(Sweden) - Sweden’s national organisation for gay rights, the RFSL, has been granted observer status by the United Nations. The UN Economic and Social Council approved the RFSL’s application to be a consultative group at the assembly - a status shared by organisations such as Amnesty International. The decision was made despite a UN committee’s recommendation that the Swedes’ application be rejected. Some countries, including Egypt, lobbied against the RFSL’s inclusion.
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