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Chris Johnston “Russia moves to stop same-sex spouses receiving UN staff benefits” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/21/russia-stop-same-sex-spouses-receiving-un-staff-benefits-ban-ki-moon-lgbt

国連は昨年の７月に、その職員の同性婚姻を婚姻として承認し、同性の配偶者も異性の配偶者と同等に家族手当の対象とすることを発表した。それに対して、反同性愛を国是とするようになった観もある露西亜 *1はその新方針を覆すべく、国連予算を審議する国連総会第５委員会に対して、３月24日に新方針の是非について採決するよう要請している。

The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, announced in July 2014 it would recognise same-sex marriages among its 43,000 staff worldwide, allowing them to receive the same benefits as their heterosexual counterparts. Before the change of policy, UN workers’ personal status was determined by the laws of their country of nationality.
However, the body now recognises same-sex couples married in a country where it is legal, regardless of their nationality.
Russia wants the general assembly’s fifth committee, which is responsible for the UN budget, to overturn Ban’s decision and has asked for a vote on Tuesday. The fifth committee website states that action would be taken on the proposal on Tuesday.
Diplomats said it was unclear how much support there was for the measure, which Russia has been threatening to put to a vote since December. The Russian UN mission declined to comment.

UN-Globe*2, an organisation representing the UN’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff, has long campaigned for legal same-sex unions to be recognised by all parts of the UN. The measure brought in last year does not extend to employees of UN agencies, such as Unicef or Unesco.
A UN-Globe spokesman said it was been actively seeking to defeat the Russian moves and supported Ban’s decision last year to widen staff benefits, which it had “fought hard for”.

なお、露西亜ではエリツィン政権下の1993年に同性愛が「非犯罪化されて」おり、現在でも違法ではない。
さて、「友愛」の鳩山由紀夫のコメントや如何に？

*2:http://www.unglobe.org/