I am pleased to confirm that, further to our blog post, whereby we explained the move by African states in putting forward a draft resolution in the 193 member UN General Assembly third committee, to oppose and suspend the appointment and work of Vitit Muntarbhorn of Thailand, to investigate abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people was yesterday resisted and the amendment was adopted in the third committee (which deals with Human Rights) with 84 votes in favour, 77 against and 17 abstentions.
The amended draft resolution, which makes no change to the work of the gay rights investigator, was then adopted by the third committee with 94 votes in favour, three against and 80 abstentions.