Stefano Gennarini, J.D.
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NEW YORK, November 24, 2017 (C-Fam) – Parental authority made a comeback in three UN resolutions about children this week, something thought impossible just a year ago.
There were audible gasps from the floor of the UN conference room on Monday morning as the vote tally of the UN third committee appeared on the overhead screen. The vote was close. Parental guidance in sex education unexpectedly won the day, with the United States voting in favor.
African nations orchestrated a successful volley of hostile amendments to three resolutions calling for sex education for young children. The Africans were adamant that any resolution committing states or the UN system to providing sex education should include a caveat on “appropriate direction and guidance from parents and legal guardians.”
The small island state of St. Lucia, which collaborated with the Africans, was the first to introduce an amendment. It inserted parental guidance language in sex education last Friday in a resolution on adolescents and youth, defined by the UN as beginning at 10 years of age.
“Parents and the family play an important role in guiding children,” the delegate said in the General
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