UN General Assembly silent on “ominous” LGBT rights – so far
While the current General Assembly session has witnessed relative silence on LGBT rights, this may be the calm before the storm.
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Articles tagged United Nations
Ireland Justice Minister fails to defend nation’s pro-life laws at UN hearing
Leading Irish pro-life organizations have sharply criticized the Minister for Justice Alan Shatter following his appearance at a United Nations hearing in Geneva yesterday where Ireland's abortion laws came under attack.
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Island nation of Mauritius gives way to UN pressure to legalize abortion
The African island of Mauritius is preparing to legalize abortion alongside warnings that the tiny nation could be "very much harmed" for not following UN recommendations to loosen its restrictions.
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UN Peacekeeper ‘sex for food’ scandal just the beginning without Christian morals warns chaplain
"Our own sad American history at the My Lai massacre shows how U.S. Troops need Christian ethics training too."
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Latin America pressured to liberalize abortion laws under UN human rights process
By Cristina Gutierrez NEW YORK, August 5, 2011 (C-FAM) Western governments are pressuring Latin American countries to liberalize their abortion laws, by using a new UN human rights process called the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). El Salvador, Costa Rica, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia, Belize, and Argentina are among the top countries recently pressured via the UPR process, as European countries recommend that these nations amend their laws concerning the “rights” to abortion and contraception. The UPR involves an interactive dialogue among the delegations of different States concerning the human rights situations in a particular country, sometimes leading to delegations directly suggesting […]
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Incredible: five million sign petition to outlaw abortion in Colombia – over 10% of population
Colombian pro-lifers, led by the nation's Conservative Party, say they have now gathered five million signatures for their petition for a constitutional amendment prohibiting all abortions.
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UN agencies increase funding to embattled Planned Parenthood
Although governments have reduced or eliminated funding of Planned Parenthood, UN agencies are still filling IPPF coffers with grants. In 2010, UNFPA increased its contribution to over $1.6 million.
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Under UN pressure, Paraguay agrees to ‘open debate’ on abortion issue
The decision followed a meeting in Geneva with a committee of the UN's "Periodic Universal Review," a process that claims to examine the human rights records of individual countries.
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U.S. castigates Vatican over family planning
“It is detrimental to not have adequate family planning resources,” said the US delegate. “Why is there a resistance to acknowledging access to family planning as a necessity?”
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Guatemala withdraws reservation against pro-abortion language in UN documents
The decision was made by Guatemala's delegate during the negotiations on a new UN resolution on "Fertility, reproductive health and development", terms that are often associated with pro-abortion measures.
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