International call for decriminalisation of homosexuality

Sixty-six countries at the United Nations have called for homosexuality to be decriminalised.



The countries signed a declaration sponsored by France and the Netherlands demanding an end to legal punishment based on sexual orientation.



Sixty other countries of the UN\'s 192 member states, including a number of Arab and African states, rejected the non-binding declaration.



They said laws on homosexuality should be left to individual countries.



Homosexuality is a criminal offence in more than 80 countries, while in at least seven nations, including Saudi Arabia, sex between men can be punished with the death penalty.