Aggressive Campaign Planned for Speedy Ratification of the International Criminal Court
Oct 09 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) A group called No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ), along with various Member States of the UN General Assembly have launched a world-wide campaign for quick ratification of th…
UNICEF Uses American Media Giants to Spread Feminism to Developing World
Oct 02 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Seeming to wander further and further from its original mandate to feed and medically treat suffering children, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is using ani…
UNICEF, Who Embrace UNFPA's 'Reproductive Health' Agenda
Sep 25 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) In renewed evidence of the systematic effort by senior UN officials to mobilize the entire UN system in support of the population-control agenda advanced by the United Nati…
UNFPA's Sadik Calls for "Reproductive Freedom" at Annual UN NGO Forum
Sep 17 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Dr. Nafis Sadik, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), addressed the opening session of the UN's annual conference of non-governmental organ…
New Session of the UN General Assembly Begins Work in New York City
Sep 11 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) The 185 Member States of the United Nations convened the 53rd annual session of the General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Wednesday morning. The General A…
Powerful United Nations Agency Calls for Fewer Africans, Asians and Latins
Sep 04 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) In an annual rite of the summer UN season, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) yesterday released their "State of World Population: 1998." UNFPA is the principle arc…
Aug 28 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Long disappointed by the relatively high fertility rates in much of Africa, the population control establishment continues to call for more abortions of African children. A…
UN Agencies Poised to Promote Abortion and Homosexuality at Cairo+5 Conference
Aug 21 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) More than a dozen top UN agencies issued a report two weeks ago that will likely serve as the feminist and homosexual game-plan for the International Conference on Populati…
Holy See Leads Fight For Life and Family at Lisbon Youth Conference
Aug 14 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Pro-family nations, led by the Holy See and assisted by international pro-family lobbyists, scored a significant victory on the final day of the World Conference of Ministe…
Moslem/Mormon Delegates Complain of UN Manipulation at International Youth Meeting
Aug 07 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Pro-family lobbyists report an intensive effort by UN agencies to direct the outcome of debate at the Third World Youth Forum of the United Nations System, which concludes …
Lisbon Ministerial Declaration Expected To Promote Family Planning For Minors
Jul 31 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) The government of Portugal convenes a five-day conference beginning August 4th in Lisbon for more than 100 top level governmental ministers responsible for youth. This worl…
"Human Rights Defenders Declaration" Expected to Pass UN Economic and Social Council
Jul 24 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) A declaration that encourages the creation of brand new human rights will likely pass the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) summer session next week in New York. Firs…
Rome Conference Ends Without Consensus For Creating International Criminal Court
Jul 18 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) By a majority vote late last evening in Rome, the nations of the world approved the adoption of a statute to create a new International Criminal Court. The court's futu…
Catholic, Muslim Nations Unite Against "Enforced Pregnancy" and "Gender Justice"
Jul 10 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Catholic and Muslim nations demonstrated a stiffening resolve over the last three days at the International Criminal Court (ICC) negotiations here in Rome. Despite intensiv…
Governments Called to Report to United Nations on Discrimination Against Women
Jul 03 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) The government of Peru reports next Monday morning to the United Nations on its progress in ensuring "women's rights." Besides Peru, seven other countries also report a…
Feminists Refuse to Define Their "Gender Agenda" for the International Criminal Court
Jun 26 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) As the second week of hard bargaining comes to a close in Rome, the "gender agenda" being advanced by the feminist Women's Caucus is one of the key issues confronting t…
International Criminal Court Debate Begins In Rome: Feminists Face First Setback
Jun 19 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Libya moved aggressively Wednesday afternoon in Rome to check the controversial notion of "enforced pregnancy" which is being debated as part of the proposed International …
Abortion and Euthanasia Assailed by Former White House Official to UN Audience
Jun 12 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) In a lecture to UN diplomats and staff Thursday afternoon, Michael Uhlmann, former policy advisor to US Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, called abortion-on-demand …
Special UN General Assembly on Drugs Opens: Family Considerations Mostly Absent
Jun 05 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Next Monday the UN convenes a rare Special Session of the General Assembly. Only the 20th such session ever, it will be hosted by the United Nations International Drug Cont…
Pro-Abortion Catholic Group Among NGOs Granted Official UN Recognition
May 29 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC), a group that advocates disobedience to Rome on questions of contraception and abortion, received official recognition from the United Na…
Dominican Ambassador Shocks Population Controllers at Conference
May 22 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Audible and disgruntled gasps settled over the crowd gathered to hear presentations before the 1998 Population Consultation of the UN NGO Committee on Population and Develo…
Natural Law Series Begins at UN Headquarters in New York
May 15 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Dr. Hadley Arkes, Ney Professor of Jurisprudence at Amherst College, delivered the opening lecture of the Jacques Maritain-United Nations Lecture Series on the Natural La…
Geneva Human Rights Panel Provides Glimpse Inside UN NGO Establishment
May 08 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) "Modern culture is dominated by religion, tradition, and men, and therefore stands in contradiction to the rights of women." A seminar entitled "Human Rights and Culture: S…
Jane Fonda is Featured Speaker at UNFPA Round Table on Adolescent Sexuality
May 01 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) organized a four-day "Round Table on Adolescent Reproductive Health and Rights" in New York from April 14-17. Actress Jane Fonda,…
