InterPride, the International Organization of Pride Organizers, strongly condemns the November 16, 2010 vote taken by the United Nations General Assembly to remove a reference to sexual orientation from a resolution on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.
The resolution urges member states to protect the right to life of all people and calls on them to investigate killings based on discriminatory grounds. For the past 10 years, the resolution has included sexual orientation in a list of discriminatory grounds on which killings are often based.
This negative, reactionary decision panders to those member states that routinely violate the fundamental human rights of their citizens. It directly contravenes the Right to Life, the cornerstone of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, by essentially giving the green light to the state-sanctioned annihilation of an entire and extremely vulnerable population group.
InterPride is the international association of over 170 organizations that produce Pride Events around the world. Our member organizations are dedicated to producing Pride events for the global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex (LGBTI) community.
