Volume 14

Analysis: Clash of Competing Rights Claims Raises Free Speech Concerns

Jan 12 2012

NEW YORK, January 13 (C-FAM) Tension between free speech advocacy and efforts to curb “hate speech” has arisen over the past year as the result of recent initiatives at the United Nations (UN) and…


Russia and Other States Move to Reform Broken Treaty System

Jan 12 2012

NEW YORK, January 13 (C-FAM) Wresting many delegations from their vacation slumber, Russia held an informal meeting early this week to propose a resolution calling for states to take a central role in…


UN Agencies Sitting on Billions in Cash Reserves, Refuse full Compliance with Auditors

Jan 05 2012

NEW YORK, January 6 (C-FAM) A confidential audit of UNICEF and UNFPA found “gross” failures in transparency and surprisingly billions of dollars of unspent cash. Both agencies refused to disclose …


Homosexual Lobby Group Funded Mostly by Governments

Jan 05 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, January 6 (C-FAM) European human rights lawyer J.C. von Krempach has taken a close look at the funding stream of the International Gay and Lesbian Association – Europe (ILGA) and con…


UN Agency for Women Mired by Lack of Funds

Dec 29 2011

NEW YORK, December 30 (C-FAM) UN Women, a high-level agency that began its work a year ago, may have to rethink its goals and role because of lack of financial support from member states and rivalry w…


The Future of the World’s Population Powers

Dec 29 2011

NEW YORK, December 30 (C-FAM) If “demography is destiny,” then --- courtesy of their great populations --- China, India and the United States clearly stand apart from other nations. But what does …


How Population Control has Harmed National Security

Dec 22 2011

NEW YORK, December 23 (C-FAM) For decades, a basic tenet of the international population-control lobby has been that declining fertility rates will generate a more stable international order. But acco…


UN Report Tries Unsuccessfully to Create New LBGT Rights

Dec 22 2011

GENEVA, December 23 (C-FAM) A new UN report provides a window into the aspirations of LGBT rights advocates and sympathizers within the UN human rights machinery, aspirations that go well beyond mere…


Obama Elevates LGBT as U.S. Foreign Policy Priority

Dec 15 2011

GENEVA, December 16 (C-FAM) All federal agencies dealing with U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance must now promote lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights. This new priority puts U.S. f…


ANALYSIS: Is the Red Cross About to Declare Abortion a Human Right?

Dec 15 2011

New York, December 16 (C-FAM) A recently issued report from the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent has caused concerns that the organization may start advocating for abortion r…


ANALYSIS: Critics' Attacks on Abortion/Mental Health Study Baseless

Dec 08 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, December 9 (C-FAM) It did not take long for a new study finding a link between abortion and mental health to spark unfounded criticism of the paper and attacks against the author. The…


New US "Right" to Family Planning Policy Hurts Trafficked Women

Dec 08 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, December 9 (C-FAM) The same week U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a conference in Senegal that family planning is a “basic right,” the U. S. Congress was investigating …


Rogue UN Officials Reprimanded by UN Member States

Dec 01 2011

NEW YORK, December 2 (C-FAM) Delegations fought back again last week against the lack of accountability and transparency of independent experts at the United Nations. Pakistan led the charge, proposin…


Benedict XVI Criticizes “Questionable” International Documents

Dec 01 2011

NEW YORK, December 2 (C-FAM) Last week Pope Benedict issued a pontifical document denouncing efforts to promote abortion in Africa through “confusing language” in international documents and “la…


San Jose Articles Used to Block Right to Abortion in Uruguay

Nov 23 2011

NEW YORK, November 25 (C-FAM) An impressive list of dignitaries launched the San Jose Articles in the national legislature of Uruguay last week. Led by Congressman Gerardo Amarilla, the list included …


Youth Coalition’s New Leader Marks Group’s Busy First Year

Nov 23 2011

NEW YORK, November 25 (C-FAM) “We live in a culture that has forgotten its humanity and what it is for. And so people are tired,” Timothy Herrmann told 500 youth gathered in Los Angeles recently. …


