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Eugene

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Wed Dec 14, 2016, 06:15 PM Dec 2016

Russia blocks United Nations tribute to Ban Ki-moon for promoting LGBT rights

Source: Reuters

Russia blocks United Nations tribute to Ban Ki-moon for promoting LGBT rights

Reuters at the United Nations
Wednesday 14 December 2016 18.54 GMT

Russia has prevented the United Nations security council from thanking outgoing secretary general Ban Ki-moon specifically for promoting gay rights during his decade in office, diplomats said.

The 15-member council met to pay tribute to Ban, who will step down later this month. Being gay is a crime in at least 73 countries, the UN has said, and the issue of gay rights consistently sparks heated debate at the United Nations.

The United States and other members had wanted a council statement to read: “It is thanks to you, Mr Secretary-General, that women, young people, and the LGBT community have been heard and assisted, and today their voices sound louder and stronger in this headquarters and around the world.”

However, Russia objected, diplomats said. The 15-member council instead agreed to a statement that said because of Ban’s human rights promotion “the most vulnerable or marginalised have been increasingly heard and assisted by the United Nations”.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/14/russia-blocks-tribute-ban-ki-moon-lgbt-rights
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Russia blocks United Nations tribute to Ban Ki-moon for promoting LGBT rights (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2016 OP
Evil. Dawson Leery Dec 2016 #1
russian culture is rabidly anti gay. perhaps even as bad as germans were to jews nt msongs Dec 2016 #2
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