C-FAM 2010 Five Best Moments

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Posted: December 29th, 2012
 
Dec 27, 2012
 
C-FAM’s 2012 Five Best Moments For Life and Family at the United Nations
 
By Stefano Gennarini, J.D.
NEW YORK, December 27 (C-FAM) The United Nations is not a place where you expect human life and dignity, or the natural family to be valued. But on rare occasions life and family are defended at the United Nations. Below are five such instances from the past year.
1. Rio + 20 – UN Member States Reject Population Control and a Right to Abortion
Touted as the most important UN conference ever by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the long awaited UN Conference on Sustainable Development proved a bitter disappointment for environmentalists who were far from reassured that the world’s continuing dependence on fossil fuels is stronger than the green agenda. Environmentalists were not the only ones disappointed. Abortion advocates and population control groups were left fuming after UN member states rejected language linking sexual and reproductive health to population control, and the controversial term “reproductive rights” because of its close association with abortion on-demand, from the final outcome document of the conference. C-FAM lobbied UN delegations throughout the year and was in Brazil during the conference exposing the lies of the population control movement.
2. Human Rights Council Resolution Affirms Inherent Dignity of all Human Beings
Despite continued resistance from European nations and the United States, as well as insistent protests from homosexual rights groups, the Russians led a broad coalition of UN member states in passing a Human Rights Council resolution that affirms the positive links between traditional moral values and human rights. The resolution, echoes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in recognizing the “inherent dignity and worth” of all human beings. The third of its kind since 2009, the resolution is well on its way to becoming a permanent feature of human rights dialogue at the United Nations. Life and family advocates hope it will be a vehicle for nations to affirm the positive role of the family in society, as well as to recognize the right to life of children in the womb.
3. U.S. Senate Rejects a Treaty Unfriendly to Sovereignty, Family and the Unborn
In December, the US Senate refused to ratify a controversial UN treaty that fails to provide adequate assurances for US sovereignty, parental rights, as well as the right to life of the unborn. The senate rejected the treaty even though its proponents, among whom were several disability groups, had been mislead into believing that while the treaty would be binding on other nations it would not straightjacket US citizens and their legislators. Following requests for information on the disabilities treaty, C-FAM advised senators that the more prudent course of action would be to hold out on ratifying the treaty.
4. UN Member States Agree to Reform UN Treaty Bodies that Promote Abortion and Homosexual Rights
For the last twenty years UN treaty bodies have conducted their business of reviewing compliance with UN human rights treaties without oversight. This independence has been used as a license to promote controversial social agendas that include abortion and homosexual rights, leading to fears that the treaty bodies have been captured by special interest groups and are no longer independent. UN member states have decided enough is enough and have launched a reform process through the UN General Assembly. C-FAM welcomed this new initiative and is supporting the inter-governmental process, calling the attention of UN member states to the limited mandate of treaty bodies.
5. UN General Assembly Rejects Attempt to Redefine Family by European Nations
UN Resolutions rarely mention the family, even though the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights recognizes the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society. This is because European nations and the United States fear that recognizing the importance of the natural family undermines the clamoring for same sex unions and same sex marriage by homosexual groups. During the 67th plenary session of the General Assembly which just concluded the European union attempted insert a mention that “various forms of the family exist” in a resolution about preparations for the 2014 anniversary of the UN Year of the Family. The G77, the largest voting bloc at the United Nations, shot the proposal down despite repeated protests from the European Union.

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