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| Sunday 14 November 2010 |
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UN
Tribute
to
Monsignor
Romero
Highlighted
in El
Salvador
SAN
SALVADOR
-
The
Ministry
of
Foreign
Affairs
of El
Salvador
highlighted
a
resolution
of the
United
Nations
General
Assembly
that
pays a
fitting
tribute
to
Monsignor
Oscar
Arnulfo
Romero.
In a
communiqué
sent to
reporters,
the
Foreign
Ministry
reported
the
declaration
of March
24 as
International
Day of
the
Right to
Truth in
relation
to
serious
violations
of Human
Rights
and
Dignity
of
Victims.
The
Foreign
Ministry
added
that in
this a
way the
UN pays
a
fitting
tribute
to
Archbishop
Romero,
a
tireless
defender
of human
rights
until
his
assassination
on March
24,
1980.
This
initiative
recognizes
the need
to
promote
historical
memory
and the
importance
of the
right to
truth
and
justice,
the
Alternate
Permanent
Representative
to the
UN,
Carlos
Garcia,
said.
The
resolution,
proposed
by El
Salvador,
was
cosponsored
by 45
countries,
including
Argentina,
Austria,
Bolivia,
Cuba,
Denmark,
Finland,
France,
Guatemala,
Hungary,
Nicaragua,
Peru,
Colombia,
Ecuador
and
Mexico.
On March
24,
President
Mauricio
Funes
acknowledged
Romero's
legacy
and on
behalf
of the
Salvadoran
state
apologized
for the
assassination
perpetrated
30 years
ago, the
Foreign
Ministry
said in
the
memo.
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