Annan Directive On Gay Unions Triggers Ire of U.N. Members

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Homosexual U.N. staffers have begun to file for expanded family benefits, even as U.N. member states are organizing to challenge Secretary-General Kofi Annan's January directive offering limited recognition of same-sex unions.

The Bush administration, which has said it will seek a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a solely heterosexual right, has not yet decided whether to oppose the measure, nor whether it will allow the organization to recognize any qualifying American U.N. staff member.

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Annan Directive On Gay Unions Triggers Ire of U.N. Members

The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), a bloc of 56 nations, will demand possibly by the end of this week that the U.N. General Assembly address the recognition of homosexual couples.

It was not immedi...

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