Donor-conceived and surrogate-born people heard for the first time at the UN during the 30th Anniversary Convention on the Rights of the Child Tuesday, November 19, 2019 was an historic day for the United Nations as well as people created via donor conception and surrogacy. It was the 30th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (the most widely adopted human rights treaty in history). At a conference celebrating this event, in the Palais De Nations, Geneva, It was also the first time that a large international group of donor-conceived or surrogacy-born people had the chance to speak about their lived experience at the United Nations. By sharing their personal stories, they highlighted the consequences of ignoring the voices of those most affected by these practices—the people born as a result of the use of donor eggs, sperm or embryos, and/or surrogacy (third-party reproduction). They were met with a standing ovation from the audience and the panel. Most importantly it was seen that practices, both past and present, result in the deprivation of our fundamental rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child – including, but not limited to, rights conferred by Articles 7, 8 and 35. We have the right to identity, the right to family relations, and the right not to be bought or sold in any form. These are rights that signatories to the Convention—literally every country in the world—have a responsibility to protect. If you wish to express your support and stand by us in our mission to see the fundamental rights of children born as a result of third-party reproduction upheld, please sign ourpetition. https://tinyurl.com/saph53u All donor-conceived people present were there by own financial means. You can contribute to their costs by supporting them through the GoFundMe page they set up. You can still make a donation via http://tiny.cc/j4iqgz More information? https://www.donorkinderen.com/united-nations-2019

Statement 1: What if you were born via surrogacy and have known and had contact with your biological birth mother and siblings all your life? Gee Roberts Donor conceived and surrogate born person heard for the first time at the UN during the 30th Anniversary Convention on the Rights of the Child On Tuesday the 19th November something historical happened. It was for the first time that a large international group of donor conceived and a surrogacy born person took the stage and gave a presentation to talk about the implications and complications they live with. This include the deliberate deprivation of their fundamental rights. By sharing their personal stories they addressed numerous issues and complications they endure when their interests and rights aren’t been considered and their voices are being ignored. They warned that at this time the sale of the fundamental rights of donor conceived and surrogacy born people is taking place.They demanded that this stop. Governments need to hear our voices. And they need to start critically evaluate the kind of practices that commodify children by cutting and pasting their parts into families that are not their own, altering identities and relationships, separating siblings and denying them access to important information. You can fiind more information through https://www.donorkinderen.com/united-nations-2019. ​ If you want to express your support and stand by us in our fight against the fundamental injustices we suffer, let us know but also sign the petition. https://secure.avaaz.org/nl/community_petitions/All__Fundamental_humanchildrens_rights_for_donor_conceived_and_surrogacy_born_persons/details/ All donor conceived present were there by own financial means and time. You can contribute to the cost they had to make by supporting them through the Go fund me page they set up. You can still make a donation via http://tiny.cc/j4iqgz. Thank you.

Statement 2: What if you know you are donor-conceived but don’t know who your biological parent(s) or siblings are? Donor-conceived and surrogate-born people heard for the first time at the UN during the 30th Anniversary Convention on the Rights of the Child Tuesday, November 19, 2019 was an historic day for the United Nations as well as people created via donor conception and surrogacy. It was the 30th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (the most widely adopted human rights treaty in history). At a conference celebrating this event, in the Palais De Nations, Geneva, It was also the first time that a large international group of donor-conceived or surrogacy-born people had the chance to speak about their lived experience at the United Nations. By sharing their personal stories, they highlighted the consequences of ignoring the voices of those most affected by these practices—the people born as a result of the use of donor eggs, sperm or embryos, and/or surrogacy (third-party reproduction). They were met with a standing ovation from the audience and the panel. Most importantly it was seen that practices, both past and present, result in the deprivation of our fundamental rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child – including, but not limited to, rights conferred by Articles 7, 8 and 35. We have the right to identity, the right to family relations, and the right not to be bought or sold in any form. These are rights that signatories to the Convention—literally every country in the world—have a responsibility to protect. If you wish to express your support and stand by us in our mission to see the fundamental rights of children born as a result of third-party reproduction upheld, please sign ourpetition. https://tinyurl.com/saph53u All donor-conceived people present were there by own financial means. You can contribute to their costs by supporting them through the GoFundMe page they set up. You can still make a donation via http://tiny.cc/j4iqgz More information? https://www.donorkinderen.com/united-nations-2019

