Tag: Samantha Power
60 LGBTIQ Activists, 27 Countries, 5 Days of Activism
OutRight Action International kicks off the global week of advocacy, where 60 LGBTIQ activists from 27 countries from every region of the world has come to participate in the organisation’s 5th annual United Nations Advocacy Week.
Muslim states block LGBT groups from UN General Assembly
A group of 51 Muslim states has blocked 11 LGBT organisations from attending a high-level meeting at the UN next month on ending AIDS, sparking a protest by the US, Canada and the EU.
In A Historic First, U.N. Security Council Convenes to Discuss LGBT Rights
HRC hailed the leadership of U.S Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power and her Chilean counterpart Ambassador Cristian Barros Melet for holding the first ever U.N. Security Council meeting on LGBT rights later today. Open to all U.N. member states, the gathering will focus on the appalling abuse and violence being perpetrated against LGBT people in areas in which ISIS exerts control.
Forbes issues official apology to President Higgins for ‘homosexual’ claim
A top international business magazine has apologised to President Michael D Higgins for publishing a story on its website in which it claimed he was an “acknowledged homosexual.”