Pope Benedict XVI has reminded member states of the United Nations to protect their people from human rights violations in an address to the General Assembly in New York.
Speaking on the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Benedict made a plea for collective action to solve world issues. The pontiff warned that countries that acted unilaterally on the world stage undermined the authority of the United Nations. The UN speech was originally intended to be the highlight of a papal visit that has so far been States have duty to protect their people: pope ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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