It is a Charter of Ethics That We Need to Put Humanism in the Center of the Entire Development Process
In an interview with The Information Society journal, H.E. Adama Samassekou lays out his vision of the pressing problems now facing modernity, which he believes may be resolved only through the united efforts that take all the various stakeholders' interests into account. Mr. Samassekou stresses the need to expand the field of humanitarian science research since most of it currently keeps exclusively to Western orientations. He says it is tremendously important to also include the other regions in this work - Africa, Asia, Eastern and Central Europe, South America and Oceania. And in order to profit from the wealth of diversity in world cultures, this research must also lay out the particular qualities of each culture, region and nation. We must return to our fundamental values, which means that humanity must become the center of the entire development process. In essence, what we are talking about is a new humanitarian paradigm. The creation of a Charter of Ethics for an information society, or a knowledge society, is a fundamental issue of our times.