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Send CEDAW back to the grave.(THE LAST WORD)(United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women)
Like vampires from B-grade horror movies, UN treaties refuse to die; they keep coming back to plague us again and again ... and again. Thus it happens that the UN CEDAW (pronounced see-daw) treaty has once more crept out of its crypt to wreak havoc. It has not received a lot of press so far, but it soon may. it has slithered back into the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where it was bidden thither by Biden. Senator Joseph Biden, that is, the committee chairman from Delaware, who has also thrown his hat into the crowded herd of Democratic presidential aspirants.
Memory refresher: CEDAW stands for the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. It was signed by our "human rights President," Jimmy Carter, in 1980, as one of his last acts in office. But, you might ask, what's wrong with eliminating "discrimination against women"? Well, once again, let us remind the reader that this is the UN we're talking about, where words have very different meanings from the way they are normally understood.
Remember Bela Lugosi (and his Hollywood successors) promising the young beauty that she will enjoy eternal life in Dracula's harem? Of course, we all know that being a creepy undead fangster isn't exactly all it's cracked up to be. Ditto for the promises of CEDAW's promoters.
Right now, the CEDAW legions are scrambling to cover up the fact that the CEDAW Committee in the UN has been interpreting CEDAW's Article 12 to mandate abortion-on-demand worldwide. At a recent conference, CEDAW Committee Chairwoman Dubravka Siminovic was asked about the abortion connection. She asserted that "there is nothing about abortion" in CEDAW. True ... and false! Article 12 says that all countries will "ensure" that women have "access to health care service, including those related to family planning."
True, no explicit mention of abortion there. But, that has not stopped the pro-abortion advocates who run the CEDAW Committee, including Ms. Siminovic, from interpreting Article 12 as a mandate to abolish all restrictions against abortion in all of the 185 countries that have adopted it--in the name of family planning of course!
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- Convention for the Elimination of all kinds of Discrimination Against Women:...
- Newspaper article from: Voices of Thai Women McAuslan, Kate May 1, 2006 700+ words
...progress reports to the United Nations every 4 years. Thailand...government attended the United Nations in New York to present their report to the CEDAW committee. Ms. Usa Lerdsrisuntad...developed, but the CEDAW committee questions "the rationale...
- Examination of Norway's 7th Report by the CEDAW Committee.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire August 2, 2007 700+ words
...Examination of Norway's 7th Report by the CEDAW Committee(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...Examination of Norway's 7th Report by the CEDAW Committee, United Nations August 1st 2007 Madam Chairperson, distinguished...
- Former Fiji DPM in US for UN CEDAW Committee elections.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire August 5, 2004 700+ words
...Vakatale, is in New York, USA, to see first hand whether she will be elected Pacific representative to the United Nations CEDAW Committee in the next few hours. Ms Vakatale, who was nominated by Fiji's Minister for Women, Asenaca Caucau...
- Thailand: Thai nominee elected as member of CEDAW Committee.
- News wire article from: Thai Press Reports June 29, 2006 700+ words
...important international positions, such as membership to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child for the term 2002-2005. The election of Dr. Saisuree to the CEDAW Committee reflects international community's recognition of her...
- Case of maternal morbidity in Brazil goes before the CEDAW committee.(NEWS AND...
- Magazine article from: Women's Health Journal April 1, 2008 700+ words
...timely emergency obstetric care. This is the first time the CEDAW Committee has considered an incident related to maternal mortality...WHO), an international agency that forms part of the United Nations system, nearly 4,100 women die each year in Brazil due...
- The status and importance of country reporting to the UN CEDAW Committee....
- Magazine article from: Arrows For Change Thas, Angela M. Kuga May 1, 2002 700+ words
...periodically every four years to the CEDAW Committee. Twenty-seven of the 169 countries...NGOs could use these reports to the CEDAW Committee and other Committees of International...next four years; 5) Learn from the CEDAW Committee's vast experience and expertise...
- U.S. may yield on insidious treaty.(United Nations)(United Nations Convention...
- Magazine article from: Catholic Insight March 1, 2007 700+ words
...force American ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of...which ended February 2, 2007, "CEDAW committee members questioned the Polish government...Feb. 1, 2007). Previously, the CEDAW committee has "directed Ireland to legalize...
- WILPF at the United Nations.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
- Magazine article from: International Peace Update December 1, 2007 700+ words
...principles of the United Nations, by which peoples...conditions for peace. The United Nations has achieved much...field, but under the United Nations Charter as a whole...and the potato! CEDAW Committee: Commission on Social...
- The human right to economic equality: governments have committed to eradicating...
- Magazine article from: International Trade Forum Simms, Glenda P. July 1, 2008 700+ words
...1948, the relatively small United Nations (UN) family of 56 states concretized...rights. This realization led the United Nations in 1979, over 30 years later...of women, In Slovakia, the CEDAW committee noted the measures taken by...
- UN drive for abortion meets resistance.(United Nations)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Catholic Insight April 1, 2005 700+ words
Asuncion, Paraguay -- The United Nations inquisition against countries that refuse to legalize abortion...However, it is not widely known that appearing before the CEDAW committee and complying with the UN's anti-family program is not...
Source: HighBeam Research, Send CEDAW back to the grave.(THE LAST WORD)(United Nations...