BBC: The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, has told the UN in New York that member states should solve the world's crises together.
In his speech on the final leg of his six-day US tour, he said the world was still subject to "the decisions of a few", without naming countries.
He urged states to protect their people from "grave and sustained" human rights abuses or face outside intervention.
Benedict XVI is the third pope to address the UN.
The Pope has now arrived at a synagogue in New York for a ground-breaking visit, the first to a Jewish place of worship in the US by a Pope, just hours before the start of the Jewish Passover.
His agenda in New York, his last stop before returning to Rome, also includes visiting Ground Zero and celebrating Mass at Yankee Stadium. Pope Urges Global Unity on Crises >>>
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