United Nations.Commenting on the United Nations, the Pope states: "The protection of human rights is constantly referred to by international bodies and in particular, the United Nations Organization, which set itself the fundamental task of promoting the human rights indicated in the 1948 Universal Declaration. That Declaration is regarded as a sort of moral commitment assumed by all mankind MANKIND. Persons of the male sex; but in a more general sense, it includes persons of both sexes; for example, the statute of 25 Hen. VIII., c. 6, makes it felony to commit, sodomy with mankind or beast. Females as well as males axe included under the term mankind. Fortesc. 91; Bac. Ab. . There is a profound truth to this, especially if the rights described in the Declaration are held to be based not simply on the decisions of the assembly that approved them, but on man's very nature and his inalienable Not subject to sale or transfer; inseparable. That which is inalienable cannot be bought, sold, or transferred from one individual to another. The personal rights to life and liberty guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States are inalienable. dignity as a person created by God. Consequently it is important for international agencies not to lose sight of the natural foundation of human rights." After emphasizing that "we believe that at the beginning of everything is the Eternal Word, Reason and not Unreason," he points out that: "From this standpoint The Standpoint is a newspaper published in the British Virgin Islands. It was originally published under the name Pennysaver, largely as a shopping-coupon promotional newspaper, but since emerged as one of the most influential sources of journalism in the , the norms of natural law should not be viewed as externally imposed decrees, as restraints upon human freedom. Rather they should be welcomed as a call to carry out faithfully the universal divine plan inscribed in·scribe tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes 1. a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface. b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. in the nature of human beings. Guided by these norms, all peoples--within their respective cultures--can draw near to the greatest mystery, which is the mystery of God." Comment: In December 2006, Toronto's Globe and Mail newspaper published an article attacking the 1948 Universal Declaration as nothing more than the product of Western biases, prejudices, and colonialism colonialism Control by one power over a dependent area or people. The purposes of colonialism include economic exploitation of the colony's natural resources, creation of new markets for the colonizer, and extension of the colonizer's way of life beyond its national borders. . It is another example of ideological multiculturalism multiculturalism or cultural pluralism, a term describing the coexistence of many cultures in a locality, without any one culture dominating the region. denying the existence of objective truth and natural law. |
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