Letter Asks U.N. SG Not To Appoint Ugandan Official As Head Of General Assembly

Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: With Uganda foreign minister set to lead United Nations General Assembly, human rights, HIV treatment advocates urge action
Antigone Barton, writer and editor of “Science Speaks” and senior communications officer at the Center for Global Health Policy, discusses an open letter addressed to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, asking him to prevent the appointment of Uganda Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa to head the U.N. General Assembly because of his support of his country’s anti-homosexuality laws (6/3).

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