I took a tour of the UN when I was in New York, Don - but, as said above, in England we get a lot more news of US affairs. However, I seem to recall something about the UN helping set up eco-tourism, and, as for global fair-trade, which is NOT going to happen freely!, who better than the UN? And I agree that we've agreed on somethings.
To LH - I agree with what you said on love, and another argument of mine is a related idea of "coupleism"...there's too much of this "every man and woman for him- or herself" and "anyone's fair game" now, which led me to include this in my collection...

Poem 88 of 230: FROM 20TH-CENTURY SEXUALITY

From One Lover to Free Lover to Fee Lover,
    For children's sakes, let's fashion back to One Lover:
In public-life there are - guess what - women and men;
    Thus, upbringing's best by a woman and a man -
Not by one or two men, or one or two women,
    And not in a tug-of-war of women and men.

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