THE SECRETARY-GENERAL - VIDEO MESSAGE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
New York, 10 December 2021
Our world is at a crossroads.
The COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and the expansion of digital technology into all areas of our lives have created new threats to human rights.
Exclusion and discrimination are rampant.
Public space is shrinking.
Poverty and hunger are rising for the first time in decades.
Millions of children are missing out on their right to education.
Inequality is deepening.
But we can choose a different path.
Seventy-three years ago today, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The principles set out in this simple Declaration remain the key to realizing all human rights – civil, economic, cultural, social, and political – for all people, everywhere.
Recovery from the pandemic must be an opportunity to expand human rights and freedoms, and to rebuild trust.
Trust in the justice and impartiality of laws and institutions.
Confidence that a life of dignity is within reach.
Faith that people can get a fair hearing and resolve their grievances peacefully.
The United Nations stands for the rights of every member of our human family.
Today and every day, we will continue to work for justice, equality, dignity and human rights for all.
Happy Human Rights Day.
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- Politics
- 10 December 2021 22:44
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I would like to briefly discuss a highly important reform initiated by the Azerbaijani government 10 years ago but remains incomplete to this day.
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In our society, there is no place under the sun for enlightened people. In our society, the place for enlightened individuals is in dark basements. People who ought to spread light are subjected to curses. Their only weapon is their bright ideas. Their only crime relates to daring to uncover truths hidden beneath the societal fog, bringing them to light and acquainting the community with them. Natig Javadli was such a person, a journalist with a historical consciousness and an enlightening activity.
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To welcome 2025 and to mark Azerbaijan’s International Solidarity Day, we are pleased to share this message from Ambassador Libby
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Alaskar Mammadli, a well-known lawyer and media expert, has issued a message to fellow citizens on the occasion of Azerbaijanis' Solidarity Day and New Year from his prison cell, where he has been held since March 2024. Mammadli, arrested on charges of currency smuggling, has denied the accusations, which international media and human rights organizations have labeled politically motivated.
Azərbaycan-Qərb və Azərbaycan-Rusiya münasibətləri. Münasibətlər hara istiqamətlənib? – Nahid Cəfərov Çətin sualda
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