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25 May 2012
President Mugabe: homosexuality will ‘lead to extinction’ 79 President Robert Mugabe has spoken out once more against homosexuality, saying it will kill off the human race, and does not belong in Zimbabwe.
25 April 2012
Hillary Clinton: In Asia and Africa gay rights is a ‘totally foreign concept’ 30 Echoing her landmark speech to the United Nations, to an audience at Syracuse University, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said that many foreign leaders in Africa and Asia consider gay rights and indeed womens' rights to be a "totally foreign concept."
14 February 2012
Libya: UN delegate says gays ‘affect continuation of humanity’ 35 Gays threaten the continuation of the human race, Libya's UN delegate has reportedly told the organisation's Human Rights Council in the country's first appearance since Gaddafi was overthrown.
29 January 2012
UN secretary general: African governments must respect gay rights 36 The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has told African leaders that they must respect gay rights in an unusually outspoken declaration made at an African Union summit in Ethiopia.
26 July 2011
International Gay and Lesbian Association finally wins UN accreditation 11 The International Gay and Lesbian Association (ILGA) has finally won United Nations accreditation.
17 June 2011
Hillary Clinton: UN resolution on LGBT people is a ‘historic moment’ 97 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has hailed the passing of a UN resolution calling for the recognition of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) people as a "historic moment."
3 June 2011
This weekend marks 30th anniversary of first HIV cases but ignorance is growing, say National AIDS Trust 83 This Sunday 5 June marks 30 years since the first cases of HIV.
21 December 2010
UN votes to reinstate resolution condemning execution of gays 26 The United Nations General Assembly has voted to restore a reference to sexual orientation in a resolution opposing the unjustified killings of minority groups.
14 December 2009
UN officials says Uganda may lose AIDS research centre 5 Uganda may lose the chance to host a major AIDS research institution if its parliament passes a bill against homosexuality, a United Nations official has said.

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