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Family Research Council Offers Broad Critique of UN Social Policies

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) A collection of essays edited by the Washington DC-based Family Research Council offers a menu of sharp criticism of UN bodies and UN social policy….

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Clinton Holdovers Misrepresent Bush Administration at UN Meetings

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) A number of holdovers from the Clinton Administration are still representing the Bush Administration at UN meetings in New York and in recent days they…

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C-FAM Attacked in a New Report Issued by “Catholics” for a Free Choice

     In a just released report, the pro-abortion group "Catholics" for a Free Choice charges the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) with disrupting UN meetings and attempting to…

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Nicaraguan Delegate Fired for Pro-Family Views/Briefs Policy Makers

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) Max Padilla, a former Nicaraguan Cabinet officer, toured Washington DC this week telling policy makers his story of being fired from his job as head…

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UNICEF Work Imperiled by Associations with Pro-Abortion Groups

(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is becoming increasingly aware it has a political problem. In recent years it has come under fire from conservative and…

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Clinton-Era Feminists Still Represent Bush Administration At UN Meetings

     (NEW YORK — C-FAM) In recent weeks at least two radical feminists have represented the new Bush Administration at UN meetings. Among many holdovers from the Clinton era, the…

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Bush Negotiators Cheered For Conservative Statement At UN Child Summit

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) Governmental delegates wildly cheered the first statement of the new Bush Administration to the United Nations yesterday morning. The speech also signaled a significant change…

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Influential Washington Think-Tank to Release Report Critical of UN

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The Washington DC-based Heritage Foundation is set to release a major report that is highly critical of UN social policy of the past several years….

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Plans for Excluding Pro-Lifers at Child Summit Hatched at Beijing+5

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) Pro-lifers have charged that UNICEF has taken two actions to not only limit participation of pro-life non-governmental organizations (NGOs) but also to ensure UNICEF's allies…

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Child’s Right Committee Urges Intrusions Upon the Rights of Parents

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) Conventions negotiated by UN Member States generally establish committees before which governments must report on their progress in implementing the convention. Committee members tend to…

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Clinton Signs ICC Treaty, Handcuffing His President Successor

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) With only eight hours to go before the midnight deadline on New Year's Eve, representatives of President Bill Clinton met with UN officials on the…

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1990 Children’s Convention Both Good and Bad from Pro-Family Perspective

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) Political progressives make much of the fact that only two countries have not yet ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United…

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United Nations Bureau Releases Draft Document Next Year’s Child Summit

     NEW YORK – C-FAM) When governmental delegates meet in January for a preparatory committee (prepcom) meeting related to the ten-year review of the Convention on the Rights of the…

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UNICEF Moves to Keep Pro-life Lobbyists Out of Upcoming Child Summit

     (NEW YORK — C-FAM) The UN Children's Fund has announced a plan that will severely restrict non-governmental (NGO lobbyists to the upcoming ten-year review of the Convention on the Rights…

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C-FAM Presents Holy See/UN Campaign to Papal Household in Rome

     (NEW YORK — C-FAM) Representatives of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) met at the Vatican recently to present the results of the campaign in support of…

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Nafis Sadik to Leave UNFPA, American Educated Saudi to Replace Her

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) Ending a very controversial fourteen-year reign, Nafis Sadik, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, will step down at the end of this year…

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UNICEF Criticized for Promoting Controversial Programs for Adolescents

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has come under intense criticism from the Catholic Church and parent's groups in El Salvador for distributing and promoting…

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Demographers at UN Meeting Alarmed at World-Wide Population Implosion

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) More than a dozen noted demographers meeting at UN headquarters last week expressed alarm at the rapid change in the age structure of many countries….

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UNICEF To Come Under Increased Scrutiny in Coming Months

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is the lead UN agency for the upcoming ten-year review of the Convention on the Rights of the Child….

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Planned Parenthood Admits To Illegal Use Of Funds For Abortion

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) A long expected war has erupted in Washington DC over US funding of groups that perform or promote abortion in foreign countries. International Planned Parenthood…

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UNFPA Releases Annual Ideological Look at State of the World’s Population

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has a dim view of marriage and the family, and believes the only way for women to achieve freedom…

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Internal UNICEF Memo Reveals Intentions for Child Summit Next Year

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) An internal memo has come to light that reveals the intentions of UNICEF toward the special session of the UN General Assembly on children scheduled…

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Australian Government Withdraws from UN Treaty Monitoring System

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) In a highly controversial move, the coalition government of Prime Minister John Howard recently announced Australia will no longer report to UN bodies charged with…

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World Leaders Issue Declaration on Future of the United Nations

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The Millennium Summit of world leaders ends this afternoon at UN headquarters in New York City. After three days and more than 150 speeches, practically…

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Christians/Muslims Feel Marginalized at Conclusion of World Peace Summit

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM)  What seemed to begin on Monday as a pell-mell sprint for world peace and understanding ended this afternoon in bruised feelings and charges of favoritism….

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