Friday, November 11, 2016

Off to Aus. ( but not in the boat )


Good news I have purchased another outboard for "ma wee boat".  She will now plane which is a bit scary . Note the nice big heavy chain to deter thieves.

Tonight I head off the Australia for a 4-week vacation to see family and friends from the land of my birth. Please pray my case gets on my plane OK at Heathrow.

Good news from the USA , a pro-life president elected and Republican  House and Congress in Washington. My work at the UN should be more effective in the next 4 years Lord willing.

You may see some " modest " photos of  fish caught in the next 4 weeks.

Friday, October 21, 2016

Last day at the UN for 2016

Today is the end of two weeks at the UN following the third committee of the General Assembly. Got to meet new delegates from friendly countries. Got to listen to a lot of very questionable stuff that is mean to be human rights. Felt sick when Mr Waleed Sadi of Jordan , the Chair of the committee on Economic Social and Cultural rights banged on about a right to abortion. He is very fortunate that his mother did not have the same view as him in 1939 , or he would not be here now.

As you can see from the above photo I got into room 1 at just after 9am , and got a bit of peace before the start of the proceedings.

Sunday, October 9, 2016

United Nations

Tomorrow I fly off to New York for a 2-week stint at the UN.

Please pray for my sanity as I will have to spend many hours in the UN basement.

God bless and thank you for the prayer support.

The boat

 On Friday evening I went to the Boat club in Irvine to discover that thieves had made off with my outboard, that is the 15hp Yamaha.
 But I used the 4 hp auxiliary , set the crab traps Friday evening , and took out Phillip Anderson and his sons in the boat Saturday morning. We got 15 crabs and 8 mackerel.

A very tame magpie tried to commandeer my boat.

Thursday, September 22, 2016

SPUC National Conference

Tomorrow I will train down to Derbyshire for another national conf. The first one I attended was in 1994.

Please see :

https://www.spuc.org.uk/get-involved/events/national-conference-2016

keynote speaker below.

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Pray for Reg

I had to put Rocky down today. Please pray for Reg , that he does not go back on the drink. Rocky was his loyal companion for 14 years.

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Fishing


I took Sean out fishing today , we got one lobster , 11 crabs and three quarters of a bucket of mackerel.Sean committed his life to the Lord at Broken Chains about 6 months ago. He is doing well.

Monday I am off to London for some meeting for work.

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Intern training again in London

Alegandro and Alanis


Last Tuesday and Thursday afternoons I spent some time with Alegandro ( originally from Colombia ) and Alanis from England. I took them through  a SPUC schools presentation on abortion , shared my testimony as to how I got converted , then how I got involved with the pro-life movement in 1988. Lastly I spoke about my work at the UN and how the world is NOT overpopulated. Then I asked them  to write a small article on why they are pro-life and why they wanted an internship with SPUC this summer. See their articles below.


Alegandro wrote :


The Pro-life Movement and What it is like for me

Hello, my name is Alejandro Gómez and I am eighteen years old. Currently I am an intern at SPUC and today my fellow intern, Alanis, and I both had the enormous privilege and huge responsibility of doing side walk counselling. Rhoslyn, our very wise boss, had decided to teach us Monsignor Riley's technique on approaching women who were seeking an abortion. We did our best, however the two most important things which Monsignor Riley stated were the most important in preparing oneself for helping the women were undeniably essential: fasting and praying. I personally saw their fruits when I was given the chance to talk to the mothers. The worries I had of saying something wrong made me feel as though it was very difficult but with God's strength – given to me through the prayers of my friends was overwhelming. I cannot begin to explain how much joy I felt just from giving a lady a leaflet and her gladly receiving it. All of the devils efforts to try and make me hopeless were nothing with the knowledge that I had allowed God to use me as an instrument to help that mother. It kindled a fire in my heart like no other and now I know how much my efforts and those of everyone who are pro-life are needed to change the society of death in which we live in where women are told that their rights are important and that part of their freedom is the freedom to kill their magnificent, beautiful blessing from God, their child.

