[This file is in /pub/QRD/qrd/info/EVENTS/stonewall25/march.platform at vector.intercon.com, the Queer Resources Directory] [FAX/OCR by Alan Batie ] International March on the United Nations to Affirm the Human Rights of Lesbian and Gay People 208 WEST 13th STREET . NEW YORK, NY 1OO11-7799 . (212)439-1031 INTERNATIONAL MARCH ON THE UNITED NATIONS TO AFFIRM THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LESBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE JUNE 26,1994 NEW YORK CITY We call upon the United Nations, its agencies, its member states and its affiliated non-governmental organizations to take all necessary action to assure that: 1. The promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights not be denied to lesbian, gay and bisexual people; 2. The rights and freedoms of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights be fulfilled to all people, including lesbian, gay and bisexual people, without distinction of any kind, such as race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, language, age, disability, socio-economic status and national or social origin; 3. The agencies of the UN and non-governmental organizations affiliated with the UN undertake to report on violations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affecting lesbian, gay and bisexual people; 4. The promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights not be denied to people who have AIDS or are HIV positive; 5. The promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with regard to the right to health care not be denied to people with HIV/AIDS, nor to lesbian, gay and bisexual people, including those who desire to engage in reproduction; 6. The global effort to combat HIV/AIDS be intensified; 7. The member states of the UN adopt a protocol to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide to define as a crime of genocide the intended destruction of any of the targets of the Holocaust, including lesbian, gay and bisexual people, and the intentional destruction of any population group based on that group's race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, language, age, disability, socio-economic status and national or social origin; 8. The agencies of the UN not deny non-governmental organizations recognition or consultative status on the basis of their support for lesbian, gay and bisexual people, or people who have AIDS or are HIV positive; 9. The General Assembly of the UN proclaim an International Year of Lesbian and Gay People (possibly 1999); 10. The UN and its agencies not discriminate against lesbian, gay and bisexual people in matters of contracting, hiring, employment conditions and termination; 11. The member states increase the funding of the human rights agencies of the UN to accelerate the progress toward realizing the promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 12. The right of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people to create families be recognized and protected, and that our family relationships with each other and our children be celebrated in 1994, The International Year of the Family. We call upon the United Nations and the people of the world to join us in affirming the dignity and legitimacy of lesbian, gay and bisexual people as participants in the rich mosaic that constitutes the diversity of the human family.