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We are shipowners and we like to offer our vessel to the responsible agency
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26 Jan 1:15pm
WHo is this idiot? Tom Miller, president and CEO of the United Nations
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26 Jan 4:16am
Haiti,Haiti, world waves, there are a survivalsituation, water, fire(energy),
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25 Jan 10:17am
We have to keep Haiti in the news
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24 Jan 1:57pm
I think only good buildings will help them to prevent the disaster
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Como podemos Ayudarsi El personal de las Naciones Unidas o la Fundación no
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John Boonstra - July 7, 2009 - 2:07 pm
I think everyone can agree that the UN needs reform, and that giving poorer countries a greater voice should be an eminent concern. I'm not sure what he means by "family of nations;" secularly, this naturally just refers to what we often call the "international community." I'll assume this is the intended effect, and that other, culture-laden issues of "family" are not implied here.
Greater "international ordering" is similarly welcomed; the encyclical seems to get that, as we say, global problems require global solutions. But I'm less keen on involving the UN in constructing a "moral order." Contrary to what the encyclical claims, the term "moral" does not even make an appearance in the UN Charter, likely for the very reason that morals can be subjective, and that freedom of religion -- which the Charter does uphold -- precludes favoring any particular religion's "moral order" over another.