“The U.N. has not failed the world. The world has failed the U.N….”
Our current global institutions – including the UN – are note sufficient for the task we have ahead of us. 
We need far more powerful and effective means of fostering a new global ethic….
“Imagination is more important than knowledge….”
Albert Einstein [quoted by Bill Coffin]
•The Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
http://ecojustice.net/2005-ENVRE120/session-15/audio/Coffin-01-1-UN-Planet-Institutions-index.htm