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FRIDAY FAX

July 9, 2004
Volume 7, Number 29

Vatican's Role at UN Unanimously Endorsed by General Assembly

   In a development that is sure to distress pro-abortion groups such as
"Catholics" for a Free Choice (CFFC), the General Assembly (GA) of the
United Nations last week decided unanimously to confirm and expand the
status of the Vatican at the United Nations. CFFC and its allies,
including International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and Marie
Stopes International, have been engaged in a multi-year campaign to have
the Vatican ousted from the UN, a campaign that now seems dead and buried.

   The GA document adopted last week was the first major clarification of
the prerogatives of the Vatican as a "permanent observer state," which has
held this status at the UN since 1964. Not only did the General Assembly
endorse the long-standing role of the Vatican, it decided to grant it new
privileges, "in order to enable the Holy See to participate in a more
constructive way in the Assembly's activities," according to a UN press
release.

   Perhaps most importantly, the Holy See will now possess the right to
participate in the general debate of the GA, the right to circulate
documents and the right to reply in debates. One diplomat told the Friday
Fax that the Holy See's status could now be likened to a "full member
state, just without the vote."

   According to Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See's Permanent
Observer to the UN, the Holy See sought this enhanced Observer status so
that it could remain neutral, asserting that, "We have no vote because
this is our choice." At the same time, Archbishop Migliore emphasized that
the decision "is a fundamental step that does not close any path for the
future. The Holy See has the requirements defined by the UN statute to be
a member state and, if in the future it wished to be so, this resolution
would not impede it from requesting it."

   No country dissented to the GA decision. The GA President Julian Robert
Hunte, Saint Lucia's Minister for External Affairs, took a personal
interest in the Holy See's draft resolution, and introduced the document
to the GA as his own text, which represents a highly unusual show of
support.

   After the decision, Archbishop Migliore proclaimed that it "marked an
important step forward, and reflects the lofty values and collective
interests shared by the Holy See and the United Nations. We are committed
to the same objectives that necessitate the protection of fundamental
human rights, the preservation of the dignity and worth of the human
person and the promotion of the common good." He concluded that he looked
forward to "an ordered international community built upon the strong
edifice of law - a law not of whim and caprice but of principles stemming
from the very universality of human nature."

   The GA decision appears to represent a significant fundraising setback
for CFFC. CFFC president Frances Kissling, who usually seeks out the media
spotlight, has yet to comment publicly on the decision. The "See Change
Campaign" for the Vatican's removal, however, remains prominently
displayed on the CFFC website.
 

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