{"id":2196,"date":"2017-12-12T01:36:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T02:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/uk-drops-on-ranking-of-nations-doing-good-for-humanity-due-to-arms-sales\/"},"modified":"2017-12-12T01:36:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T02:36:00","slug":"uk-drops-on-ranking-of-nations-doing-good-for-humanity-due-to-arms-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/uk-drops-on-ranking-of-nations-doing-good-for-humanity-due-to-arms-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"UK drops on ranking of nations doing good for humanity due to arms sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The UK is falling for the second year in a row on the world\u2019s list of countries that have contributed to the \u2018common good of humanity,\u2019 due to \u2018vast weapons exports\u2019 and inadequate aid to foreign countries.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tBased on a new study called the \u2018Good Country Index,\u2019 Britain has fallen from number four to number eight out of 163 countries and in the area of \u2018international peace and security,\u2019 it ranks a poor 48th in the world, presstv.com reported.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe index measures country contributions to global peace and security, culture, health, prosperity, equality and environment, instead of basing the rankings on traditional economic and social factors via 35 criteria from the United Nations, the World Bank and other international organizations.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2016, Britain was in fifth place for its contribution to prosperity and equality \u2013 that place is now number 35. Factors analyzed were the size of cross-border trading, the number of aid workers and volunteers sent abroad and investment in developing countries relative to the size of the economy.<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational policy adviser Simon Anholt, who created the index, said on Monday that one of the two main reasons why the UK ranks so low in \u2018Peace and Security\u2019 is because of its big weapons exports, to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other destinations.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Campaign against the Arms Trade says Britain\u2019s export of bombs and missiles to Saudi Arabia has increased by nearly 500 percent since the start of the war on Yemen. (PRESSTV)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tAnholt explained that although there is an ongoing debate about British weapons exports among the public, \u201cthe debate doesn\u2019t affect the ranking: no matter how much people criticize the exports, and no matter how fierce the debate, the level of sales remains high and that\u2019s what keeps the ranking so low.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA good country is one that successfully contributes to the good of humanity,\u201d he said. \u201cOf course, it must serve the interests of its own people, but never at the expense of other populations or our shared resources: this is the new law of human survival.\u201d<\/p>\n

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