Shevardnadze proposes the establishment of a World Government

KP.ru-05.10.2008

Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze (*) proposes to establish a World Government, which could be called «International Parliament». Shevardnadze wrote about it in a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, to UN member countries and all international governmental and non-governmental organizations, reports «Echo of Moscow». The International Parliament, according to Shevarnadze, should focus on global issues like local armed conflicts, economic globalization, uncontrolled population and global warming.

(Original Title: Шеварднадзе предлагает создать Всемирное правительство)

(*) Eduard Amvrosiyevich Shevardnadze served as the President of Georgia from 1995 until he resigned on 23 November 2003 as a consequence of the bloodless Rose Revolution. Prior to his presidency, he served under Mikhail Gorbachev as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1990. Shevardnadze's political skills earned him the nickname of tetri melia (white fox).