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India gang-rape victim cremated as UN chief calls for action to protect women
[Guardian.CO.UK] The United Nations...what started out as a a diplomatic initiative, now trying to edge its way into legislative, judicial, and executive areas... secretary general,  the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon,... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... has called on the Indian government to take urgent action to protect women following the death this weekend of a 23-year-old student of injuries sustained during a brutal gang rape in Delhi. "Every girl and woman has the right to be respected, valued and protected," Ban said in a statement in which he welcomed current efforts by the government but called for "further steps and reforms to deter such crimes and bring perpetrators to justice". The intervention of the UN takes the fall-out from the incident two weeks ago to a new level and underlines the damage it has done to India's international image, already battered by repeated corruption scandals, a huge power failure earlier this year and slowing economic growth. Posted by: Fred 2012-12-31 |
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