Sadly I have not always been as involved in the pro-life movement as I am now I was at all. I am originally from Colombia and I have lived in England for thirteen years. About three years ago my family was living in Bishops Green and one day my father asked me whether I would like to go to a pro-life vigil in Oxford. I was going through a difficult time and I believed that it would be something I needed to do. I knew I needed to fight for those who were oppressed either by their families or friends or even by themselves and who desperately required help. I said to my dad I would go with him. That day was miserable, it was pouring with rain and the freezing cold wind was blowing right through my soaked coat while I held firmly to my pro – life sign. It was whilst I was standing there shivering that a joy came over me and holding that sign I felt like the happiest man in the world and on that day my love for pro-life work began.


Alanis wrote :

Why I am Pro-Life

Having grown up as the eldest of my siblings, I have always been a person that cared for others, a ‘mother hen’ perhaps, and this is now a part of my nature.  My recent conversion to Catholicism, however, reinforced these maternal instincts, and allowed me to understand the truth about abortion in a modern context, and the lies that surround this false sense of ‘care’ and ‘liberation’ for women.

It was evident to me upon my conversion that abortion was gravely contrary to natural law. God, our Lord of life, has entrusted humans with the duty of safeguarding life: i.e. life from conception until natural death. Abortion is a direct attack on life, and goes precisely not only against the fifth commandment, “You shall not kill”, but against all ten. My conversion to the faith enabled me to realise that all life, from the moment of conception is sacred and worthy of protection, and that abortion specifically goes against God’s plan for us.  

In addition, growing up attending a secular school, the evils that have penetrated our  culture as a result of secularism became more apparent, particularly during my final years of High School. Without Christ, it was clear to me how the influences of modern ‘feminism’ distorts the true meaning of femininity and the theology of the body.  Reading Alice Von Hilderbrand’s ‘The Privilege of being a Woman’ enlightened me to how feminism has penetrated into our society, and  perhaps the biggest tragedy that has resulted from this is the acceptance of abortion. Woman by her very nature is maternal, and therefore all women are called to motherhood whether it be biological, psychological or spiritual. Women are life-bearers and therefore have a unique relationship with God, since at the moment of conception, God creates a unique soul inside of woman’s body, made in His image and likeness. Without this beautiful understanding,  it is evident to me how many young women have a distorted idea of their calling in life, and are therefore blinded to the evils of abortion, and thus might commit acts with devastating consequences due to ignorance even if not the desire to evil.  

I am pro-life because I believe that all life is sacred, and that abortion not only harms the baby, but the Mother too. I believe in a movement that seeks to care for both mother and child. Therefore, I had the desire to have an active involvement in the pro-life movement, and thus the internship with SPUC, which seeks to not only to secure legal protection for life, but also to spread a positive understanding of the issue that is in fact very simple and very indissoluble from modern society – that killing the unborn, is not only a direct attack on life, but the Mothers too. The internship will therefore provide me with life-lasting skills and knowledge which will beneficial in order to spread the message of life, and to be a part of a movement that seeks to convert the hearts of mothers to enable them to appreciate the beauty that lies in motherhood, which is in my eyes, true ‘liberation’.








Thursday, July 28, 2016

Am on the train to London

Am on my way down to London just now.
There is a meeting of the SPUC Evangelicals committee
that I will be chairing tomorrow.
Please pray that it goes well.
God bless

Peter Smith

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Met Tab and off to London tomorrow.

Dr Lisa Nolland , on right helped me the full 3 days.


Tomorrow I am off to London for a week, escaping the Open Golf crowds at Royal Troon .
I will be at a SPUC Council meeting in Saturday.
On Monday I will be lecturing at the Redeemed Christian School of mission summer school. My topics will be pro-life , same sex and transgender issues from a Christian Perspective.

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Off to London tomorrow.

From Tuesday to Thursday I shall be having a literature table at the Metropolitan Tabernacle at their School of Theology. See :

http://www.metropolitantabernacle.org/seminary/school-of-theology/timetable

On Saturday I shall have a literature table at the Prayer for Israel conference  at Tamworth.
See :

http://www.prayer4i.org/

Please pray that I would make some good contacts.


Saturday, June 18, 2016

Preaching in Stirling , Scotland, tomorrow evening

Tomorrow I will be preaching in the United Free Church of Scotland in Stirling. Because I will be away on Fathers day we had a nice dinner at my daughter's house tonight.

I got back from London yesterday and have a very sore lower back.

Please pray that I will be OK tomorrow.

