REALity   Volume XXX V Issue No. 8 August

Un Seeks to Free Itself from Accountability

At present, the UN is funded by voluntary contributions, mostly from Western governments. These countries can pull their funding from the UN at any time if they object to any actions by the UN.  This has occurred a number of times in the past – especially with the agency UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).  To offset this problem, the UN has recommended that it be funded instead by way of a global tax.  This would be a tax on all international financial transactions, such as the fees paid on plane tickets, currency exchanges, and other financial transactions.  This would bring trillions of dollars into the UN and provide it with an independent source of revenue which would allow it to impose its own radical agenda on abortion, homosexual marriage and adoption, etc. on the world, without fear of financial reprisal.  A global tax, therefore, would free the scandal prone UN from accountability to its member states.

Two pro-family organizations, Center for Family & Human Rights (C-Fam) and LifeNews.com have created a global petition to stop this global tax. The petition currently has 23,000 names.  Please go to www.c-fam.org/stop-un-global-tax to sign the petition and then send this note to all your friends and family!

If you do not have access to a computer, please telephone/fax our National Office for a copy of it. When completed, send it to the C-Fam office in New York –

Center for Family and Human Rights
805 3rd Avenue, Suite 1440
New York, NY 10022


Appointment of a New UN Secretary-General

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will retire on December 31st, 2016.  The Secretary-General under the UN Charter is supposed to serve an administrative role at the UN.  Instead, Ban Ki-moon is an activist who acts more like the president of the UN.  He has served as a mouthpiece for the Western countries that are financially supporting the UN.  Without the authority of the 193-member General Assembly, Ban Ki-moon has endlessly promoted abortion and homosexuality as demanded by Western countries.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

The appointment of a Secretary-General has always been a secretive affair. However, for the first time in the 70 year history of the UN, members of the General Assembly have demanded and obtained a more open process, allowing public hearings on the candidates for the position.

Currently, there are eight candidates (four men and four women) running, but more are expected to put their names forward. The public discussion with the eight candidates has been, in some cases, disturbing. 

For example:

  • Former, New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark, who now heads the UN Development Program, is a candidate. During her interview, Ms Clark stated that abortion, women’s rights and sexual orientation were huge issues for her, on which she would break “the glass ceiling” if she were appointed Secretary-General.
  • Candidate Ms Vesna Pusić, former Prime Minister of Croatia, stated that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights “need to be protected”. Incidentally, it was the Canadian delegation that raised this issue with her. The Canadian delegation stated: “Can we count on you to champion the UN Declaration of Human Rights on Sexual Orientation, even when it makes member states uncomfortable?” The UN Declaration of Human Rights does not even mention sexual orientation! This apparently doesn’t stop Canada from pushing the agenda, regardless of the actual wording and intent of the Declaration.
  • Irina Bokova from Bulgaria, currently Director-General of UNESCO, was asked: “How will peacekeepers be held accountable who sexually abuse the people they are tasked with protecting?” Ms Bokova responded: “The UN has a ‘sound system through internal oversight services’ and whistleblowers have proven it functions.” This is highly inaccurate, as UNESCO has been plagued by fraud, scandal, corruption and mismanagement. We can only believe this will apply to the entire UN if Ms. Bokova is appointed Secretary-General.

It is important that the next Secretary-General enjoy the broadest possible support among UN members. However, the approval of the next Secretary-General lies with the five members of the Security Council – the US, UK, Russia, France and China – which have veto power over the appointment. No doubt, these five countries will find the interviews of the candidates enlightening.