VATICAN CITY, 16 SEP 2008 (VIS) - Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. has sent a Message, in the Pope's name, to participants in a prayer meeting being held for the opening of the 63rd General Assembly of the United Nations.
The Holy Father, the English-language Message reads, "joins the members of the diplomatic community and U.N. officials present in imploring from Almighty God the guidance and strength needed to carry out the urgent tasks facing the United Nations in the coming months, including the continuing implementation of the Millennium Development Goals, the NEPAD programme (New Partnership for Africa's Development), and other initiatives aimed at ensuring that the whole human family shares in the benefits of globalisation.
"Recalling with gratitude his visit to the General Assembly last April on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, His Holiness renews his appeal to international leaders to re-appropriate the lofty moral vision and the transcendent principles of justice embodied in the United Nations' founding documents.
"With these sentiments the Holy Father invokes upon all in attendance an abundance of divine blessings, trusting that these moments of reflection and prayer will strengthen them in their commitment to upholding the dignity of each human person and building a world of ever greater solidarity, freedom and peace".
MESS/.../U.N. ASSEMBLY VIS 20080916 (230)
The Holy Father, the English-language Message reads, "joins the members of the diplomatic community and U.N. officials present in imploring from Almighty God the guidance and strength needed to carry out the urgent tasks facing the United Nations in the coming months, including the continuing implementation of the Millennium Development Goals, the NEPAD programme (New Partnership for Africa's Development), and other initiatives aimed at ensuring that the whole human family shares in the benefits of globalisation.
"Recalling with gratitude his visit to the General Assembly last April on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, His Holiness renews his appeal to international leaders to re-appropriate the lofty moral vision and the transcendent principles of justice embodied in the United Nations' founding documents.
"With these sentiments the Holy Father invokes upon all in attendance an abundance of divine blessings, trusting that these moments of reflection and prayer will strengthen them in their commitment to upholding the dignity of each human person and building a world of ever greater solidarity, freedom and peace".
MESS/.../U.N. ASSEMBLY VIS 20080916 (230)
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