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Intern training in London

Here I am with Amber and Jennifer two summer interns at SPUC. I gave them a briefing on what I do at the UN and SPUC Evangelicals.  They are both undergraduates from South Wales. We will have other interns starting work with us shortly.

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Supper with the mayor

Fishing Saturday

Caught one bass this morning then was rained out.

Fishing Friday in Tennessee , USA

Brian's boat with Charles looking on at 1000 acre lake at Huntington , Tennessee.
Charles on the left was my Gillie , Brian up front of boat was the skipper.
It was 92F or  34C so I needed some shade.
We caught 18 crappies , 3 bass , 3 bream and one catfish.

On Thursday I spoke at a men's Bible study in Jackson Tennessee , there were about 15 present.
Tonight I am having supper with the mayor of Jackson and his wife.
Tomorrow evening I will be speaking to another group of people about the UN.

Monday, May 30, 2016

Graffiti- Yesterday.

Pastor Taylor Field and his wife Susan get an award for 30 years  service in this church. I have worshipped here for the past 21 years , when I am in New York lobbying at the UN . See :   http://graffitichurch.org/about/

I attend a rather conservative baptist Church in Scotland. This church in Manhattan is a little different in practice , the theology is great in both churches. This time each year they do a fundraiser for the adult ministries and the youth ministries. Its a competition and the leader of the ministry raising the least money gets a pie in the face, very American. The youth raised $1710 while the adults raised $1460. Just to be good sports the youth pastor , Patrick took a pie in the face from Taylor. They are on the left. Then Kareem got a pie in the face from his son who MCeed the auction. Kareem is the Adult director.

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

TCC accredited to UN

Here is Henk Jan Van Schothorst the Executive Director of the Transatlantic Christian Council ( TCC ) who just got his NGO accredited.  I introduced him to several delegates on this committee. Providentially one delegate was out of the room when his application came up for revue. Henk says " Glory be to God. "

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Am off to the UN tomorrow to New York

The CRE went well last week , made many new contacts.
Ray Amey from OM was with me all week. He also had
a book table giving away free books.

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Karl's story


From abuse survivor to salvation - powerful interview with new author @AylingKarlow.ly/fyXb3002peG

Please click on the link above , you may even wish to buy Karl's book.

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Preached today

Spoke today on the negative aspects of the U.N. and the E.U. 

Got a good response.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

At the Quinta

Here I am at the Quinta at another Foundations conference organised by Steve Maltz.
Will be here until Friday.

Result of last UN meeting

Commission on Population and Development
Forty-ninth session

Strengthening the demographic evidence base for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The title of this years CPD seem quite innocent. However there were the usual battles over sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights etc etc, that took up most of the negotiations.

The relevant paragraphs follow.



PP18. Recognizing also that health is a precondition for economic and social development, and aware that sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights are central to the realization of social justice and to the achievement of global, regional and national commitments for sustainable development, 

PP19. Recalling the specific challenges faced by women and girls in humanitarian settings, including an increased risk of physical and sexual violence, reduced access to essential health care services, including sexual and reproductive health, education and other social services, and recognizing the importance of high quality data collection in humanitarian settings with respect for confidentiality,

OP7. Stresses that of all the administrative data, health-related data are among the most critical to the full and effective implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the achievement of universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights and urges Member States and relevant stakeholders to strengthen health management information systems;

OP24. Urges Governments to strengthen health systems, in particular health information systems, to promote physical and mental health and well-being, and extend life expectancy for all, achieve universal health coverage and access to quality health care to ensure that no one is left behind; to accelerate the progress made to date in reducing newborn, child and maternal mortality by ending all such preventable deaths before 2030; to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education; to accelerate the pace of progress made in fighting malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis, Ebola, Zika and other communicable diseases and epidemics, including by addressing growing anti-microbial resistance and the problem of neglected diseases affecting developing countries; to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases, including behavioural, developmental and neurological disorders, which constitute a major challenge for sustainable development;


There was a very good sovereignty clause :

OP2. Also reaffirms the sovereign right of each country to implement the recommendations of the Programme of Action or other proposals in the present resolution, consistent with national laws and development priorities, with full respect for the various religious and ethical values and cultural backgrounds of its people, and in conformity with universally recognized international human rights;

The reservations of the Holy See are below:

Madame Chair,

My delegation would like to thank you, the Bureau and the Secretariat, and particularly our co-facilitators for the hard work together with delegations on the outcome document.  