UN General Assembly Silent on LGBT Rights

Nov 17 2011

NEW YORK, November 18, 2011 (C-FAM) No resolution on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights has been proposed during the current session of the UN General Assembly.  The current sessio…


Inter-American Commission Criticized for “Insidious” Push for Sexual Orientation

Nov 17 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, November 18 (C-FAM) Legal and human rights experts are criticizing the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Commission) for “overstepping” its authority and advancing a dange…


UN Committee Tells Peru to Compensate Girl Denied an Abortion

Nov 10 2011

NEW YORK, November 10 (C-FAM) This week a UN committee told the government of Peru it must liberalize its country’s abortion laws and compensate a teenage girl who was denied an abortion in 2009. T…


Is Baby 7 Billion A Trick or Treat?

Nov 03 2011

NEW YORK, November 3 (C-FAM) Newborn babies took center-stage last Monday in a global campaign conducted by United Nations officials on Halloween to trumpet the birth of the 7 billionth person in the …


San Jose Articles Launched in London, Strasbourg, San Jose, and Madrid

Nov 03 2011

NEW YORK, November 3 (C-FAM) The expert document known as the San Jose Articles is receiving a global and uniformly positive reception. Since its initial launch at United Nations headquarters early la…


Media Elites Alarmed by Impending Baby 7 Billion

Oct 27 2011

NEW YORK, October 27 (C-FAM) On Monday the global population will cross the 7 billion threshold, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). According to articles published over the last …


Governments Condemn UN Official’s Attempt to Create A Right to Abortion

Oct 27 2011

NEW YORK, October 27 (C-FAM) At UN headquarters this week, governments dismissed a high level UN bureaucrat’s claim that abortion is a human right and went so far as to scold him for overstepping hi…


European Court Protects Human Embryos

Oct 20 2011

LUXEMBOURG, October 20 (C-FAM)  The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice issued a ruling this week banning patents of stem-cell technologies based on destruction of human embryos. Some are …


British, Swedes and Dutch Fund Abortion Pill Consortium Targeting Poor Countries

Oct 20 2011

NEW YORK, October 20 (C-FAM) The chemical abortion pill, more formally referred to as medical or medication abortion, has received a major push by international reproductive rights groups particularly…


UN Women’s Agency Openly Promotes Abortion Rights

Oct 13 2011

NEW YORK, October 13 (C-FAM) Call it “the Columbus Day Surprise”: On a day most Americans were celebrating a national holiday, a senior UN official for women’s rights outlined a vision for a Bra…


Lords in London Launch San Jose Articles

Oct 13 2011

LONDON, October 13 (C-FAM) When Lord Nicholas Windsor became a Catholic, he renounced his claim to the throne and embraced the Church’s teaching on the right to life of the unborn.  This week in a …


Major Pro-Life Legal/Scientific Document Launched at UN Headquarters

Oct 06 2011

NEW YORK, October 6 (C-FAM) It is commonplace now for UN officials and American law professors to tell foreign governments that they are required by international law to liberalize their abortion laws…


Analysis: Unborn in Mexico Dodge Bullet – For Now

Oct 06 2011

MEXICO CITY, October 6 (C-FAM) Mexican pro-lifers and proponents of federalism are expressing relief at last week’s Supreme Court rulings that – barely – upheld the constitutionality of two Mexi…


UN Considers Euthanasia and New Treaty on Aging

Sep 29 2011

NEW YORK, September 29 (C-FAM) The Holy See condemned attempts to inject euthanasia into the right to health and Latin American and Caribbean delegations called for a new UN treaty at two recent UN me…


Canadian Maternal Care Aid Funneled to Planned Parenthood

Sep 29 2011

OTTAWA, September 29 (C-FAM) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper last year earned praise from life and family advocates for championing the creation of the G-8’s multi-billion-dollar, abortion-fr…


