Rights Beautiful Collection of Professor Saneh Chamarik the most crucial task of conflict management and social transformation in an orderly manner. True human rights look to social order and security. What is really in need is the human vision and mutual understanding. And that would greatly save our own societies from unnecessary chaos and enormous losses. As I have pointed out, we all share a good deal of common ground that also includes both physically in terms of resource base of bio-diversity, and culturally with regard to local traditional knowledge and community way of life that makes sustainable development possible and feasible. In short, we are having a sort of comparative advantage, to use the economist’s jargon, as the basis upon which to work on the creativity of human rights and dignity. So you can see, this is well in line with what Marzuki Darusman raises the point about making the process of institution building - ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism – “more relevant to the grassroots peoples and communities, so that they can enjoy the full range of human rights and dignity”. This is certainly not an empty ideal. But then it bears upon all of us to work it out in the process of our dialogue and related action. Of course, we all share the concern of the current dilemma the whole world is facing. That is to say, the global impact of the 9/11 and the war on terrorism. On top of our immediate concern with the increasingly precarious state of human rights, this inevitably brings us to further issue in regard to the working status and future of the United Nations, the cornerstone of international human rights standards ever since after the World War ll holocaust. There is little we can do about it. It may not be direct concern on our part, of course. But if we can possibly ever think of doing something at all, I should like, if I may, to add a little short note here. One just cannot help it, in view of the worldwide importance of the UN in the field of human and social development. To my mind, it should somehow stop dealing with the issue of war and peace that is by nature far beyond its control. It is next to impossible in the face of the newly-emerged doctrine of military unilateralism. It should OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF THAILAND 11