IT IS A WONDERFUL CASE of man-bites-dog, but don't expect to see this headline in any newspaper: "Bush administration's efforts to protect women through United Nations action thwarted by European Union."

Two years into Ann Veneman's tenure as head of the U.N. Children's Fund, it is clear that she is following in the footsteps of her predecessor, Carol Bellamy. Bellamy spent a decade reorienting the agency from its core mission--child survival--so that UNICEF could pursue the dual ideologies of…