The Security Council,
Whereas, on January 19, 2019, several journalists, activists, non-governmental organizations and diplomatic missions reported that authorities in Fineberg, a city of New Edom, had abducted, detained, tortured and killed over 100 men and counting due to their actual or suspected sexual orientation which where actively participating in a peaceful protest;
Whereas, the government of New Edom characterized the protests as hostile action on the part of international terrorist organization Homofront, with no evidence of the rhetoric being espoused in the march itself, with no intelligence that terrorist groups played any role in planning the march.
Convinced, that LGBT+ rights are human rights, and attacking a peaceful demonstration with explosives and lethal force is acceptable in no situation.
Acknowledging that multiple independent and firsthand accounts have subsequently corroborated the reports, and describe a campaign of persecution by New Edom officials against men due to their actual or suspected sexual orientation;
Stressing, that as a result of this persecution, at least three deaths have been reported and many individuals have been forced to flee New Edom;
Stressing that New Edom officials have denied the existence of such persecution;
Asserting, that New Edom authorities have a long history of violating the fundamental human rights of their citizens, including through extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances, and torture of government critics;
Hoping, that as New Edom is a participating Member State of the World Assembly and a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and thus has agreed to guarantee the fundamental human rights of all of its citizens;
Disturbed, at the complete disregard for human life exercised by New Edom at all levels, including, but not limited to:
* Criminalization of LGBTI individuals,
* A policy of forced exile and prohibition of all LGBTI civilians from the entire nation on penalty of death,
* Complete disregard international laws,
* Use of prisoners of war as test subjects for experimental weapons and chemicals,
* State-sponsored terror and propaganda against LGBTI individuals
Recognize the violence and persecution in New Edom and calls on Edomites officials to immediately cease the abduction, detention, and torture of individuals on the basis of their actual or suspected sexual orientation, and hold accountable all those involved in perpetrating such abuses;
Calls on the Government of New Edom to protect the human rights of all its citizens, condemn the violence and persecution, investigate these crimes in Fineberg, and hold accountable all those involved in perpetrating such abuses un accordance to international law. And to recognize the existence of people with non-heterosexual orientation in New Edom, and stop any form of harassment and persecution and provide them with adequate protection;
Affirms that the rights to freedom of assembly, association, and expression and freedom from extrajudicial detention and violence are universal human rights that apply to all persons, and that countries that fail to respect these rights jeopardize the security and prosperity of all their citizens. And to prohibit any form of punitive reprisals against family members of alleged or convicted law offenders;
Resolved, that this Council
HEREBY CONDEMNS New Edom.
