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Friday June 12, 2009 Indian Government: Sex Education “Has Absolutely No Place” in Our Schools - It “Promotes Promiscuity” By Hilary WhiteNEW DELHI, June 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Indian government has rejected western-style sex education programs, saying they do nothing to solve the problem of teenage pregnancy but only exacerbate the problem by promoting sexual promiscuity. A government report on the matter was issued in response to a citizen-launched petition against a decision by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) to start sex-education in schools. The program had been touted as a means of preventing the...

When I received information about the upcoming “Pastoral Meeting about Children and Adolescents at Risk,” organized by the Latin American Bishop’s Conferences (CELAM), I decided to attend as a representative of the Commission of Life, Family and Childhood of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference. What made up my mind was the appearance on the program of speakers from UNICEF and the Pan-American Organization for Health (OPS), which is a member organization of the World Health Organization (WHO). I was very curious as to what UNICEF and OPS would say to Church representatives from throughout Latin America who had gathered for...

The UN children’s agency, Unicef, and human rights watchdog Amnesty International are among the organisations promoting homosexuality in Uganda, the Government said yesterday. Ethics and integrity minister Dr. James Nsaba Buturo, in a hard-hitting statement to Parliament, also implicated Human Rights Watch, Frontline Human Rights Defenders and East Horn of Africa Human Rights in the “racket”. The organisations, Buturo said, were working with local groups which depend on them for funding, to spread homosexuality in the local population. “Those behind this abnormal, unhealthy, unnatural as well as illegal lifestyle have argued that legalising homosexuality would be a human right and...

(CNN) -- Children are bearing the brunt of the conflict in Gaza as the Israeli offensive to flush out Hamas fighters leaves youngsters battling indelible trauma while threatening the lives of newborns and their mothers, a senior aid official says. Ann Veneman, executive director of the United Nations' children body UNICEF, says too little is being done to protect Gaza's children, who account for half the territory's population, from the horrors of the latest conflict. More than 320 children have been killed and 1,500 injured in Gaza since the current conflict began more than three weeks ago, she says, a...

ew York, NY, USA… [December 16, 2008] Representatives from the United Nations and religious leaders met together with non-government organizations in New York Tuesday to promote greater cooperation between the UN and religious groups worldwide. The intent in the words of the organizers is “to explore new ways and means to advance cooperation between the world’s religious communities and the United Nations.” In his welcome, Dr Sunggon Kim, a Korean MP and permanent director of the International Peace Corps of Religions, said that “religion is all about peace within, politics is about peace on the outside. To create wholesome peace...

My wife borrowed from the local public library the book "A Life Like Mine", published in conjunction with UNICEF. The book mixes information about the lives of children in various countries with propaganda for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Amazon reviews http://www.amazon.com/Life-Like-Mine-DK-Publishing/dp/0789488590 say "From Publishers Weekly Presented in conjunction with UNICEF, DK's A Life Like Mine: How Children Live Around the World profiles 18 children and explores what life is like for them and other young people, spanning 180 countries. Organized into four sections-Survival, Development, Protection and Participation-the handsomely designed volume, with a bounty...

Toddlers are to be taught about human rights and respecting different cultures in a scheme condemned as an "absurd" waste of time. Nurseries across the country are adopting the project, which will see teachers explaining to children as young as three that people across the world live different lives but everyone has a right to food, water and shelter. Staff will also be expected to ensure that children are treated as independent human beings, and have the "right" to choose their toys or have a drink of water whenever they want. It is an extension of a Unicef scheme already...

A UN agency has severed ties with Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev over allegations that he helped fund construction in the West Bank, Reuters reported on Friday. According to the report, Leviev, who is the chairman of Africa Israel Investments, is in charge of at least one company in his conglomerate which the Arab rights advocacy group Adalah-NY claims built Jewish settlements on West Bank land. Adalah-NY launched a campaign against Leviev whereby they appealed to the UN children's fund UNICEF to cut its connection with the Israeli businessman, the report said. UNICEF has received direct and indirect funding from Leviev...

