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Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 9:49 AM
Subject: Pope calls for a UN 'with teeth' meeting Obama...
| ... Pope calls for a UN 'with teeth' From profits to ethics: pope calls for a new political and financial world order Rome guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 7 July 2009 Global recession caused by greed, says pontiff -- Economic crisis is 'clear proof of effects of sin'… The pontiff made the appeal in a 144-page encyclical – a reflection on doctrine that is the highest form of papal writing – three days before he was due to discuss the global downturn with Barack Obama. …Then, in a passage that builds on ideas first voiced by his predecessor, John Paul II, the pope argues that globalisation has made necessary a "reform of the United Nations Organisation and likewise of economic institutions and international finance so that the concept of the family of nations can acquire real teeth". …It proposes a "true world political authority" that "would need to be universally recognised and to be vested with the effective power to ensure security for all, regard for justice and respect for rights." It would be asked to "manage the global economy; to revive economies hit by the crisis [and] to avoid any deterioration of the present crisis." But its responsibilities would be more than just economic. They would include securing "timely disarmament, food security and peace". The new body, a reformed UN, would also be called upon "to guarantee the protection of the environment and to regulate migration".Often regarded as the first "green" pope, Benedict also took advantage of his encyclical to make clearer his ideas on the importance of respecting the environment. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/07/pope-new-political-financial-order |
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