UN passes bullying resolution: Western nations lament lack of ‘sexual orientation’ protections
Color-coded map displaying civil rights protection for employees based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity in the United States (current as of August, 2007) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The United Nations decided to take on bullying, with the first ever stand-alone resolution on the subject in the General Assembly. Once the resolution was adopted by consensus on Monday, countries behind it wasted no time in making their intentions known. “We regret that bullying because of the sexual orientation and gender identity of children or their parents was not reflected in the resolution,” said the European Union . The United States echoed those sentiments in an ad hoc intervention to highlight specifically that health concerns of LGBT youth must be reflected in the report of the Secretary General mandated in the resolution. Several countries in Latin America, Australia, and Nordic countries made statements to also express frustration for failing once again to have a reso