UN Official Says Abortion is a Human Right, Secretary General Endorses Report

Sep 22 2011

NEW YORK, September 22 (C-FAM) While world attention may be focused on the UN General Assembly as it grapples with Palestinian statehood, the methodical drive by United Nations officials to promote le…


Rome Conference Discusses What Expectant Mothers Really Need

Sep 22 2011

NEW YORK, September 22 (C-FAM)  Abortion activists at the United Nations routinely claim that abortion access is essential to reduce unacceptably high rates of maternal mortality among women in some …


ANALYSIS: UN’s High Fertility Projections Still Show Rapid Global Aging

Sep 15 2011

NEW YORK, September 15 (C-FAM)  Even with its highly optimistic fertility projections, the new UN population forecast predicts a grayer world than the one imagined by its 2009 report which used much …


ADF’s Global Initiative Champions Life, Family and Religious Liberty

Sep 15 2011

NEW YORK, September 15 (C-FAM)  Since 1994, the Alliance Defense Fund has been fighting successfully in American courts and legislatures for religious freedom, the sanctity of life and defense of mar…


Donnybrook Over Homosexual Rights Expected in Upcoming General Assembly

Sep 08 2011

NEW YORK, September 8 (C-FAM) Fresh off of what they hailed as a “historic” human rights victory, homosexual activists are expected to aggressively push their agenda in the UN General Assembly set…


Legal Brief Details Flaws in Pro-Lesbian Custody Ruling

Sep 08 2011

NEW YORK , September 8 (C-FAM)  Pro-family legal experts have mobilized in defense of a Chilean father at risk of losing custody of his three daughters, courtesy of a decision by an international hum…


ANALYSIS: What New UN Population Data Means for Global Power

Sep 01 2011

NEW YORK, September 1 (C-FAM) The UN’s new fertility forecasts could have significant implications for predicting which nations will wield global power in the 21st century, especially predictions ab…


ANALYSIS: The Problem With the UN’s New Fertility Forecasts

Aug 25 2011

NEW YORK, August 25 (C-FAM) The UN has reversed a decade of speculation about a demographic winter in the West, and now says that every country will achieve replacement fertility by 2100 resulting in …


Inter-American Commission Places Ideology Before Children

Aug 25 2011

NEW YORK, August 25 (C-FAM) By all accounts, Jaime Lopez Allende is a loving father to his three daughters.  But in a Kafkaesque turn of events, the fate of his children, for whom he has had sole cus…


Research Shows US and UN Diplomats Promoted Abortion as Population Control

Aug 18 2011

NEW YORK, August 18 (C-FAM) The new book by journalist Mara Hvistendahl on sex selected abortion shows how American diplomats and politicians were active in promoting abortion, often through UN channe…


Book Review: Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men

Aug 18 2011

Part II: How “Complicit” is the UN in Asia’s Sex Selective Abortion Crisis? NEW YORK August 18 (C-FAM) A new book has raised hackles among abortion advocates about just how much the UN Populati…


Book Review: Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men

Aug 11 2011

Part I: Shattering Myths About Sex Selective Abortion August 11, 2011 (C-FAM) One night in 1978 a student in Delhi’s most prestigious obstetrics program reported for his first delivery. Just then h…


International Youth Coalition Members Challenge United Nations Approach to Youth Sexuality

Aug 11 2011

NEW YORK August 11 (C-FAM) Members of the International Youth Coalition are voicing their disapproval of the rights-based approach to youth issues and the promotion of sexual license presented at the …


Latin America Pressured to Liberalize Abortion Laws Under UN Human Rights Process

Aug 04 2011

NEW YORK, August 4 (C-FAM) Western governments are pressuring Latin American countries to liberalize their abortion laws, by using a new UN human rights process called the Universal Periodic Review (U…


Aid Money to Malawi Dependent on Complicity in Gay Rights Agenda

Aug 04 2011

NEW YORK, August 4 (C-FAM) The small African nation of Malawi is at the forefront of efforts by Western governments to withhold aid for basic services in order to impose a homosexual agenda on unwilli…


