Campaign Life Coalition’s Paul Jalsevac Back Lobbying at the UN
NEW YORK, April 5, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Developments at this week’s meetings of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) and the World Summit on Sustainable Development have been relatively free of the major tension and controversies of previous meetings.
Campaign Life Coalition’s Paul Jalsevac, a Christendom College student who was gravely injured in an auto accident last year the day before he was to leave for another UN meeting, has been lobbying at the UN meetings. Paul reports that the inexperienced new crop of US delegates made a few potentially serious errors which have been mitigated by remedial actions.
One error that still stands is a mistaken re-affirmation of the U.S. Clinton administration Beijing Conference reservations. The Canadian delegates have been their usual selves and were obviously delighted when the US errors appeared to benefit the Canadians’ social radical agenda. Otherwise, the US delegates have been much appreciated for being solid on life and family issues. This has been a major reason that negative developments at the UN are coming up far less than occurred during the Clinton administration years.
Paul reports that there was a lot of tension during a debate on allowing a Tibetan NGO to enter into the UN. China was hostile to this and consequently the Tibetan group’s request was defeated two to one after an unusual and heavily attended physical vote on the issue.
Next Thursday, April 11, at UN Headquarters, there will be a ceremony to mark the expected 60th ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The Secretary-General will address that ceremony from Rome via video conference. The preparatory meetings on the establishment of the International Criminal Court will also begin in New York.
UN report on wrap-up of Population and Development Conference https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=3313&Cr=population&Cr1=development