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Mankind is Certain to face a Serious Crisis if Ignored the Concept of Three Zeros - Nobel Laureate Prof. Mohammed Yunus

Professor Mohammed Yunus, the winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize, believes that mankind faces a major crisis if it does not follow the path of zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero carbon gas emissions. For this, it is necessary to restructure the current capital-oriented economic system and implement a socially responsible economic system, which is to move forward in line with the concept of social business, he said.

This was stated by Prof. Yunus while addressing the Nepal Forum organized through online zoom on the occasion of 11th Social Business Day on 30th June 2021.

The main theme of this 11th Social Business Day is “No Going Back”, to create zero unemployment, zero poverty and zero emission

Prof. Mohammad Yunus, who was invited as the KeynoteSpeaker of the Nepal Forum, said that zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero carbon gas emissions are the inevitability of today's world, and its implementation should be started from one's end without delay.

Prof. Yunus believed that the Corona epidemic was an important opportunity to restructure yesterday's economic system, which created discrimination and threats. "We must work to make the world free of poverty, unemployment, and carbon. His journey should start from today. Everyone needs to move forward on their own to this direction. Let us move forward with what we have and there is no time to wait for others,” Prof. Yunus said.

At the same time, Prof. Yunus has launched the Three Zero Club to make the younger generation aware of such inequalities and big problems in the world. According to Prof. Yunus, the concept of the Three Zero Club is to put the youth in the age group of 12 to 35 years in the leadership ranks and use their energy and technical abilities to make the world prosperous.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Shankar Man Shrestha, Chairman of the Centre for Self-help Development and Chairperson of the program, said that Nepal Forum was organized for the first time on the occasion of the 11th Social Business Day. Mr. Shrestha also said that the dire consequences of poverty, unemployment, and carbon gases have come to the fore as a monstrous problem for mankind and that a concerted effort should be made to make the world prosperous by resolving dirtythreats. “We have the resources and tools to solve problems as well as the knowledge and skills. Financial resources are also sufficient, but we lack culture and determination. Therefore, it is important to demonstrate the potential we have with culture and firm determination,” Mr. Shrestha added.


The forum discussed the world's three biggest problems: poverty, unemployment, and carbon gas emissions, under 10 sub-headings. After the discussion, an action plan has been made to be implemented within the next two years. The same action plan will also be presented at the International Forum organized by the Yunus Center, Bangladesh on July 2, 2021.


The program was attended by 256 people from economic, social, education, and environmental sectors, women, NGOs, youths, and students.

 

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