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The current Congress hasn't finished its mischief. It still has the opportunity to do bad things in the upcoming lame-duck session, a period when members of Congress who are already defeated will have the opportunity to vote without concern for voter approval. The globalists have been plotting to use the volatility of this lame-duck session to achieve some of their internationalist goals that they couldn't get passed during the last four years. In particular, they would like to lock us into treaties that slice out various parts of our national sovereignty, a concept that they have been trying to promote...

The UN, left to itself, will end up giving corruption and socialism a bad name. Joseph Klein has written Global Deception to show why. He pinpoints the UN's greatest threat in his subtitle: The UN's Stealth Assault on America's Freedom.The corruption of the UN leadership, and its heavy hitter supporters such as Canadian oil billionaire, Maurice Strong, is a litany of hypocrisy on a par with the glitterati of Hollywood. "Do as I say, not as I do." Most readers are aware of Kofi Annan, the pious critic of greedy capitalists, who plunged so deeply into the Oil for Food...

RBC, 19.12.2005, Moscow 19:03:32.The UN General Assembly has adopted an anti-Nazi resolution, initiated by Russia. Some 114 countries supported the document, with 4 states against and 57 abstentions. The resolution expresses a serious concern about the growing activity of extremist, racist and xenophobic organizations in the world. The Russian Foreign Ministry is concerned that some countries (i.e. the US and Japan) voted against the document, while many countries (all EU members) abstained. States such as Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia abstained as well, although these nations suffered a lot during World War II, the ministry's information and press department claimed.

At Beijing +5, former first lady Hillary Clinton told the delegates and representatives of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that the Beijing documents were “promises agreed to” and that those promises were both “a road map” and a “rallying cry.” Beijing +10 was to be the radical feminists’ finest hour –– the culmination of Mrs. Clinton’s prediction that “women’s rights” would become “human rights.”  She made it clear that “women’s rights” included abortion, “gender mainstreaming,” preferences and quotas. Yet, the timing of Beijing +10 couldn’t be worse for radical feminists.  They were counting on this conference to be the capstone of...

Any day now this nation could find itself part of an international treaty that abolishes freedom on seven-tenths of the world’s surface. That’s because the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, a treaty that has remained latent since Bill Clinton’s presidency, has reemerged as a threat to this nation’s sovereignty, thanks in large part to Senate Foreign Relations Chair Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and his fellow committee members. In February, this committee voted unanimously to bring the treaty to the full senate for consideration; Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist, who is responsible for scheduling legislation for votes, has not...

Two main problems exist with the United Nations’ treaty on Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) – what it says and what it does. At first blush, some may believe the sweeping language and personal issues it addresses would benefit women. But it is, in fact, the broad language and intrusiveness – embodied in something as powerful as a treaty – that makes CEDAW a tool for mischief. Family law, parental rights, religious exercise, education, abortion regulation, employment pay scales, quotas in educational institutions, workplaces and elected offices, and homosexual privileges – these...

 Action Central Index August 7, 2002, Volume 5 Issue 9 APC is now offering you a quick and easy way to multiply your efforts and help win more battles! Simply click http://www.referralblast.com/rblast.asp?sid=5906 to send this APC Action Alert to up to TEN of your friends! It’s fast, it’s easy, and most of all, it’s extremely effective in KILLING LEFTIST POLICIES! After sitting in the dustbin since Jimmy Carter was president, Democrats have resurrected The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). It was recently passed in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and...

"The 'house of world order' will have to be built from the bottom up. ... An end run around sovereignty, eroding it piece by piece, will accomplish much more than the old-fashioned frontal assault." So wrote diplomat Richard Gardner in 1974. And there is no better illustration of conducting an end run around sovereignty than the feminist drive to have the Senate ratify the U.N. "Convention to End All Forms of Discrimination Against Women." Crafted by radical feminists, "CEDAW" was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 1979 and signed by Jimmy Carter in 1980. When the Reagan Revolution...

Senate Committee Votes for U.N. Gender TreatyJeff Johnson, CNSNews.comWednesday, July 31, 2002 WASHINGTON – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted Tuesday for ratification of a controversial United Nations treaty opposed by a number of conservative women's groups. The committee recommended ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) by a vote of 12 to seven. Republicans Gordon Smith of Oregon and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island crossed party lines to join all 10 committee Democrats in voting for the agreement. Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., chairman of the committee, said CEDAW "can be...

A familiar refrain of proponents of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is that US ratification of the controversial UN document would not result in significant changes in US law. Since the United States already recognizes the equal status of women, they say, US ratification is necessary solely to bolster the standing of the Convention in the rest of the world. For instance, Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE), a CEDAW supporter, said at last week's Senate CEDAW hearing that it is "highly, highly, highly unlikely" that the Convention would have any important domestic...

Senate Committee Considers UN 'Women's Rights' Treaty By Jeff JohnsonCNSNews.com Congressional Bureau ChiefJune 13, 2002 Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - In the 22 years since its introduction by the United Nations, the "Convention on Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women," or CEDAW, has not been ratified by the U.S. Senate. Thursday, Democrats controlling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing in an attempt to bring the treaty back to the attention of the public and to call for a ratification vote by the full Senate. Supporters say the U.S. cannot speak to discrimination against women in other...

Legislative Alerts and Updates • Current Legislation • Key Votes • Capitol Hill Basics Action Alert The UN opposes Mother's Day!Tell the Senate to REJECT the UN's CEDAW! Enjoy this year's Mother's Day. According to the Family Research Council (frc.org), if the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has its way, the annual celebration will be our last. Not only does the committee overseeing implementation of CEDAW argue to legalize prostitution, it also discourages motherhood in an attempt to level every kind of distinction between men and women at every level...

Senate Left Pushes Intrusive U.N. Treaty Wes Vernon, NewsMax.comThursday, June 6, 2002 NEWSMAX.COM - WASHINGTON A United Nations treaty seeks to impose world government-style authority over the personal affairs of all Americans. The so-called Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is scheduled for a hearing next week, to be conducted by far-left Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. This is yet another U.N. treaty that would meddle in personal matters that are none of its business. Originally signed by Jimmy Carter in 1979, it was never ratified by the Senate, although the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, just a few...

Distributed nationally on the Knight-Ridder Tribune wire U.N. Treaty Targets MotherhoodBy Patrick F. Fagan and Brett D. Schaefer Who could object to motherhood? Or to Mother's Day, when we honor the sacrifices made by all mothers? The United Nations, that's who. Using a treaty known as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the United Nations for years has been urging nations worldwide to, among other things, discourage full-time motherhood and scrap observances of Mother's Day. And thanks in part to an action taken by the Bush administration, it may not be long...

Senate Hearing Set On UN Women's Discrimination Treaty By Jim BurnsSenior Staff WriterJune 04, 2002 www.CNSNews.com - (CNSNews.com) - A Senate committee hearing on a United Nations treaty to address gender discrimination is set for later this month, Capitol Hill sources tell CNSNews.com. The treaty, titled the "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women," has drawn criticism from conservative groups. Sources say the hearing will be a FULL Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that will be chaired by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) on JUNE 13 at 9:30 am. A spokesman for Boxer would only say...