UN discovers property rights

Washington Times by Alejandro Chafuen "Even the United Nations on occasion does something right. So it's a shame the media and the public, understandably fixated at the time on Hurricane Katrina's impact on the U.S. Gulf Coast, missed it. The 'it' was the mid-September announcement that the United Nations was establishing a new commission that will focus on the legal hurdles people in the underdeveloped world face as they try to work their way out of poverty. Institutions like the United Nations typically create commissions as a substitute for actually doing something about a problem. Thanks to its leadership -- former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Peruvian economist Hernando De Soto -- the new 'High Level Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor' might actually accomplish some good." http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20051101-084856-5025r.htm