The new president of the United Nations General Assembly, Ali Abdussalam Treki, said he believes homosexuality is “not really acceptable” at a press conference on Friday.

When asked about the U.N. resolution calling for the universal decriminalization of homosexuality, Treki responded, “That matter is very sensitive, very touchy. As a Muslim, I am not in favor of it…it is not acceptable by the majority of countries.”

“My opinion is not in favor of this matter at all. I think it’s not really acceptable by our religion, our culture. It is not acceptable in the majority of the world. And there are some countries that allow that, thinking it is a kind of democracy…I think it is not,” he finished.

Treki is also the Libyan secretary of African Union Affairs. Libya remains one of the 57 nations that oppose the declaration, including countries such as Afghanistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Sudan, where homosexuality is punishable by death.

Under the Bush administration, the United States had initially refused to support the resolution, but the Obama administration reversed that position, announcing full support for the measure in May. At the time, State Department spokesperson Robert Wood commented that the United States was "pleased to join the other 66 U.N. member states who have declared their support of the statement that condemns human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”