United Nations
Two LGBT associations rejected. UN NGO Committee on discriminatory
trend.
LSVD, the German LGBT federation and ILGA-Europe's applications to
obtain observer status at the United Nations were rejected last week
at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)'s Committee on
Non-governmental organizations.
"It is sad that an august body such as the NGO Committee would be the
source of discrimination against LGBT people. The rejection of LSVD and
ILGA-Europe this May, following the rejection in January of Danish
Association LBL and the International Lesbian and Gay Association,
clearly demonstrates the homophobia of many States sitting at the
NGO Committee" says Rosanna Flamer Caldera, Co-Secretary General of ILGA.
"This sadly coincides with the second commemoration of the International
Day Against Homophobia, May 17"...
read on
http://www.ilga.org/news_results.asp?LanguageID=1&FileID=799&FileCategory=1
The ILGA office
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