Gay rights resolution withdrawn at the UN
The Brazilian government, bowing to economic and political pressure from the Islamic world, yesterday withdrew its effort to protect the civil rights of gays and lesbians. Brazil had introduced a resolution before the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Commission to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation. Diplomats in Geneva and New York said there was no way the resolution, which calls on governments to protect citizens' human rights "regardless of their sexual orientation," would pass in the commission.
Washington Times
Washington Times
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