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To this end, we have identified numerous LGBTQ individuals who are, or have been, active participants at the UN.  These include member-country Ambassadors, activists, Goodwill Ambassadors, experts on HIV/AIDS issues, and more.  They hail from New Zealand, Brazil, Finland, Great Britain, China, Syria, Canada, the United States, Romania, Thailand, Israel, Australia, the Philippines, Spain, Sweden, and Mexico.  Read their fascinating biographies below:
 
To this end, we have identified numerous LGBTQ individuals who are, or have been, active participants at the UN.  These include member-country Ambassadors, activists, Goodwill Ambassadors, experts on HIV/AIDS issues, and more.  They hail from New Zealand, Brazil, Finland, Great Britain, China, Syria, Canada, the United States, Romania, Thailand, Israel, Australia, the Philippines, Spain, Sweden, and Mexico.  Read their fascinating biographies below:
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'''Australia'''
  
 
* [[Peter Aggleton]], Australia
 
* [[Peter Aggleton]], Australia
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* [[Sverker Astrom]], Sweden
 
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* [[Kajsa Bergqvist]], Sweden
 
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* [[Jerome Bonnafont]], Spain
 
 
* [[Neil Brown]], Australia
 
* [[Neil Brown]], Australia
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* [[Chris Carter]], New Zealand
 
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* [[Adrian Relu Coman]], Romania
 
 
* [[John Dauth]], Australia
 
* [[John Dauth]], Australia
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* [[Ronan Farrow]], United States
 
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* [[Richard Grenell]], United States
 
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* [[Pekka Haavisto]], Finland
 
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* [[James Hormel]], United States
 
 
* [[Michael Kirby]], Australia
 
* [[Michael Kirby]], Australia
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* [[Jack Lohman]], Great Britain
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* [[Victor Madrigal-Borloz]], Costa Rica
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'''Brazil'''
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* [[Craig McClure]], Canada
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* [[Daniela Mercury]], Brazil
 
* [[Daniela Mercury]], Brazil
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'''Canada'''
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* [[Craig McClure]], Canada
 
* [[Jeronimo de Miguel]], Canada
 
* [[Jeronimo de Miguel]], Canada
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* [[Vitit Muntabhorn]], Thailand
 
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* [[Subhi Nahas]], Syria
 
 
* [[Dara Parker]], Canada
 
* [[Dara Parker]], Canada
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'''China'''
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* [[Xiaogang Wei]], China
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'''Costa Rica'''
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* [[Victor Madrigal-Borloz]], Costa Rica
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'''Finland'''
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* [[Pekka Haavisto]], Finland
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* [[Jorma Uotinen]], Finland
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'''Great Britain
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* [[Jack Lohman]], Great Britain
 
* [[Lisa Power]], Great Britain
 
* [[Lisa Power]], Great Britain
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* [[Danton Remoto]], Philippines
 
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* [[Ion de la Riva]], Spain
 
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* [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], United States
 
 
* [[Sir Wilfred Thesiger]], Great Britain
 
* [[Sir Wilfred Thesiger]], Great Britain
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* [[Jorma Uotinen]], Finland
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'''Israel'''
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* [[Isi Yanouka]], Israel
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'''Mexico'''
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* [[Enoe Uranga]], Mexico
 
* [[Enoe Uranga]], Mexico
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'''New Zealand'''
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* [[Chris Carter]], New Zealand
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'''Philippines'''
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* [[Danton Remoto]], Philippines
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'''Romania'''
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* [[Adrian Relu Coman]], Romania
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'''Spain'''
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* [[Jerome Bonnafont]], Spain
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* [[Ion de la Riva]], Spain
 
* [[Jesus Vasquez]], Spain
 
* [[Jesus Vasquez]], Spain
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'''Sweden'''
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* [[Sverker Astrom]], Sweden
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* [[Kajsa Bergqvist]], Sweden
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'''Syria'''
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* [[Subhi Nahas]], Syria
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'''Thailand'''
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* [[Vitit Muntabhorn]], Thailand
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'''The Netherlands'''
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* [[Gerda Verberg]], The Netherlands
 
* [[Gerda Verberg]], The Netherlands
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* [[Xiaogang Wei]], China
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* [[Isi Yanouka]], Israel
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'''United States'''
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* [[Siddarth Dube]], United States
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* [[Ronan Farrow]], United States
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* [[Richard Grenell]], United States
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* [[James Hormel]], United States
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* [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], United States
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 14:55, 4 January 2019

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The United Nations (UN) is a global inter-governmental organization whose express purpose is to foster and promote international co-operation. As such, it is an important institution for the LGBTQ community and its push for both the recognition and adoption of human rights. Indeed, promoting human rights is in the charter of the organization, as is fostering social development.

UN treaties, signed by all member states, are a means to state and globally enforce any human rights pertaining to LGBTQ issues. The UN also sets the standards on human rights that are expected of its 193 member countries. Thus, the organization represents the principle means to get collective international support for the issues facing the community.

Free and Equal, a project of the UN Human Rights Office, is the organization's global education program for LGBTQ equality. The program's logo is shown above left. The objective of Free and Equal is to engage people in conversation to promote the fair treatment of the LGBTQ community around the world and to generate support for measures to protect its rights.

Several concrete measures have been taken by the UN to support this mission:

  • The first UN report on human rights of LGBTQ people was prepared in 2011;
  • Several resolutions in support of equal rights for the LGBTQ community passed in 2011 and 2014 by the Human Rights council;
  • This was followed by several resolutions passed by the General Assembly on issues such as preventing the loss of life based on sexual orientation, fair judicial treatment of LGBTQ individuals, and so on;
  • The first ever UN Security Council meeting focussed on LGBTQ rights and the persecution of LGBTQ individuals was held in August 2015;
  • Appointed a UN Independent Expert to address violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (including LGBTQ) around the world in 2016, a move which was affirmed by the General Assembly. This position will assess the implementation of existing international human rights law, identify best practices and gaps, raise awareness of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and engage in dialogue and consultation with countries and other stakeholders. The position will also facilitate provision of advisory services, technical assistance, capacity-building, and cooperation to help address violence and discrimination on these grounds.

In this context, it is also imperative that members of the LGBTQ community are present and active within the organization. Having openly gay individuals in this legislative assembly ensures both a visible contribution to the inclusion of LGBTQ human rights in the discussion, and a greater assurance that these rights will be respected.

To this end, we have identified numerous LGBTQ individuals who are, or have been, active participants at the UN. These include member-country Ambassadors, activists, Goodwill Ambassadors, experts on HIV/AIDS issues, and more. They hail from New Zealand, Brazil, Finland, Great Britain, China, Syria, Canada, the United States, Romania, Thailand, Israel, Australia, the Philippines, Spain, Sweden, and Mexico. Read their fascinating biographies below:

Australia

Brazil

Canada

China

Costa Rica

Finland

Great Britain

Israel

Mexico

New Zealand

Philippines

Romania

Spain

Sweden

Syria

Thailand

The Netherlands

United States

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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