Naciones Unidas gasta 389 Mill.$ anuales para reducir la fertilidad de los países pobres. Paradójicamente, los donantes son sobre todo países ricos con tasas de fertilidad bajísimos y tasas de aborto altísimos.

 

A report just issued by UNFPA to its executive board shows that the top

ten donor nations to the organization are largely white, have fertility

rates well below replacement level, have some of the highest contraceptive

prevalence rates in the world and also have the most liberal abortion laws

in the world.

 

     The combined donations from these countries, including the Netherlands,

Sweden, Norway, United Kingdom, Japan, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Canada and

Switzerland, make up 85.6% of UNFPA’s total $389 million revenue from

contributions.

 

     With the exception of Japan, each of the top UNFPA donor countries has

contraceptive prevalence rates well above 70%. The average fertility rate

for the top ten donor countries is 1.59. None of the top UNFPA donor

countries comes close to achieving a replacement-level fertility rate.

 

     While UNFPA refuses to release detailed reports on its program

contributions, development experts point out that UNFPA spends most of its

donors’ money in the largely non-white countries in the global south. «The

fact is that UNFPA and its white donor countries are targeting poor black

and brown countries for fertility reduction,» one UN-development expert told

the Friday Fax.

 

Curiosamente, esta cultura de la muerte se basa en dos ideas falsas: la superpoblación es fuente de pobreza (la evidencia científica indica que hay recursos sobrados y espacio para una población al menos 10 veces superior a la actual : el problema no es si hay, sino cómo se reparte), y que los ratios de crecimiento no son sostenibles (más de la mitad de la población mundial ya vive en países que no alcanzan las tasas de natalidad de “sustitución”).

 

In a 2005 UN survey of the world’s population policies, a closer look

at the top UNFPA donor countries reveals that all of them are currently

experiencing a demographic decline. Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom,

Finland and Canada all cited the growing aging population and dwindling size

of the working population as a «major concern». Japan, Finland, Canada and

Switzerland acknowledged that fertility was «too low» in their countries and

were in the process of pursuing policies to raise the fertility level.

 

     The demographic decline of the top UNFPA donor countries is becoming a

subject of increasing importance as global fertility rates continue to drop.

According to demographic and population experts, approximately half of the

world’s population already live in sub-replacement countries. Population

experts, such as Phillip Longman, cite the close connection between economic

growth and population. Longman’s recent book, «The Empty Cradle: How Falling

Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity and What to Do About It» details the

dangers of population decline for global prosperity.

 

 

 

EEUU y algunos países están empezando a reducir y replantear su financiación de este programa de Naciones Unidas, que incluye políticas indignas como la de una familia-un hijo, en China.

 

UNFPA funding continues to be a hot-button issue for the US government.

Since 2002, the Bush administration has withheld its annual $34 million

contribution from UNFPA because of the organization’s involvement in China’s

oppressive one-child policy. Known as the Kemp-Kasten amendment, US law

prohibits taxpayer dollars from supporting international organizations which

support coercive abortion practices or involuntary sterilization.

 

 

In May, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D – NY) and Rep. Michael Honda (D –

Calif.) co-sponsored a bill which would reinstate the $34 million

contribution to UNFPA, but with funds earmarked for the UNFPA’s «Ending

Fistula» campaign.

 

     UNFPA encourages countries to submit multi-year pledges to assure a

steady flow of funds. As of June 1, 2007, $417 million had been pledged, but

only $45 million for 2008. Few countries have committed funds beyond next

year.

 

Información fuente: Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute).

Autor: Equipo COF Virgen de Olaz