” ““The achievement of a higher level of fairness through fair trade is still one of the major concerns of the Holy See”. This was stated by mgr. Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the UN, as he spoke yesterday in New York, at the 61st General Assembly of the United Nations. “For the security and development of all peoples, but especially of the poor commented the Vatican delegate more efforts should be made to overcome the deadlock of the multilateral negotiations” and “the Doha commitments” should be fulfilled, while it seems “the interests of a few industries of the more developed countries have won over the common good”. According to mgr. Migliore, “over the last five years no substantial progress has been made in the reform of finance and world trade”. “Trade he specified is a priority for the growth of the economies of many developing countries”, and the current system “has a major impact on the more vulnerable populations”. Reforming such system “is a moral imperative”, concludes mgr. Migliore; “not to take it seriously could result in uncontrollable flows of people, irretrievable damages to the environment and even the expansion of terrorism and armed conflict “.
