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Advocate.com March 07, 2012 05:17:45 PM ET
U.N. Secretary-Gen. Urges Global Gay Rights
By Michelle Garcia
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/03/07/UN_Secretary_Gen_Urges_Global_Gay_Rights/The United Nations secretary-general issued a special message to the world's LGBT population during the U.N.'s first hearing to discuss discrimination and violence against LGBT people.
Ban-Ki Moon said that many other world leaders are hesitant to talk about gay rights because it simply was not something discussed in the past. However, he said he "learned to speak out because lives are at stake, and because it is our duty, under the United Nations charter, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to protect the rights of everyone everywhere."
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'Milestone' LGBT discussion at UN Human Rights Council welcomed despite walkout
by Stephen Gray
8 March 2012, 9:55am
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/03/08/milestone-lgbt-discussion-at-un-human-rights-council-welcomed-despite-walkout/The UN Human Rights Council's panel discussion on ending discrimination and violence against people on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity has been welcomed despite a walkout by some Islamic states.
The discussion was opened yesterday by UN's Secretary General Ban-ki Moon who said attacks against gay and trans people were a "stain on our collective conscience".
