VOLUME 5, NUMBER 11 - OCTOBER 20, 2000

The United Nations Millennium Declaration

Consider the following final paragraph of that Declaration:

"32. We solemnly reaffirm, on this historic occasion, that the United Nations is the indispensable common house of the entire human family, through which we will seek to realize our universal aspirations for peace, cooperation and development. We, therefore, pledge our unstinting support for these common objectives, and our determination to achieve them."

One could hardly draft a statement more filled with human pride. Nowhere in the Declaration do we find a call upon the God of the universe for His aid and guidance in "our" undertakings.

Shall we take a look at some of those undertakings?

"4. We are determined to establish a just and lasting peace all over the world in accordance with the purposes and principles of the [U.N.] Charter..."

This has of course been a goal of mankind since our beginnings, and we have fought many wars to try to bring peace. The Christian knows that we will never have peace on this earth until the Prince of Peace returns and establishes His kingdom. The Devil's lie is that we can do it ourselves.

"3. ...while globalization offers great opportunities, at present its benefits are very unevenly shared... efforts must include policies and measures, at the global level, which correspond to the needs of developing countries and economies in transition..."

Here we see a major doctrine of the United Nations which, in essence, calls for the equality of results for all peoples. To better understand this doctrine imagine, if you can, a global "affirmative action" plan. This doctrine is further stated:

"6. ...Equality. No individual and no nation must be denied the opportunity to benefit from development. The equal rights and opportunities of women and men must be assured.

In commenting about one nation preparing to ratify the Protocol on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Ms. Gastaut (Spokeswoman for the Co-Chairs of the Summit) said that if that Protocol enters into force it will allow individuals to file charges of non-compliance directly with the U.N. committee that monitors compliance with the Convention. This would totally by-pass local and national laws.

"6. Solidarity. Global challenges must be managed in a way that distributes the costs and burdens fairly in accordance with basic principles of equity and social justice. Those who suffer or who benefit least deserve help from those who benefit most."

At first read, the above quote might seem to be simply a statement of compassion for the poor and downtrodden, but when read in light of other U.N. documents (such as Agenda 21) it takes on a whole new meaning. When viewed in the context of the U.N.'s socialist agendas, phrases like these mean that the industrialized nations of the world (those with the high standards of living and the high consumption patterns) are going to have to be downsized so that the poorer nations can have their standards of living raised (take from the haves and give to the have-nots).

Based on the U.N.'s premise that there is a limited supply of wealth in the world, a few nations cannot be allowed to wallow in the luxury of that wealth while the many are suffering deprivation, hunger and even starvation. It [the U.N.] has set itself up as the great equalizer, and once it has the power (through global taxation, an international court system and a standing U.N. army) it will use that power to enforce its edicts on nations like the United States, Great Britain, Canada, etc.

"6. ...Tolerance. Human beings must respect one another, in all their diversity of belief, culture and language...."

Again, on the surface this may seem to be an innocuous enough statement, but when viewed in light of other U.N. documents one realizes that the absolutes of the Christian, Hebrew and Moslem faiths will be totally incompatible with the form of tolerance being advocated. Other faiths are not to be simply tolerated but must be affirmed as having equal value with one's own. No true Christian, honest Jew or believing Muslim can accept this. Just as they cannot accept murder as a legitimate means of birth control nor homosexuality as a legitimate lifestyle.

"6. ...Respect for nature. Prudence must be shown in the management of all living species and natural resources, in accordance with the precepts of sustainable development. ...The current unsustainable patterns of production and consumption must be changed ..."

The key to understanding this quote is in understanding what is meant by the term "sustainable development." We might think that the standard of living we have attained in America is a sustainable standard of living. The U.N. does not. The phrase "the current unsustainable patterns of production and consumption" is aimed directly at nations like America. And if one delves deeply into U.N. writings one comes away with the understanding that "respect for nature" is synonymous with "worship of nature."

"6. ...Shared responsibility. Responsibility for managing worldwide economic and social development, as well as threats to international peace and security, must be shared among the nations of the world and should be exercised multilaterally. As the most universal and most representative organization in the world, the United Nations must play the central role."

If the United Nations must play the central role who do you think will be making the rules?

"8. We will spare no effort to free our peoples from the scourge of war, whether within or between States,..."

Heretofore war within states was considered an internal matter that was exempt from U.N. interference. Clinton's NATO assault on Kosovo has changed that.

"9. We resolve therefore:

"To make the United Nations more effective in maintaining peace and security by giving it the resources and tools it needs for conflict prevention, peaceful resolution of disputes, peacekeeping, post-conflict peace-building and reconstruction...."