Young Voices Speak the Truth about Human Life to United Nations

Jul 28 2011

NEW YORK, July 28 (C-FAM) The enthusiastic voices of pro-life youth from around the world dominated the events of this week’s High Level Meeting on Youth at the United Nations, drawing the attention…


UN Youth Conference Pays Lip Service to Youth Concerns

Jul 28 2011

NEW YORK, July 28 (C-FAM) When a young person attending this week’s UN Youth Conference stood to ask a question and identified himself with a pro-life NGO, the moderator of the side event informed h…


UN Blueprint for Youth Still Stuck in 1995

Jul 21 2011

NEW YORK, July 21 (C-FAM) Next week the UN General Assembly will adopt a document for youth. The blueprint they are using was crafted in the same years that pro-life and abortion advocates clashed ove…


Young People will Promote Values and Life at UN Meeting on Youth

Jul 21 2011

NEW YORK July 21 (CFAM) A new-media skirmish broke out today with pro-life students flooding the Twitter topics associated with the upcoming UN youth conference. Pro-life participants engaged the UN y…


Unfounded Population Fears Result in New UN Campaign Messaging

Jul 14 2011

NEW YORK, July 14 (C-FAM) Messaging tied to a major new UN campaign reveals that the catastrophic fears common among population experts in the past 40 years regarding overpopulation and global populat…


UN Women’s Flagship Report Encourages Radical Feminist Litigation

Jul 14 2011

NEW YORK, July 14, 2011 (CFAM) Supporting advocates of legal abortions and lesbian rights is among the priorities of the newest UN super-agency, UN Women, evidenced in their first major publication re…


New IPPF Sex Guides Issued For Youth

Jul 07 2011

NEW YORK, July 7 (C-FAM) In advance of the UN youth conference later this month, the International Planned Parenthood Federation released two new publications on abortion and sexual rights for youth. …


UN Agencies Increase Funding to Embattled Planned Parenthood

Jul 07 2011

NEW YORK, July 7 (C-FAM)- UN agencies have stepped up funding of International Planned Parenthood Federation despite an economic downturn and increasing government reticence to fund the organization o…


UN Agencies Push for Abortion Rights Under Pretext of Sex Selection

Jun 30 2011

NEW YORK, June 30 (C-FAM) - A recent United Nations inter-agency statement on imbalanced sex ratios calls for unrestricted access to abortion as a human right. The statement recognizes that sex-selec…


UN Agency Youth Program Calling for Access to Abortion

Jun 30 2011

NEW YORK, June 30 (C-FAM) A major UN agency youth program envisions abortion and decriminalized “sex work” for young people ahead of the UN Youth Conference.   In preparation for the UN Youth C…


EDITORIAL: The “Landmark Gay Rights Resolution” That Wasn’t

Jun 23 2011

GENEVA, June 23 (C-FAM)  “Gay rights have arrived at the United Nations as of today,” proclaimed a senior US official during a triumphant briefing.   Her boss, Hillary Clinton, called it a “h…


New Paper Scrutinizes WHO’s Abortion Agenda

Jun 23 2011

NEW YORK, June 23 (C-FAM) How did the World Health Organization become one of the world’s top abortion advocates? A new research paper says it happened by degrees. As Western countries liberalized …


Research Reaffirms Traditional Understanding of Gender

Jun 16 2011

NEW YORK, June 16 (C-FAM) New research reaffirms that gender is grounded in the biology of men and women, supporting the traditional understanding of gender agreed on by the international community. …


Deep Divisions Rock UN HIV/AIDS Meeting

Jun 16 2011

NEW YORK, June 16 (C-FAM) Last Friday the high-level UN meeting on HIV/AIDS closed with a political declaration that reveals deeply divided approaches to end the epidemic. Divisions were so bitter th…


UN HIV/AIDS Negotiations Reveal False Consensus

Jun 09 2011

NEW YORK, June 9 (C-FAM) - At the biannual UN HIV/AIDS conference this week, delegates scurried to keep some semblance of a consensus after the chairman several times prematurely declared negotiations…


