UN favors homosexual agenda.

The United Nations Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual Employees (UNGLOBE) sponsored a meeting of homosexuals at UN headquarters during the first week of August. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appeared briefly at the well-attended gathering and Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of UNICEF, sent a supporting message.

In its report about the meeting, the UN-monitoring Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute noted that self-professed homosexual Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.) announced plans to seek trade sanctions against U.S. trading partners that oppose UN human rights measures for homosexuals.

During a panel discussion, Paula Ettrick, executive director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), discussed the coming "showdown with religion," especially targeting Pope John Paul II's statement condemning homosexual marriage. Princeton University professor Anthony Appiah suggested limiting religious freedom because of the numerous anti-homosexual religious groups. Canadian parliament member Svend Robinson criticized Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary for his defense of traditional marriage.

The panel registered support for a resolution seeking to expand the UN's definition of discrimination to include discrimination based on sexual orientation.

An IGLHRC flier distributed at the meeting listed as targets measures against "sodomy, age of consent and other sex act laws, laws on prostitution, laws penalizing those wearing clothing of the opposite sex, obscenity/pornography laws, denial of marriage to same sex partners, denial of marriage to trans[gender] people, laws on parenting/adoption [by homosexuals]."