UN Chief Guterres: \u2018Time for Justice for People of African Descent\u2019
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\nUnited Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, marking the International Day for People of African Descent on August 31, called for justice, equality, and dignity for African-descendant communities.<\/p>\n
According to The Guardian, Guterres highlighted the \u201clong shadow of slavery and colonialism,\u201d pointing to its continued impact on racial discrimination, economic inequality, and the digital divide.<\/p>\n
He stressed that 80 years after the UN Charter and six decades after the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the moment has come to redress past wrongs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UN Chief Guterres: \u2018Time for Justice for People of African Descent\u2019 —————————————– United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, marking the International Day for People of African Descent on August 31, called for justice, equality, and dignity for African-descendant communities. According to The Guardian, Guterres highlighted the \u201clong shadow of slavery and colonialism,\u201d pointing to its continued …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[8980],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-un-news"],"yoast_head":"\n