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In Geneva, UN Urges Upholding Human Rights Amid Rising Populism and Extremism

The Human Rights Council chamber in Geneva. UN Photo/Elma Okic

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–27 February 2017. Disregard for human rights is a disease, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today told the opening session of the UN Human Rights Council, urging Member States to uphold the rights of all people in the face of rising populism and extremism.

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Addressing the top UN human rights body for the first time since becoming Secretary-General, Mr. Guterres appealed to world governments to…

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