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'De Schepping Staat Op Het Spel' 'Creation Itself Is at Stake' ‘Creation itself ‘De schepping is at stake’ staat op het spel’ Queen Beatrix’ views on the world De wereld volgens koningin Beatrix Frans Bieckmann Contents Inhoud Prologue Inleiding Princess Beatrix Prinses Beatrix ‘The European ideal’ ‘Het Europese ideaal’ Colonial history Koloniale geschiedenis ‘The Dutch barbarians’ ‘De Hollandse barbaren’ International cooperation Internationale samenwerking ‘Poverty is a form of injustice’ ‘Armoede is onrecht’ Environment Milieu ‘The earth is slowly dying’ ‘Langzaam sterft de aarde’ Globalisation Globalisering ‘Change makes us insecure’ ‘Verandering maakt onzeker’ Safety Veiligheid ‘Freedom and social justice first, and only then peace’ ‘Eerst vrijheid en sociale rechtvaardigheid, dan pas vrede’ Internationalism Internationalisme ‘Egoistic nationalism is an impediment’ ‘Egoïstisch nationalisme is een hinderpaal’ International legal order Internationale rechtsorde ‘Sovereignty is no longer inviolable’ ‘Soevereiniteit niet meer onaantastbaar’ Epilogue Epiloog The influence of a head of state De invloed van een staatshoofd Afterword Nawoord Colophon Colofon 3 Koningin Beatrix bezoekt een stammendorp vlak bij Udaipur; ‘Tribal Village’ NLC. Tijdens bezoek aan India, 6 maart 1986 Prologue Inleiding A head of state is above all the parties: she may not make it Een staatshoofd staat boven de partijen: zij mag het niet doen appear as if she is involved in politics; she avoids all political ideo- voorkomen dat zij aan politiek doet, zij vermijdt politiek-ideologi- logical statements. Moreover, in the Dutch structure of the sche uitspraken. En een koningin kan in het Nederlandse staats- Kingdom a queen is not free to say what see wishes to say; she bestel bovendien niet zomaar zeggen wat zij wil, maar moet daar- needs the approval of the prime minister. Therefore it is no easy voor goedkeuring hebben van de ministerpresident. Daarom is matter to discover Queen Beatrix’s precise current and former het niet eenvoudig erachter te komen wat koningin Beatrix views on the themes discussed in this booklet: international coop- precies vindt en vond van de thema’s waarover dit boekje gaat: eration and sustainable development. There is but one major internationale samenwerking en duurzame ontwikkeling. Slechts opportunity for the queen to vent her feelings without the direct één belangrijke uitlaatklep staat niet direct onder toezicht van de supervision of the prime minister: the Christmas speeches which premier: de kerstredes die de koningin sinds 1980 elk jaar heeft the queen has made each year since 19801. These therefore consti- gehouden1. Zij vormen dan ook een belangrijke bron voor dit tute an important source for this booklet. boekje. Analysis of Queen Beatrix’s texts and speeches on international Analyse van de teksten en toespraken van koningin Beatrix over cooperation and sustainable development shows that her views internationale samenwerking en duurzame ontwikkeling leert dat cannot be seen separately from those of Prince Claus.2 For this haar ideeën niet los te zien zijn van die van prins Claus.2 Daarom reason the booklet is almost as much about the queen’s husband gaat dit boekje bijna net zoveel over de (in 2002 overleden) echt- (who died in 2002) as about Queen Beatrix herself. It is not always genoot van de koningin, als over Beatrix zelf. Wie wie beïnvloed clear who influenced whom. As far as the situation in developing heeft, is niet altijd duidelijk. Waar het heel specifiek de situatie in countries or development assistance in a restricted sense is ontwikkelingslanden betreft, of de ontwikkelingshulp in beperkte 1With thanks to the Netherlands Government Information Service (RVD) for 1Met dank aan de Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst (RVD) voor het verstrekken van de providing the speeches referred to in this booklet. in dit bestek aangehaalde toespraken. 2In writing this booklet I drew heavily on (the material for) my book on Prince 2 Bij het schrijven van dit boekje heb ik veel geput uit (het materiaal voor) Claus and his involvement with (people in) developing countries, which was mijn boek over prins Claus en zijn betrokkenheid bij (mensen in) ontwikke- published in April 2004: De wereld volgens prins Claus (Prince Claus’ views lingslanden, dat in april 2004 uitkwam: De wereld volgens prins Claus on the world) (Amsterdam, Mets & Schilt). (Amsterdam, Mets & Schilt). 