UNICEF CAUSES SCANDEL WITH HALLOWEEN BOXES

NEW YORK, NY --- "Parents would be scandalized to know UNICEF actively promotes abortion and sexual rights to children," said Anna Halpine, president of the World Youth Alliance. "On top of that, the realization of these goals and programs are largely fueled by donations obtained from children trick-or-treating for UNICEF programs each Halloween."

UNICEF was founded in 1946, Halpine pointed out, to help starving children after the destruction of World War II. Over the past couple of decades, however, UNICEF's mission of direct action and service to children in need has shifted towards a stated policy of child advocacy, or the promotion of controversial 'child rights.'   This new direction, advanced by UNICEF's current executive director, continues to deemphasize providing services to children in need, while favoring the promotion of such programs that advance sexual and reproductive rights for children. This UN-speak translates to confidential abortion services for children as young as 10 years old.

This shift in direction was emphasized in 1996 when the Vatican withdrew its symbolic contribution to UNICEF. This has not been reinstated.  At issue is UNICEF's collaboration and participation in programs that  promote and fund abortion, contraceptive use and sex education. UNICEF has moved far beyond its original purpose of protecting and defending children, to actively assisting in the destruction of millions of tiny lives.

"It's appalling that UNICEF exploits children to raise funds for the destruction of children and women in the developing world," Halpine added. "With a radical 'adolescent sexual rights' agenda, which seeks to limit parental involvement and which refuses to define the limits of these terms, UNICEF is abusing the trust which the public has placed in this supposedly child-centered organization.

"Unfortunately, with this new direction, UNICEF has totally abandoned its original mandate to provide basic health care and education services to the poorest children of the world. By participating in an aggressive campaign to promote these activities under the banner of child rights, UNICEF is discrediting the entire movement which it claims to champion."

Halpine further noted that this gives rise to particular concerns for the approaching World Summit for Children, which UNICEF will host in 2001, and which aims to present a dialogue with the nations of the world on the topic of child rights.

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