AT ‘ABSENCE’ EXHIBIT, UN CHIEF URGES FULL ADOPTION OF TREATY ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES

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AT 'ABSENCE' EXHIBIT, UN CHIEF URGES FULL ADOPTION OF TREATY ON
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCESNew York, May 29 2013 12:00PMSecretary-General
Ban Ki-moon has urged Member States to join an international treaty
aimed at eliminating enforced disappearances and stop impunity for
this scourge.

"We must clarify the cases of disappeared persons, provide reparations
to victims and bring perpetrators to justice," Mr. Ban
<"http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=6852">said last night
at the opening of a new photo exhibit at United Nations Headquarters
in New York entitled "Absences."

The exhibit pays tribute to dozens of people who disappeared as a
result of States suppressing legitimate demands concerning issues such
as democracy, freedom of expression or freedom of religion. The
victims include the "desaparecidos" of the military government that
ruled Argentina in the late 1970's and early 1980's.

Among those attending the launch were the mothers and grandmothers of
some of the desaparecidos featured in the exhibit. Mr. Ban urged
Member States to answer the call of these relatives and ratify the UN
Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance and "act on its provisions."

The Convention, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2006
and entered into force four years later, has the support of 38
countries.

Enforced disappearance is considered to be the arrest, detention,
abduction or any other form of deprivation of liberty by agents of the
State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the
authorization, support or acquiescence of the State.

Adding a personal note to the launch, Mr. Ban recalled his visit two
years ago to the Space for Memory and for the Promotion and Defence of
Human Rights in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

"I was deeply moved to see the chambers where thousands of people were
arrested, tortured and disappeared," he told the audience. "I said
that all societies experiencing such tragedies must embrace truth and
restore historical memory."

Turning to the exhibit, he said that the photographs "bring us closer
to the past so that we can draw lessons for the present and prevent
these crimes in the future."

Mr. Ban thanked those who made the exhibit possible and used the
launch as an opportunity to renew his commitment to answer the call of
the mothers and grandmothers of Argentina and others to protect human
rights.May 29 2013 12:00PM
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