Andrew got his preaching licence today & it was his birthday.

This was the scene at East 7th St Baptist church last Sunday .  My church in NY for 20 years.
Am home in Scotland now for a little while.

Best head gear is at the UN

UN

View looking over East River at the UN

I am looking for people to do pro-life tweets at  #post2015  #SDGs

We are sitting outside the conference room today as we got a lot of hassles yesterday from the Secretariat staff. They do not seem to like me nor my views on life , the family and the effectiveness of the UN.

Tweeting at the SDGs at the UN now

Please follow and support us at the UN.

#post2015
#SDGs


God bless

Peter Smith

SDGs

From 2000 to 2015 the United Nations had Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs ) .

These goals were what overseas development funding was directed  to. 

This week and next there will be the final negotiations for the new Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ) . This will guide overseas development funding for the next 15 years.

There will be much debate over abortion and the family , and national sovereignty.

There are pro-life / pro-family NGOs here in New York lobbying on the above values.

Please pray for our  success.

Side event at the UN today

Side event 1.15 to 2.30pm Monday 20 July 2015 , conf room 7

Making the SDGs work for women & girls : Why a rights- based Continuum Care APPROACH IS NEEDED TO IMPROVE WOMEN AND GIRL’S REPRODUCTIVE Health.

The meeting was hosted by the Mission of  Nepal , moderator Susan Alzner UN-NGLS  - NY , Ida Klockmann Danish FPA , Santa Shresthat Beyond Beijing Nepal , Nalini Singh ARROW ( Asia –Pacific Resources & Research Centre for women).

The handout was a glossy 56 page publication by ARROW called “ Fulfilling Women’s rights –based continuum of Quality Care for Women’s reproductive health in South Asia  (See above ). This paper is a very clever document . It quotes UN documents but includes after men and women ( as well as gender non-conforming people ). Also they claim that Reproductive Rights include the right to safe , legal and accessible abortion services. Their reference is one of their own publications. They aslo claim a lot of rubbish under Sexual Rights.

This was the usual pro-abortion presentation that you would expect at the UN. There was , to be fair , some good stuff on nutrition , clean water , basic medical care which was quite good. One attendee even worked in a fistula hospital.

Of interest was one slide which is difference from usual, the Lady representing ARROW  said :

Safe abortion and CQC

“One third of all maternal deaths are due to hemorrhage , infection , and poisoning by unsafe abortion.

Legalisation of abortion is a necessary but an insufficient step towards improving women’s health , especially when effective infrastructure , personnel , ancillary services and adequate budget are not in place.”

Another slide from their presentation:

Safe abortion in Nepal

Safe abortion is legalized in 2002

“Despite the law , however unsafe abortion in Nepal continues to take place. Women keep on dying or suffering lifelong morbidities resulting from unsafe abortion.

There was also a lot of talk about Comprehensive Sexuality education , how this will fix everything for women.”

There was a complaint about Pakistan , Here women are conditioned by patriarchal attitudes , hospitals deny services to unmarried girls .

The Pathetic UN

I was first into Room 1 this morning at 8.50am

Here we are in the overflow room.

I was in conference room 1 before 9am. At 10.10am I was thrown out of this  room . The UN Secretariat had forgotten to allocate UNDP with a seat so they took mine. The UN could not organize a booze up in a brewery. 

My barber

My barber in Prestwick.
Davie has been cutting my hair for many years. I often go to see him just before going to the UN.
Please pray that Davie might get saved , I have shared the gospel with him many times.

New chair for my office and off to the UN.

While in London I purchased a new office chair from Staples. They shipped it to Scotland for me free of charge. 

I did not get to meet any pastors last Friday , but had other work to do.

On Sunday I fly off to New York for a week at the UN. There are negotiations on Sustainable Development Goals. ( SDGs )

In London at Metropolitan Tabernacle

At summer school of theology until Thursday.

Am trying to meet black majority church leaders on Friday. Please pray for this one.

Next Monday I shall be chairing the SPUC Evangelicals meeting in London

Off to London tomorrow plus new carpet for my office.

New Carpet

Old carpet with temporary desk

Old carpet , 20 years old and done in.



As you can see from the above there have been major renovations in my office at home. It was also a chance to get rid of a little junk and stuff that needed not to be kept.

Tomorrow I will be getting the train to London. Will be these 8 days.