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DIGNITY OF HUMAN WORK IS BASIC TO FAIR, JUST GLOBALIZATION

VATICAN CITY, FEB 26, 2005 (VIS) - Yesterday afternoon at the Lateran
University in Rome, Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical
Council Justice and Peace, and Juan Somavia, director of the International
Labor Office, presented the conclusions of the Report of the World Commission
on the Social Dimension of Globalization. This commission was established by
the ILO in 2002 and the Report was published in 2004.

A communique announcing the event at the Lateran, summarized the findings of
the Report: "The current functioning of the world economy suffers from deeply
rooted and profound imbalances that are unacceptable from an ethical point of
view and politically indefensible. For the majority of men and women in the
world globalization does not respond to their legitimate aspirations to have a
dignified job and a better future for their children."

The communique also summarized Cardinal Martino's talk, in which he underlined
the need to re-think policies and institutions of world governance. He said
that now is the moment to place the question of human work and its dignity in
the front line of action for a just and fair globalization. He stated that work
is the key to the social question which today is a global question. Work, when
recognized and appreciated, is the path for individuals to get out of
situations of absolute poverty in a sustainable way and is also the key for a
change in societies and institutions. The possibility of work transforms a poor
person from being a "problem" that has to be taken care of to becoming a
"resource."
CON-IP/WORK:GLOBALIZATION/MARTINOVIS 050228 (270)

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