Report of the China UNFPA Independent Assessment Team
Summary of Findings and Recommendations
The following is from a May 29, 2002, report to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on the findings of a State Department team of experts sent to China to investigate any possible participation by the United Nations Fund for Population Assistance (UNFPA) in coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization practices. We have just completed an intensive 14-day visit (May 13_26) to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]. Prior to our trip, we met in Washington with inter alia Members of Congress and/or their staff, Madame Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director of the UNFPA, U.S. Government officials and representatives of the Population…