THE AGONIES being inflicted on Zimbabwe by its corrupt and brutal president are worsening. Last week, the government of Robert Mugabe ordered international aid agencies to put a halt to the operations that have been keeping hundreds of thousands of Zimbabwe's people alive. With most of the country's population out of work and in dire poverty, the food and other humanitarian assistance provided by groups like CARE and Save the Children are more desperately needed than ever. By shutting them down, Mugabe and his henchmen were knowingly condemning countless vulnerable Zimbabweans to death. Mugabe claimed, preposterously, that the humanitarian agencies...

The Ethiopian Government has described as a fabrication a statement by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), that six million children need urgent help to save them from malnutrition. In a report last month, UNICEF blamed the malnutrition on poverty in areas of severe drought. The report received widespread international attention at the time and prompted calls for action. But Health Minister Tewodros Adhanom says UNICEF's estimate is exaggerated. "The total affected is 4.5 million population. How can you have six million children out of 4.5 million total affected during drought?" he said. "[This] doesn't make any sense. So...

An Islamic charity with ties to Al Qaeda and the Taliban is now collaborating with an unlikely new partner: UNICEF, the United Nations’ Children’s Fund.UNICEF has signed a “memorandum of understanding” with the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO), a Saudi charity of massive scope that keeps branches in more than 20 countries and has over 100 offices worldwide. According to UNICEF, it will be teaming with the charity’s domestic Saudi branch to “promote children’s rights, health, equality and education,” in the oil-rich kingdom — but the organization has been doing more than just charity work. The U.S. Treasury Department...

THE United Nations wants the Jamaican government to institute strict gun control regulations as a means of stemming the heavy inflow of guns and ammunition into the island. In a joint press release issued by UNICEF and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)for the Global Week of Action against Gun Violence, the UN urged all stakeholders to increase their efforts to tackle the arms flow, and embark on a social intervention drive in order to curb the high rate of armed violence that has taken over the island. "UNDP and UNICEF express deep concern for the effect of the spiralling...

Iraqi soldiers for the first time warned residents in the embattled Sadr City district to leave their houses Thursday, signaling a new push by the U.S.-backed forces against Shiite extremist who have been waging street battles for seven weeks. Iraqi soldiers, using loudspeakers, told residents in some virtually abandoned areas of southeastern Sadr City to go to nearby soccer stadiums, residents said. UNICEF says about 6,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Sadr City, most of them from the southeastern section. U.S. forces have increased air power and armored patrols in an attempt to cripple Shiite militia...

Millions of the world's poorest children are among the principal victims of climate change caused by the rich developed world, a United Nations report said on Tuesday, calling for urgent action. The Unicef report Our Climate, Our Children, Our Responsibility measured action on targets set in the UN Millennium Development Goals, aimed at halving child poverty by 2015. It found failure on counts from health to survival, education and gender equality. "It is clear that a failure to address climate change is a failure to protect children," said Unicef United Kingdom director David Bull. "Those who have contributed least to...

BBC NEWS Friday, 12 November, 2004 'Miracle baby' a victim – judge Kenyan police allege the Gilbert Deya Ministries is an international baby-snatching ring and have asked the British government to extradite Mr Deya. They say their investigation revolves around the disappearance of babies from Nairobi's Pumwani Maternity Hospital and involves suspects in Britain, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya. In September they took 20 of Mr Deya's "miracle babies" into care in Nairobi after they were found to have no genetic link to the women claiming to be their mothers. The pastor denies involvement in child trafficking and his lawyer...

Hollywood, CA (LifeNews.com) -- Popular television talent show American Idol is under fire again for a second anti-poverty campaign that will funnel donations to international groups that support abortion. The program has aligned itself with Save the Children and UNICEF, two groups that actively work with pro-abortion organizations. Last year, the project generated more than $75 million and, this year, American Idol will air its second Idol Gives Back program on April 9, 2008.As was the case before, several celebrities will appear on the show to urge Americans to make a donation. Unfortunately, a study released by the International Organizations...

