Category: Geneva International

Photos: Actionpress/PM Virot What fell upon Paris two mornings ago was an awful crime, and we remember all the victims today, and pray for, and mourn with, their families this morning. Their pain is our pain. The United Nations is a global family; its guiding document is the Charter, and where human rights are concerned, the Universal Declaration. The right to the freedom of expression has always been considered as that human right which best answers to the wickedness…

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23 December 2014, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) today issued a substantive report following detailed satellite imagery analysis of cultural heritage sites in Syria. The report documents widespread damage caused by the current conflict to cultural heritage areas, including UNESCO World Heritage Properties. Areas such as Aleppo, where settlements have been in place for over 7,000 years, Damascus, Crac des Chevaliers, Raqqa and Palmyra have all been exposed to major damage. Looting, destruction from aerial…

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