France and the Netherlands were presented Thursday in New York, UN a call for universal decriminalization of homosexuality. The text is based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Rama Yade, Secretary of State for Human Rights, and Maxime Verhagen, Dutch Foreign Minister, are the instigators of that statement, but these have received support from only 66 out of 192 countries listed, including the entire European Union. The statement was meant to historical divides, therefore, already the United Nations. One third of the country planet, as the U.S. took no position. The text makes reference to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is celebrating sixty years. It reaffirms the "principle of non-discrimination requires that Human rights applies equally to every human being regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity."
Indeed, the situation of homosexuals or transgender people in some countries is really worrying. People are stoned, hanged, beheaded or tortured solely because of their sexual orientation. Homosexuality is banned in 77 countries and punishable by death penalty in six nations (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sudan and Yemen). In Switzerland, homosexuality was finally decriminalized in 1942.
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