The I.A.D.L . pledges its consistent and unqualified support of the U.N. as the only hope for world peace and the ultimate eventual achievement of economic , social and legal rights of all the peoples of the world . ( Special consultative status granted in 1997 ) The International Centre for Ethnic Studies ( ICES ) has through the years strived to evolve a model of historically sensitive theoretical , empirical research in ethnicity , social and political process .