[CPJ/World Press Freedom Day]
CPJ’s Joel Simon: “Journalists shouldn’t be locked up — they should be out reporting the news, informing the public…The free circulation of information and ideas is essential to fighting COVID-19, and journalists can’t do their job from behind bars.”
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U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES
U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL GUTERRES: WE RENEW COMMITMENT TO HAITI ON ANNIVERSARY OF 2010 EARTHQUAKE
[Haiti 2010 Earthquake\United Nations]
U.N. Secretary-General Guterres: “We remember the hundreds of thousands of Haitians who lost their lives and the millions gravely affected by the devastating earthquake that struck their country ten years ago…With the continued support of the international community, Haiti is striving to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.”
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U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS SUDAN PEACE DEAL BROKERED BY AFRICAN UNION AND ETHIOPIA
[Africa\U.N. News]
Secretary-General Guterres: “The Secretary-General warmly congratulates the Sudanese people on the occasion of today’s important signing ceremony of the documents on transitional civilian authority in Sudan. He applauds the role of the African Union and Ethiopia in having mediated the Sudanese-led talks.”
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