Donor-conceived and surrogate-born people heard for the first time at the UN during the 30th Anniversary Convention on the Rights of the Child Tuesday, November 19, 2019 was an historic day for the United Nations as well as people created via donor conception and surrogacy. It was the 30th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (the most widely adopted human rights treaty in history). At a conference celebrating this event, in the Palais De Nations, Geneva, It was also the first time that a large international group of donor-conceived or surrogacy-born people had the chance to speak about their lived experience at the United Nations. By sharing their personal stories, they highlighted the consequences of ignoring the voices of those most affected by these practices—the people born as a result of the use of donor eggs, sperm or embryos, and/or surrogacy (third-party reproduction). They were met with a standing ovation from the audience and the panel. Most importantly it was seen that practices, both past and present, result in the deprivation of our fundamental rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child – including, but not limited to, rights conferred by Articles 7, 8 and 35. We have the right to identity, the right to family relations, and the right not to be bought or sold in any form. These are rights that signatories to the Convention—literally every country in the world—have a responsibility to protect. If you wish to express your support and stand by us in our mission to see the fundamental rights of children born as a result of third-party reproduction upheld, please sign ourpetition. https://tinyurl.com/saph53u All donor-conceived people present were there by own financial means. You can contribute to their costs by supporting them through the GoFundMe page they set up. You can still make a donation via http://tiny.cc/j4iqgz More information? https://www.donorkinderen.com/united-nations-2019

Statement 4: What if you discovered you had more than dozen siblings? Donor-conceived and surrogate-born people heard for the first time at the UN during the 30th Anniversary Convention on the Rights of the Child Tuesday, November 19, 2019 was an historic day for the United Nations as well as people created via donor conception and surrogacy. It was the 30th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (the most widely adopted human rights treaty in history). At a conference celebrating this event, in the Palais De Nations, Geneva, It was also the first time that a large international group of donor-conceived or surrogacy-born people had the chance to speak about their lived experience at the United Nations. By sharing their personal stories, they highlighted the consequences of ignoring the voices of those most affected by these practices—the people born as a result of the use of donor eggs, sperm or embryos, and/or surrogacy (third-party reproduction). They were met with a standing ovation from the audience and the panel. Most importantly it was seen that practices, both past and present, result in the deprivation of our fundamental rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child – including, but not limited to, rights conferred by Articles 7, 8 and 35. We have the right to identity, the right to family relations, and the right not to be bought or sold in any form. These are rights that signatories to the Convention—literally every country in the world—have a responsibility to protect. If you wish to express your support and stand by us in our mission to see the fundamental rights of children born as a result of third-party reproduction upheld, please sign ourpetition. https://tinyurl.com/saph53u All donor-conceived people present were there by own financial means. You can contribute to their costs by supporting them through the GoFundMe page they set up. You can still make a donation via http://tiny.cc/j4iqgz More information? https://www.donorkinderen.com/united-nations-2019