Apr 24 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) The 54th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR) passed a resolution this week condemning what is termed "forced pregnancy." The 56-member commission is concludi…
Broad New Rights Advanced at Geneva Meeting of UN Commission on Human Rights
Apr 17 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) The world is only a few weeks away from a raft of new human rights initiatives which are being debated in Geneva, Switzerland at the UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR). T…
"Summit of the Americas" Expected To Advance Reproductive Health Agenda Beginning Next Week
Apr 10 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Thirty-four American democracies begin high level meetings next week in Santiago, Chile as a follow-up to the first "Summit of the Americas" held four years ago in Miami. T…
Last Minute Holy See Proposal May Guarantee Debate on "Enforced Pregancy" in Rome
Apr 06 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Great tension surrounded the final preparatory committee (PrepCom) meeting for the International Criminal Court (ICC) which ended Friday afternoon at UN headquarters in New…
Feminists Challenge National Sovereignty in International Criminal Court Negotiations
Apr 03 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) The final preparatory committee (PrepCom) meeting to establish a permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) ends today at UN headquarters in New York City. Culminating ma…
Pro-Lifers Mark Victories, Feminists Admit Setbacks at UN Womens's Conference
Mar 27 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) "The Beijing document has been weakened," complained the South African feminist who negotiated for her country at the 42nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women …
"Enforced Pregnancy" is Key Concern at International Criminal Court Negotiations
Mar 20 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) UN feminists are aggressively lobbying for the inclusion of "enforced pregnancy" as part of the official definition of "war crimes" in the proposed International Criminal C…
Moslems Display Courage at UN Conference/Catholics Mostly Absent or Silent
Mar 13 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Intense negotiations for the 42nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) dragged on late into the night all week long at UN Headquarters in New York as near…
Follow-Up To Beijing Women's Conference Convenes At UN Headquarters
Mar 06 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Governmental delegates are meeting in New York for two weeks at the 42nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Forty-five nations sit on the Commission, w…
International Pressure Forces Peru To End Sterilization Program
Feb 27 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) In the wake of growing international criticism of Peru's aggressive sterilization program, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced befo…
Feb 20 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) In words rarely spoken by UN diplomats in official UN settings, the temporary working group chairman of the 135-member Group of 77, which represents developing-world countr…
Conservative Groups Advance Pro-Family Agenda at Social Development Gathering
Feb 13 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Pro-family groups from around the world gathered at UN headquarters this week to lobby the 36th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSD), the follow-up mechan…
World Youth Ministers Meet In New York To Advance Panoply Of Rights For Adolescents
Feb 06 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) The Government of Portugal convened a preparatory committee meeting this week at UN headquarters in New York City to lay the groundwork for the upcoming World Conference of…
UN Agency Targets Traditional Cultures For Global Campaign On Abortion/Contraception
Jan 30 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Citing an unsubstantiated 525,000 yearly pregnancy-related deaths, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) announced last week a world-wide celebrity driven campaign to …
Jan 23 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) In a message read last night to a prayer vigil at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, Pope John Paul II said "the 25th Anniversa…
Jan 16 1998
1. On January 13, according to a New York Times article, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright accused Congress of injuring American foreign policy by withholding UN dues. …
International Planned Parenthood Federation Rises In Influence
Jan 09 1998
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Promoted to "Apex" of UN Hierarchy Reports from within the United Nations continue to indicate that NGOs are growing stea…
Dec 19 1997
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) A resolution passed last Monday by the 52nd General Assembly of the United Nations takes the world one step closer to a permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) that wi…
Dec 12 1997
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) US First Lady Hillary Clinton joined the UN diplomatic community Wednesday morning to commemorate the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Mrs. Clinton, al…
Emergency in Africa/Curing a Broken Continent
Dec 08 1997
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Imagine waking up every single day anemic; listless, run down, no energy. Imagine several times a year lying in your bed while thousands of parasites steal as much as a qua…
How Public Opinion Changes / Huffing and Puffing at Kyoto, Forecast - Cloudy
Dec 05 1997
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Herodotus, the 5th Century (B.C.) Greek historian told the story of a people marching out with spears and swords to do battle with the wind. CFHRI's correspondent at th…
Rome Makes Urgent Call For Life and Family Voices at UN Conferences/The UN Prepares For "Beijing+5"
Nov 21 1997
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Repeated urgent calls have gone out from high levels in Rome for Catholic groups to register as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) within the UN system. Recent UN confer…
Below Replacement Redux / The World Bank Banks on Population Control
Nov 14 1997
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) The Expert Group Meeting on Below Replacement Fertility sponsored by the Population Division of the UN Secretariat, which met privately last week, just released the papers …
Nov 07 1997
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) With the Bonn negotiating sessions over just last week, there remains a layover of a few weeks before the final sessions open in Kyoto December 1. Michael Cutajar, Executiv…
Anatomy of a UN Victory?/Smoke Signals/More Smoke
Oct 24 1997
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are dearly interested in prov…
Surprise Population Conference in Beijing/UNICEF Alert
Apr 17 1997
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Reports are still sketchy, but the pro-family world was shocked to discover that over 1,000 "experts" from 80 countries convened this past week in Beijing, China to discuss…