Maurice Strong Appointed Advisor to UN Commission

OTTAWA, July 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The appointment of Maurice Strong as the Special Advisor to a high-level UN Commission on the Private Sector and Development,  has cast a shadow over the Commission’s seemingly noble goal of encouraging local entrepreneurship in developing countries and left doubts about the true focus of its co-chairman Paul Martin, a close friend of Strong’s.  Maurice Strong’s socialist, one world government leanings make him unlikely to have altruistic reasons for boosting local business in developing nations. He has distinguished himself by using entrepreneurial success to gain political leverage and resources which he has then applied to the task of undermining the very capitalist system from which he benefited. He proudly told MacLean’s in 1976 that he was “a socialist in ideology, a capitalist in methodology.”  Paul Martin, who has disappointed Canadian conservatives by his poor response to the same-sex marriage issue, expresses high praise for Strong. He states, “There’s no doubt. Maurice Strong is a friend of mine and on issues of international affairs and Third World development, where he’s had extensive experience, he’s obviously somebody that a number of people, including the Secretary-General of the United Nations listens to, and I do too.”  Kofi Annan further increased concern about the Commission’s focus when he explained that it should work towards fulfilling Millennium Development Goals. The Millennium Development Goals proclaimed that the world should increase access to “reproductive health services” and “reduce the number of pregnancies,” in order to “improve maternal health,”“promote gender equality and empower women,” and “combat HIV.”  See Toronto Star:  https://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1059171011659   See UN Website:  Millennium development goals https://www.developmentgoals.org/  See Previous LifeSite Coverage:  Champagne Socialist Full of Bubbles: Maurice Strong Profits from Pushing Leftist Ideas https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/jul/030718a.html