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Post by account_disabled on Mar 9, 2024 0:39:27 GMT -5
The UN confirmed this Thursday that it had received a request from the Government of Ecuador to facilitate dialogue with the different sectors of civil society, following the protests that began last week in the South American nation due to the increase in fuel prices announced by the president of the country, Lenin Moreno. This was stated during his daily meeting with the media, the spokesperson of the Organization Farhan Haq. “The United Nations is willing to consider a role in supporting the dialogue if all relevant parties accept its participation. Haq highlighted that the Secretary General of the Organization, António Guterres, is concerned about the recent events in Ecuador and recalled that the right of peaceful Iraq Telegram Number Data assembly must be respected in accordance with international law. Maximum moderation Likewise, he urged all actors involved in this situation “to reduce tensions, avoid acts of violence and exercise maximum moderation.” Finally, he also recalled that the United Nations system and the Episcopal Conference support preliminary conversations with the authorities and different sectors of civil society to reduce tensions. One week after the start of the protests, and according to press reports, thousands of protesters, most of them indigenous, gathered yesterday in the city of Quito where clashes occurred with law enforcement. On Monday, the South American Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also reminded the authorities that they must guarantee the right of all people to peacefully demonstrate “protecting the rights to freedom of expression and opinion, to peaceful assembly and to participate in public affairs.
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