{"id":407904,"date":"2021-12-10T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T11:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=407904"},"modified":"2021-12-10T11:26:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T11:26:00","slug":"on-human-rights-day-un-calls-upon-somalis-to-emprace-equality-and-non-discrimanation-in-all-aspects-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/on-human-rights-day-un-calls-upon-somalis-to-emprace-equality-and-non-discrimanation-in-all-aspects-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"On human rights day, UN calls upon somalis to emprace equality and non-discrimanation in all aspects of life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"top-article\">\n<p id=\"page-title\" class=\"page__title title\">Mogadishu<span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\"> (SONNA)\u2013 In marking this year\u2019s Human Rights Day, the UN Secretary-General\u2019s Special Representative for Somalia calls on Somalis to unite in upholding the principles of equality and non-discrimination are embedded in all aspects of life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-body\">\n<p>Highlighting \u2018equality\u2019, which is this year\u2019s theme, Special Representative James Swan, said: \u201cEquality\u00a0is at the core of article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Equality is also enshrined in the Provisional Constitution of Somalia and the many international treaties Somalia is a party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnsuring that the principles of equality and non-discrimination are at the forefront, will help eliminate exclusion faced by minorities and marginalized communities in Somalia, such as persons with disabilities and internally displaced persons, and allow people to fully participate in decision-making that affects their lives and their future,\u201d said the UN Special Representative.<\/p>\n<p>Observed on\u00a010\u00a0December,\u00a0Human\u00a0Rights\u00a0Day\u00a0commemorates the\u00a0day\u00a0in 1948 on which the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of\u00a0Human\u00a0Rights.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations in Somalia remains committed to supporting the promotion and protection of\u00a0human\u00a0rights\u00a0for the benefit of the Somali people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu (SONNA)\u2013 In marking this year\u2019s Human Rights Day, the UN Secretary-General\u2019s Special Representative for Somalia calls on Somalis to unite in upholding the principles of equality and non-discrimination are embedded in all aspects of life.\u00a0 Highlighting \u2018equality\u2019, which is this year\u2019s theme, Special Representative James Swan, said: \u201cEquality\u00a0is at the core of article 1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":407871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-407904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local","8":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407904"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407909,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407904\/revisions\/407909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}