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"en.20091217.21.4-235"2
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"Mr President, some people think we should not get involved with this, because defence of the rights of homosexuals is an unjustified extension of human rights. This is a misunderstanding.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognised that human rights include every person and no one must be excluded. A ban on discrimination because of sexual orientation is nothing new. The problem is that not everyone wants to recognise this kind of discrimination as a violation of human rights.
In Uganda and some other African countries, there are voices saying that our interest in this subject is an expression of neo-colonialism, or that we are interfering in matters which are none of our concern. This, too, is a misunderstanding. For we are talking about general, universal rights. This is not just a whim. We respect the independence of Uganda and other states, but we cannot remain silent, when, instead of restricting discrimination, an attempt is being made to extend it."@en1
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