5 zin, zal de stem van Claus overheerst hebben. Beatrix heeft onge- concerned, Prince Claus’ voice will have predominated. twijfeld weer invloed gehad op het internationaal politieke en Undoubtedly Queen Beatrix in turn influenced her husband’s volkenrechtelijke denken van haar man. De grote nadruk die views on international political issues and issues of international Claus legde op de rol van cultuur in ontwikkeling (en die voortge- law. The great emphasis Prince Claus placed on the role played by zet wordt in het Prins Claus Fonds), vond zijn weerklank in het culture in the development process (which is continued in the belang dat Beatrix hecht aan kunst en cultuur in eigen land. Prins Claus Fund), is echoed in the importance Queen Beatrix Het inzicht dat de twee zo samen hebben opgebouwd in de attaches to art and culture in the Netherlands. werking van culturen, van identiteit in een wereld die steeds klei- The insights the couple obtained together in this way into the ner en opener wordt, wordt nu weer opgepikt in het werk van working of different cultures, the concept of identity in a world prinses Maxima met integratie en allochtonen in Nederland. becoming increasingly smaller and more open, are now again Maxima lijkt de meest uitgesproken erfgename van het gedachte- being taken up in Princess Maxima’s work in the field of integra- goed van haar schoonouders: de aandacht voor internationale tion and migrants in the Netherlands. Maxima appears to be the samenwerking. Zij volgde haar schoonvader op als bescherm- most outspoken heir to the ideas of her in-laws: the call for atten- vrouwe van het Koninklijke Instituut voor de Tropen (KIT) en het tion to international cooperation. She succeeded her father-in-law Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal, Land en Volkenkunde (KITLV) en ze as patroness of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) and the Royal is voorzitter van het curatorium van de Prins Claus Leerstoel van Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology (KITLV) and she is chair- het Institute of Social Studies (ISS) en de Universiteit van Utrecht. person of the board of governors of the Prins Claus Chair of the De prinsen Constantijn en Friso hebben hun vader opgevolgd als Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and Utrecht University. beschermheren van het Prins Claus Fonds. Ook prins Friso’s Prince Constantijn and Prince Friso succeeded their father as vrouw Mabel past in de traditie van actieve betrokkenheid bij patrons of the Prins Claus Fund. Also Prince Friso’s wife Mabel fits ontwikkelingslanden, via haar werk voor het Open Society into the tradition of active involvement in developing countries via Institute en de Soros-stichtingen. her work for the Open Society Institute and the Soros founda- En kroonprins Willem-Alexander is zich, aangespoord door zijn tions. vader, gaan specialiseren in waterbeheer in ontwikkelingslanden. And Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, encouraged by his father, Die laatste keuze weerspiegelt de heikele balans die het konings- has specialised in water management in developing countries. huis moet zien te houden: het is een ogenschijnlijk technisch en This latter choice reflects the tricky equilibrium the royal family is neutraal onderwerp – niemand kan zich storen aan de inzet voor to maintain: on the one hand this appears to be a rather technical zo’n noodzakelijk goed - dat niettemin alle grote mondiale debat- and neutral subject - no one can object to commitment for such a ten in zich herbergt. Waterbeheer is essentieel in milieubeleid, het worthy cause - but on the other hand it does contain all the major voorkomen van conflicten om schaarse grondstoffen, landbouw global debates. Water management is an essential part of environ- 6 mental policy, preventing conflicts about scarce resources, agricul- en voedselvoorziening en geopolitieke belangen. En passant kan ture and food supply and geopolitical interests. In this context a ook Nederlands comparatieve voordeel, de grote expertise op het Dutch comparative advantage, its great expertise in the field of gebied van watermanagement, worden aangeprezen in het water management, can be extolled abroad. This way everybody is buitenland. Iedereen tevreden. happy. Vooralsnog gaat het aanstaande koningspaar veel praktischer, For the time being the king and queen to be are adopting a more technischer en minder breed om met ontwikkelingsthema’s dan practical, technical and less broad approach to development hun (schoon)ouders. Maxima vindt dat het bedrijfsleven ook een themes than their parents (in-law). Maxima is of the opinion that bijdrage moet leveren aan armoedebestrijding. Bedrijven moeten the business community should also contribute to fighting niet alleen korte-termijnwinst nastreven, maar ook lange-termijn- poverty. Companies should not focus on short-term profits only, investeringen doen om de miljarden potentiële klanten in ontwik- but also make long-term investments to reach the billions of kelingslanden te bereiken. In april 2005 kwam zij bijeen met jonge potential customers in developing countries. In April 2005 she met werknemers van ABN-Amro, DSM en Heineken om te praten over with young employees of ABN-Amro, DSM and Heineken to dit ‘Bottom of the Pyramid’ concept. Voor de prinses staan zelf- discuss this ‘Bottom of the Pyramid’ concept. For the princess the redzaamheid en zelfrespect van mensen in ontwikkelingslanden main thing is the ability of people to cope for themselves and the voorop. Vandaar haar inzet als boegbeeld van het Jaar van het self-respect of people in developing countries. This explains her Microkrediet. Een initiatief waar prins Willem-Alexander naar efforts as standard bearer of the International Year of Micro- verwees in een toespraak voor de VN-Commissie voor Duurzame credit. An initiative Prince Willem-Alexander referred to in a Ontwikkeling, op 21 april 2005 in New York.
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