My delegation is convinced that only a truly human-centered approach to development can function as the authentic starting point for policy on population and development. Through its vast global network of institutions, the Holy See is committed to serving the poorest and most vulnerable among us and to achieving the integral human development of all. This includes physical, social, and spiritual development – focusing on the most essential factors for development, including: quality and affordable education and health care, access to food and nutrition, water and sanitation, the rights of migrants, as well as policies that support the family as the fundamental and most basic contributors of this development.

While we recognize the importance of strong demographic evidence in the achievement of these ends and in the achievement of the 2030 Agenda, we regret that the vast majority of our discussions as well as the resulting resolution adopted with this original purpose, did not focus on demographic evidence but rather on a number of controversial issues and selected rights instead of the real development priorities consistently elaborated by the majority of delegations present.

In this regard, the Holy See, in conformity with its nature and particular mission, wishes to express its position on some of the concepts used therein:

1.                 Regarding the terms “sexual and reproductive health”, “sexual and reproductive health-care services”, and "reproductive rights”, the Holy See considers these terms as applying to a holistic concept of health. These terms embrace, each in their own way, the person in the entirety of his or her personality, mind and body. They should also be understood to foster the achievement of personal maturity in sexuality and in the mutual love and decision-making that characterize the conjugal relationship between a man and a woman in accordance with moral norms. The Holy See does not consider abortion, access to abortion, or access to abortifacients as a dimension of these terms.

2.                 In addition, the Holy See reiterates its statement and reservations as set out clearly and more fully in the Report of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, and the Report of the 1995 Fourth World Conference and their respective follow-up Conferences. In particular, my delegation understands, in accordance with the ICPD 1.15, that no new rights or human rights are created, that recourse to abortion may never be considered as family planning (7.24), that abortion is a matter to be determined in accordance with national legislation (8.25).

3.                 With reference to "gender" and to related terms, the Holy See understands these terms to be grounded in the biological sexual identity and difference that is male or female.

4.                 With respect to “education” or “information” on “sexuality”, or the collection of data from children, youth and adolescents in this regard, the Holy See reiterates the “primary responsibility” and the "prior rights" of parents, including their right to religious freedom, when it comes to the education, protection and upbringing of their children, as enshrined, inter alia, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In that sense, the Holy See wishes to underline the centrality of the family, “the natural and fundamental group unit of society,” as well as the role and rights and duties of parents to educate their children.

In this regard, the Holy See requests that its reservations on paragraphs PP 18, 19 and OP 7 and 24 to be formally entered into the record of this meeting.

Thank you Madam Chair

I agree with the statement of the Holy See as seen above. I must be the greatest Evangelical admirer of the Holy See in the world.




Friday, April 15, 2016

Nigeria

Right to Left , Amb Sarki , me , Phillip Anderson , Prof. Collett , students
The whole gang.

Yesterday we had a great meeting with Amb. Sarki from Nigeria , in Nigeria House. He was very generous in giving the students from St Thomas University a whole hour of his time.
Negotiations went on until 9pm last night. Today there will be a chairman's text. 

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Sexual Rights Data Base

Yesterday I attended a side event where a sexual rights data base was released. This effort was done by some Canadian NGOs. The side event was sponsored by Canada and the Netherlands.

There is no agreement at the UN on Sexual Rights. This term does not appear in any negotiated documents from the General Assembly.

See :

http://sexualrightsdatabase.org/#page/welcome


Indonesian briefing of students from St. Thomas School of law

Mr Masni Eriza from Mission of Indonesia with students and Prof Collett second from left at back.


Comment by Prof. Teresa Collett
Students from the University of St. Thomas School of Law (MN) and the master’s degree program in Catholic Studies attended the 49th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development. Their participation as representatives of various prolife NGOs is part of the requirements for the International Law and Catholic Social Thought course offered by the university.  The course was developed as part of curricular initiative for the Pro-life Center at the University of St. Thomas.  Prior to attending the UN meeting students study international law regarding human rights and the creation of binding legal obligations through treaties and customary international law. The role of the UN in world affairs is explored as are the teachings of the Catholic Church on human rights and the international community.  St. Thomas students have often subsequently served as interns to the Permanent Observer of the Holy See (the Vatican where they act as staff to the members of the mission and perform responsibilities such as monitoring the actions of U.N. bodies and representing the Holy See in various meetings.

