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Speech of Dr. Ahmed Kamal Aboul Magd
( Commissioner for Dialogue between Civilizations of Arab League )
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The Law Office of
Dr. A. Kamal Aboulmagd
Attorney at Law
Peace and Development
Obstacles and Impediments
The relationship between peace and
development is indeed too obvious to need lengthy discussion. The
prevalence of peace both internally and at the international level
is, by all means, conducive to the enhancement of development. In
supporting the above conclusion, it is sufficient to remember that
an atmosphere of war and possible military confrontation would
naturally require the allocation of huge resources for military
preparations, aimed at creating some sort of balance of military
powers that would work as a deterrent causing any potential enemy
to think twice before launching a military campaign, resources
that would have otherwise been used for development purposes. Any
outbreak of military confrontation would interrupt and disrupt the
implementation of any development plan. More important still is
the fact that an atmosphere of war and possible confrontation
would certainly jeopardize the ability of any economic planner or
private investor, be he a national or foreigner to make the
indispensable forecast and prediction as to the future of the
economy at large and the return to be expected on the invested
capital and the time and energy spent. It is equally true that the
need for peace and stability is looked at from very different
angles, depending on whether we are considering the interests of
highly developed countries or those of less developed or
developing countries. To the first group the prevalence of peace
in less developed countries would simply guarantee a larger and
more stable market for their products, and would consequently
guarantee them continual prosperity and high quality of life
regardless of the impact of such a one way version of market
economy on the future of development is less developed countries.
On the other hand, for developing countries, with relatively
limited resources, the prevalence of an atmosphere of war, with
its corollary of unrest and insecurity and almost impossibility of
predicting for the future, the whole process of development would
inevitably be seriously jeopardized. For developing countries
peace is almost a precondition and an absolute necessity for
sustained development.
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