Report text A new global ethics
	Why we need a global ethics
	Culture in search of a global ethics
	Sources of a global ethics
	The main elements of a global ethics
	Global ethics in global governance
	The role of a global ethics
	To whom it may concern

The world is our village: if one house catches fire, the roofs over all our heads are immediately at risk. If any one of us tries to start rebuilding, his efforts will be purely symbolic. Solidarity has to be the order of the day: each of us must bear his own share of the general responsibility.

Jacques Delors