By Yoe Suarez, Lifenews.
There is momentum within the pro-life and pro-family movement in high-level international politics — as I noted in an article regarding the reorganization of conservative forces in high-level politics during last month’s United Nations General Assembly.
This month, Colombia has rejoined the Geneva Consensus Declaration, from which the government of former leftist guerrilla Gustavo Petro had withdrawn the country in 2022.
On October 8, the Foreign Ministry announced the signing of the accession agreement, which took place at the headquarters of Colombia’s Mission to the Organization of American States (OAS), led by Ambassador Alejandro Ordóñez Maldonado.
The United States currently holds the Secretariat of the Declaration, having taken over the role from Hungary.
In its statement, the South American nation’s Foreign Ministry emphasized that the Declaration “reaffirms that there is no international right to abortion, nor any international obligation for States to fund or facilitate it.”
Colombia had previously joined the declaration in May 2022 under the presidency of Iván Duque, with Ordóñez also serving as ambassador to the OAS. Petro withdrew the country from the coalition on August 22 of that same year — just two weeks after taking office — according to the Spanish newspaper Evangélico Digital.
The Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family was launched in 2020 at the initiative of the United States. It was signed on October 22 of that year, with culturally diverse nations such as Brazil, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, and Uganda serving as regional co-founders.
The signatories undertake four commitments: to improve the health of women and girls; to affirm that there is no international right to abortion; to strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society; and to defend each nation’s sovereignty in setting its own health policy.