A little more than a year ago, we witnessed with great concern the collapse of some of the largest financial institutions of the world’s wealthiest countries. That financial fissure precipitated a global economic crisis which, despite the emerging signs of recovery, all of us continue to experience.…
This year, we are holding a special summit 10 years after the nations of the world endorsed a historic agreement to reduce extreme poverty by 2015 to levels compatible with the human conscience and with human dignity.
Ten years later, we must congratulate the United Nations on that initiative. It h…
In a few weeks’ time, it will be 60 years since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. And here we find ourselves at the midpoint in the application of our strategies for the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights bea…