The tools it needs are, of course, funding (an international tax), a legal basis for action (the World Court and the International Criminal Court) and a standing army (the proposed--by our Congress no less--Rapid Deployment Strike Force.

"9. ...To ensure the implementation, by States Parties, of treaties in areas such as arms control and disarmament and of international humanitarian law and human rights law, and call upon all States to consider signing and ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Did you notice the call for arms control and disarmament? This would not apply to just military disarmament but would require the disarmament of the citizenry. And once again we see the push for the ICC (International Criminal Court), which could make you a criminal subject to U.N. justice if you should choose to use corporal punishment to discipline your child, or should refuse to allow your child free association with (let's just say pedophiles for example), since the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child opposes corporal punishment and grants children the right of free association.

"11. We will spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty, to which more than a billion of them are currently subjected. We are committed to making the right to development a reality for everyone and to freeing the entire human race from want."

We stand corrected. This statement does illustrate the epitome of human pride slightly better than the earlier quote. We would just like to offer another quote in response to this one: "For ye have the poor always with you;" (Matthew 26:11)

"12. We resolve therefore to create an environment - at the national and global levels alike - which is conducive to development and to the elimination of poverty."

A little more of the same arrogance.

"13. Success in meeting these objectives depends, inter alia, on good governance within each country. It also depends on good governance at the international level and on transparency in the financial, monetary and trading systems. We are committed to an open, equitable, rule-based, predictable and non-discriminatory multilateral trading and financial system."

We hope you recognize that such a trading and financial system is anything but a free market. It would require total control (and even then could never work for any long period of time).

"21. We must spare no effort to free all of humanity, and above all our children and grandchildren, from the threat of living on a planet irredeemably spoilt by human activities...

Parents are responsible to God for their children. This new system calls for the parent to acknowledge that the state has a responsibility for the children, partnering the state with the parent and leaving God out of the equation. We are already seeing some of the results of such partnering in places like Columbine High School. When the state replaces God as the sustainer, the master is no longer a loving master but soon becomes a tyrant.

"22. We reaffirm our support for the principles of sustainable development, including those set out in Agenda 21...

"23. We resolve therefore...

"To make every effort to ensure the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, preferably by the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 2002, and to embark on the required reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases."

If the Kyoto Protocol is ever adopted in the United States it will devastate our economy and reduce us to the level of some third-world country. It is first-and-foremost a means of transferring wealth from the industrialized nations to the undeveloped nations of the world...but, of course, it considers China as one of the undeveloped nations.

"To press for the full implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity..."

The goal of this would eventually set aside one-half of the land mass of the continental United States as animal preserves. Another 10% of our country would be designated buffer zones and corridors surrounding and connecting the core set-asides. The remaining 40% would be for human habitation with stringent regulations on how it could be used. Welcome to the United Nations' idea of what their brave new world is all about.

"25. We resolve therefore:

• To respect fully and uphold the Universal Declaration of Human Rights."

We have discussed this before, but Article 29 contains the crux of the matter..."Article 29, Section (3): These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations."

"29. We will spare no effort to make the United Nations a more effective instrument for pursuing all of these priorities: the fight for development for all the peoples of the world, the fight against poverty, ignorance and disease; the fight against injustice; the fight against violence, terror and crime; and the fight against the degradation and destruction of our common home.

"30. We resolve therefore:

"To strengthen further cooperation between the United Nations and national parliaments through their world organization, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, in various fields, including peace and security, economic and social development, international law and human rights and democracy and gender issues."

Most people have never heard of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) and are totally unaware of its existence. It is "the world organization of parliaments of sovereign states. It was founded in 1889. The IPU supports the efforts of the United Nations, whose objectives it shares, and works in close co-operation with it. Over a hundred national parliaments are currently members of the IPU. Three international parliamentary assemblies are Associate Members." The United States, which does not have a parliamentary form of government, is also a member. We may publish more information on this organization in a later newsletter or in one of our other publications.

"31. We request the General Assembly to review on a regular basis the progress made in implementing the provisions of this Declaration, and ask the Secretary-General to issue periodic reports for consideration by the General Assembly and as a basis for further action."

We have attempted to cover the major portions of the U.N. Millennium Summit Declaration in this newsletter. It was, of course, impossible to even print the entire Declaration (which may be accessed from the U.N.'s web site: www.un.org) much less comment on all its provisions. We have also tried to point out that a proper understanding of the positions made in this Declaration requires considerable knowledge of other U.N. documents.

The uninitiated will likely read most of this Declaration as a simple affirmation of the world's desire for peace and security and will not understand the cost at which such security must be purchased.