UN Report Calls for Comprehensive Sex Ed for Ten Year Olds as a way to Fight AIDS

Jun 09 2011

NEW YORK, June 9 (C-FAM) Some in the UN believe that comprehensive sexuality education is the main intervention needed to prevent new HIV infections – even for adolescents as young as 10 years old. …


WHO-Approved Drug Promises Life, and Death

Jun 02 2011

NEW YORK, June 2 (C-FAM) By authorizing the use of a single drug, the World Health Organization has simultaneously raised hopes for saving thousands of mothers’ lives and raised fears that the drug …


Polish Abortion Laws Targeted by Supranational Institutions

Jun 02 2011

STRASBOURG, June 2 (C-FAM) “Polish sovereignty to limit abortion is under strong political pressure from supranational bodies,” Grégor Puppinck of the European Center for Law and Justice told the…


UN Development Conference Provides Teaching Moments for Holy See

May 26 2011

ISTANBUL, TURKEY, May 26 (C-FAM) For weeks on end, the two groups sat opposite each other in small conference rooms, negotiating a program of action for the poorest countries that often seemed to revo…


Pro-life Statement Enters UN Youth Fray

May 26 2011

NEW YORK, May 26 (C-FAM) As negotiations begin this week on the initial draft resolution of the upcoming youth conference, a growing international youth coalition submitted a pro-life statement to the…


Christian Churches File Court Papers Today in Fight over Sodomy in Belize

May 13 2011

BELIZE CITY, MAY 13 (C-FAM) A lawsuit backed by powerful international lawyers and pressure groups has placed the poor Central American country of Belize in the crosshairs of an international battle o…


Human Rights Activist Sees Face of Fascism at EU Human Rights Conference

May 13 2011

VIENNA, May 13 (C-FAM) Not even the seasoned culture war professional was prepared for the hectoring she received at an official European Union human rights meeting.  Neither was she prepared for the…


UN Wants Billions for STD Vaccination Scheme

May 05 2011

NEW YORK, May 5 (C-FAM) The UN is about to ask governments to fund the vaccination of every girl in the world against the sexually transmitted disease HPV, human papillomavirus. The controversial camp…


US Asylum Ruling Belittles China’s Brutal One-Child Policy

Apr 28 2011

NEW YORK, April 28 (C-FAM) A US appeals court ruled that a Chinese man whose wife underwent a forced abortion and IUD insertion is not eligible to asylum, despite US law to the contrary.  Even thoug…


Development Conference Document Ignores the Desires of Nations

Apr 20 2011

NEW YORK, April 20 (C-FAM) Delegates hurried into the large UN conference room just before three o’clock last Friday afternoon. They had debated every night all week and until past two that morning …


Costa Rica Threatened for Protection of Embryonic Rights

Apr 20 2011

WASHINGTON, April 20 (C-FAM) Costa Rica must legalize in vitro fertilization according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, or face penalties for alleged violations of human rights protec…


US Castigates Holy See over Family Planning

Apr 14 2011

NEW YORK, April 14 (C-FAM) The contrast between the priorities of the developed and developing world was as clear as night and day. “It is detrimental to not have adequate family planning resources…


New European Convention Defines “Gender” as Social Construct

Apr 07 2011

STRASBOURG, April 7 (C-FAM) The 47 Member States of the Council of Europe are close to finalizing a new convention that defines “gender” as a social construct, rather than as a distinction grounde…


Catholic School Kids “Human Shields” for Treaty Activists

Apr 07 2011

Dressed in blue, gray and white uniforms, the children of St. Raphael Academy lined the long dark table in the hearing room. A row of microphones separated them from the two benches of smiling state l…


Abortion Prominent in Agenda for UN Population Commission

Mar 31 2011

NEW YORK, March 31 (C-FAM) Abortion, family planning, and sexual education will be vigorously debated in the upcoming UN Commission on Population and Development. The theme of this year’s commissio…


