They All Sound the Same

The UN Human Rights Committee recently released “Concluding Observations” from its 99th session, held in Geneva July 12-30th, 2010.  Cameroon was one of the targets of these “observations,” and I know everyone will be quite surprised to hear that the Committee criticizes Cameroon’s policies regarding “reproductive health” in particular, stating that Cameroon should “step up its efforts to reduce maternal mortality, including by ensuring that women have access to reproductive health services,” and that Cameroon should “amend its legislation to effectively help women avoid unwanted pregnancies and protect them from having to resort to illegal abortions that could endanger their lives.”

Simply saying that these UN Committees’ Concluding Observations in regard to “reproductive health” sound like broken records doesn’t even approach how monotonous they have become.

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