HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases...LGBTQI+ Special Envoy Stern’s Travel to New York hide LGBTQI+ Special Envoy Stern’s Travel to New York Media Note Office of the Spokesperson December 11, 2023 Jessica Stern, Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI+) Persons, will travel to New York City, New York, from December 11-12 to recognize the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. While in New York, Special Envoy Stern will meet with counterparts from UN Member States, UN agency representatives, and members of civil society. For further information, please contact DRL-Press@state.gov. Tags Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Human Rights LGBT Rights New York Office of the Spokesperson Official Domestic Travel