Inner City Press reports on opening of the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly with a press conference by its new president, Ali Abdussalam Treki, a Libyan diplomat, who opposes decriminalization of homosexuality.
— Treki quoted as stating:
— “[T]hat matter is very sensitive, very touchy… As a Muslim, I am not in favor of it… it is not accepted by the majority of countries. My opinion is not in favor of this matter at all. I think it’s not really acceptable by our religion, our tradition. It is not acceptable in the majority of the world. And there are some countries that allow that, thinking it is a kind of democracy… I think it is not”