PROMOTING SOCIAL PROGRESS
As explained in the introduction to Chapter 12, the economic and social activities of international organizations cannot be distinguished completely, either in theory in practice. However, those programs generally identified a., more social than economic are discussed in this chapter These topics include health, child welfare, aging, labor conditions, education, science, culture, narcotic drugs, and refugee problems.
CHARTER GOALS AND WORLD NEEDS
The social goals of the United Nations are best summarized in the phrase from the preamble of the Charter to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom " This statement of goals expresses the aspirations of humankind for tome secure and more satisfying life-a quality of living that promises escape from the meanness of human degradation into the fullness the human dignity. The complete realization of these aspirations would bring about an ideal world from which all pockets of ignorance, poverty, hunger, and disease had been eliminated.
Anyone who views world conditions since 1945 realizes how short of utopia we are and bow little positive progress has been made toward a better life for the majority of humankind. As world population rapidly increases, the