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	Yet Another Deadline Passes, Still No Report NSAC December 22, 2011 http://nationalsurvivoradvocatescoalition.wordpress.com/editorials/ Today is the first day of Winter. We call this to your attention not because we think you might have missed it as you go about your Christmas preparations but because the Vatican made a self announced pledge earlier this year that it would submit its 14 year overdue report to the United Nations on the protection and rights of children in the Autumn. As of today, Autumn of 2011 is history and the report is still awaited. The U. N. Committee on the Rights of the Child mandates reporting every five years, beginning with the initial report in 1997, by all of the governments that are signatories to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Vatican, which is the only religion to have a permanent observer at the UN, is a signatory to this Convention. Perhaps the Vatican believes, and with good reason, that no formal report is really necessary since all that one needs to do is read the newspapers and watch and listen to the broadcast news to see how the Vatican is complying with its international obligations regarding the protection and rights of children. One might be inclined to think that the near nigh celebration of the birth of the Christ Child might have nudged the protection and rights of children to a higher notch in the minds of Vatican officials. Among our readers, as well as throughout the country and the world, there are differences in critical thought about the value, use, effectiveness and, of course, the financing of the United Nations. But this isn’t about judgment of the United Nations. This is about how the Catholic Church keeps its promises. — Kristine Ward, Chair, National Survivor Advocates Coalition (NSAC) — Contact: 937-272-0308/ KristineWard@hotmail.com
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