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The United Nations—which was once an organization that functioned as a powerful tool in maintaining world peace, and was also very influential in the spreading of human rights—has become a misled and misused power that has strayed away from its predecessor’s dreams of peace and equality. The U.N.’s constitution states that it exists in order “to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small...,” and also in order to create a world where people can “live together in peace...

Exposing CEDAWThe United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women By Laurel MacLeod and Catherina HurlburtRevised: September 5, 2000 Concerned Women for America strongly opposes the passage of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). This treaty is not necessary and would challenge the laws and culture of the United States.Encroachment Upon Sovereignty <!A HREF="#encroach">Sovereignty Encroachment<!/A>The CEDAW CommitteeTreaty Provisions     The “Family”     Parental Rights     Gender Re-Education     Comparable Worth     Abortion     Back-door ERA?     Homosexual Rights...

The International Criminal Court Vicki Blackmore How would you like to be kidnapped by your enemies and asked to stand trial for actions against them? You could be held without bail, without even knowing the reason you were there indefinitely. None of your family or friends would even know where you were. Then finally you would be brought before a group of them and they would “judge” you for crimes committed against them. These people would be criminals, mass murderers, terrorists, slave traders, rapists; and your only crime was to defend yourself and your family against them. This is exactly...

Out of My Cold Dead Hands. by Vicki Blackmore Power without limit resting on force. - Lenin . According to the United Nations, the only legitimate possessor of firearms is the government, specifically the Armed and Police forces. What happens when the legitimate possessor of firearms becomes tyrannical. This has happened in Rwanda. In Rwanda, the ruling class was dominated by the Hutu tribe, the historic rivals to the minority Tutsi tribe. Once the minorities no longer had the means to defend themselves, the government Hutu’s distributed firearms to killing squads who went around and massacred their rivals. The UN...