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GLOBAL VALUES
IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
The Many, Varied and Inconsistent Virtues
of the International Civil Service
Joan Elise Dubinsky, United States of America
"The very fact that the United Nations was born is something of a
miracle. We do not say that in a derogatory sense as if it could
not have been born if it were not for an accident or luck. Nor do
we speak of a supernatural event. Rather the statement is meant
to convey a sense of awe and wonder—that something amazing
happened in the consciousness of humanity when the United Na-
tions was born."^316316
Sampath, Rajesh, UN Chronicle, May 2015. http://unchronicle.un.org/article/
role-united-nations-ethics-officethe-ethics-international-civil-service-light-
foundation-and/. Rajesh Sampath is Associate Professor of the Philosophy of
Justice, Rights and Social Change at the Heller School for Social Policy and
Management, Brandeis University, United States of America. Many of the ideas
expressed in this article were first explored in conversations and reflections with
Professor Sampath, to whom much credit and appreciation is due.