Posted on 08/05/2005 5:41:52 AM PDT by AliVeritas
The President of the UN General Assembly has responded to complaints from the US Mission that conservative and pro-life NGOs were excluded from recent consultations with the General Assembly in preparation for the upcoming Millennium Development Summit. In a letter sent to the former acting US Ambassador to the UN, Anne Patterson, and obtained by the Friday Fax, Jean Ping denied that pro-life or conservative organizations were denied entry to the hearings on the basis of their beliefs.
In the letter, dated July 29, Ping said that "after a thorough review" he had determined that "to my knowledge the selection process of the participants was conducted in a fair and objective manner." He defended the selection process saying there was a "balanced geographical, gender, and sectoral representation of participants as well as a balanced representation of organizations at the local, national and international level . . ."
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