22 July 2019
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UN Chief Guterres Has Disappointed on Human Rights - New Strategy Needed for Second Half of Term (HRW, link):
"When former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was elected United Nations secretary-general in 2016, many human rights activists welcomed the announcement. They hoped he would bring to UN headquarters the same passion for defending human rights that he showed during 10 years as the UN high commissioner for refugees.
But Guterres has been virtually silent on even the most egregious rights violations. (...)"
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