Category: United Nations

By Wesley J. Smith  The vaunted international community is determined to impose extremely politically progressive policies on the entire world. Alas, this even includes injecting woke policies into the laudable attempt to draft an “International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.” An end to racism is earnestly to be desired, of course. …

By Rai Rojas “They refused millions and millions of children their right to education because they only focused on Comprehensive Sexual Education.” Statement of Permanent Mission from Pakistan to the United Nations during 56th Commission on Population and Development.   The fifty-sixth annual United Nations Commission on Population and Development ended abruptly on Friday, April 14, …

By Austin Cherry, National Right to Life NGO Representative NEW YORK CITY, NY– Every year in March, the United Nations Headquarters in New York City hosts the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The Commission’s published objective is “the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.” Most of the Delegates are women from …

Paul Ehrlich’s theory about the “population bomb” is going the way of the Dodo  By Peter Jacobsen  July marked the passing of the 34th annual World Population Day. You likely didn’t see much news about it, which itself is a bit surprising if you know the history of the “holiday.” When World Population Day started, …

By Rebecca Oas, Ph.D. WASHINGTON, DC, November 5 (C-Fam) On Monday, the U.S. State Department announced an inaugural $5 million contribution to UNFPA Supplies, the flagship thematic fund of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA Supplies uses donor contributions to purchase and distribute maternal health supplies, which includes abortion-inducing drugs and devices. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy …

By Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues A UN group of so-called experts used their UN positions to issued two radical pro-abortion statements. In the first statement—United States: UN experts denounce further attacks against right to safe abortion and Supreme Court complicity— they denounced Texas Senate Bill 8 prohibiting abortion after a heartbeat is detected. They …

By Lisa Correnti   (C-FAM) —  The Biden administration sent a letter to UN ambassadors announcing U.S. withdrawal from an historic pro-life declaration initiated by the Trump administration and co-sponsored by countries representing regions all over the world. In the letter obtained by the Friday Fax, the Biden administration said it “has the honor to …

By Stefano Gennarini, J.D.    The U.S. government has officially filed a pro-life declaration with the UN Secretary General. Joined by 34 other countries, the document enshrines the Trump administration’s pro-life diplomacy on the official record of the General Assembly. “The United States strongly supports the dignity of all human beings and protecting life from …

By MCCL Global Outreach  The United Nations recognizes today, November 20, as World Children’s Day—”a day to reimagine a better future for every child.” It’s the anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child (adopted in 1959) and the Convention of the Rights of the Child (adopted in 1989), landmark human rights documents …

An official explained that ‘the term ‘sexual and reproductive health’ and its derivatives have become shorthand for abortion within the UN.’ By Stefano Gennarini, J.D. NEW YORK, October 30, 2020 (C-Fam) — The Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, John Barsa, has sent a scathing letter to the UN Secretary General for …

By Rebecca Oas, Ph.D.  WASHINGTON, D.C. –Legislators in Malawi are facing heavy pressure to liberalize the country’s abortion laws during the current parliamentary session.  Religious leaders are calling for the proposed Termination of Pregnancy Bill to be shelved.  Meanwhile, organizations with international funding sources, as well as UN entities, are coordinating to ensure the bill …

By Stefano Gennarini, J.D.   NEW YORK, August 28 (C-Fam) The U.S. Ambassador to Geneva, Andrew Bremberg, sent a blistering letter to UN human rights experts because of their abortion advocacy. The UN experts criticized U.S. States who did not label abortion as “essential” during the COVID-19 pandemic. “This is a perversion of the human rights …