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| An art piece titled "Bread Not Bombs" (x) |
As most human rights advocates know, protecting people and furthering the causes of equality can be a pricey endeavor but there is no nobler cause than contributing to aiding the planet. A United Nations expert, Alfred de Zayas, called onto Governments to re-prioritize their budgets and reevaluate their allotted military funds. His proposal finds that if a military budget is reduced than more funds can be allocated "into education, health care, the creation of employment in peaceful industries, strengthening of the rule of law and administration of justice" and others necessary endeavors. If nations chose to disarm then they could turn to development and healing their economies. De Zayas also stated “It is time to reduce the spiral of military expenditures and to invest in research into the root causes of conflicts and in the development of strategies of conflict-prevention and resolution." Zayas also finds reports on government expenditures to be woefully inaccurate, misleading or simply unavailable. Corruption can be lessened if budgets are more transparent. This issue of military over-spending pertains many of the articles of the Declaration of Human Rights, particularly those concerning aid. Three strike me as especially applicable, those being 19, 22 and 25 which can be read here.
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