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

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…

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“Sexual Orientation” Battle Returns to Human Rights Council

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…

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

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…

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UN Promotes Prostitution as Harm Reduction

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…

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New Paper Scrutinizes WHO’s Abortion Agenda

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…

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Research Reaffirms Traditional Understanding of Gender

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…

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Deep Divisions Rock UN HIV/AIDS Meeting

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…

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UN Promotes Prostitution as Harm Reduction

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…

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

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…

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Controversial Document Guides Plans for UN Youth Conference

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…

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Teen Star Program Challenges UN Sex Ed Approach

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…

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Even Switzerland Complains About UN Treaty Bodies

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 Member…

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Pro-life Statement Enters UN Youth Fray

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…

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UN Development Conference Provides Teaching Moments for Holy See

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…

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Holy See Combats Radical Agenda During Commission on Social Development

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….

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French High Court Affirms Traditional Marriage

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…

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New UN Agency Chief Pledges More Financial Accountability

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…

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Pro-Life Movement Reaches Ascendancy

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…

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Pro-Life Movement Reaches Ascendancy

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…

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New Commission May Insert Abortion in $40 Billion UN Program

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…

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Innovative Program Brings Values and Virtues to Sex Education

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, targeted at ten-year-olds,…

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US State Department Steps Up Promotion of Homosexual Agenda

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…

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2011 UN Agenda: Same As It Ever Was

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 announced…

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Countries Reject “Sexual Orientation” Language in Treaty with Europe

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 Caribbean, and the…

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