The Trump administration issued a number of revisions to the UNICEF executive committee on Friday in an unanticipated shift that would have successfully removed trans ideology and the UN’s children’s agency’s so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion plans.  ,
Even though the modifications failed to pass, they demonstrated that the Trump administration intends to struggle on all sides, regardless of the U.N. They even represented a significant change, just a few weeks ago when Joe Biden was still in office as president of the United States, when U.S. officials took the opposite place on behalf of the Trump administration.
These state program documents, according to the U.S. representative, contain terms and ideas that advance harmful gender ideology in defiance of natural reality, both of which are in conflict with U.S. policies.
The United States “rejects any efforts by UNICEF to promote for development in nations,” he continued.
” It is U. S. plan to identify two sexes, male and female, and not to encourage female ideology”, the rep said. It is mainly unsettling that this terminology is being used in UNICEF programming files. Kids should be kept safe from this harmful ideology and its potential effects.
The U.S. member argued that DEI programs were in violation of federal law that made it illegal to discriminate of any kind in the United States. ” Diversity, capital, participation, and mobility programs violate the words and soul of our laws by replacing hard work, merit, and equality with a controversial and dangerous preferred hierarchy”. He continued,” We may stop focusing on political and cultural factors that are deeply unhappy abroad and at the border,” quoteing U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Given the rapid turn under the fresh U. S. leadership and lack of political preparation, the U. S. had only the assistance of Nigeria and Oman. Twenty-one places voted against the U. S. modifications. The remaining nations did not cast a ballot or abstained.  ,
When the proposed revisions failed, the U.S. minister demanded a voting against ratifying all Charity state programs that had been discussed. ” The United States cannot accept state plan documents that contain language and ideas that conflict with U.S. policies as stated in new professional orders, especially when those ideas threaten the organization’s core purpose.”
Western countries reacted in horror and lashed out against U. S. officials. Germany, speaking on behalf of some EU countries, along with the United Kingdom, Canada, and most other European countries, called on UNICEF to dismiss the U. S. government’s demands and maintain promoting trans philosophy and DEI. This was the first time the UNICEF board did not unanimously approve country programs, according to Switzerland.  , Norway, speaking on behalf of Nordic countries, criticized the U. S. for introducing the amendments because they contained “terms and concepts that are not defined and not previously used in U. N. language, such as ‘ gender ideology’ and ‘ biological reality.'”
How quickly the Trump administration acted at what is an obscure meeting is shocking and satisfying to conservative observers of the multilateral negotiations. While UNICEF is one of the major U. N. agencies and the U. S. is the agency’s No. In the case of the$ 1 funder, executive board meetings typically go unobserved and unremarked upon.
Trump’s apprehension about announcing this action highlights how well prepared his transition team has been. This was nothing less than a surgical strike, which suggests an aggressive UN administration. It is obvious that the new administration has a skilled use for it.  ,
Starting in a few weeks, the Commission on the Status of Women will be the first commission season at the UN. What the Trump administration does during one of the most contentious negotiations of the year will be interesting to watch.  ,
Stefano Gennarini is vice president for legal studies at C-Fam ( Center for Family &, Human Rights ), a New York and Washington, D. C. based research institute in Special Consultative Status with the U. N. Economic and Social Committee.  , Iulia-Elena Cazan is C-Fam’s associate director of U. N. government relations.
