UN Reversal: No Executions for Sexual Orientation
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Following weeks of intense lobbying by gay activists and the United States, member states of the United Nations voted Tuesday evening to restore "sexual orientation" to a resolution that condemns extrajudicial killings.The assembly voted 93 in favor of the United States' proposal to restore the previous language, with 55 countries against and 27 abstaining. The assembly then approved the amended resolution with 122 in favor, zero votes against, and 59 abstentions.
"Today, the United Nations General Assembly has sent a clear and resounding message that justice and human rights apply to all individuals regardless of their sexual orientation," said Susan E. Rice, the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, in a statement following the vote.
The reference to sexual orientation has been included in the biennial resolution on extrajudicial, summary, and arbitrary killings since 1999. Last month, following the introduction of an amendment from Benin on behalf of the African countries at a meeting of the Third Committee, which deals with human rights issues, the language was deleted and replaced with a more general reference to “discriminatory reasons on any basis.” The committee, which includes all 192 member states of the United Nations, approved the amendment by a vote of 79-70, with 17 abstentions, and the resolution without specific reference to sexual orientation passed by a vote of 165-0, with 10 abstentions, including the United States.
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