UNFPA Partners with Abortion Advocates in New Report

Mar 31 2011

NEW YORK, March 31 (C-FAM) An abortion rights law firm joined with the UN agency overseeing population recently and issued a joint report declaring a human right to healthcare services, including drug…


Answer to Family Breakdown is “Social Fatherhood,” UN Says

Mar 24 2011

NEW YORK, March 24 (C-FAM) The cohesion of the American family is about the worst in the world, according to a new UN report. Rather than recommending policies reinforcing traditional family roles, th…


European Court Affirms Crucifixes May be Displayed in Public Schools

Mar 24 2011

STRASBOURG, March 24 (C-FAM) Last Friday, a European Court affirmed the right of Italians to display crucifixes in their public schools, signaling a significant victory for religious freedom in Europe…


US Accused of Falsely Stating Vatican Position to Win Votes for Resolution

Mar 23 2011

NEW YORK, March 23 (C-FAM) The US Department of State is telling Latin American delegations to the United Nations that the Vatican has changed its position on a sexual orientation declaration that was…


UN Women’s Commission Reveals Gender Divide

Mar 17 2011

NEW YORK, March 17 (C-FAM) The annual UN women’s commission ended a week late with opposite sides forming over how to treat gender.  While the theme of the meeting was the non-controversial issue …


“Sexual Orientation” Battle Returns to Human Rights Council

Mar 10 2011

GENEVA, March 10 (C-FAM) The international movement to include homosexual behavior and identity within a new, specially protected class of rights is once more setting its sights on the UN Human Rights…


Chile and Holy See Call on UN Commission to Protect the Unborn Child

Mar 10 2011

NEW YORK, March 10 (C-FAM) A stunned UN audience listened as a Chilean diplomat told them “Respecting human life is the key to reducing maternal mortality,” and rebuked those who would promote leg…


Activists Say Political Chaos Can Advance Abortion Rights

Mar 10 2011

NEW YORK, March 17 (C-FAM) Activists and lawyers shared advice on how to exploit chaotic political situations to advance abortion rights during a recent UN side event. Panelists boasted of their succe…


European Court Could Rule Against Traditional Marriage

Mar 03 2011

LUXEMBOURG, March 3 (C-FAM) Legal experts warn that a European court is on the verge of issuing an ruling that Germany’s constitutional laws protecting marriage and the family violate EU law. Last …


Schools Need to Teach Orgasms Say US Teachers to UN

Mar 03 2011

NEW YORK, March 3 (C-FAM) Graphic sex education for youth is the new battleground at the UN, as evidenced by side events during the past week at the Commission on the Status of Women. The theme of th…


UN Promotes Prostitution as Harm Reduction

Feb 24 2011

NEW YORK, February 24 (C-FAM)  A United Nations agency is actively funding the full legalization of prostitution with the support of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.  The agency even partnered with…


Holy See Combats Radical Agenda During Commission on Social Development

Feb 24 2011

NEW YORK, February 24 (C-FAM) The Holy See delegation to the United Nations this week condemned the “attempt at wholesale social engineering” imposed on Africa by UN population control policies. I…


Controversial Document Guides Plans for UN Youth Conference

Feb 17 2011

NEW YORK, February 17 (C-FAM) The same controversial agenda that guided the chaotic youth conference last summer in Leon, Mexico will inspire the UN’s World Youth Conference, which is now scheduled …


Teen Star Program Challenges UN Sex Ed Approach

Feb 17 2011

NEW YORK, February 17 (C-FAM) The latest round of budget battles in Washington, D.C. concerning foreign aid underscore a decades-long battle involving what values should be imparted to youth regarding…


Even Switzerland Complains About UN Treaty Bodies

Feb 10 2011

NEW YORK, February 10 (C-FAM) Switzerland joined Russia and Egypt in pushing back against the increasing overreach of certain UN committees.  This occurred at a sometimes-contentious briefing for UN …


French High Court Affirms Traditional Marriage

Feb 03 2011

PARIS, February 3 (C-FAM) A ruling in the homeland of “égalité” last week found the French prohibition of same-sex marriage is in accord with the French constitution, effectively ruling that the…


