More than 20 nonprofit groups, most of which work explicitly with gay and transgender communities, are being blocked from participating in a major UN session on AIDS by a coalition of Islamic countries, as well as Russia and two additional African member states.The 2016 High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS will begin next month in New York. Writing to General Assembly President Morgens Lykketoft on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) a bloc of 57 states that includes Saudi Arabia and Iran Egypt objected to the inclusion of 11 nongovernmental organizations, including several that work specifically with …read more
Source: VICE News
