Humanitarian issues and ethical challenges in modern society. The role of international cooperation

Abstract

The most significant aspect of the contemporary structure of international economic relationships is the growing significance of international humanitarian collaboration, which turned out to be a manifestation of global transformative processes. Today’s society is confronted with numerous humanitarian concerns, that are often defined as poverty, social disparity, mass migration, escalating armed conflicts, and others. The article focuses on new humanitarian issues and ethical challenges that affect issues related to the digital transformation of the economy and the automation of business operations, inequality in educational access, and the rising proportion of youth who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET), as well as rising global inequality. It is demonstrated that in 2020 and 2021, for the first time throughout the long history of observation, there was a decline in the value of the Global Human Development Index (HDI). According to UN experts, if the real value of the Global HDI is lower than expected in the coming years, then the losses to the socio-economic development of countries on a global scale would be irreversible. The solution to the above issues which affect both developed and developing countries, is proposed to be achieved through the development of international humanitarian cooperation in areas such as education, culture, sports and health.