Wednesday, December 22, 2010 12:33 AM

Full breakdown here madikazemi.blogspot.com/.../...n-fresh-united.html

47 nations in total went in a positive direction. This is a quarter of the UN membership.

* One third of African countries changed their vote positively, including Rwanda and Angola voting yes.
* Almost the whole of the Caribbean changed their vote positively, including Jamaica.

In the debate the most moving contribution was from the Rwandan delegate who said that a group does not need to be "legally defined" to be targeted for massacres and referenced his countries experience. "We can't continue to hide our heads in the sand" he said."These people have a right to life."

paul canning

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 1:24 AM

God bless America...leader of the free world.

ron

Thursday, December 23, 2010 11:53 AM

GENDER IDENTITY NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RESOLUTION

“We are very happy for the outcome of this vote,” said Gloria Careaga and Renato Sabbadini, ILGA co-Secretaries General, “as it restores the original inclusive language of the resolution on extra-judicial executions and acknowledges that indeed many people around the world are killed every year because of their sexual orientation. We also know that many people are killed because of their gender identity or expression and we believe that the language of the resolution should refer to this as well – a proposal to be taken in consideration in the future by all UN Members which voted in favour of today's amendment.”

NW