Family Watch Activities & Significant Accomplishments at the United Nations
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Played a key role in getting the family recognized as “the natural and fundamental group unit of society” in several important UN resolutions.
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Strongly influenced the UN’s adoption of provisions in multiple documents calling for“respect for religious and cultural values” and/or recognizing “the sovereign right of each country” as a condition to implementing key UN resolutions.
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Helped UN delegations delete multiple anti-family provisions, including references to “sexual rights,” a term used to promote such things as the legalization of abortion, prostitution, same-sex marriage, explicit sexuality education, and radical homosexual and transgender rights for children and adults.
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Rallied governments in multiple UN negotiations to reject harmful “comprehensive sexuality education” that promotes promiscuity to children.
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Was instrumental in getting the UN to adopt a number of provisions recognizing parental rights.
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Successfully lobbied to get a proposal adopted that discourages prenatal sex selection and the use of girls in prostitution and pornography.
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Helped UN Member States on several occasions defeat provisions endorsing the UNAIDS “International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights” that calls for the legalization of abortion, same-sex marriage and prostitution.
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Hosted numerous successful side events on a wide variety of family issues during UN meetings and conferences, including on the dangers of comprehensive sexuality education, the myths used to promote abortion, and the importance of family-based care for orphans, including adoption.
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Organized and chaired the first major event on the family at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. This event, which was co-sponsored by 54 UN Member States, along with the FWI forums, laid the groundwork for the passage of the “Protection of the Family” resolution, a landmark victory for the pro-family cause at the UN.
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Organized the first-ever UN event to promote and defend the critical role of mothers in society. This highly successful event was co-sponsored by four governments and chaired by a UN ambassador.
