resolution on sexual and gender violence at the UN Genaral Assembly

Hillary Clinton and new proposal for a Security Council Resolution on LGBT rights.


Hillary Clinton received the Four Freedoms Award from the Roosevelt Foundation.
On September 11 (yes) she gave her acceptance speech. She announced a Security Council Resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity!
You can find the full speech here:

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/09/129164.htm


This is the passage about LGBT:


These are crimes against humanity. They don’t just harm a single individual, or a single family, or village or group. They shred the fabric that weaves us together as human beings. This criminal outrage against women must be stopped. And we are going to – your government is going to be providing more funding for medical care and counseling and security and legal support to prevent and respond to the Congo’s epidemic of gender-based violence. (Applause.)
But we also must condemn violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity. (Applause.) In country after country after country, young men and women are persecuted, are singled out, even murdered in cold blood, because of who they love or just based on claims that they are gay. We are starting to track violence against the LGBT community, because where it happens anywhere in the world, the United States must speak out against it and work for its end. (Applause.) Through our annual human rights report, we are documenting human rights abuses against LGBT communities worldwide. And we are seeking out partners at the United Nations such as Brazil, France, Sweden and the Netherlands to help us address these human rights abuses.

We will be pushing for passage of a Security Council resolution on sexual and gender violence at the UN General Assembly, and we hoping many other nations will join this cause.

(starting from 8th paragraph from the bottom)

ochieng brian

chairman

bisexual movement uganda