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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
Today we celebrate Human Rights Day.
We
do so in a region that still suffers great inequalities in terms of
guarantees of human rights in their holistic conception of civil,
political, cultural, economic, and social rights.
That is why
today I call on our governments, our civil society organizations, the
private sector and in general on the citizens of the Americas to fight
every day so that our neighbors, our co-workers, our fellow citizens,
and everyone with whom we share this hemisphere have the same access to
the same opportunities that we have.
This is a special day for us at the OAS, with our guiding principle of “More rights for more people.”
The
future of our children cannot be subject to the place where they were
born, their social standing, the color of their skin, their gender or
sexual orientation.
We have an obligation to level the playing
field. At the OAS we are working and we will continue to work toward
that goal. For us, the people always come first.
On this December 10, MORE rights for more people.
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