Combatting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity - Speeches and statements

• High Commissioner's keynote address to the Global Forum for the International Day against Homophobia, The Hague, 17 May 2013
• UN Secretary-General's message to the Global Forum for the International Day against Homophobia, The Hague, 16 May 2013
• Speech by Assistant Secretary-General Ivan Simonovic to the Oslo Conference on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, 15 April 2013
• Press conference on homophobia, with South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka and OHCHR's Charles Radcliffe, UNHQ, 11 December 2012
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• Transcript of Video message by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu to special event at UNHQ on "Leadership in the Fight against Homophobia", 11 December 2012
• Speech by Ban Ki-moon: "Speech by UN Secretary-General ban Ki-moon: "Leadership in the Fight against Homophobia", UNHQ, New York, 11 December 2012
• Media briefing on the human rights situation of LGBT persons in Cameroon, 16 November 2012
• OHCHR spokesperson on passage of new law on homosexuality in Ukraine, 5 October 2012
• Pillay urges Serbia to allow LGBT parade, confront prejudice against minorities, 4 October 2012
• Message of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at Human Rights watch Film Festival screening, 28 June 2012
• OHCHR spokesperson on anti-discrimination law in Moldova, 11 May 2012
• OHCHR spokesperson on homophobic murder in Chile, 30 March 2012
• Message of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the Human Rights Council, 7 March 2012
• Speech by the High Commissioner at the Human Rights Council, Geneva, 7 March 2012
• Speech by Assistant Secretary-General Ivan Simonovic, CSW side-event, New York, 28 February 2012
• Message of the High Commissioner on the occasion of the International Day against Homophobia 2012: Punish Violence and Hatred, not Love
• Speech by UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic, GA side-event, New York, 8 December 2011
• Message of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, GA side-event, 8 December 2011
• Pillay welcomes Australian decision on identity for transgender and intersex people, 16 September 2011
• Remarks of High Commissioner Navi Pillay at the Human Rights Council, New York, 3 March 2011
• Speech by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Human Rights Council, Geneva, 25 January 2011
• Speech by Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic at GA side-event, New York, 10 December 2010
• Speech by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at GA side-event, New York, 10 December 2010
• Written statement by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at Human Rights Council side-event, Geneva, 17 September 2010
• Speech by High Commissioner Navi Pillay at Human Rights Council side-event, Geneva, 17 September 2010