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UN experts call for urgent action to end racial discrimination

United Nations, Mar 22 (UNI) States must take urgent action, to “stem the tide of hate and discrimination” and ramping up of “ethno-nationalist populism”, which helped fuel the deadly shootings in two New Zealand mosques last Friday by a self-declared white supremacist, several top UN officials and human rights experts have stressed, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
“Racial discrimination still has not been banished to the history books. This vicious form of exclusion and intolerance continues to manifest itself on the sports field, in the media, on the streets, in the workplace and even in the corridors of power,” said Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Thursday.
“Unfortunately, once again, we are seeing the ugly face of racial discrimination presented in public discourse,” she added, explaining that that is why this year’s theme for the International Day is ‘Mitigating and countering national populism and extreme supremacist ideology’.

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HYDERABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Telangana Chief Electroral Officer, Vikas Raj, TSRTC Managing Director, V C Sajjanar inaugurating a day Photo Exhibition on Voters’ Awareness' by Central Bureau of Communication (CBC), at MGBS, in Hyderabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTOS-57U

RANCHI, APR 20 (UNI):- Police arrested People Liberation Front of India (PLFI) Naxalite Area Commander Soma Hembrome along with PLFI Naxalite Birsa Khandait ahead of Lok Sabha elections at Chaibasa in Ranchi, Jharkhand on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-56U

HYDERABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Union Minister of Tourism, Culture, Development of North Eastern Region and BJP State President G.Kishan Reddy during a roadshow for Lok Sabha polls, at Mushirabad Assembly constituency, in Secunderabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-55U

HYDERABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Union Minister of Tourism, Culture, Development of North Eastern Region and BJP State President G.Kishan Reddy during a roadshow for Lok Sabha polls, at Mushirabad Assembly constituency, in Secunderabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-54U

HYDERABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Union Minister of Tourism, Culture, Development of North Eastern Region and BJP State President G.Kishan Reddy during a roadshow for Lok Sabha polls, at Mushirabad Assembly constituency, in Secunderabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-53U

HYDERABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Union Minister of Tourism, Culture, Development of North Eastern Region and BJP State President G.Kishan Reddy during a roadshow for Lok Sabha polls, at Mushirabad Assembly constituency, in Secunderabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-52U

HYDERABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Telangana Chief Electroral Officer, Vikas Raj, TSRTC Managing Director, V C Sajjanar inaugurating a Photo Exhibition on Voters’ Awareness' by Central Bureau of Communication (CBC), at MGBS, in Hyderabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-51U

HYDERABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Telangana Chief Electroral Officer, Vikas Raj, TSRTC Managing Director, V C Sajjanar inaugurating a Photo Exhibition on Voters’ Awareness' by Central Bureau of Communication (CBC), at MGBS, in Hyderabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-50U

HYDERABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Telangana Chief Electroral Officer, Vikas Raj, TSRTC Managing Director, V C Sajjanar Inauguration a Photo Exhibition on Voters’ Awareness' by Central Bureau of Communication(CBC), at MGBS in Hyderabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTOS-49U

RANCHI, APR 20 (UNI):– Union Agriculture and Tribal Affairs Minister and President of Archery Association of India (AAI) Arjun Munda conducts a meeting ahead of Archery Tournament for short listed candidates for Paris Olympic 2024. in Ranchi Jharkhand on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-48U

RANCHI, APR 20 (UNI):– Union Agriculture and Tribal Affairs Minister and President of Archery Association of India (AAI) Arjun Munda conducts a meeting ahead of Archery Tournament for short listed candidates for Paris Olympic 2024. in Ranchi Jharkhand on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-47U

RANCHI, APR 20 (UNI):– Union Agriculture and Tribal Affairs Minister and President of Archery Association of India (AAI) Arjun Munda conducts a meeting ahead of Archery Tournament for short listed candidates for Paris Olympic 2024. in Ranchi Jharkhand on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-46U

RANCHI, APR 20 (UNI):– Water tanker spray water to push the dust at an under construction road on a hot and dry summer noon, in Ranchi on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-45U

RANCHI, APR 20 (UNI):– Water tanker spray water to push the dust at an under construction road on a hot and dry summer noon, in Ranchi on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-44U

RANCHI, APR 20 (UNI):– Water tanker spray water to push the dust at an under construction road on a hot and dry summer noon, in Ranchi on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-43U

RANCHI, APR 20 (UNI):– BJP Jharkhand President Babulal Marandi addressing a press conference, in Ranchi on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-42U

RANCHI, APR 20 (UNI):– BJP Jharkhand President Babulal Marandi addressing a press conference, in Ranchi on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-41U

RANCHI, APR 20 (UNI):– BJP Jharkhand President Babulal Marandi addressing a press conference, in Ranchi on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-40U

SEOUL, April 20, 2024 (UNI/Xinhua) -- Competitors set off during the 2024 Lotte World Tower Vertical Marathon in Seoul, South Korea, April 20, 2024. UNI PHOTO-11F