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U.S. Funding for the UN Population Fund

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2002

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1 For the original provision, see Pub. L. No. 99-88,99 Stat. 293, 323 (1985). Whereas the “Kemp-Kasten amendment” was targeted specifically at the UN Population Fund, in 1984 the Reagan administration also established a policy—known as the “Mexico City policy”—prohibiting the United States from financing any nongovernmental organization that provided or promoted abortions abroad, regardless of its source of funds for those specific activities. U.S. Policy Statement at the United Nations International Conference on Population, 2d Sess., Mexico City (Aug 6-13, 1984), reprinted in 10 Population & Dev. Rev. (1985). Although President Clinton revoked this policy, it was reinstated by President George W. Bush on his first day in office. Memorandum on Restoration of the Mexico City Policy, 37 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 216 (Jan. 22, 2001); see Mexico City Policy: Effects of Restrictions on International Family Planning Funding: Hearing Before the Senate Foreign Relations Comm., 107 th Cong. (2001).

2 Nowels, Larry, Population Assistance and Family Planning Programs: Issues for Congress, Issue Brief No. IB 96026, at 8-9 Google Scholar (Congressional Research Service, Feb. 21, 2001), at <http://www.cnie.org/NLE/CRSReports/general/gen-7.pdf>.

3 See Eilperin, Juliet, Family Planning Funds Put on Hold, Wash. Post. Jan. 12, 2002, at A2 Google Scholar; U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release on Selection of U.S. Assessment Team to Visit China (May 1, 2002), at <http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2002/9887.htm>.

4 U.S. Dep’t of State, Report of the China UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Independent Assessment Team (May 29, 2002), at <http://www.state.gov/g/prm/rls/rpt/2002/12122.htm>.

5 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release on U.S. State Department, FY 2002 Funding for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) (July 22, 2002), at <http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2002/12035.htm>.

6 U.S. Dep’t of State, Analysis of Determination That Kemp-Kasten Amendment Precludes Further Funding to UNFPA Under Pub. L. 107-115 (July 18, 2002), at <http://vvww.state.gov/g/prm/rls/other/12128.htm>.

7 Statement by Thoraya A. Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund, on U.S. Funding Decision (July 22, 2002), at <http://www.unfpa.org/about/ed/2002/usfunddecision.htm>.