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CONGRESSWOMAN LEE REPRESENTS THE UNITED STATES AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Press Release

Date: Sept. 19, 2023
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Foreign Affairs Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

"As a founding member of the Congressional Equality Caucus, it is deeply important for me to speak up about these issues as anti-LGBTQI+ efforts increase at an alarming rate. The United States is proud to advance respect for the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons around the globe, especially on the world stage at the United Nations General Assembly. We are also pleased to have contributed to a critical milestone for this group and for LGBTQI+ rights at the UN -- leading on the first ever consensus reference to "sexual orientation and gender identity' in the General Assembly in our biannual UNGA Third Committee elections resolution in 2021. The United States will be facilitating that resolution again this year, where we will be defending that reference, and count on the support of all members of this group. I thank all of the speakers and panelists for their work to advance a more just society worldwide."


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