This sobering image, showing a 40-year-old groom sitting beside his 11-year-old future bride in Afghanistan, brought Stephanie Sinclair top honors in the annual Photo of the Year contest sponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Some outstanding photographs from the past year posted here. Not easy to look at, pretty political as often as not, but some breathtaking photography IMHO.Click here if you dare.

Children are among those who are most devastated by climate change, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced today. “They pay with their health, their development and – too often – also with their lives,” Hilde Johnson, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, told reporters in New York. Every year, three million children under the age of five die from environment-linked diseases, such as diarrhoeal disease, respiratory infections and malaria, and the agency predicts that these numbers will rise with climate change, she said. Curbing climate change and UNICEF’s top priority – to protect and support the health, development and education of...

It shows Mohammed, 40, with his new 11-year-old wife, Ghulam. Taken by US photographer Stephanie Sinclair, it was named Unicef Photo of the Year yesterday. Some 60million girls worldwide are married while still under age, according to the children's rights agency. A picture of a boy lifting bricks on his head in Bangladesh, showing the life of one of the millions exploited as child labour, came second. It was taken by GMB Akash. And third prize went to one taken by German photographer Hartmut Schwarzbach. It shows nine-year-old Annalyn celebrating her birthday by jumping on a sofa in the rubbish...

Critics have long believed environmentalists were planning global domination. The problem with making a credible case against such an ambitious plan was simple: no environmental leader had published one. Yet conflicts over global warming, world trade, multinational corporations, population control, sustainable futures, and transnational government left little doubt that environmentalists in fact shared the unspoken aim of wielding supreme power over a green future. But there was no proof. For years, critics, lacking hard evidence, were reduced to piecing together a jigsaw puzzle of suspicious environmentalist actions - funding from huge charitable trusts, ties to the broader "progressive" community, and...

TRICK OR TREAT FOR UNICEF ... PLEASE DON'T Yesterday we had a caller tell us that her government school was promoting a "Trick or Treat for UNICEF" program for Halloween. She asked me what I though. I told her that UNICEF was definitely NOT one of my favorite charities. Now I'm certainly not an expert on charities, though there are several that I personally support. My wife, however, has made herself somewhat of an expert through her own tax-exempt charitable foundation. Not meaning to brag, but Donna is so serious about the ethics of charitable giving that she personally shoulders...

Americans mostly know UNICEF through the “trick or treat for UNICEF” campaigns. The “trick” is on the donors who think that UNICEF is all about helping poor children. UNICEF has been a major financier of Palestinian “summer camps” which encourage children to become suicide bombers. One such camp is named for Wafa Idris, a female suicide bomber. During the late 1990s, UNICEF served as a propaganda organ of the Saddam Hussein regime. Relying solely on Iraqi government statistics, UNICEF and the Saddam government co-authored a report asserting that over a million children in Iraq died because of U.N. sanctions. A...

October 26, 2007, 0:00 p.m. Tricked by UNICEFFinancing of Palestinian terrorism makes for one scary Halloween. By Dave Kopel Americans mostly know UNICEF through the “trick or treat for UNICEF� campaigns. The “trick� is on the donors who think that UNICEF is all about helping poor children. UNICEF has been a major financier of Palestinian “summer camps� which encourage children to become suicide bombers. One such camp is named for Wafa Idris, a female suicide bomber. During the late 1990s, UNICEF served as a propaganda organ of the Saddam Hussein regime. Relying solely on Iraqi government statistics, UNICEF and...

UNICEF Among Sponsors of New Campaign Promoting Abortion US, Canadian government development agencies among participants in campaign By Samantha Singson NEW YORK, October 4, 2007 (C-FAM.org) - A new global initiative was launched by various UN agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in New York last week that includes a call for legal abortion. Among the sponsors of the initiative called "Deliver Now for Women and Children" is the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), a UN agency that persistently denies they support abortion in any way, shape, or form.  Marketed as a campaign to raise awareness of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...

