In the name of our humanity, our principles and values, we call upon the authorities and people of our region to demonstrate practical solidarity towards refugees so that they may find safe haven in our midst and enjoy freedom to choose their own future.
If further affirmation is required, there is the book of Genesis 2 15 in which God orders caring for creation to be one of humanity's principle obligations.
This, he calls, the "Principle of Humanity": Being human must be the ethical yardstick for all economic action.
Secondly, at the summit, leaders must come prepared to renew their commitments to the core humanitarian principles – humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence – that guide our work.
It condemns attacks by al-Qaida and others as "sometimes amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity" but says principles of international law that could prevent such attacks were being undermined and marginalised by powerful countries such as the US.
But if war cannot be avoided, the West should keep in mind Iran's rich history of principles, humanity and dignity.
In the improbable eventuality that the I.C.C. determines that it does not have jurisdiction, states should prosecute these crimes against humanity under the principle of universal jurisdiction, which empowers any country to prosecute such crimes.
The "scores of women and children crying for bread, whose husbands, Sons and fathers are in the army today" should create an obligation on the government to "prevent suffering" for the "infirm and the helpless," which "justice, humanity, and every principle of Christianity forbids".
Wilson in 1998 (Consilience: the Unity of Knowledge, New York: Knopf) to describe what he saw as a developing synthesis of science with the humanities, based on principles of natural science.
According to the principle of humanity and to human rights law and international humanitarian law, the victims of crisis and conflict are entitled to humanitarian assistance.