University of St. Thomas students 
 


Monday, April 11, 2016

At the UN

Am at the moment at the Commission on Population & Development, please pray that we would have a positive effect on the outcome document this week.

Thursday, March 31, 2016

A summary of the last CSW by my colleague Patrick Buckley from Ireland



The 60th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women took place at UN headquarters in New York  from March 14th to March 24th finishing around 11.00PM on Holy Thursday. There has always been bias against pro-life and pro-family NGO’s at the UN however this year’s session contained a new and pernicious level of bias, not previously experienced by pro-life and pro-family NGO’s. 

This new level of bias first showed it ugly head in the preparations for the session when the pro-life and family NGO’s applied for parallel events and were told that only one event would be allowed per organization and then were either refused outright or given slots on the most unsuitable dates and times. Contrast that with the slots, times, dates and numbers of events given to pro-abortion organizations many of which were given multiple slots for their parallel events, together with more appropriate dates and times. Radical Feminist organizations such as the Asian-Pacific resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) for example were given approval for three events  -  March 15, 2:30 pm, March 21, 10:30 am, March 21 4:30 pm, while the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) were given 6 events – March 16  8:30 am, March 16 12:30 pm, March 17 6:15 pm, March 21 10:30 am, March 21 4:30 pm, March 24 2:30 pm. 
Second the  CSW approved NGO committee issued a publication for NGO’s condemning what they describe as negativity and yes, you have guessed it, negativity consists of the pro-life and family agenda. The following is and extract from the publication,  'NGOs and Women’s Human Rights Activists at the UN and CSW', which on page 23 sets out some of the so called negative trends that in the view of the committee have impeded their progress:
 
• Narrowing the concept of gender to only refer to women and men
• Dissent between pro-life and pro-choice groups
• Opposition to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, in particular sexual rights
• Opposition to “sexual orientation and gender identity” or (SOGI)
• Opposition to “diverse forms of families”
• Opposition to Comprehensive Sexuality Education.

Thirdly and perhaps more serious than the other problems was that a new level of inflexibility entered into the inter governmental negotiations and despite strong representations from many pro-life NGO’s the CSW outcome document, Women’s Empowerment and the Link to Sustainable Development, (Draft) Agreed Conclusions, contains language aimed at increasing access to contraception and abortion and teaching children inappropriate so called comprehensive sexuality education. The health paragraph also includes a reference to controversial sexual rights.
 

Final wording at CSW on Health

Many thanks to all who prayer for us last week , the document was not so good , but could have been much worse.


Final wording of the health paragraph.

  ensure the promotion and protection of the human rights of all women and their sexual and reproductive health, and reproductive rights in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, the Beijing Platform for Action and the  outcome  documents  of  their  review  conferences,  including  through  the  development  and enforcement of policies and legal frameworks and the strengthening of health systems that make universally accessible and available quality comprehensive sexual and reproductive health-care services,  commodities,  information  and  education,  including,  inter  alia,  safe  and  effective methods  of  modern  contraception,  emergency  contraception,  prevention  programmes  for adolescent  pregnancy,  maternal  health  care  such  as  skilled  birth  attendance  and  emergency obstetric  care  which  will  reduce  obstetric  fistula  and  other  complications  of  pregnancy  and delivery,  safe  abortion  where  such  services  are  permitted  by  national  law,  and  prevention  and treatment of reproductive tract infections, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and reproductive cancers, recognizing that human rights include the right to have control over and decide freely and  responsibly  on  matters  related  to  their  sexuality,  in  accordance  with  national  laws  and context,  including  sexual  and  reproductive  health,  free  from  coercion,  discrimination  and violence;

 
Comment on Health para:

Bad
 1. Too much mention of rights , wrongs should never become rights.

2. New term – comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services.

3. Mentions of Cairo and Beijing conference was to programme of action , should have been to the Report , as this includes reservations

4. In a roundabout way promotes comprehensive sexuality education , lessons in sexual immorality and depravity.
 

Good.
1.     Rights  referenced to Cairo with protective wording on abortion – national law and not a right.

