Major Historic UN Victory for the Family Today!

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Today a majority of pro-life and pro-family UN Member States joined together in a historic vote (81-77) to remove “sexual orientation and gender identity” (SOGI) from a UN General Assembly resolution!

 

This was a major win for children, families, parental rights, and national sovereignty!

 

Many European countries were left dumbfounded, and it is unfortunate that Hungary and Italy voted against the amendment to remove SOGI.

 

But now with the change in the U.S. administration, having the U.S. vote in favor of the critical amendment and encouraging other countries to join them made all the difference!

 

You can actually watch the vote on UN TV here. To quickly see how your country voted, see the image of the recorded votes below.

The vote was supposed to be held two days ago, but the EU requested a 48-hour postponement to give them time to pressure and bully more countries into opposing the amendment (red), abstaining (yellow), or just conveniently being absent (see the countries with no marks).

 

The amendment (A/80/L.40), which was to remove SOGI from a resolution promoting the rights of the disabled (see para 7 of res. A/C.3/80/L.44/Rev.1)., was actually offered by the OIC, a political voting block of 57 Islamic states called the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Although unfortunately, not every OIC member voted for the amendment.

 

The world, however, is very grateful to the leadership of the OIC for offering an amendment around which the majority of UN Member States could rally.

 

Family Watch’s Role

 

Our Family Watch team and our other NGO allies played a critical role, sending out letters to UN missions and lobbying capitals to urge them to support the amendment.

 

Although some may pitch the SOGI reference in the resolution as simply prohibiting discrimination, make no mistake—this vote was not about just protecting basic rights for all individuals, something FWI strongly supports. FWI’s urgent communication informed states before the vote that:

 

  • SOGI has no basis in international law and is only recognized by a minority of UN Member States.
  • SOGI should not be imposed globally through UN resolutions.
  • “SOGI inclusion” has been used to justify UN programs that undermine parental rights and expose children to harmful sexual and transgender materials.
  • Where SOGI nondiscrimination provisions are adopted, nations are then obligated to provide children and youth access to hormones, and mutilating surgeries, among other things.

 

Also, if SOGI had remained in this UN General Assembly resolution, it would have been used for years as a precedent by the EU and like-minded countries to promote the full, radical transgender agenda including:

 

  • Requiring women and girls to share bathrooms, showers, sports teams and prisons with biological males and implementing sexuality education programs that encourage sexual experimentation and confuse children about their biological realities.
  • State-financed, disfiguring surgeries and life-altering hormones for children that would render them infertile.

 

Why does this vote matter?

 

For years, activist groups have tried to use UN resolutions to quietly introduce new, controversial social concepts and terms that have never been agreed upon by countries in international law. Once such language enters UN texts, it is often later used to pressure governments, influence courts and reshape national laws, mainly on sensitive issues involving children, education, family life and parental authority.

 

Today’s UN vote stopped that process in its tracks!

 

By rejecting SOGI language, countries sent a powerful message that new, manufactured rights cannot be created through backdoor UN language; that families and parents must be respected, not sidelined; and that international law belongs to and is developed by all nations — not by a vocal minority of bullies with large purse strings.

 

A turning point at the UN

 

What makes this moment extraordinary is that it shows the global balance on important issues affecting families is shifting. Despite heavy lobbying by some powerful Western governments, a broad and diverse group of nations refused to go along. The result shattered the myth of a “global consensus” behind SOGI ideology.

 

This is one of the most clear signs yet that the international community is pushing back, and that a global revival for the family is growing.

 

This is very exciting and must be built upon.

 

What happens next?

 

This victory doesn’t end the debate, but it changes it. Going forward, supporters of the family are more organized, more confident and more prepared to defend internationally recognized human rights without allowing ideological reinterpretation.

 

Thanks to the OIC and like-minded countries across the world, especially the United States, the tide is turning at the United Nations and around the world with the recognition that it is the sovereign right of nations to protect the family and determine their own religious and cultural values, the medical services their children receive and much more.

 

Please join us in celebrating this most recent victory by sharing the good news with your friends and family and congratulating the courageous countries that stopped the SOGI agenda at the UN in a powerful way today.