US backs UN declaration on gay rights

The Obama administration has formally endorsed the UN declaration calling for the worldwide decriminalisation of homosexuality, a measure George W. Bush had refused to sign.

The move is the administration’s latest in reversing Bush-era decisions that were heavily criticised by human rights and other groups. The United States was the only western nation not to sign onto the declaration when it came up at the UN General Assembly last December.

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