New UN Agency Chief Pledges More Financial Accountability

Feb 03 2011

NEW YORK, February 3 (C-FAM) The new head of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) admitted ongoing problems with financial accountability while calling for a new push for reproductive health services for yo…


US Policymakers Look for Ways to Cut United Nations Funding

Jan 27 2011

WASHINGTON, January 27 (C-FAM) Members of Congress met this week to discuss cutting  some US funding of the United Nations until it undertakes "sweeping" reform measures to prevent corruption and all…


Pro-Life Movement Reaches Ascendancy

Jan 27 2011

WASHINGTON, January 27 (C-FAM) Major events in Paris, Washington DC, and San Francisco this past week exemplified the new face of the pro-life movement: young, vocal, and rapidly expanding. On the he…


New Commission May Insert Abortion in $40 Billion UN Program

Jan 20 2011

NEW YORK, January 20 (C-FAM) Will a new $40 billion maternal and child health fund include abortion? A just-announced UN commission will decide.  The new commission is supposed to “make transparen…


Innovative Program Brings Values and Virtues to Sex Education

Jan 20 2011

NEW YORK, January 20 (C-FAM) What passes for “sex education” these days is often considered pornographic and highly offensive to traditional community standards. One popular American book, target…


US State Department Steps Up Promotion of Homosexual Agenda

Jan 13 2011

WASHINGTON, January 13, 2010 (C-FAM) The Obama administration has made it repeatedly clear that one of their priorities is the promotion of the homosexual agenda both in the US and around the world. T…


Skyrocketing Abortion Rate in New York City Galvanizes Religious Leaders

Jan 13 2011

NEW YORK, January 13, 2010 (C-FAM) At times it seems that some UN policy makers want the world to follow the US when it comes to abortion. This is what it would look like. Forty-one per cent of all pr…


Women, Children and Youth Dominated UN Agenda in 2010

Jan 06 2011

NEW YORK, January 6 (C-FAM) The post-holiday quiet at the UN this week stands in marked contrast to the usual frenetic schedule facing UN delegates. The past 12 months saw intense debates as the inter…


2011 UN Agenda: Same As It Ever Was

Jan 06 2011

NEW YORK, January 6 (C-FAM) UN-watchers expect the new year’s agenda to include youth, demography, reproductive health, the homosexual agenda, and the global economic crisis. Last summer the UN ann…


Countries Reject "Sexual Orientation" Language in Treaty with Europe

Dec 30 2010

BRUSSELS, December 30 (C-FAM) Developing nations recently slapped down attempts by the European Union to add “sexual orientation” to an existing treaty. Seventy-nine countries from Africa, the Ca…


Supporters Say Truly Comprehensive Sex-Ed Gets Results

Dec 30 2010

NEW YORK, December 30 (C-FAM) Nothing gets the debate burning hotter at the UN than one over sex education for children. Last Fall conservative UN delegations angrily protested a report claiming for …


High Court Says No Right to Abortion in European Law

Dec 23 2010

STRASBOURG, December 23 (C-FAM) Europe’s highest human rights court says there is no human right to abortion in Europe’s human rights convention, and that abortion laws are the purview of sovereig…


US Forces Vote on "Sexual Orientation" in General Assembly

Dec 23 2010

NEW YORK, December 23 (C-FAM) The United States made good on its promise to force a vote on “sexual orientation” in the General Assembly this week angering many delegations from the global south. …


US Re-Opens Resolution to Push for "Sexual Orientation"

Dec 17 2010

NEW YORK, December 17, 2010 (C-FAM) The United States celebrated Human Rights Day by declaring its intention to re-insert “sexual orientation” into a General Assembly resolution even after a major…


Group Says Discrimination Against Christians on the Rise in Europe

Dec 17 2010

VIENNA, December 17, 2010 (C-FAM) The murder of a Catholic bishop in Turkey, 100,000 Euro fines, and exclusion from public office are just a few of the acts of discrimination and intolerance against C…