1,2]
On 9.11.11, [3,4] CNN's Fareed Zacharia mentioned exploitation of the
vulnerable,
as defined by the 2002 UNDP Arab Development Report, [5] as one of the
most
important variables in the global war against terrorism, In
2011,
the vast majority of challenges outlined in this report remain
unchanged,
with Darfur and the famine in the Horn of Africa representing a human
rights
failure and humanitarian emergency. One major change was noted,
oil
was trading pre-911 at $28/barrel and today it is trading at
$115/barrel...
a transition that is attributed to the unregulated speculative trading
of
low interest central bank loans and OTC derivatives that contributed to
the
01-02 crash following the 911 attacks and collapse of the global
financial
system in 2008. These unregulated market activities (that today
are
classified under the umbrella of financial crimes) contributed to
market
distortions that can only be addressed through restructure. To date,
this
common sense step has been ignored, as has the restoration of the
protections afforded in the Banking Act of 1933 (repealed in 1999). [6]
Today, the challenge of insolvency continues to cripple the global
financial
system, while a humanitarian emergency, oil shock and food crisis
continues
to devastate every UN member country. The appeal for a
unified
G-192 global strategic economic emergency plan, as outlined in the
7.9.2011
Appeal to Nobel Laureates - HRI: Humanitarian University Consortium,
[7]
continues.
References:
1. HRI: Year 2000 Conversion: Global Infrastructure Analysis and
Contingency Planning. Url: www.humanitarian.net/contingency.html
2. HRI: International Disaster Information Network. Url:
www.humanitarian.net/idin
3. 911 Tribute: Advancing the International Interfaith Peace
Declaration
following 9.11.01: HRI:UNArts, 9.11.2011. Url:
http://www.humanitarian.net/peace/declaration.html
4. Forum for World Peace: Humanitarian Resource Institute. Url:
http://www.humanitarian.net/peace/forum/
5. 2002 UNDP Human Development Report: Url:
http://www.arab-hdr.org/publications/other/ahdr/ahdr2002e.pdf
6. Banking Act of 1933 A.K.A Glass-Steagall Act: Wickpedia. Url:
en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%E2%80%93Steagall_Act
7. H-II Stephen Michael Apatow Appeal to Nobel Laureates - HRI:
Humanitarian
University Consortium: Humanitarian Resource Institute, 9 July 2011.
Url:
http://www.humanitarian.net/idin/ref/772011IDIN.html
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9 July 2011
H-II Appeal to Nobel
Laureates - HRI: Humanitarian University Consortium
The following appeal letter was directed to the Nobel Foundation on 8
July 2011 (News reports added added from Twitter: unarts) :
The Nobel Foundation
P.O. Box 5232, SE-102 45 Stockholm, Sweden
Street address: Sturegatan 14, Stockholm
Dear Nobel Foundation Board and Award Recipients:
I would like to draw your attention to the global humanitarian
emergency and efforts to advance crisis resolution discussions in 192
United Nations member countries.
The
following overview (Rebuilding America - White House Debt Crisis
Meeting)
was compiled in conjunction with crisis discussions in the United
States,
and I would like to open the discussion points for commentary by Nobel
Laureates,
through the Nobel Foundation:
Rebuilding America - White House Debt Crisis Meeting
Url: http://www.humanitarian.net/idin/ref/772011IDIN.html
Humanitarian Resource Institute (HRI) formed the Humanitarian
University Consortium to interconnect the world's top academic
reference points, at every college and university, in every United
Nations member country. The National Academy of Sciences has
recognized Humanitarian Resource Institute (HRI) as one of nine leading
educational and research institutions that includes the Center for
Nonproliferation Studies, Columbia University: Center for Public Health
Preparedness, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government:
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Johns Hopkins
University: Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Center for International
Studies,
National Academy of Sciences, University of Maryland: Center for
International
and Security Studies at Maryland, University of Minnesota: Center for
Infectious Disease Research and Policy. [1]
Our mission:
The Humanitarian University Consortium Graduate Studies Center for
Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Law serves as (1) an international
community of scholars, (2) a bridge between Humanitarian Resource
Institute and the international academic community, (3) a think tank in
support of the United Nations programs and (4) the promotion of higher
learning through both traditional and distance education.
Thank you for your consideration of this appeal,
Stephen M. Apatow
Founder, Director of Research & Development
Humanitarian Resource Institute
Humanitarian University Consortium Graduate Studies
Center for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Law
Phone: 203-668-0282
Email: s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net
Internet: www.humanitarian.net
HRI:UNArts Humanitarian Intervention Initiative
Url: www.unarts.org/H-II
References:
1. Pathobiologics International - The Consulting Arm of Humanitarian
Resource Institute and the Humanitarian University Consortium. Url:
www.pathobiologics.org/groundzero.html
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7 July 2011
From: Stephen M. Apatow
Founder, Director of Research & Development
Humanitarian Resource Institute
Humanitarian University Consortium Graduate Studies
Center for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Law
Phone: 203-668-0282
Email: s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net
Internet: www.humanitarian.net
HRI: International Disaster Information Network (IDIN)
Url: www.humanitarian.net/idin
Rebuilding America - White
House
Debt Crisis Meeting
Today, an emergency debt crisis meeting is taking place at the White
House.
