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U.N. promotes culture of death.


Colombo Colombo (kəlŭm`bō), largest city (1995 est. pop. 750,000) and former capital of Sri Lanka, a port on the Indian Ocean near the mouth of the Kelani River. The original Sinhalese name, Kalantotta ("Kelani ferry"), was corrupted to Kolambu by Arab traders and was changed to Colombo by the Portuguese. -- As in India and the Philippines, the U.N. promotes the reduction of population through anti-life measures. A bill to implement the objectives of the U.N. agency "Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women" The U.N. in session (CEDAW CEDAW - Component Explosives Damage Assessment Workbook (reference for blast effects software modeling)
CEDAW - Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (United Nations)
) came before the Sri Lankan parliament in November 2005. In the name of women's rights, CEDAW pressures governments to institute mandatory sex education, to provide birth control drugs and devices--even to children--and to allow unrestricted access to abortion.
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Title Annotation:Sri Lanka
Publication:Catholic Insight
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:9SRIL
Date:Feb 1, 2006
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