2.     No mention of Sexual & reproductive health & rights

3.     Mention of obstetric fistula , etc.

 

 

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Below is the link to our side event last week.

http://webtv.un.org/watch/best-practices-for-maternal-health-care-in-africa-csw60-side-event/4807036245001

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Negotiations ongoing at UN


Last night we were at the UN until midnight. There will be long negotiations today and to at least Thursday. Please pray for a good out come.

Friday, March 18, 2016

Press release from Yesterday's side event at the UN.

Statement of Campaign Life Coalition, Real Women of Canada
 and the Society for the Protection of Unborn Child in anticipation of the event
 “Best Practices for Maternal Health Care in Africa”
 March 17, 2016, UN Headquarters Conference Rome 1, New York

 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 830 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. 99 percent of maternal deaths take place in the developing world. The majority of these deaths occur in Africa.

 The high number of maternal deaths in developing countries, resulting from complications during and following pregnancy and childbirth, suggests that the real issues are lack of basic health care and skilled birth attendants.

 If the international community is serious about meeting the 2030 agenda goal of reducing maternal and child mortality (SDG Targets 3.1 and 3.2), women in the developing world must be given access to the same basic standard of care that has been available to women in the developed world for decades.

 The antithesis of helping mothers and their children is the practice of abortion. Ending the lives of babies before they are born is not infant healthcare. Rather than a solution, abortion diverts money and attention from the real needs of women and legalizing and expanding access to abortion will not improve maternal health. Evidence shows countries with restrictive abortion laws, like Sri Lanka, Chile and Ireland, often have the lowest maternal mortality rates

 For far too long, various western nations have been promoting abortion to the developing world as a form of foreign aid and as a ‘solution’ to reducing maternal mortality. It is never necessary deliberately to kill a baby in order to save the life of a mother. Our organizations join many UN Member States in opposing abortion as an abuse of authentic health care, or as a so-called strategy for reducing maternal, newborn and child mortality rates in Africa and around the world.

Promoting maternal health should never involve eliminating motherhood. Genuine maternal health includes obstetric care for all mothers to facilitate their children being born alive. Methods like abortion and abortifacient forms of contraception that end the lives of children before birth are a contradiction of genuine maternal health care.

 Targets 3.1 and 3.2 of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, focused on reducing maternal, newborn and child mortality, should not be used to reduce the number of mothers, newborns and children through the promotion of abortion, sterilization or contraception. The truth is that women are dying during childbirth mainly because of infections caused by unsanitary conditions or because they didn’t have access to basic health care or clean water.

To meet the 2030 agenda and create a healthy and sustainable future for generations to come in Africa, the international community must prioritize the health of mothers and children in foreign aid. This means committing finances and health care resources to ensure that the life of every African mother and her children is treated with the same care and respect as the lives of each of us here at the 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.

 In conclusion, every dollar spent on abortion, sterilization and contraception is a dollar denied to the provision of the real necessities of life and genuine health care: nutrition, clean water, medicine, and safe deliveries. Pregnancy is not a disease, sickness or illness. The solution to reducing maternal mortality is rooted in eliminating the causes of these deaths, not in eliminating the child..

My team at CSW

Myself , Ana Reyes , Austin Cherry & LeAnn Walters
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Holy See Side Event-Best Practice for Maternal Health Care in Africa.


L to R :Uju Ekeocha , Archbishop Auza, Dr. Robert Walley & Maria Madise

The Holy See held a side event yesterday at the UN along with Real Women of Canada , Campaign Life Coalition & SPUC.  There was a very good turn out in Conf. room 1 , as you can see from the above photo. The Nuncio introduced , and chaired the event , very well. Dr Wally spoke very movingly about his work in Kenya providing life saving treatment to women having babies. Then Uju gave an excellent presentation on why African women reject abortion. Maria Madise spoke on how there is NO right to abortion in UN documents.

There was a very small group of pro-aborts in the room led by Ms Mette Gjerskov from Denmark. She was very upset by Uju's comment on the developed nations trying to impose a new colonialism on Africa by trying to push legalized abortion upon them. The vast majority of African nations and there women reject abortion and treasure their children. You might like to post a tweet to Ms Gjerskov at @MetteGjerskov or facebook at https://www.facebook.com/mettegjerskov/?fref=ts

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Side event at UN tomorrow

Tomorrow at 4.45pm in New York , or 8.45pm GMT we are having a side event.

You can watch this at :


http://webtv.un.org/