Stephen M. Apatow, Founder of Humanitarian Resource Institute and the
United Nations Arts Initiative is requesting inclusion of the
discussion
points outlined in the overview "Rebuilding America - Solution Oriented
Strategic Planning." [1] As Director of Strategic Planning and
Infrastructure Analysis for the Year 2000 Conversion, [2] his work in
cooperation with FEMA was critical to remediation efforts in more than
3000 counties in all 50 states, and 192 United Nations member countries
through the International Disaster Information Network. [3]
The Economic Emergency
It is a common view that fiscal irresponsibility
spiraled the United States and global economy into a crisis, that based
on the size and scope, makes the Great Depression look like a mild
recession. Why? The safety net of reserve banks
(established following the Great Depression) failed to protect the
financial system, and instead became the liquidity access point for
speculative trading and leverage in the financial system.
Solution Oriented Strategic Planning for Resolution of the Debt Crisis
Key emergency action points:
1. The repeal of Glass-Steagall in 1999 represents the root cause
of this crisis. The Banking Act of 1933 A.K.A. Glass-Steagall Act
[4] was enacted because Wall Street investment banks had access to the
reserve bank window, following the 1929 crash, fueling widespread
speculative trading and hyperinflation. The Banking Act of 1933
was enacted to stop these activities and protected the financial system
for 70 years. The 2008 collapse of the financial system is
attributed to it's repeal in 1999.
Note: Reserve bank emergency funds flow directly to investment banks
and speculative trading, following 2008 global market crash:
Goldman
Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and European banks RBS and UBS were the biggest
beneficiaries of very short-term Federal Reserve loans extended at the
height of the financial crisis, according to data released on Wednesday.
-- Goldman took biggest loan in Fed emergency program: Reuters, 6 July
2011. [5]
Emergency Action Step 1: Access to low cost reserve bank loans,
by Wall Street Investment banks, must be shut down through the same
emergency measures outlined in the Banking Act of 1933.
2. The concept of legitimate banking was eliminated when Over
The Counter (OTC) Derivatives were deregulated through the Commodities
Futures Modernization Act of 2000.[6] Shadow banking or banking
transactions executed outside of regulated exchanges, resulted in the
greatest uncapitalized fraud in recorded history. [7] The scope is
measured in hundred's of $Trillions, that resulted in algorithmic
distortions, that cannot be addressed by conventional economic
strategies.
Emergency Action Step 2: Immediate comprehensive regulatory
oversight of the entire OTC Derivatives Markets. This step would
coincide with an accountancy review and audit of all OTC Derivatives
from 1999-2011. Examination under a financial crimes microscope,
would establish the capitol based legitimacy of these instruments.
To the extent that fraud or financial crimes were committed,
comes the need for containment and elimination from the
system, with debt relief strategies proportional to the associated
distortions.
3. The fiscal devastation caused by all unregulated activities
from 1999-2011 are algorithmic in scope. Budgets established on
the municipal, state and federal levels, that were based on
artificially inflated measures, must be readjusted. This means
that the distortions in the
economic base, used for fiscal operations, at every level must be
recalculated to a legitimate metric.
Emergency Action Step 3: Municipal, state to federal
budgets must be adjusted to a non-OTC derivatives adjusted valuation.
All distortions that were caused by non-capitalized unregulated
OTC Derivatives must be viewed in the light of financial crimes under
the umbrella of fraud. Therefore, contracts negotiated under the
conditions of access to legitimate
funds, must be reexamined and restructured to legitimate non-OTC
derivatives
based valuations.
4. These unregulated market activities were integrated into
interconnected global markets, causing widespread proportional
distortions and an insolvency crisis that has devastated the vast
majority of 192 United Nations member countries. In conjunction
with this insolvency crisis is the most severe humanitarian emergency,
oil shock and food crisis (caused by speculative trading with emergency
reserve bank loans) that continues to spiral out
of control. This crisis requires an international emergency
economic stabilization plan that applies Emergency Action Steps 1,2,3.
[8]
References:
1. Rebuilding America - Solution Oriented Strategic Planning:
Humanitarian Resource Institute, 6 July 2011. Url:
www.humanitarian.net/idin/ref/752011IDIN.html
2. HRI: Year 2000 Conversion: Global infrastructure Analysis and
Contingency Planning. Url: www.humanitarian.net/contingency.html
3. HRI: International Disaster Information Network. Url:
www.humanitarian.net/idin
4. Banking Act of 1933 A.K.A Glass-Steagall Act: Wickpedia. Url:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%E2%80%93Steagall_Act
5. Goldman took biggest loan in Fed emergency program: Reuters, 6 July
2011. Url:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/06/us-usa-fed-banks-idUSTRE76556L20110706
6. Commodities Futures
Modernization Act of 2000: Wickpedia. Url:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_Futures_Modernization_Act_of_2000
7. Apatow: Jurisdiction Critical for Prosecution of Financial
Crimes - FINCEN - Interpol - IBA: HRI-ICC: HRI:UNArts
Humanitarian Intervention Initiative, 22 April 2011. Url:
www.unarts.org/H-II/ref/4222011OHCHR.html
8. UN Economic Emergency Contingency Discussions: HRI:UNArts
Humanitarian Intervention Initiative, 19 June 2011. Url:
www.unarts.org/H-II/ref/6142011IBAHRI.html
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