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Discussions of LGBT rights at the United Nations have mainly centered on resolutions in the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) regarding the topic. Since its founding in 1945, the United Nations had not discussed LGBT rights (regarding equality regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity) until December 2008, when a Dutch/French-initiated, European Union-backed statement supporting LGBT rights was presented to the General Assembly. The statement, originally intended to be adopted as resolution, prompted an Arab League-backed statement opposing it. Both statements remain open for signature, and neither of them has been officially adopted by the General Assembly. On June 17, 2011, South Africa initiated a resolution in the UNHRC requesting that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights draft a report detailing the situation of LGBT citizens worldwide to follow up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.〔(Human Rights Council Resolution, 17th session )〕 The resolution passed 23 to 19, with the three abstentions being Burkina Faso, China, and Zambia. It was the first such resolution and was hailed as "historic". The report, which came out in December 2011, documented violations of the rights of LGBT people, including hate crimes, criminalization of homosexuality, and discrimination. High Commissioner Navi Pillay called for equitable ages of consent; comprehensive laws against discrimination based on sexual orientation; prompt investigation and recording of hate crime incidents; the repeal of laws criminalizing homosexuality; and other measures to ensure the protection of LGBT rights. The text of the report from the UNHRC is dated on 17 November 2011.〔(Discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, A.HRC/19/41 )〕 Separately, it was announced in July 2014 that the United Nations (as an employer) would extend equal benefits to its employees who have entered into same-sex unions in jurisdictions where they are legal. ==Background== Same-sex relationships are currently illegal in 76 countries and punishable by death in seven.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2010.pdf )〕 In the 1980s, early United Nations reports on the HIV/AIDS pandemic made some reference to homosexuality, and the 1986 Human Freedom Index did include a specific question, in judging the human rights record of each nation, with regards to the existence of criminal laws against homosexuality. In its 1994 decision in ''Toonen v. Australia'', the UNHRC—which is responsible for the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)—declared that laws discriminating based on sexual orientation are in violation of human rights law. In 2003, a number of predominantly European countries put forward the Brazilian Resolution at the UNHRC, stating the intention that lesbian and gay rights be considered as fundamental as the rights of all human beings. In 2006, with the effort of its founder, Louis George Tin, International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) launched a worldwide campaign to end the criminalisation of same-sex relationships. The campaign was supported by dozens of international public figures, including Nobel laureates, academics, clergy, and celebrities. In 2008, the 34 member countries of the Organization of American States unanimously approved a declaration affirming that human rights protections extend to sexual orientation and gender identity.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LGBT rights at the United Nations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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