INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY NEEDED TO PROMOTE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 29, 2000 (VIS) - After praying the angelus, the Holy Father pointed out that "today, throughout the world, an important report by the United Nations, dedicated to human rights and human development, is being published." He said that these two issues "must proceed together, but a stronger international collaboration in favor of the more disadvantaged peoples is needed."

He added that "the fight against poverty is one of the greatest challenges to mankind in the new millennium. The necessary food, health assistance, education, work, do not represent merely objectives of development; they are basic rights, unfortunately still denied to millions of human beings." He said he "hoped that a new a concrete commitment of international solidarity" will be "among the fruits of this great Jubilee."

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