UN Report Opposes Transparency in Foreign Funding of NGOs
A UN report claims that LGBT groups have a right to receive funds from foreign governments and to keep such funding secret. Laws that require organizations to disclose their foreign funding violate the “rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association” of homosexual/transgender persons, according to a report from the new UN independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity, Graeme Reid. The report was presented at the Palais de Nations last week. The report explains that homosexual/transgender groups are politically unpopular in most countries and do not receive any funding locally. They need money from Western governments and institutions to exist. “By imposing limitations on financial assistance from international sources, governments undermine the ability of these organizations to carry out their essential work, including through investigations and onerous reporting requirements that interfere with the ability of these organizations to conduct regular activities” Reid’s report claims. The UN report emphasizes that the term “foreign agent” has a “stigmatizing association, suggesting that LGBT groups represent a foreign threat to the State.”
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