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Löysin Rahkamosta tehdyn uutisoinnin:
Wed, 28 Dec 1994
Mayor Ignores Gay and Lesbian Human Rights
ILGA's European conference takes place in Helsinki on December
27th-31st 1994 in Paasitorni. ILGA is an international lesbian and gay
organisation whose members are national, local and international
lesbian and gay organisations fighting for human and citizen's rights.
ILGA was founded 1978 and now has about 400 members.
This decade at various ILGA conferences, for example in Vienna,
Stockholm, London, Barcelona, Brussels and Berlin, receptions were
organized by the city for delegates from the conference. This year,
ILGA's world conference took place in New York where delegates
received greetings from President Bill Clinton.
In contrast, Mayor Kari Rahkamo does not seem to consider human rights
activism as an important part of Helsinki's cultural atmosphere. He
rejected an invitation to receive participants of ILGA's conference.
While Mayor Rahkamo has previously organized a reception on comparable
occasions, when it comes to ILGA, he decided to make an exception.
ILGA's tradition of conferences can contribute a great deal to the
cultural life of a city, especially a city like Helsinki that hopes to
receive the title of "Cultural Capital". This conference deals with
lesbian and gay human rights and discusses the activities in Europe
and cooperation between ILGA's member organizations. Also to be
discussed will be situation in Eastern Europe for gays and lesbians,
and the influence of European integration for gay and lesbian member
organizations. Representatives will come from at least 30 different
countries. Altogether there are about 150 participants expected. This
is the biggest conference dealing with lesbian and gay rights,
legislation and AIDS organized in Finland.
The host of conference is SETA (the Finnish organization for sexual
equality). The last time that ILGA's World meeting was held in Finland
was ten years ago.
http://www.qrd.org/qrd/world/europe/finland/ilga.conference/helsinki.mayor.ignores.conference