In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, French President François Hollande urged the UN to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Homosexuality is currently illegal in 76 countries and punishable by death in eight, including Iran, Mauritania, Sudan, Saudia Arabia and Yemen.
Hollande said that France must lead the UN’s fight for “fundamental [human] freedoms, which is not merely its fight but its honour.” Gay Star News reports:
“All members countries have the obligation to guarantee the security of their citizens, and if one nation does adhere to this obligation, it is then for us, the United Nations, to engage it with the necessary means, to put it in its place.“These are the issues that France will lead and defend in the United Nations. I say this with gravity, when there is paralysis, inertion, inaction, then injustice and intolerance can find their place.“What I want this assembly to understand, is that we need to react, to take our responsibility … always react for sake of the people, together, this is the message of France.”
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