Statement 5: What if your biological mother/father/sibling has a medical condition you know nothing about? Donor-conceived and surrogate-born people heard for the first time at the UN during the 30th Anniversary Convention on the Rights of the Child Tuesday, November 19, 2019 was an historic day for the United Nations as well as people created via donor conception and surrogacy. It was the 30th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (the most widely adopted human rights treaty in history). At a conference celebrating this event, in the Palais De Nations, Geneva, It was also the first time that a large international group of donor-conceived or surrogacy-born people had the chance to speak about their lived experience at the United Nations. By sharing their personal stories, they highlighted the consequences of ignoring the voices of those most affected by these practices—the people born as a result of the use of donor eggs, sperm or embryos, and/or surrogacy (third-party reproduction). They were met with a standing ovation from the audience and the panel. Most importantly it was seen that practices, both past and present, result in the deprivation of our fundamental rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child – including, but not limited to, rights conferred by Articles 7, 8 and 35. We have the right to identity, the right to family relations, and the right not to be bought or sold in any form. These are rights that signatories to the Convention—literally every country in the world—have a responsibility to protect. If you wish to express your support and stand by us in our mission to see the fundamental rights of children born as a result of third-party reproduction upheld, please sign ourpetition. https://tinyurl.com/saph53u All donor-conceived people present were there by own financial means. You can contribute to their costs by supporting them through the GoFundMe page they set up. You can still make a donation via http://tiny.cc/j4iqgz More information? https://www.donorkinderen.com/united-nations-2019

Statement 6: What if you wonder if you are related to everyone who looks like you or the person you are dating? Donor-conceived and surrogate-born people heard for the first time at the UN during the 30th Anniversary Convention on the Rights of the Child Tuesday, November 19, 2019 was an historic day for the United Nations as well as people created via donor conception and surrogacy. It was the 30th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (the most widely adopted human rights treaty in history). At a conference celebrating this event, in the Palais De Nations, Geneva, It was also the first time that a large international group of donor-conceived or surrogacy-born people had the chance to speak about their lived experience at the United Nations. By sharing their personal stories, they highlighted the consequences of ignoring the voices of those most affected by these practices—the people born as a result of the use of donor eggs, sperm or embryos, and/or surrogacy (third-party reproduction). They were met with a standing ovation from the audience and the panel. Most importantly it was seen that practices, both past and present, result in the deprivation of our fundamental rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child – including, but not limited to, rights conferred by Articles 7, 8 and 35. We have the right to identity, the right to family relations, and the right not to be bought or sold in any form. These are rights that signatories to the Convention—literally every country in the world—have a responsibility to protect. If you wish to express your support and stand by us in our mission to see the fundamental rights of children born as a result of third-party reproduction upheld, please sign ourpetition. https://tinyurl.com/saph53u All donor-conceived people present were there by own financial means. You can contribute to their costs by supporting them through the GoFundMe page they set up. You can still make a donation via http://tiny.cc/j4iqgz More information? https://www.donorkinderen.com/united-nations-2019

Statement 7: What if you felt like part of a living experiment in which your human rights don’t matter? Donor-conceived and surrogate-born people heard for the first time at the UN during the 30th Anniversary Convention on the Rights of the Child Tuesday, November 19, 2019 was an historic day for the United Nations as well as people created via donor conception and surrogacy. It was the 30th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (the most widely adopted human rights treaty in history). At a conference celebrating this event, in the Palais De Nations, Geneva, It was also the first time that a large international group of donor-conceived or surrogacy-born people had the chance to speak about their lived experience at the United Nations. By sharing their personal stories, they highlighted the consequences of ignoring the voices of those most affected by these practices—the people born as a result of the use of donor eggs, sperm or embryos, and/or surrogacy (third-party reproduction). They were met with a standing ovation from the audience and the panel. Most importantly it was seen that practices, both past and present, result in the deprivation of our fundamental rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child – including, but not limited to, rights conferred by Articles 7, 8 and 35. We have the right to identity, the right to family relations, and the right not to be bought or sold in any form. These are rights that signatories to the Convention—literally every country in the world—have a responsibility to protect. If you wish to express your support and stand by us in our mission to see the fundamental rights of children born as a result of third-party reproduction upheld, please sign ourpetition. https://tinyurl.com/saph53u All donor-conceived people present were there by own financial means. You can contribute to their costs by supporting them through the GoFundMe page they set up. You can still make a donation via http://tiny.cc/j4iqgz More information? https://www.donorkinderen.com/united-nations-2019