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UN chief concerned that political will to end racial discrimination ‘is under threat’

Mar 19, 2016, at 02:36 pm

New York, Mar 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS):Fifteen years after a landmark document to combat racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia was adopted in Durban, South Africa, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said he is concerned that the political will that existed then is under threat.

Latin America faces task to reverse racial discrimination: UN rights chief

Dec 08, 2015, at 04:09 pm

New York, Dec 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, saying he was struck by the "enormity of the task" over the next decade to reverse five centuries of discrimination against the 150 million people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean, has urged the region to draw on "the untapped potential in hitherto invisible communities."