LifeNews.com Note: Samantha Singson writes for the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, a pro-life group that lobbies at the United Nation. This editorial originally appear in the group's Friday Fax publication. A new global initiative was launched by various UN agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in New York last week that includes a call for legal abortion. Among the sponsors of the initiative called "Deliver Now for Women and Children" is the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), a UN agency that persistently denies they support abortion in any way, shape, or form. Marketed as a campaign to raise awareness of...

Well-intentioned policies can have disastrous outcomes. Theodore Dalrymple explains how philanthropic Western policies have poisoned the water supplies of up to 70 million in Bangladesh... As I quickly discovered in Tanzania and elsewhere, foreign aid offers a lucrative career in good working conditions to middle class people of the developed world who want a little adventure in their lives, and who would once have been colonial officers; and it offers tempting opportunities for malversation of funds to their bureaucratic counterparts in the Third World. This symbiosis is the natural consequence of asking precisely the wrong question: not where wealth comes...

Conflict of Interest by: Bethany Stotts, August 28, 2007 In 2003, the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ranked the United States 18 out of 24 competing developed countries in educational effectiveness. In the face of such negative results, one would—mistakenly—expect to hear American teachers passionately call for systematic reform of our public schools. After all, education is about the students, right? Apparently not. Four years later, the National Education Association, the professional educator’s largest lobby in Congress, seemed more intent on pursuing partisan agendas en masse at the expense of student performance. The 2007 NEA Convention, held June 30...

Amman, May 23, (Petra) – Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah joined UNICEF in an international appeal for Iraqi children, Wednesday, urging the global community to act on their behalf and noting that those affected by violence and displacement have reached a critical point. Speaking during a press conference at the UNICEF Jordan headquarters in Amman, Her Majesty said that, though conditions seem unfavorable, it is imperative for the world to act now. "Faced as we are with a daily barrage of bad news, some might feel that the situation is hopeless. But stepping up support right now in Iraq...

If the million or so immigrants to the United States this year truly care about their children, then according to the U.N. Children's Fund, they have just made a terrible mistake. UNICEF's Innocenti Research Center announced this week that children in the United States are significantly worse off than their Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development peers in the Netherlands or Sweden or even Greece and the Czech Republic. Someone should tell the 20,343 Dutchmen and Swedes who have become permanent U.S. residents since 2000 -- or the 22,823 Greeks and Swedes -- how lacking they are in their sensibilities....

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is the worst country in the industrialized world in which to be a child, closely followed by the United States, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Wednesday. The UNICEF charity looked at 40 indicators to gauge the lives of children in 21 economically advanced nations -- the first study of its kind -- and found Britain's children were among the poorest and most neglected. Britain lagged behind on key measures of poverty and deprivation, happiness, relationships, and risky or bad behavior, the study showed. It scored better for health and safety of children but languished...

What happens when half-truths and outright dishonesty come to dominate the thinking of an entire organization? This is my observation of the current state of affairs at the United Nations, at least when it come to matters of sex. There, the mantras of “gender equality” and “female empowerment” have crowded out notions of what ordinary persons used to call “fairness” and “truth.” To put the matter in perspective, let’s consider longevity, considered one of the best measures of how persons are faring in the world. According to the World Health Organization, men’s lifespan is lagging in almost every country around...

New Delhi, India (LifeNews.com) -- A new report released on Tuesday by the United Nations agency UNICEF finds that India's practice of abortion on female unborn children is still alarmingly high. The report indicates 7,000 fewer female babies are born every day because parents can determine the sex of their unborn baby and kill her before birth. The study shows that, in 80 percent of India's districts, a higher percentage of boys are born now than a decade ago. The report cites the increased availability of cheap ultrasound technology as playing a role despite attempts by the India government to...

At first I assumed UNICEF director Ann Veneman had been terribly misquoted. This was the statement the media attributed to her: "We know that women do about 66% of the work in the world, they produce 50% of the food, but earn 5% of the income and own 1% of the property." But then I checked, and that's what she had said. It was right on the UNICEF website. The implication of Veneman's comment was clear: Around the world, men are lazy dolts who lord over down-trodden women. But I was a skeptical. So I called the UNICEF press office...

