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WASHINGTON: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has raised his voice against violence during the lockdown aimed at controlling COVID-19.
In a tweet, Antonio Guterres said that peace is not just the absence of war. He vowed that all countries of the world should live peacefully in homes.
Peace is not just the absence of war. Many women under lockdown for #COVID19 face violence where they should be safest: in their own homes.
Today I appeal for peace in homes around the world.
I urge all governments to put women’s safety first as they respond to the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/PjDUTrMb9v
— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) April 6, 2020
According to Guterres, many women under lockdown for COVID-19 face violence where they should be safest: in their own homes. He appealed for peace in homes around the world and urged all governments to put women’s safety first.
Antonio Guterres earlier on Friday said that that over a dozen countries have said they would begin or continue ceasefires, in response to his appeal for warring parties to stop fighting amid the COVID-19 pandemic that is having destructive effects worldwide.
Fighters in Afghanistan, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Colombia, Libya, Myanmar, the Philippines, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen have all “expressed their acceptance for the call,” Guterres said.
According to Guterres, the virus has shown how swiftly it can move across borders, devastating countries and upend lives. “We need to do everything possible to find the peace and unity our world so desperately needs to battle COVID-19,” he added.
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