Taming the Serpent at the Un

REAL Women, a non-government organization (NGO), has attended every UN World Conference -- some five of them since 1994 and countless preliminary committee (Prep Coms) and Commissions on the Status of Women meetings in New York.

These meetings have been a struggle for us, both financially and emotionally. Despite the difficulty, we felt we must attend because the future of not only Canada, but each country of the globe is at stake.

UN policies are like a coiled serpent, ready to strike at the throat of a nation's cultural and religious values, and its very foundation -- the traditional family, bringing them crashing down to a cruel death. The anti-life, anti-family serpent at the UN is determined to triumph as it holds the world prone to be swallowed up and digested.

Its efforts have been all too successful. We relentlessly dodge and strike back but, to date, we have only caused it to withdraw temporarily. It will return to attack again and again.

REAL Women is not alone in this terrible battle. Other NGOs from around the world have heard the hiss of the serpent and have hastened to join the fight. International Right to Life, Human Life International, Eagle Forum, Campaign Life from North America, Society for the Protection of Unborn Children and Christian Act Research and Education from Britain, Alianza para la Familia from Latin America, Mouvement Mondieu des Meres from France to name but a few, stand united in this world-shaking struggle.

One of the strongest contingents of all NGOs, however, has come from the Church of the Latter Day Saints in Utah, with their organization, NGO Family Voice. The church has grasped the terrible truth of what is going on at the UN and has sent into battle some of its strongest and most able warriors, educated, disciplined lawyers, political scientists, teachers, housewives and students. All have shown exemplary dedication and devotion to duty. For example, one of its women lawyers has just spent five treacherous weeks in New York at the UN, away from her family and employment, attending the many sessions this spring: the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the Commission on Social Development and Cairo+5.

Another lawyer who teaches at the Law Faculty at Brigham Young University spent 5 difficult weeks in Rome last summer attending the UN Session on the International Criminal Court, using his training and discipline for the benefit of all present.

The Catholic Church has Observer Status at the UN and its delegation, called the Holy See, has also served as a steady, dedicated conscience at the UN, constantly reminding them of God's eternal truths and of the dignity and worth of each human life. Its presence and dedication infuriates the serpent, but the delegation does not yield.

The delegations from the Muslim world remain resolute under intense and grim pressure from the western world placed on them at the UN. The sacred principles of these delegations are denigrated and ridiculed by the "progressive" all-knowing western countries, yet these delegations hold their heads high and refuse to bend.

Through all of this terrible business, however, something positive is taking place at the UN. The NGOs from around the world, speaking many languages and representing many faiths, together with the Christian and Muslim delegations and observers, work together in perfect harmony -- understanding and trusting one another implicitly. It is truly a miracle which gives us the assurance that we are not alone and abandoned in our struggle against the UN serpent.

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