With Kofi Annan and Louise Frechette at the helm, our good ship, the
United Nations, is ready to sail. Not much breeze today. Security Council
operations pretty much on hold. Funding of development and humanitarian
aid is down. Is this the way to confront the implacable rise in conflict,
crime and poverty?
At the General Assembly last October, President Jamil Witt of Ecuador
spoke about traditional psychology of the Aymara Indians, their understanding
of how we relate to ourselves, our families, our neighbours; and finally
to the future: we cannot see the future, our future is behind us
From the Talmud: He who saves a single life saves the universe