US President George W. Bush’s daughter Jenna is working as an intern at the Unicef regional headquarters in Panama, located on a former US military base, a local newspaper has reported. The front-page, photo-illustrated story in La Prensa said that Jenna, 24, entered the Unicef building in Clayton, 15 kilometres southwest of the capital near the Pacific opening of the Panama Canal, with her passport. She is temporarily residing in a home in Clayton, the newspaper said on Friday. The Panamanian front-page report echoed US media frenzy over the infrequent sightings of "The First Twins", as Jenna and her fraternal...

Schools in Afghanistan under growing attack: UNICEFGENEVA (Reuters) - Schools are increasingly being attacked across Afghanistan and an estimated 100,000 children in the south are shut out of the classroom due to closures, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. There were nearly 100 attacks on Afghan schools in the first half of the year, a sixfold rise from the same period in 2005, according to the agency which blamed "unknown insurgents." The attacks, which included 11 explosions and 50 school burnings, have led to the deaths of six children, it said in a statement. "These are anti-government...

NEW YORK, USA, 24 July 2006 – Childhood in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been under attack for decades, but elections on 30 July could offer an opportunity to break the cycle of violence that has scarred an entire generation. A Child Alert report written for UNICEF by British war correspondent Martin Bell and released today in London describes the effects of years of conflict on children in DRC – arguably the world's deadliest current humanitarian crisis.

UNICEF seeks $A1.08bn in aidFrom: Reuters From correspondents in Geneva January 24, 2006 THE United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) appealed today for $US805 million ($A1.08 billion) to provide aid to millions of children and their mothers caught up in 29 emergencies worldwide. More than one-third of the total sought from donors for this year, $US331 million ($442.45 million), is for Sudan, where the survival of 1.4 million children in Darfur alone is threatened by conflict, it said. "I would stress that the $US805 million ($1.08 billion) is enough to cope, to meet the minimum requirements of these children. It's not...

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. children's agency said singer Harry Belafonte was speaking as a private citizen, not a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, when he called President Bush "the greatest terrorist in the world." The 78-year-old Belafonte, famous for his calypso-inspired music, made headlines during a trip to Venezuela when he spoke out against Bush and said millions of Americans support the socialist revolution of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF said in a statement that Belafonte — a UNICEF goodwill ambassador since 1987 — made the comments "as a private citizen and was not speaking as a...

Brazilian singer Daniela Mercury, who was banned from performing in a Vatican Christmas concert, said on Monday she was outraged at a Vatican claim that she had threatened to promote condom use during the show."I am surprised and outraged with the declarations made by the Vatican's representative," Mercury, one of Brazil's biggest musical stars, said in a statement."I never stated that I would advocate the use of condoms at the Vatican's Christmas concert."The dispute has shot back and forth across the Atlantic since Mercury first said her offer to take part in the show had been withdrawn. She said last...

However, in March of that very same year Japan Bishops' Conference had sent a memorandum to Rome. Obviously it was the answer to the enquiry conducted by the Papal Commission on Family, which was established in 1963 during Vat II by Pope John XXIII to consider problems of family, population, and birth-rate. It was continued under Pope Paul VI and came to consist of cardinals, bishops, population experts, physicians, married couples. I was able to obtain a copy of this memorandum. It is written in impeccable Latin but its content is not without fault. In it, the Japanese bishops said...

UNICEF, the United Nations arm to assist children, has been mired in anti-life controversy for decades.  That negative reputation continues to harm the organization despite some changes in the right direction this year.  As UNICEF gears up for its annual Halloween fundraising drive, pro-lifer people are being warned not to participate in the UNICEF Halloween boxes campaign or to donate when trick or treaters come canvassing.  Alternatives such as collecting money for pro-life groups or inserting explanatory notes into Halloween boxes have been suggested..UNICEF has been implicated in population control and "family planning" measures for many years as thoroughly documented in Winnifred Prestwich's 1993...

