"Sexual orientation" dropped.New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- After a heated debate in April 2003, the UN Human Rights Commission dropped discussion of a resolution to add "sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. " to the UN's definition of discrimination. Brazil, Canada and 18 other nations had sponsored a resolution calling on member states to "promote and protect the human rights of all persons regardless of their sexual orientation." Five Islamic countries opposed it. The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. remained neutral, bringing it criticism from both sides of the debate. The Commission concluded its 59th session at the end of April by voting to postpone consideration of the draft resolution until its 60th session. Needless to say, homosexual activists reacted with outrage at this setback. The resolution was heavily promoted by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is an international organisation addressing human rights violations against lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV/AIDS. , which said that it will be back with a vengeance next year. Several groups blamed the Muslim countries, the United States, and the Vatican for the outcome. Amnesty International Amnesty International (AI,) human-rights organization founded in 1961 by Englishman Peter Benenson; it campaigns internationally against the detention of prisoners of conscience, for the fair trial of political prisoners, to abolish the death penalty and torture of declared that "some governments continue to invoke cultural and religious justifications, as well as ill-informed misinterpretations of international law" to deny lesbians, gays, and others their basic rights. Douglas Sylva syl·va n. Variant of silva. Noun 1. sylva - the forest trees growing in a country or region silva timberland, woodland, forest, timber - land that is covered with trees and shrubs , director of research at the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute in New York, noted, "This issue never goes away"--saying that this was the first time the gay rights advocates had managed to place the issue on the UN human rights agenda, and that they should be expected to spend the year campaigning very hard for it to pass when it comes up again. If it passes, the resolution could be used to promote homosexual "marriage", new hate crimes legislation, restrictions on freedom of religion and speech, and, as Jane Adolphe, a Canadian who teaches international law at Ave Maria Ave Maria (ä`vā märē`ä) [Lat.,=hail, Mary], prayer to the Virgin Mary universal among Roman Catholics, also called the Ave, the Hail Mary, and the Angelic Salutation. Law School in Michigan, said, "it opens the door for further attacks on the Catholic Church". The official Canadian representative on the Rights Commission pontificated that the Brazilian resolution "sets out important goals and principles for all States to follow." |
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