UN Policies

Gay Rights Leader Moved to Key State Department Position

By Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. | January 19, 2017 WASHINGTON, DC, January 20 (C-Fam) The Obama administration positioned their top U.S. homosexual rights diplomat into a key position within the State Department which will make it harder for the Trump administration to change current U.S. policy... read more

Rome Could Have Stopped the New UN LGBT Czar

BY AUSTIN RUSE, DECEMBER 23, 2016 This week the brave African delegations to the UN fought a rear-guard action to stop a new UN office that will seek out and punish any country or institution that does not bend to the will of the dominant LGBT ethos. This months-long fight began at the Human... read more

Fatherhood: the antidote to the poverty problem

The UN aims to end poverty by 2030, but can it be done without a key player? Timothy M. Rarick | Nov 29 2016 United Nations officials have set a noble goal “to end poverty in all its forms everywhere by 2030”—also known as Sustainable Development Goal #1. “Is this goal well... read more

UN’s New Top Bureaucrat Raises Hopes

By Lisa Correnti and Stefano Gennarini, J.D.| December 15, 2016 NEW YORK, December 16 (C-Fam) The United Nations swore in its ninth Secretary General on Monday, former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Guterres, raising cautious optimism from pro-life and pro-family groups after 10 years of... read more

Editorial: We Can’t Contracept Our Way to Maternal and Child Health

By Rebecca Oas, Ph.D    | December 8, 2016 NEW YORK, December 9 (C-Fam) For too long the answer to making childbirth less dangerous has been to urge women to avoid it.  The family planning establishment, backed by powerful Western governments, has saturated the global market for... read more

Wikileaks: Clinton Will Fund Overseas Abortion Without Conscience Protections

By Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D.            | October 27, 2016 NEW YORK, October 28 (C-Fam) Recently released Wikileaks emails show that President Obama wanted to fund abortions overseas, a clear violation of longstanding US law and policy, but that he nonetheless wanted to allow for... read more

Antonio Guterres, tireless refugee champion

An engineer by training and fervent Catholic, Guterres, 67, fought unflaggingly for migrants’ rights over a decade as UN High Commissioner for Refugees. PUBLISHED OCT 6, 2016, 12:34 AM SGT LISBON (AFP) - Former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Guterres, who is poised to become the next UN... read more

Vatican to U.N.: No sustainable development without ‘absolute respect for life’ in ‘all its stages’

By Pete Baklinski NEW YORK, September 26, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) — A Vatican representative told the U.N. last week that for any development to be truly "sustainable," it must be founded on an “authentic and absolute” respect for life. “As Pope Francis said here last year, ‘The pillars... read more

Pope ‘gratified’ by UN goals: but they demand ‘universal access to sexual and reproductive health’

By Voice of the Family September 2, 2016 (Voice of the Family) — Pope Francis has said that he is “gratified” by the adoption of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Among the 17 goals of the SDGs is one that calls on member states to “ensure universal access to sexual and... read more

Analysis: Flawed U.S. law would funnel money to abortion groups, away from mothers and infants

By Rebecca Oas, Ph.D and Lisa Correnti  | August 25, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C., August 26 (C-Fam) World Leaders and the U.S. Congress claim to be united about at least one thing: ending preventable deaths in childbirth and infancy by 2030. But while pending U.S. legislation enjoys bipartisan... read more

Punish the Rapist, Welcome the Child: Interview

By Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D.| August 4, 2016 LOS ANGELES, August 4 (C-Fam) Lianna Rebolledo was 12 years old when two men kidnapped her while she was walking to a local shopping mall. Nine months later she gave birth to a baby girl.  Today she travels to shelters all over Latin America giving hope... read more