Rock Star Scandal Upends UN Development Meeting

A rock star’s scandal and a surprising critique of aid programs last week underscored heightened criticism of international development efforts.
The two incidents upended the intended message of a summit on UN development policies, reflecting a growing disconnect between rhetoric… Read More

Young People Launch Pro-Life/Pro-Family “Statement to the UN and the World”

This week the International Youth Coalition launched its Statement of Youth to the UN and the World, a petition that will be presented to the UN (United Nations) General Assembly this Fall.  Consisting of eight fundamental principles, the Statement was… Read More

Sex Toys on Display at the World Youth Conference

Last week at the World Youth Conference, organized primarily by the Mexican government and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the main event for most of estimated 5000 “participants” was the Interactive Global Forum, a massive expo with hundreds of… Read More

UNFPA Uses International Year of Youth to Exploit Children

Last Thursday, the United Nations (UN) officially launched the “International Year of Youth” (IYY) in the UN General Assembly Hall.  The theme for the year is “Dialogue and Mutual Understanding,” with a focus on health and development, particularly the Millennium… Read More

Nuncio to Iraq Appointed as New Head of Holy See Mission to UN

Late last week, Pope Benedict XVI named Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt as the new permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations (UN) in New York, succeeding Archbishop Celestino Migliore, who was recently appointed papal nuncio to Poland.… Read More

Calls for Radical Autonomy for Youth Ahead of Mexico Conference

Two recently released documents prepared in anticipation of an upcoming youth conference make unprecedented claims for new “rights” for youth that experts say directly conflict with traditional norms and international law.
The draft declaration which will be considered by governmental… Read More

G8 Countries Launch Global Initiative on Maternal Health without Reference to Abortion

Co-Authored by Nick Dunn
The Group of Eight (G8) leading industrial countries held their annual forum [in Toronto] last week and, following the lead of the Canadian government, launched a new global initiative on maternal and child health. The Muskoka… Read More

US Administration Launches All-Out International Homosexual “Rights” Offensive

United States (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed a reception at the State Department, proclaiming that “human rights are gay rights and gay rights are human rights, once and for all.”  The reception celebrated “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender… Read More

Human Rights Activists Call for a Super-Treaty Monitoring Body at UN

A new law review article by Professor Michael O’Flaherty, rapporteur of the Yogyakarta Principles, calls for the melding of all UN human rights treaty-monitoring bodies into something like a single entity. He calls for the adoption of this reform without… Read More

Gender-bending Yogyakarta Principles Brought to Council of Europe

Co-authored by Emanuele Rizzardi
Two recent initiatives out of the Council of Europe (CoE) on sexual orientation and gender identity are seen as the first major step to codify the radical Yogyakarta Principles into the framework of international institutions.
The… Read More

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