Talking about sinking to new lows… UNICEF is using this commercial to raise money. It features an air raid bombing of a Smurf village. This is nothing more than Smurf-ploitation! (Click here to see Video) Craig DeLuz Visit The Home of Uncommon Sense... www.craigdeluz.com

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Thousands of children in regions devastated by South Asia's earthquake are at risk of death from cold, malnutrition and disease, UNICEF said. The U.N. agency said the international relief effort must focus on keeping children alive in the weeks ahead.

UNICEF Bombs Smurfs to Highlight Plight Oct 11 4:07 PM US/Eastern Email this story By HELENA SPONGENBERG Associated Press Writer BRUSSELS, Belgium Smurfette is left for dead. Baby Smurf is left crying and orphaned as the Smurf's village is carpet bombed by warplanes _ a horrific scene and imagery not normally associated with the lovable blue-skinned cartoon characters. These are the scenes being shown as part of a new UNICEF ad-campaign on Belgian television. "It's working. We are getting a lot of reactions and people are logging on to our Web site," UNICEF Belgium spokesman Philippe Henon said Tuesday. The...

Here's a poser for you: you're trying to knock together a TV ad highlighting the effects of war on children. What's the plan? Well, you could go down the traditional route of earnest voice-over accompanying footage of said kids miserably awaiting a better life or, on the other hand, you could arm up a squadron of attack aircraft and go and raze a Smurf village to the ground. Let's face it, it's a toughie. Not for Unicef Belgium though, which earlier this week reduced an enchanted Smurf hamlet to smouldering rubble - much to the horror of some TV viewers...

Seism in Pakistan: from 30.000 to 40.000 died, according to the UNICEF and Islamabad ISLAMABAD - Out of 30.000 to 40.000 people were killed by the seism which struck Saturday Pakistan, indicated Monday to AFP the UNICEF and a Pakistani official person in charge. "the government indicated to us that between 30.000 and 40.000 people had been killed" by the seism, affirmed with AFP Julia Spry Leverton, spokesman of the UNICEF with Islamabad. "Between 30.000 and 40.000 people were killed in Pakistan and more than 60.000 wounded", with AFP a high person in charge for the Pakistani authorities under...

Unicef bombs the Smurfs in fund-raising campaign for ex-child soldiersBy David Rennie in Brussels The people of Belgium have been left reeling by the first adult-only episode of the Smurfs, in which the blue-skinned cartoon characters' village is annihilated by warplanes. The short but chilling film is the work of Unicef, the United Nations Children's Fund, and is to be broadcast on national television next week as a campaign advertisement. The animation was approved by the family of the Smurfs' late creator, "Peyo". Belgian television viewers were given a preview of the 25-second film earlier this week, when it was...

Catholic Universities & UNICEFby: Malcolm A. Kline, August 26, 2005 Six Catholic universities have United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chapters on their campuses despite the Vatican’s nine-year-old refusal to support the multilateral government agency. Officials at the six Catholic universities with UNICEF chapters seemed mostly unaware of either UNICEF’s shift toward abortion advocacy or the Vatican’s disapproval of same. From spokesmen and women at the six—Boston College, Fordham, Georgetown, Loyola-Marymount-California, the University of St. Thomas (Texas), and Villanova—I got many who answered “They do?” and “It did?” when I asked whether UNICEF’s pro-choice stance and the papacy’s reaction to it...

Eighteen children died from Japanese encephalitis in northern India, pushing the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to 118 over the past 10 days, officials said Sunday. More deaths were feared as 152 infected children were in serious condition, said Avnish Mehrotra, a spokesman for Uttar Pradesh state's health department. The disease, which is preventable by vaccination, was spreading to new areas in Uttar Pradesh, but health authorities say there isn't enough money to immunize children. At least four youngsters died in areas that had been free from Japanese encephalitis. "We have confirmation that this dreaded disease has spread to...