{"id":9596,"date":"2024-03-26T07:45:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T07:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=9596"},"modified":"2024-03-26T07:45:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T07:45:57","slug":"the-international-day-of-solidarity-with-detained-and-missing-staff-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=9596","title":{"rendered":"THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH DETAINED AND MISSING STAFF MEMBERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/np_file_167992-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/np_file_167992-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/np_file_167992-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/np_file_167992-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/np_file_167992-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/np_file_167992.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during the opening of the 2022 UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, June 27, 2022. REUTERS\/Pedro Nunes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Geneva&nbsp; : Today is a solemn reminder of the grave risks facing our staff members as they carry out their vital work under the United Nations flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These brave women and men represent humanity\u2019s highest calling: helping people in their hour of desperate need. They come from countries spanning the globe, but are united in their common dedication to the noble causes of peacekeeping, delivering aid and assistance, and upholding international law and human rights in countries and regions rocked by conflict and disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also face enormous and unacceptable risks \u2014 including violence, detention and abduction.&nbsp;Since 2022, 381 UN personnel have been detained \u2014 including 7 in January and February of this year. In total, 27 UN personnel are still in detention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our hearts are with their families and colleagues, and I will not relent in calling for their release and safe return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their name, we urge&nbsp;all countries to fully implement the 1994 Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, and the 2005 Optional Protocol to the Convention.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this important day, let\u2019s honour the courage and dedication of humanitarians everywhere by pledging to protect and support them as they help build a more peaceful, humane world for us all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geneva&nbsp; : Today is a solemn reminder of the grave risks facing our staff members as they carry out their vital work under the United Nations flag. 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