June 23, 2016

Statement at the 32nd Session of the Human Rights Council General Debate – Item 5

It is always necessary to place the human person, with his or her dignity, at the centre, countering the dynamics that tend to relativize what is important and place money at the apex. When money becomes the end as well as the motive of every activity and of every venture, then the utilitarian perspective and brute logic – which do not respect people – prevail. This results in the widespread collapse of the values of solidarity and respect.
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