World Family Policy Center News
4/22/02
Volume 1, Issue 4
The following excerpts are highlights of current
events and do not necessarily represent the views of the World Family Policy
Center or Brigham Young University.
FROM THE WORLD FAMILY POLICY CENTER
THE
WFPC AT THE SECOND WORLD ASSEMBLY ON AGEING (click
to read the full article)
Representatives from the World Family Policy Center attended The Second
World Assembly on Ageing in Madrid this month. Read the report summarizing
their participation and the outcome of the assembly.
"The Assembly was the most important international conference on ageing in
over 20 years. Since the last international conference on ageing, and as a
result of the population control movement, world demographics have changed
dramatically. Even the United Nations now admits that population growth is
virtually at an end and that the world is facing serious declines in fertility.
In his opening remarks at the Assembly, Secretary General Kofi Annan stated
that, within 20 years, persons over the age of 60 would outnumber children
under the age of 15.
Because of the rapidly ageing population of the entire planet, one of the first
moves by social planners is to create a 'right to die,' where 'death with
dignity' is the catchphrase used to promote public acceptance of
euthanasia."
"THE CHILD AND THE FAMILY":
Special Session of the WCF, NYC
The Howard Center for Family Religion and Society, The World Family
Policy Center, and United Families International are pleased to announce the
convening of a Special Session of the World Congress of Families in New York
City. This meeting is being held in conjunction with the United Nations World
Summit on Children. It will be a high level, informative event directed towards
world policy makers including Heads of State, Ambassadors to the United Nations
and their spouses.
Speakers for the meeting include: Dr. Wade Horn, Mrs. Janet Museveni (First
Lady of Uganda),
Patrick Fagan, Ph. D., Maggie Gallagher, Father Frank Gelli, Allan Carlson,
Ph.D., Richard Wilkins, Jeremy Rabkin, and Sophia Aguirre, Ph.D.
For more information on the World Congress of Families New York or to register,
go to the United Families International website at www.unitedfamilies.org .
IN THE NEWS
UN HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISION ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS - Africa
(click to read the full article)
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) on Friday adopted
resolutions on situations in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(DRC) among other countries, a statement from the UNCHR said.
In a consensus resolution on the human rights situation in Burundi, the
Commission welcomed the numerous steps taken by the transitional government to
advance human rights and establish democracy, condemned all attacks on
humanitarian workers and urged all parties to the conflict to end the use of
children as soldiers, the statement said.
Related Stories :
UN Rights Commission Avoids Criticizing Iran -
Voice of America
UN human
rights in Chechnya resolution defeated - Russian Observer
Iran Unlisted As
Rights Offender - Miami Herald
U.S. CARDINALS ARRIVE AT VATICAN - ABC
News (click to read the full article)
Never before has a pope summoned all the American cardinals, and the
formal meetings, which start Tuesday, could start dramatic change within the
Roman Catholic Church in the United States, beginning this week.
While they are here, the American cardinals hope to get the pope's general
approval for a strict new sex abuse policy that they will take back to all of
the U.S. bishops when they return. It's a policy they hope will be binding for
all American Catholic churches.
Related Stories:
Paedophile priests scandal Cardinal may be forced out says
report - Ananova
Crisis admitted by US Cardinal - NZ
Herald
Cardinals In Rome For Pope Meeting - Guardian,
UK
Bishops off to Rome in bid to resolve pedophilia crisis
- National Post
AT THE UN
ANNAN
URGES STATES TO RATIFY WAR CRIMES COURT'S STATUTE AS PREPARATORY PANEL ENDS
SESSION (click to read the full article)
As the preparatory body laying the groundwork for the world's first
permanent war crimes court wrapped up its latest session today, United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan praised the speedy ratifications of the Rome
Statute and expressed hope that the tribunal would be functioning by mid-2003.
"Now with the unusually rapid entry of the Statute into force, we are
witnessing a great victory for justice, and for world order - a turn away from
the rule of brute force, and towards the rule of law," the
Secretary-General said in his statement to the ninth session of the Preparatory
Commission for the International Criminal Court.
UN FORUM ADOPTS NEW BLUEPRINT TO FACE
CHALLENGE OF AGEING GLOBAL POPULATION (click
to read the full article)
After five days of intensive work, the United Nations Second World
Assembly on Ageing concluded successfully in Madrid today by adopting an action
plan aimed at addressing the challenges brought about by the rapidly growing
number of older persons around the world, particularly in the developing
countries.
Responding to growing concern over the speed and scale of global ageing, the
International Plan of Action, which contained over 120 recommendations, and the
accompanying Political Declaration both stressed the "crucial"
importance of incorporating ageing issues into all development plans as a way
of coping with what has been billed as the main demographic challenge of the
21st century.
Related Story:
UN forum on ageing makes 'significant
progress' on action plan, political declaration
NEW
E-MAIL SERVICE FROM UN TO HELP MEDIA, WORLD PUBLIC STAY ON TOP OF THE UN NEWS (click
to read the full article)
The United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) today launched
an E-mail UN News Service, which will bring breaking stories and reports on key
UN developments - at headquarters and in the field - straight to the computers
and E-mail in-boxes of its subscribers around the globe.
"This is a major innovation in the way the UN communicates with the media
worldwide," Shashi Tharoor, the Interim Head of the UN Department of
Public Information (DPI), told a press briefing at UN Headquarters in New York
"Even in the nations where Internet access is not widely available, timely
delivery of UN news directly to the desktops of media outlets, public offices,
educational institutions or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will be a
step towards improving public awareness of vital UN events and issues."
UPCOMING NEW YORK CONFERENCE
May 8-10 Special
Session on Children
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