The sheer number of men, women and children deprived of their inalienable right to life and dignity is unacceptably high. The cries of the hungry are matched by the silent anguish ofdegraded soil, denuded forest stands and increasingly depleted fishing grounds. The diversity of plant and animal life on the land and in the waters are recklessly decimated rather than prudently harnessed and conserved. As oft stated, the earth has enough to satisfy everyone's need, but too little to satisfy everyone's greed.
Human solidarity is reflected in the obligatory principle of beneficence in all the faiths.
That is best for those who seek the countenance of God, and it is they who will prosper. You are neither to strip your vine bare nor to collect the fruit that has fallen into your vineyard. Global cereal harvests have been fairly stagnant during the first half of the nineties reflecting mainly the steep fall in the Commonwealth of Independent States while elsewhere production has increased slowly. The sluggish cereals production was matched by slippages in fisheries. The year 1995 saw the steepest rise in the price of rice, wheat and maize since the food crisis in the early seventies.