http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid68878.asp 12/20/08-12/22/08 U.S. Rejects U.N.’s Gay Rights Statement, Cites “Don’t Ask” A joint statement addressing homophobia and LGBT rights for the first time at the United Nations was tabled Thursday, without the backing of the United States. “We urge states to take all the necessary measures, in particular legislative or administrative, to ensure that sexual orientation or gender identity may under no circumstances be the basis for criminal penalties, in particular executions, arrests or detention,” the draft document read. The unprecedented gay rights declaration was proposed by the French and read by Argentinean ambassador Jorge Arguello. The nonbinding statement is…

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http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=6496273 Gay Rights Activists Upset By U.S. Refusal to Sign UN Measure U.S. Only Major Western Nation Not to Sign Measure on Decriminalizing Homosexuality By DAVID CRARY Dec. 19, 2008— Alone among major Western nations, the United States has refused to sign a declaration presented Thursday at the United Nations calling for worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality. In all, 66 of the U.N.’s 192 member countries signed the nonbinding declaration — which backers called a historic step to push the General Assembly to deal more forthrightly with any-gay discrimination. More than 70 U.N. members outlaw homosexuality, and in several of them…

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http://washingtontimes.com/weblogs/kralev-diplomacy/2008/Dec/19/gays-republicans-and-a-un-resolution/ Gays, Republicans and a UN Resolution December 19 2008 7:15 PM BY NICHOLAS KRALEV Gay Republicans are furious at the Bush administration for opposing a non-binding U.N. resolution calling for the decriminalization of homosexuality around the world, alongside such abusers of human rights as Syria and Saudi Arabia. The document was introduced in the U.N. General Assembly by France and the Netherlands and so far has been backed by 66 of the 192 members of the United Nations. It urges countries “to take all the necessary measures, in particular legislative or administrative, to ensure that sexual orientation or gender…

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http://newsmax.com/kessler/Richard_Grenell_at_un/2008/08/11/119512.html U.S. Spokesman at the U.N. Makes His Mark Monday, August 11, 2008 2:35 PM By: Ronald Kessler In February 2006, both The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times ran editorials saying that John Bolton, America’s ambassador to the United Nations, was right to reject sham proposals to reform the United Nations Human Rights Commission. Noting that some of the world’s most abusive regimes hold seats on it, the Times called the commission “disgraceful.” The paper even applauded Bolton’s refusal to go along with a “shameful charade” to make cosmetic changes in the commission. The New York Times…

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/opinion/26sun2.html?scp=1&sq=John+Bolton+%2C+Kofi+Annan%2C+Human+Rights+Council&st=nyt