We have friends, too, besides the Holy See, and that includes the Russians. And after we did apply, we were blocked for six months by Israel, Turkey and Belgium. We were advised years ago by the apostolic nuncio, then-Archbishop Renato Martino, not even to try for accreditation because he suspected we would be blocked, because of our Friday Fax and the fact that we have gone hammer and tongs after U.N. This designation can be difficult to get, and some organizations have been deferred. You first applied for this status last year. You can make speeches at negotiating sessions and submit your own reports into the U.N. system.įirst and foremost, it gives us access to the buildings and to the negotiations where NGOs are allowed. It means my organization has been accepted into the U.N. Is your new status more than a formality? This is a little offensive to my “small d” democratic principles. They don’t need special approval or a badge. In the U.S., anyone can go to their state capitol or Congress and knock on the door of their representative. Here is the thing about this kind of status: I have been offended that you need the U.N.’s approval to get a redress of your grievance. Last year, I wore the badge of the Alliance Defending Freedom and this year the badge of the Family Research Council. 5, the Vatican issued a statement that defended its efforts to address the global scourge of clergy abuse. The committee not only accused the Vatican of putting its institutional reputation ahead of the safety of children, it also criticized Church teaching on homosexuality for stigmatizing people with same-sex attraction and attacked Catholic doctrine that bans direct abortion and contraception. Committee on the Rights of the Child had strongly criticized the Holy See for its response to the clergy sexual abuse of minors also made headlines. From the beginning, its mission has been to “monitor and affect the social-policy debate at the United Nations and other major international institutions,” dedicated towards “re-establishing a proper understanding of international law, protecting national sovereignty and the dignity of the human person.” social-policy negotiation since it was founded in 1997. Austin Ruse is the president of the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), which recently won “special consultative status” from the United Nations as a non-governmental organization (NGO).Ĭ-FAM has participated in every major U.N.
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