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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this common sense step has been ignored, as has the restoration of the protections afforded in the Banking Act of 1933 (repealed in 1999).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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