U.S. and EU Bully Smaller States at UN Commission

The U.S. and the 27-member European Union are among the most powerful entities in the world. At the just concluded Commission on the Status of Women, they used that power to advance a radical agenda and to bully smaller states and lie about them, too. It was a shameful display these past weeks by powerful countries bitterly angry they could not get their radical way. The leftist media went along with their lies, too. Shameful.

Against these powerful countries, that jointly fund close to 70% of the UN budget, there stood a group of smaller and less powerful countries that blocked the most extreme elements of EU social policy. While they could not block the entire EU agenda, because of the obvious power imbalance, they spoke up in negotiations when it mattered most.

“Everyone has the right to life,” said a Nicaraguan delegate. The right to life, she added is “fundamental, inalienable, and begins from the moment of conception.” No country has been more consistently pro-life when it matters most than Nicaragua.

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