U.S-Backed Nondiscrimination Statement Fails | News | Advocate.com
Of course… For once the US is backing the right ideology but other in the international community fail to get on board. South Africa and the Vatican are notable dissenters.
Yet the US backing this one is a change of tune. Thank the goddess that Bush is gone and that Barack is on board with these issues.
A version of an international statement condemning violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation backed by the United States failed to win approval this week by participating nations of the Durban Review Conference.
The purpose of the conference, to be held in April in Geneva, is to review the progress and implementation of the Durban Declaration established in 2001 at the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance.
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