UN Rejects The Accreditation Of A Gay And Lesbian Activist Group
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UN has rejected giving accreditation to a Gay and Lesbian activist group from Quebec.
Muslim countries led the opposition to the bid by the Coalition gaie et lesbienne du Quebec (CGLQ) for "observer status" at the UN as an accredited non-governmental organization (NGO), even as they approved a conservative U.S. lobby group whose right-of-centre platform includes backing the war in Iraq.
Egypt, Guinea, Pakistan, Qatar and Sudan led the demand for a vote on whether to admit the gay and lesbian group, while Burundi, China and Russia also voted no.The group did however get support from Britain, Colombia, Israel, Peru, Romania.
Muslim countries led the opposition to the bid by the Coalition gaie et lesbienne du Quebec (CGLQ) for "observer status" at the UN as an accredited non-governmental organization (NGO), even as they approved a conservative U.S. lobby group whose right-of-centre platform includes backing the war in Iraq.
Egypt, Guinea, Pakistan, Qatar and Sudan led the demand for a vote on whether to admit the gay and lesbian group, while Burundi, China and Russia also voted no.The group did however get support from Britain, Colombia, Israel, Peru, Romania.
Surprise, surprise the United States abstained. Wow, what a progressive nation. Angola, India and Turkey also abstained.
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"The delegate from Egypt told me they don't have a gay problem in his country because there are no gays there," said Yvan Lapointe, executive director of the Quebec group.
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